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Cake day: December 30th, 2023

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  • Actions of a few individuals do not define a nation. Are all Australians the romper stomper Asian haters of the 1990’s? No we are not. Or the people that hoarded toilet paper for their own gains, again no we are not. I was in China in December 2019 and there was an effort by many people to inform that there was a virus going around and that I should be extra careful. They did not do that for their benefit and many risked the embarassment of attempting to speak English to a foreigner. Then there were people trying to sell me a mask for 100 times inflated price for their own gain. People are people and some will take an opportunity even if it negatively affects others. Doesn’t mean everyone there is a cunt.






  • Yeah it’s disheartening to hear good people being hurt by dodgy employers. Need to document everything but where is the incentive for a working holiday maker to fight federal agencies. Especially after they have left the country.

    My own experience working in the nt was one of attempted exploitation but I knew my rights and wasn’t going to be deported so I choose to fight back. Very different story for someone who’s passport is of another nation.

    Half of Australia are migrant’s or children of migrant and I believe that’s what makes this country great. Let’s hope this doesn’t scare of future Australians from moving here.













  • If the victorian railways were held accountable and there was less corruption in victracks property division, the dodgy land sales to property developers would stop and there would be more funding for our public transport.

    I think we should demo a free system here but with the mayors wanting to rip up bike lanes and the state investing so heavily in roads there’s probably no money left for pt.

    /rant


  • In 2005, the state committed almost $1 billion to develop myki by 2007 to replace the ageing Metcard system, and operate myki for 10 years

    Just over half of myki’s almost $1 billion initial budget—around $520 million—was for establishing the system by 2007 and operating it for 10 years.

    It was expected that myki would deliver around $6.3–$10.8 million per year in economic benefits to the state…

    myki was great value /s