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Apologies for the multiple posts ... have been out of action for the last day and have time to kill in a LAX lounge.

medhead said:
Not ramble on too much, I've cut a bit of your post.<snip>

Couple of points to note: (not need to reply)
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Oh, you never know. ;)

medhead said:
Not ramble on too much, I've cut a bit of your post.<snip>

Couple of points to note: (not need to reply)
The current marriage situation was created by PM Howard's changes to the marriage act.
The republic referendum asked the wrong question (for whatever reason) I thought it was always going to fail. But at least it was held concurrent with a general election.
I'm not sure there is any requirement for the government to fund advertising for either case. I imagine the current government will fund some "no" advertising.


Mandate - is an over abused word. No government has a mandate to do whatever they want. Plenty of examples of a general policy being taken to an election by a party that then forms government but without a senate majority. That party then wrong claims they must implement policy X precisely according they their preferred model, because they have a mandate. The problem is that while the voters have supported X policy, they have also imposed a senate that will review and potentially change that policy when presented in legislation. The public have given the senate a mandate as the house of review, in that case. The senate isn't a rubber stamp to government and the voters have given it the ability to review decisions. That sets limitations on claiming a mandate.

As I said mandate is an abused word.
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I agree with the last point :shock: but under the Westminster system, a 'mandate' can only be claimed or exercised by the party or coalition that forms government. In the last Parliament, we had Jacki Lambe (apologies, on behalf of Tasmania) actually claiming a "mandate" to have her policies implemented (thins in between musing what certain physical characteristics she wanted in her men), the Greens a mandate to implement theirs etc. Now we have Bill Shorten claiming a mandate fir Labor's policies. It's ridiculous. The elected non-government parliamentarians have the right and duty to pursue their policies and ideas on behalf of their constituents, but they have no 'mandate' to have them implemented. Sure, the Senate doesn't have to allow the government to exercise its mandate, but the opposition doesn't have a mandate to implement their policies by amending the government's legislation.

Well, IMHO, anyway.
 
Talk to CE about a bike and you won't need to use public transport.
In the Los Angeles area I only ride a bike around the beaches as the danger level elsewhere is way too high.
 
I already own a bike and a bike is not allowed for a walking running type event.

I completed another run in the annual Brisbane 10km run, new course and I was slower this year a few minutes over 60 minutes instead of under 60 which was my plan, I must be getting old.
 
So a credit check you ask for will lower your score?
Which free service \ link is best to use?
Used to be Veda all for mail out report.. Free.
Mate has 2 credit cards in debt, overdraft loan and car loan. Will this help his credit card application out hinder it... (Credit card company want him for his ongoing debt fees)?
 
If any are behind it would hinder getting a new card.
Your mate is a perfect target for expensive money.
If he can consolidate it into a 4% home mortgage redraw and then make appropriate larger payments he would be thinking clearly.
 
Any Ben Folds fans? He lived in the rental house just before we moved in. In the cellar he had written a very large signature. We would get letters addressed to him.

He performed in Adelaide this week and mentioned our house. And said he had written the song The Luckiest about his elderly neighbours next door.

http://youtu.be/f9bRmuP-kQY
 
RooFlyer said:
I remember the "d*kes on bikes" rumbling along Oxford Street in the Mardi Gras Parade, and not an asterisk in sight! See what I mean? The "d*kes on bikes" and the Gay Mardi Gras organisers could presumably be taken through the wringer because some-one thinks its offensive.
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The difference is the some one that means if I say the n-word (I'm not even asterisking that one), I will get arrested, where African Americans may, and do.
 
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I read this article on 18C a few days ago and thought it a good suggestion, to reword it:

"A possible solution to this intractable issue has been suggested by former Federal Court judge Ronald Sackville. In Anti-Semitism, Hate Speech and Part IIA of the Racial Discrimination Act, Sackville proposes two amendments that would achieve a more defensible balance between the legitimate protection of vulnerable groups from serious hate speech and the values of free speech. The first would replace the words "offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate" with the more demanding standard of "degrade, intimidate or incite hatred or contempt". The second would assist courts in interpreting the legislation, replacing subjective criteria with objective tests: instead of judgments based on complainants' subjective responses, the courts would use the objective test of how "a reasonable member of the community at large" would respond to the behaviour in question.
Sensible suggestions from a rationalist's point of view.
Dr Meredith Doig is president of the Rationalist Society of Australia Inc. On the contentious matter of 18C


 
Pushka said:
Any Ben Folds fans? He lived in the rental house just before we moved in. In the cellar he had written a very large signature. We would get letters addressed to him.

He performed in Adelaide this week and mentioned our house. And said he had written the song The Luckiest about his elderly neighbours next door.

http://youtu.be/f9bRmuP-kQY
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My classmates in high school were big fans... ;)
 
RooFlyer said:
In the last Parliament, we had Jacki Lambe (apologies, on behalf of Tasmania)
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And we've got her for at least another six years now. I reckon she will be a senator for as long as she wants.

I used to think she was as mad as a cut snake. I actually met her at parliament house recently and I can assure you she listens more than most politicians.

I've also met Erica Betz. Now he IS as mad as a cut snake, and that's being unkind to cut snakes! Didn't listen to a word and had the gall to preach at me.

By the way, her name is Jacqui Lambie.
 
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