Spring has sprung

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Warmth may be returning in a big way if these two idiots don’t settle down

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But life goes on

 

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Footy Finals are here. Good luck to all involved. ( Go The Cowboys )

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I can’t wait till this waste of time is over

 

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And Just to remind you all

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According to the big retailers.

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Chin up folks. Things can only get better

1,096 thoughts on “Spring has sprung”

    • Thank you, CK

      I actually managed to watch both before they went unavailable. That has to be a first for me.

    • The idiot’s comment on Rhianna was particularly tasteless, and extremely misogynistic. Good riddance.

      Nice to see the media doing some scrutiny, because Xenophon obviously isn’t bothering. Xenophon’s ‘vetting’, it seems to be on the same level of incompetence as Hanson’s – anyone silly enough to put their hand up is accepted.

  5. More rubbish from the survey monkeys

    Observers tasked with maintaining the integrity of the same-sex marriage postal survey count are subject to a confidentiality agreement that bans them from ever speaking about it publicly.

    Vote counting for Australia’s voluntary non-binding same-sex marriage postal survey is under way at a Fuji Xerox office in Moorebank in Sydney’s south-west.

    But representatives from the yes and no campaigns who are observing the counting are powerless to challenge disputed survey responses, and face prosecution if they speak out about irregularities in the process.

    Guardian Australia has obtained copies of the confidentiality deed that all observers are required to sign, as well as guidelines that spell out their role assuring “the integrity of the count”.

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/oct/07/same-sex-marriage-survey-count-watchers-bound-by-lifetime-secrecy

  7. kk

    Jacinda Ardern now a ‘real possibility’ after final election count

    Sounds like Peter’s is in Trump mode. English might be dull but it would be unlikely that f#ck up this badly.

  9. If illegal guns are really ‘illegal’ then how does anyone know how many there are out there? An estimate of how many illegal weapons are in the country is just that – an estimate.

    This claim is rubbish! It’s just more chest-beating from the Fizza government about keeping us ‘safe’.

    One-Fifth Of Australia’s Illegal Guns Taken Off Streets In Just Three Months
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/10/05/one-fifth-of-australias-illegal-guns-taken-off-streets-in-just-three-months_a_23234503/?ncid=fcbklnkauhpmg00000001

  12. Apparently Turnbull hates this photo –

    Probably because he looks so much like this –

    Then there’s this –

    Thank you to all the tweeters who provided these.

  16. Good morning Dawn Patrollers.

    More than half of Americans don’t think Donald Trump is fit to serve as president, yet he has a clear path to winning re-election. If Trump isn’t removed from office and doesn’t lead the country into some form of global catastrophe, he could secure a second term simply by maintaining his current level of support with his political base. What is this world coming to?
    http://www.smh.com.au/world/trump-is-on-track-to-win-reelection-20171007-gywdp8.html
    Repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is “off the table”, Chuck Schumer said on Saturday, after Donald Trump tweeted that he had spoken to the Senate minority leader to see if Democrats were interested in helping pass “great” healthcare legislation. Trump really is bonkers!
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/07/obamacare-repeal-healthcare-trump-chuck-schumer
    The NSW government is under increasing pressure to ditch a heavy-handed directive ordering the state’s beloved cultural institutions to abandon their logos in favour of the official state government waratah. Hardly surprising.
    http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/pressure-mounts-on-berejiklian-to-dump-orwellian-order-for-cultural-icons-to-adopt-waratah-logo-20171006-gyw1cm.html
    I really like this idea of introducing philosophy lessons into school.
    http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/philosophy-lessons-lead-to-better-behaviour-and-marks-in-sydney-school-20171005-gyusfj.html
    Lawyers have sounded the alarm bells over an agreement allowing children as young as 10 to be held without charge for up to two weeks on suspicion of terrorism offences, calling it a “draconian move”.
    http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/lawyers-condemn-draconian-move-to-hold-10yearold-terror-suspects-without-charge-20171007-gywaul.html
    Jack Waterford examines the work of the Australian National Audits Office and the lack of support given to its findings and recommendations. He is less than complimentary about the public accounts committee. This is an excellent and informative article.
    http://www.smh.com.au/comment/public-accounts-committee-is-a-watchdog-without-spine-guts-or-function-20171005-gyvhvj.html
    Can NZ Labour cobble up a government?
    http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/lawyers-condemn-draconian-move-to-hold-10yearold-terror-suspects-without-charge-20171007-gywaul.html
    Observers tasked with maintaining the integrity of the same-sex marriage postal survey count are subject to a confidentiality agreement that bans them from ever speaking about it publicly.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/oct/07/same-sex-marriage-survey-count-watchers-bound-by-lifetime-secrecy
    Jess Irvine is chronicling her experience as a first home buyer.
    http://www.smh.com.au/comment/diary-of-a-first-home-buyer-week-3-the-amazing-race-begins-20171005-gyvhlu.html

  17. Section 2 . . .

    Lenore Taylor expresses concern about the pressure being applied to Australia’s gun laws.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/oct/07/the-gun-lobby-pressure-is-mounting-lets-hope-our-leaders-wont-buckle
    The mainstream media narrative that Australia is “fighting ISIS” in Syria and Iraq to “keep Australians safe” is utterly naive, says barrister James O’Neill.
    https://independentaustralia.net/article-display/keeping-us-safe-us-led-coalition-not-even-fighting-isis,10796
    The ice war is claiming all sorts of victims. It’s a bit of a worry Google.
    /news/opinion/andrew-rule/andrew-rule-ice-war-claims-all-kinds-of-victims/news-story/e75b57fbda8d46a3746da9ebaf8b6d73
    Australian police secretly operated one of the dark web’s largest child abuse sites for almost a year, posing as its founder in an undercover operation that has triggered arrests and rescues across the globe. The sting has brought down a vast child exploitation forum, Childs Play, which acted as an underground meeting place for thousands of paedophiles. Good work.
    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/07/australian-police-sting-brings-down-paedophile-forum-on-dark-web
    Imre Salusinszky sympathises with the lot of political speech writers.
    http://www.smh.com.au/comment/sympathy-for-the-speechwriters-20171005-gyvb30.html
    The slaughter in Las Vegas leaves Peter FitzSimons in despair.
    http://www.smh.com.au/comment/fitz-files-scale-of-slaughter-in-las-vegas-leaves-me-in-despair-for-america-20171006-gyvy17.html
    Theresa May is under pressure to publish secret legal advice that is believed to state that parliament could still stop Brexit before the end of March 2019 if MPs judge that a change of mind is in the national interest. The move comes as concern grows that exit talks with Brussels are heading for disaster. She’s in a heap of trouble.
    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/07/theresa-may-secret-advice-brexit-eu
    The sixth asylum seeker to die on Manus Island under Australia’s watch registered barely a ripple writes Michael Koziol.
    http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/sixth-manus-island-death-signals-a-system-in-chaos-as-australian-exit-looms-20171007-gyw8na.html

  18. Section 3 . . .

    The set of intelligence reports known as the Steele dossier, one of the most explosive documents in modern political history, is still hanging over Washington, casting a shadow over the Trump administration that has only grown darker as time has gone by.
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/07/trump-russia-steele-dossier-moscow
    Grocon continues to enhance its reputation.
    http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/tenants-complain-to-canberra-giant-geocon-about-wayfarer-building-disturbances-20171005-gyut28.html
    The new national facial recognition system is not necessary, will not make us safer from terrorism and will significantly erode Australians’ privacy. We should be asking some hard questions about the regime and questioning COAG’s statement, says University of Canberra Associate Professor Bruce Baer Arnold.
    https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/the-national-facial-recognition-database-will-not-make-us-safer,10793
    Australia’s internet is at risk of collapse at peak hour as the public’s love of internet streaming outpaces the broadband network’s capacity to handle the traffic, an expert has warned.
    http://thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2017/10/06/australia-peak-hour-internet-collapse-netflix/
    Have a look at THIS Airbus A380 landing in Dusseldorf!
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/10/07/emirates-a380-makes-bumpy-landing-during-storm_a_23235772/?utm_hp_ref=au-homepage

  19. Section 4 . . . Cartoon Corner

    Reg Lynch and the American psyche.
    http://www.smh.com.au/comment/fitz-files-scale-of-slaughter-in-las-vegas-leaves-me-in-despair-for-america-20171006-gyvy17.html
    A nice little dig from Mark David.

    Paul Zanetti and Xenophon’s motives.

    Jon Kudelka and the new security measures.

    All about bump stocks. Says it all, really.

    More from Jon Kudelka.

    Andrew Dyson wonders about facial recognition technology.
    http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/federal-politics/cartoons/andrew-dyson-20090819-epqv.html
    Mark Knight and the start of the AFL trade period.
    http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/94b90d6a2d85570befb640a30140ca48?width=1024

  22. BK

    Fixed it for you

    The mainstream media narrative that Australia is “fighting ISIS” in Syria and Iraq to “keep Australians safe” is utterly naivebullshit……….

  23. If more than half Americans got off their arses and voted Trump would never have been elected and no-one would be worrying about his re-election.

    How many times since their election have we heard it on all those US shows – “You have to vote”. Americans are really good at talking about what needs to be done, but too damned lazy to do anything to change the situation. That’s how Trump was elected in the first place – only about 55% of eligible voted turned up. That was the lowest voter turnout in over 20 years.

    Americans are also really, really good at raving on and on about their ‘democratic rights and their constitution. Every TV series or movie about the law involves someone talking about ‘taking the 5th amendment, even Australians hear it so often that too many of us believe it applies to us too. Americans love to misquote their constitution when it comes to gun ownership. What a shame they don’t seem to remember that other bit about everyone over 18 having the right to vote.

    Funny thing though – the original constitution was not too clear on who could vote, except for restricting the right to vote to males only. To deal with this vagueness and to adapt to change there have been many amendments added over time, to allow for changes like the abolition of slavery, laws against discrimination, women getting the vote and most recently in 1971 when the voting age was lowered to 18. Despite this illustration of the US constitution being a work in progress and able to be changed, too many Americans firmly believe that other original amendment about ‘the right to bear arms’ must never be changed. What a bunch of clueless dills!

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  34. Xenophon assumes he will win.Also assumes he would be offered a ministry. Also assumes SA voters are dumb enough not to remember this in the event he (a) gets into parliament and (b) is offered a ministry. Also assumes the Liberals will win. That’s a lot of assumptions for someone who may well end up being rejected by voters.

    Of course he’d accept, if it was the Liberals offering, it’s what he has always wanted but could never get – a ministerial portfolio in a Liberal government.

  35. I will be very surprised if Xenophon fails to get himself elected – whether he will be a fiercely independent liberal in a liberal government remains to be seen but, I wouldn’t bet a cent on the SA voters not ticking the liberal box just like turkeys voting for Xmas.

    • Too many voters still think he is ‘St Nick’ because of his long-abandoned stance on poker machines. too silly to realise that was just a hook to reel them in.

  36. Another dodgy SA Best candidate surfaces – Xenophon seems to be trying to outdo Hanson on choosing idiots.

    Nick Xenophon won’t act on ‘ape’ Facebook post found on candidate’s shared page

    But the veteran politician has since been quizzed over a post on a shared Facebook page belonging to another of his candidates, Kelly Gladigau, and her husband Travis.

    Senator Xenophon attributed the 2013 post, which refers to a person looking like an “ape”, to Travis Gladigau.

    “Don’t you think its (sic) rather soft to be upset that a young girl called you a (sic) APE????” it stated.

    “Perhaps if you didn’t look like one!”

    The comment was made days after a 13-year-old girl called Sydney Swans star Adam Goodes an “ape”.

    A spokesman said Senator Xenophon had discussed the matter with his candidate and was “told the comment was posted by Kelly’s husband”

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-08/nick-xenophon-defends-candidate-over-shared-facebook-post/9027894

    Too weak to accept responsibility.

  37. Just a thought after the Xenophon/candidate thing –

    I don’t understand why couples share email addresses and social media pages.It doesn’t cost anything to have one(or more) each. I know I would never have done that when I was still part of a couple, it’s just not my thing at all. I have friends who share, and a couple of family members. It annoys me, because I never know who is going to open the email or see the Facebook comment when it’s not meant for both of them.

    Maybe someone can explain what the advantages of doing this ‘joined at the hip’ thing are, because I can’t see any at all.

    • OH and I have an email address each and a joint one.

      The joint one is for mail we are both interested in. If one of us picks up an email for the joint address then the other can get it separately because it is left on the mail server.

    • We each have an email. We share FB. I share FB with members of my family. I know what you mean. Sometimes I feel I’m guided by their own taste rather than mine. Not regularly but sometimes. And I’m sure they feel the same. In general, I leave politics and religion out.

    • I leave politics out of Facebook too, but it’s easy to work out anyway, going by what I ‘like’ and share. Not that I do much of that. So far no-one has made any comment.

    • True, leone, about the “likes” and “shares”. But there too I’m not entirely free. Sometimes I might like to share something but I don’t because it might not be received well. It’s a bit complicated to explain. On the whole I manage quite well.

  42. Looking back in SA politics, there was a case in the past century when other parties got a large chunk of votes in the lower house, that was the 1938 election when Independents got over 1/3 of the votes – more than both Liberal and Labor (or LCL as the Liberals were back then).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australian_state_election,_1938

    Even with 34% of the vote, they only got 12 of 39 seats, probably because many in both Labor and the LCL held the philosophy “better at least one major party member”.

    This time around though, things could be different. Looking at both recent election results in SA, and the fact that the country may very well be far more partisan than it was in 1938, more voters may be willing to simply put the other party last and get more of Xenophon’s candidates elected on preferences. I don’t think that’s likely though, and I think unless Xenophon gets more than 20% of the vote, he’ll struggle to win any lower house seat. I’m in agreement to Antony Green today on Insiders that it’s unlikely, but still not something to be discounted.

  43. There seems to be a lot of polling on Adani lately, here’s the most recent. They all report the same result – a majority don’t want it.

    Nearly 70% of Australians oppose government loan for Adani mine – poll
    ReachTel poll commissioned by Australia Institute shows people believe extending finance to coalmine would damage the country’s reputation
    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/08/nearly-70-of-australians-oppose-government-loan-for-adani-mine-poll

  44. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/newspoll/newspoll-turnbull-loses-more-ground-in-regional-seats/news-story/02f4d77d54cb1323c22454bf66d9acb9 paywalled, google the URL

  45. More details in the images attached to these two tweets

  46. Good morning Dawn Patrollers. I just saw Tim Fischer interviewed on CNN on guns. He did us proud.

    Here’s David Crowe’s take on how the Coalition is losing a lot of ground in the regions. No pay wall for this one.
    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/newspoll/newspoll-turnbull-loses-more-ground-in-regional-seats/news-story/02f4d77d54cb1323c22454bf66d9acb9
    David Uren writes that the retreat in retail sales is challenging Reserve Bank and Treasury forecasts that consumer spending will power a return to 3 per cent plus growth over the next year. Google.
    /business/opinion/david-uren-economics/hopes-for-strong-growth-in-doubt-as-retail-sales-retreat/news-story/928c1f3e7f9517ee0614bc8de3fe24b6
    An in a typically detailed contribution Greg Jericho says “Right now there is a growing disconnect between how business and consumers view the economy. It is a gap that will continue to widen as measures of the economy suggest things are on the improve, but wages continue to grow at record low rates. And it is a gap which will have a significant impact on how voters judge the government’s economic achievements at the next election.”
    https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2017/oct/08/business-is-booming-australian-consumers-know-better
    In an open letter many eminent Australians say Parliament, not ministers, should decide Australia’s response to a Korean war.
    http://www.smh.com.au/comment/open-letter-parliament-not-ministers-must-decide-australias-response-to-a-korean-war-20171008-gywm1y.html
    Phil Coorey tells us that the Turnbull government is rethinking the need to adopt a clean energy target, believing the rapidly falling cost of renewable energy means there may no longer be a requirement for subsidies. Google.
    /news/politics/coalition-rethinks-need-for-clean-energy-target-as-renewable-cost-plunges-20171008-gywjfc
    Urban Wronski says that Turnbull’s new security suite puts us all at risk.
    https://urbanwronski.com/2017/10/08/turnbulls-new-security-suite-puts-all-of-us-at-risk/
    Politicians who were “oblivious” to their dual citizenship and can “honestly swear” this was the case should remain in Parliament, Attorney-General George Brandis has argued. Soapy goes for the Dennis Denuto “It’s the vibe” argument.
    http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2017/10/08/high-court-brandis-joyce-submissions/
    Jess Irvine writes that we should be alert rather than alarmed at the level of household debt.
    http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/be-alert-not-alarmed-about-australias-high-household-debt-20171007-gyw9s5.html
    More than two-thirds of people believe Sydney is full and property development should be pushed to the fringes, new polling shows, amid simmering tensions within communities and the Berejiklian government over the issue.
    http://www.smh.com.au/business/property/sydneysiders-in-revolt-over-development-as-two-thirds-declare-the-city-is-full-20171008-gywl1c.html
    Adam Creighton on how we can look forward to more gouging with the NBN. It’s barely begun he says. Google.
    /opinion/nbn-price-of-connectivity-will-only-prove-painful-for-taxpayers/news-story/4d4b3db025f50b698feae625d8a6a945

  47. Section 2 . . .

    Trump has gone (more) troppo as he feels the heat of ridicule.
    http://www.smh.com.au/business/property/sydneysiders-in-revolt-over-development-as-two-thirds-declare-the-city-is-full-20171008-gywl1c.html
    Labor has called for the Turnbull government to admit defeat on its controversial tightening of Australian citizenship laws, demanding the immigration department process applicants under the existing protocols.
    http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/labor-calls-on-peter-dutton-to-admit-defeat-over-doomed-citizenship-changes-20171008-gywn10.html
    Businesses are maintaining pressure on the federal government to adopt the clean energy target recommended in the Finkel Review after news last week that China planned to introduce an emissions-trading scheme highlighted gathering momentum on climate change policy. Google.
    /business/mining-energy/industry-pushes-for-clean-energy-target/news-story/aaad1fc9508f48d2033e616d9e213cb6
    Meanwhile Bill Shorten has called for significant changes to the rules governing the national electricity market, saying they are biased in favour of big energy generators to the detriment of households.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/oct/09/shorten-to-call-for-electricity-market-overhaul-to-favour-consumers-over-generators
    Will Theresa give Boris the boot?
    http://www.smh.com.au/world/british-prime-minister-theresa-may-signals-boris-johnson-could-be-sacked-20171008-gywqpx.html
    But can she save herself?
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/08/theresa-may-tory-party-ruth-davidson
    In the wake of last week’s slaughter, it’s time to damn America as a rogue state when it comes to arms. Why do we still treat the US as a civilised state?
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/07/after-vegas-why-do-we-still-treat-the-us-as-a-civilised-country
    The NRA is digging in. Surprised?
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/08/nra-lapierre-gun-control
    The hidden cost of the “tap and go” boom.
    http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/the-hidden-cost-of-the-tap-and-go-boom-20171007-gywcuj.html
    Obama’s senior advisor Valerie Jarrett got a taste of just how powerful America’s gun lobby was after the December 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut.
    http://www.smh.com.au/business/former-obama-adviser-valerie-jarrett-time-for-the-united-states-to-stand-strong-on-gun-control-20171006-gyvksh.html

  48. Section 3 . . . with Cartoon Corner

    Jaguar Land Rover is now caught up in the Takata airbag mess.
    http://www.smh.com.au/business/jaguar-land-rover-precautionary-recall-replace-airbags-20171008-gywg7y.html
    We are still not doing enough about mental health.
    http://www.smh.com.au/comment/asking-r-u-ok-isnt-doing-nearly-enough-20171006-gyvu9k.html
    Chief executives of ANZ and Westpac will front up this week for the twice-yearly parliamentary grilling in Canberra, before the Commonwealth Bank and National Australia Bank’s top brass have their turn later this month. This will be interesting!
    http://www.smh.com.au/comment/smh-editorial/more-action-needed-to-rebuild-banking-trust-deficit-20171004-gytxrt.html
    The face of Test cricket could be altered drastically this week with ICC member nations on the verge of giving the green light to a new league structure that would culminate in a World Test Championship.
    http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/world-cricket-on-verge-of-historic-facelift-with-test-and-oneday-leagues-20171008-gywoup.html
    Surgeons who resent moves to address endemic bullying and harassment and deny the profession has a problem are among more than 1000 specialists yet to complete compulsory training designed to quash the toxic culture. How precious!
    http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/health/surgeons-who-deny-bullying-problem-refusing-to-complete-compulsory-training-mandated-by-the-royal-australian-college-of-surgeons-20171007-gywf8s.html

    Matt Golding in the Oval Office.

    Peter Broelman sends Xenophon back to SA.

    Matt Golding has a good dig at Hanson.

    And he looks at the new tenancy rules in NSW.

    David Rowe’s Croweater.

    Pat Campbell and commerce after the Las Vegas shooting.
    http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/federal-politics/cartoons/pat-campbell-20120213-1t21q

  50. Not 10 minutes, thank goodness, but yes, just a lot of waffle. No real answers to Sabra Lane’s questions at all, he didn’t seem to have a clue.

    http://www.abc.net.au/radio/adelaide/programs/am/xenophon-aims-to-make-sa-government-more-accountable-for-all/9029070

    Also more confirmation Xenophon plans on being a defacto senator, still heavily involved not only in instructing his senators but in actual negotiations with the government. I’m not sure how constitutional that would be.

    I’m not sure why he would say he can’t leave the senate until the High Court makes their decision on his citizenship. He should have resigned as soon as he realised he was a dual citizen. I’d say he wants to hang on for as long as he can to keep getting that senatorial salary. He came into parliament in 2008, too late to qualify for an instant pension when he leaves the senate.

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