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  1. TTIM: Things That Irk Me

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    1 hour ago, jw1739 said:

    TTIM: The seemingly unending parade of parliamentary expenses scandals. These people make me sick. Surely it's pretty simple to put a stop to it?

    Boost their pay and drop all perks. Corruption/political donations are a bigger concern though imo. 

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  2. Western Sydney

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    1 hour ago, Chris p said:

    Seems over the top, Football bends over backwards to please the outrage fueled media 

    I actually agree with you for the first time ever on this one, however for all the shit that RBB have got away with over the years I don't really care. 

  5. TTIM: Things That Irk Me

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    7 minutes ago, kingofhearts said:

    Fe, he's such a flog he deserves to be mentioned twice

    How about instead TTIM: the women's afl league being constantly flogged everywhere even though it will fold in 5 years 

    I don't see how it will fold before the W-League does.

    I'll be going to the Freo vs Footscray game Saturday night instead of watching the derby. 

  7. Domestic Politics

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    1 hour ago, Shahanga said:

    Lol.

    their staff can write well, I'll give them that, but neutral? No way. They seem to be a greens mouth piece. 

    Maybe I should clarify that Im only referring to their news articles, I dont really bother reading the opinion pieces (except Clementine Ford)

  9. Domestic Politics

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    Posted · Edited by hedaik

    16 minutes ago, cadete said:

     

    If you want to completely dismiss sales figures as being a result of the Political Ignorance/Liberal Partisanship the question still has to be asked why is The Age so far off the mark with what has been expressed by both our own electorate and those electorates aboard of obvious interest to Victorians in that of the US and UK?

    Well I will completely dismiss sales figures as its a completely senseless way to prove something so subjective. Otherwise we'd probably all have to agree with Telsla on Drake being good. I also don't see why the current rise of the right is relevant, a newspaper shouldn't be pandering to whatever views are on trend for the time. A newspaper should just be reporting the facts in an unbiased and non sensationalist way and I think that The Age does it in a better manner than the Herald Sun does. 

  10. Domestic Politics

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    23 minutes ago, Tesla said:

    Too late.

    Whatever you think of either of the main papers and how downhill theyve gone,  they are still both critical for their investigative journalism and keeping organisations/politicians etc honest. Its not like reddit or buzzfeed are going to be cracking cases of corruption. 

  11. Domestic Politics

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    Posted · Edited by hedaik

    26 minutes ago, cadete said:

     as there is an very easy foolproof way to test what is the most Neutral Paper in Victoria which is to head into any Newsagent/7 Eleven at Midday at look at which Newspaper has sold out and which one remains there in a huge pile.

    I wouldn't say thats fool proof at all, maybe The Age started with double the supply in the morning and they both sold the same by lunch. Maybe theres more Liberal voters than there are Labor at that particular newsagent. Maybe Herald Sun have more trashy articles to appeal to the lowest common denominator. More people read Womens Weekly than National Geographic in Australia, that doesnt prove anything about which one is neutral. 

    I always thought The West was a good paper when I lived in Perth, have no idea what its like nowadays though. 

  12. Domestic Politics

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    Posted · Edited by hedaik

    49 minutes ago, cadete said:

    It is a major concern that PPL can allow themselves to watch Free to Air TV (The ABC in general and stuff like The Project) then read a major print newspaper (Fairfax) and listen to Nationwide Radio (ABC and JJJ) and hear only one Political Viewpoint being expressed. 

     

    Doesnt that apply to everybody? How many Liberal voters stick to the Herald Sun, Andrew Bolt, Today Tonight and Steve Price/Alan Jones etc? Everybody just wants to consume the media that they agree with. 

    The Age isn't perfect but I think its the most neutral newspaper in Victoria and I'm probably one of the very few who pay a subscription for it as I believe it's the only way to help stop media from all turning into buzzfeed. It'll be a scary day when no media outlets have the resources to perform proper investigative journalism. 

  15. The bulut train

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    52 minutes ago, jw1739 said:

    Why not wait and see in the first place whether it's true, and then give the guy a break if it is? Are all of you so squeaky clean that you won't give a bloke a second chance?

    Doesnt deserve a first chance. Hes a straight up dickhead. Up there with Archie & Muscat. 

     

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  19. TTIM: Things That Irk Me

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    Posted · Edited by hedaik

    5 hours ago, jw1739 said:

    But that's a different question. It's not an either-or debate, a truck road vs. a cyclists-only road. And cost is not the only parameter to be considered in the movement of goods and people. You have to consider convenience, efficacy, efficiency etc. I'm still in favour of a system that is basically "user-pays", and on that basis I believe that cyclists should pay to use cyclist-only paths/roads.

    Cyclists do pay through general taxes, just as how I pay for maintenance for your street even though I've never driven on it. 

  21. TTIM: Things That Irk Me

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    Posted · Edited by hedaik

    47 minutes ago, jw1739 said:

    Depends how you structure the argument. It could be argued that if a cycle path cost $1.5bn per km to construct, you are going to build the road anyway so the cycle path is costing $1.5bn per km extra so the government would save that money if nobody cycles at all...

    Well thats a flawed argument as thats based on cycle paths costing the same as roads to build and maintain which they clearly arent. Much better economically to have people using the cheaper mode of transport. 

     

    47 minutes ago, jw1739 said:

    Overall IMO we shouldn't be reducing arguments about cycling, walking etc. down to an economic one. There's so much more involved than that.

    I agree, but I think economics are a valid point to raise when people bring up registration for bicycles which is only going to discourage use of them and push them to more costly forms of transport such as public transport or vehicles. 

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