Artist and art educator, politics junkie, atheist, social justice and human rights supporter hell bent on removing religion and its prejudices from our laws.
Pauline Hanson now says the cartoon mocking Jacqui Lambie's prolapse "wasn't as tastefully done as it could have been".
Taste is about execution. There is no tasteful way to mock a veteran's service injury.
One Nation says AI is coming for Australian jobs then used AI to make their campaign video. They didn’t hire an Aussie videographer or Aussie editor or Aussie actors. Turns out it’s only ‘Australian jobs first’ when One Nation doesn’t have to pay.
By late 2025 inflation was down to 3.6% with interest rates at 3.8%
Currently we have expected 4% inflation with interest rates 4.6%.
What was the reserve bank doing keeping rates low for so long?
I'm no economist so I need help here...
2022 Labor takes office with inflation over 6% and interst rates less than 1%
In 2023 interest rates peaked at 4.35% in the aftermath of COVID with the government managing to reduce inflation from 7 to 4.05%
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Maybe you should fact check before parroting this kinda of likely disinformation Dave. That’s nearly a 500% increase when increases are capped. Ask him what his total wages were when he had 15 staff compared to now 5, what his total work cover rate & wage bill each year & did anything else like classification or contractors change? There could be a systems issue & this guy hasn’t been smart enough to pick up on it & just keeps paying.
Who gets to decide the biology Angus?
That's the question EVERYONE should be asking. Is it determined by politicians or doctors?
It's scientific fact that humans come in two varieties - XX for female and XY for male.
EXCEPT:
1. You can be born appearing female, but have a 5-alpha reductase deficiency and grow a penis at age 12. Medically, this condition is known as “5-alpha reductase deficiency.
2. You can be born legally male with an X and a Y chromosome, but your body is insensitive to androgens, and you appear female. Androgen insensitivity syndrome is a condition that affects sexual development before birth and during puberty.
3. You can be born legally male with an X and a Y chromosome, and have a penis and testes, *and* a uterus and fallopian tubes. This another form of androgen insensitivity syndrome.
4. You can be born legally male with an X and a Y chromosome, but your Y chromosome is missing the SRY gene, which gives you a female body. This is a condition known as Swyer syndrome.
5. You can be born legally female with two X chromosomes, but one of the Xs has an SRY gene, which gives you a male body. This is another form of Swyer syndrome.
6. You can be born legally female with two X chromosomes - and also a Y chromosome, which gives you a male body. This child would be "intersex", another form of Swyer syndrome.
7. You can be born legally female with two X chromosomes, but your adrenal gland doesn't produce enough cortisol, and your body develops as a male. This is a condition known as X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita and affects the development of the adrenal glands.
8. You can be born with XX chromosomes -*and* XY chromosomes (chimerism).
Biology is much more complex than the binary formula of “XX = woman, XY = man.” The simplistic claim in the first post ignores the real scientific diversity of human sex development.
XXY: Klinefelter syndrome
XYY: XYY syndrome
XO: Turner syndrome
Mosaicism: when someone has cells with different chromosomal makeups (e.g., some XX, some XY).
These variations are not extremely rare. Altogether, it’s estimated that about 1 in 100 to 150 births involve some form of intersex variation.
You can't use the term biology by quoting a line from Kindergarten Cop "Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina", because that just isn't how it actually works.
#FactsOverOutrage
Bill Shorten lost the 2019 unlosable election because he proposed cuts to negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions, and that 50% of new cars be EVs by 2030.
Tax changes are now law, and the 50% EV target could be achieved before 2030.
Voters owe Bill a huge apology.
Marles is the most dangerous of all. He’s leading the ALP into perilous waters. I’ve lost so much respect for them, Doug.
I never thought I’d witness the ALP supporting the perpetrators of a genocide & protecting zionist interests over the interests of ordinary Aussies.