It's funny these days isn't it, we actually hold a singer, or an actor in such esteem that we actually care what their politics are, oh my how the world has changed.
I never thought of it that way, I always just thought it was people getting fed up with the establishment, not a particular party.Nah always been the case think of the 70's Vietnam war Dylan and numerous others protest songs etc, and before that conservatives were selling their souls to get photographed with the Beatles.
Buying subs was dumb, now it is ok, spending endless amounts of money on military is fine, a few years back it was a waste of money.
I don't dissagree with that, but no one is singing about it and that's what we talking about.Yes but times change.
China is expanding so more defence spending is necessary to at least keep up the pretence that we can defend ourselves so the public don't panic.
Young people seem a lot less radical these days. At one time the mere idea of us buying nuclear subs would result in mass demonstrations in Hyde Park by the Students Socialist Alliance or whatever, these days there is barely a murmur.
Maybe they are have so much trouble paying their bills, everything else goes out the window.
So juvenile detention what a joke Kid gloves stuff and a slap on the wrist. What is needed is old school coppers from the North west showing these morons how they should be treated.It is really interesting the reporting of the student who shot at the school, it was lead into by being called "The first school shooting incident in Australia", on the ABC classic news headline.
I wonder if we will have the second very soon, it is a very sensational headline, but what else can you expect? Very emotional stuff.
Teacher texted family, children hid in cupboards when student fired rifle at Perth high school, court told
A Perth teenager, responsible for what's believed to be Australia's first shooting at a high school, has been told he will be sent to juvenile detention.www.abc.net.au
Yeah, once the ABC gets hold of the story it will be all about brutal cops and racism.I think those days are well and truly gone @farmerge .
Yet if some drug addled idiot beats the crap out of a pensioner, while robbing them, it is because of a deprived childhood and excusable.Yeah, once the ABC gets hold of the story it will be all about brutal cops and racism.
So juvenile detention what a joke Kid gloves stuff and a slap on the wrist. What is needed is old school coppers from the North west showing these morons how they should be treated.
When we first moved up to the Hills 40 odd years ago there was one family who were causing lots of grief.
Local Sgt doing his last 3 years before retirement had only just come down the from the North West.
Within a week or two this mob of miscreants soon learnt right and wrong.
The good old nightstick was put to very good use.
Amazing what several whacks behind the knees will do and a few in the guts to get the message home.
Shame everyone understands painI think those days are well and truly gone @farmerge .
Yes, eventually it will go full circle, but the mainstream population has to realise not everyone is nice, some just like to hurt people.Shame everyone understands pain
Is it cheaper than toilet paper down there or something?
The Age maintains position as Victoria’s most read masthead
The Age is once again Victoria’s most-read masthead, with a cross-platform readership of 4.8 million – securing its standing ahead of The Herald Sun by more than 800,000 readers.
It has taken many years for the owners of News to convert their customers to paying subscribers.One of New Zealand’s two major free-to-air TV networks has gutted its newsroom, putting more than 200 people out of work after years of losses and continued structural decline in TV advertising.
In a decision that has profound implications for the wider TV market, including in Australia, Newshub, which is owned by $US21 billion ($33 billion) US media conglomerate Warner Bros Discovery, will slim down at the expense of hundreds of jobs by June.
The company blamed a poor advertising market and changing viewer habits for the decision. It leaves the state-owned – but advertising funded – TVNZ network as the sole remaining source of free TV news.
Normal people go to X for news, FWIW.Well the social media giants, paying Australian media outlets for news content, didn't last long.
Meta won't renew commercial deals with Australian news media
Facebook owners Meta says it won't renew commercial deals with Australian news media companies worth millions of dollars.www.abc.net.au
Facebook owner Meta says it won't renew commercial deals with Australian news media companies worth millions of dollars.
Three years ago, the company signed deals with Australian news outlets following the introduction of laws requiring tech giants to pay for displaying news on their platforms.
The deals were due to expire in the next few months and had provided Australian media companies, including the ABC and Nine, with up to $200 million, according to the government.
In a statement, Facebook said its users were not coming to its platform for news and political content and that it would invest its money elsewhere.
The only social media I'm on is ASF, but the 4 kids and 8 grandkids are all into it.Normal people go to X for news, FWIW.
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