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I walked into Rakich's Store (colloquially "Ratsh1t's" to locals) this morning.

I was a bit taken aback that I could actually see people's faces and the mood very jovial.

We may have a ceremonial burning of our stupid washable masks, and crack a bottle of Grange this evening (or perhaps something with a couple of zeros knocked off )
 

Yeah same around Mandurah, Bunnings Halls Head was about 3/4 without masks.

I will continue with my P2 fitted masks for a while yet as numbers will likely rise as a result, really don't want COVID or long COVID if I can avoid it.

Both neighbours have now had it but the elderly have largely avoided.
 
Yep same around Midland and the Valley, about a quarter still wearing masks. Sensible for those who feel vulnerable, but if so, really should be the P2 or similar, rather than the basic cloth/poly masks.
 
wayneL said:
Yep same around Midland and the Valley, about a quarter still wearing masks. Sensible for those who feel vulnerable, but if so, really should be the P2 or similar, rather than the basic cloth/poly masks.
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It starts off like that. Then everyone just can't be arsed. I see maybe 1 in a 100 now with a mask. Covid still out there but no one cares.
 
moXJO said:
It starts off like that. Then everyone just can't be arsed. I see maybe 1 in a 100 now with a mask. Covid still out there but no one cares.
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I think here in NSW so many people have had Covid that they realise that natural herd immunity is becoming a reality.

I know that the younger people around here are blase about it because most of them have had it, as well as their mates.

Just like a really bad cold is common, the others say just go surfing, the salt water clears it from your head
 
This might be W.A specific, but we are certainly sliding into complete control, which isn't a bad thing until the original intention is forgotten.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

WA Premier can't rule out mobile phone snooping as part of beefed up police search powers

Mark McGowan defends a plan to expand police search powers to stop drug importations but can't say whether officers will be able to go through people's phones.
www.abc.net.au

Police Minister Paul Papalia yesterday announced the expansion of a suite of laws, which he said was necessary to prevent drugs being imported to the state.
It would aim to mimic pandemic powers to give police officers additional authority to search people at border crossings, airports, ports and railway stations, but the exact details have not been revealed.
But Premier Mark McGowan said the measures were purely targeted at reducing the amount of drugs going through border crossings, and were not broad 'stop and search' powers.
 
Interesting he moved from the Nationals to the Liberals, the day after he was charged.
Mr Hayward, with Nationals WA leader Mia Davies in 2017, quit the party a day after being charged.(ABC News: Roxanne Taylor)



Yes it's rife everywhere, at least it is getting aired, the more publicity it gets, the better chance there is of stopping the lewd behaviour. I personally think if a politician is found guilty of a criminal offence they should be instantly thrown out, it may already be the case but I haven't heard of it happening to many.

Women call for investigation into MP nudes complaint​


Women’s rights champion Brittany Higgins and Liberal senator Sarah Henderson have joined a chorus of voices calling for PM Anthony Albanese to look into a young woman’s complaints about Labor MP Jerome Laxale.
 
They need to be gutted and made to restart the party again except they have i suppose as there are only two left and one of them is in court after sexually abusing a young girl as posted previously.

Scathing review of WA Liberals after election whitewash finds endemic branch stacking and preselection rorts

A leaked review of Liberal Party membership records in WA, conducted in the wake of the party's abysmal performance at last year's state election, reveals widespread branch stacking and manipulation of state preselections.
www.abc.net.au
 
Yep, you couldn't vote for the Liberals in W.A, even if they were the only ones on the ballot paper IMO.
 
sptrawler said:
Yep, you couldn't vote for the Liberals in W.A, even if they were the only ones on the ballot paper IMO.
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The Vic's are cleaning themselves up. Sacked one, replaced another. That's what a second massive election loss does to you.

They have to remember that they need us punters to give them the right to rule. No matter how much they think they were born to rule.
 
Yes, I don't follow Eastern States politics at all, but here in W.A, they have been headless chooks since Barnett left,
I think politics is like a lot of Govt jobs, once someone gets in, it is a case of keeping your head down and picking up the pay check.
Those at the top take all the heavy artillery, the problem with that is you end up having a lot of lazy mushrooms in the lower levels and when the those at the top succumb to battle fatigue, it all goes pear shaped for the party.
The longer the party is in office, the softer and mushier the mushroom bottom becomes, then it collapses on itself when the top pulls up stumps.
Just an addition to the post, I couldn't even name a Liberal W.A politician, yet most think I'm rusted on Liberal, just shows how under appreciated the swinging voter is IMO.
 
Zak, if he didn't totally @#$& the party, was emblematic of the malaise within.

LINOs
 
I wonder if Shell wish they had decided to build a processing plant onshore, after all, the process ship 'Prelude' has been nothing but trouble since day one.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/...-and-industrial-problems-20220609-p5askw.html
Shell is running its $23 billion Prelude floating LNG plant with critical positions filled by crew who are not fully qualified, and more than 200 safety alarms out of action, ahead of industrial action due to start on Friday.
Gas exports recommenced from the world’s largest floating vessel just two months ago after it was shut down for four months following a complete power failure in December that the offshore safety regulator said could have led to a “catastrophic failure”.


Prelude or finale? Critics pile on Shell's $21 billion floating gas plant

It was supposed to be the dawn of a new era, but Shell's $21 billion Prelude has been blighted by problems and there are claims it may never pay Australia a cent in royalties.
www.abc.net.au
From the article:
When Dutch-Anglo oil giant Shell decided to build a massive floating gas factory known as Prelude in 2011, it was billed as the dawn of a new era for the industry.
Australia was midway through a once-in-a-lifetime $300 billion splurge that would make the country the world's biggest producer of super-chilled, shipped gas.

Floating gas plants were supposed to be the logical evolution, vacuuming up gas wherever they went and making fortunes for shareholders and taxpayers.

But barely a decade later, Prelude has been racked by cost and time blowouts, technical problems, and warnings from the regulator that the project came dangerously close to a catastrophic failure.
What's more, critics say the facility may never pay a cent in royalties, is unlikely to deliver a molecule of gas to the domestic market, and has sent most of the construction jobs offshore.
 
wayneL said:
Zak, if he didn't totally @#$& the party, was emblematic of the malaise within.

LINOs
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Zak was a symptom and cannon fodder not the cause.

BTW nice young bloke by all accounts.
 
IFocus said:
Zak was a symptom and cannon fodder not the cause.

BTW nice young bloke by all accounts.
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wayneL said:
He is a LINO, nice guy not withstanding.
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I think both of you are right, a mate actually handed out how to vote pamphlets for Zak and yes he apparently is a nice young bloke.
But I also think Wayne is right as well, most young people today don't have a history in the roots of the parties, a lot of them only see politics through the eyes of the media.
So loyalty is easily swayed, with that resonating with the electorate becomes a problem IMO, also why it is so important for parties to have a strong leader to give direction, purpose and vision.
Those qualities don't come along every election, W.A fortunately had Barnett, now they have McGowan, poor old Zak really didn't have time to develop any political nous.
As @IFocus said he was dropped in the deep end, without being able to swim.
 

Big miners tip $750 million into fund to pay for 'legacy' infrastructure and social projects

Mark McGowan establishes an investment trust funded by the state's most prominent resource companies to realise 'legacy projects'.
www.abc.net.au

This is 100% pure corruption in my opinion. Infrastructure projects should not be paid for from a government slush fund funded by major industry players. It should be funded by an increased royalty revenue applied equally across the board.

It really would be more efficient if Western Australia just become a division of BHP or woodside. Doesn't matter who gets voted in the mining lobby owns them all.

"It's unusual in a state which has a $6 billion surplus for the Premier to be going cap in hand to these mining companies and not expecting anything in return...Perhaps this gives the government the opportunity to use the $6 billion its got in the Premier's back pocket to spend on the basics he's failing on like health, housing, cost of living initiatives for Western Australians."
 
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