King st is named after the 3rd Governor of Victoria, someone King. Right, leave that in the memory box for that random guiz night question.

A few British immigrants might as well.

Huh, i thought they'd be visting all over the country since its their first visit in this capacity.

It'll be interesting to see turnout, i reckon there'll be big crowds, peoples attitudes seem to have changed on them since they became the monarchs.

They didn't do anything wrong, someone else did.

This is the problem, no one but them are saying they did. They're victimising themselves in this instance. There are feelings of loss being experienced by gun owners that they shouldn't be feeling. They did the right thing, some other bastard didn't, the laws have to be changed to cater for the idiots out there not the responsible people. Just like anything else in society the rest of us bear the cost.

For example, myself and i'm sure a lot of other people would probably enjoy shooting, but due to the idiots out there you need to take the hobby really seriously, and be really committed, therefore its too much for me and a lot of others. Its a small cost (of course) that I have to bear because people are idiots and the severity of possible consequence with guns is so high.

Questioning their mental health says far more about your own ability to empathise than theirs.

Refer to above, for my empathy, but the point is, no one should need to empathise. No one should be blaming responsible gun owners, but the cost of the hobby is directly impacted by its dangerous nature and possible misuses.

So, related, but not a direct result and i'm not sure where its at. But theres been rolling gun buybacks for a few years now, to reduce the cost impact on gun owners of getting rid of some of their guns, especially old easily forgotten ones. So cost mitigation has been and should continue to be a component.

I think thats right. No disagreement here.

I had a friend that worked in the industry, a lot of what the industry people say about genuine need is a load of bull. Just like any other hobby they wanna get the latest whizz bang thing and show off their collections. Fine, but guns aren't just any hobby.

The NBN is such a strong example of that kinda shitfuckery, i'd like there to be clauses where work that has been started has to go on, but you just can't because of cases where there are genuinely unpopular projects like Roe 8. I don't know how you square that hole.

Even yesterday, when the train line got to Yanchep, they were moaning about...

I didn't see their comments on this.

I think the independents, but also for me minor parties, are an imprtant counterbalance to the pair. They let people who otherwise would remain voiceless see they have representation, even if the rest of the country finds their views crazy as building a Titanic 2 ;)

Ken Wyatt coming back as an independent is an interesting thought exercise to wonder how he would change, to how he'd be the same. Maybe he and his nephew should come back as a Minor party, they can be called "Wyatt United".

As much as he was a good member of parliament, i'm all for new blood. Plenty of people in our country can and should be representatives in Parliament. Long experience is valuable, but just as valuable is the experiences of people from different walks of life. I think its good that parliamentarians/senators cycle through, some (cough, cough, Pauline Hanson among others) should consider making way for others younger or older than them.

On a related note, I'm also among a likely vanishingly small percentage of people who think the high turnover of PM's we've had in the last few years is actually a good thing. When you consider the structure of Australian governments it wasn't actually that disruptive to anything but parliament itself, and it means we have this deep knowledge base about that important role out in all segments of our community working in different roles.

That experience of being PM, i think, helps business and the public at large understand the capabilities and limitations of the Office. And there is now a deep knowledge base for future PM's to call on in times of need.

I've no idea. Sometimes our councillors run off to view Russian "elections" though! :)

Don't worry, they'll survive, so will the planet. Its less certain for the rest of humanity and many other plant and animal species though. /j (kind of).

Anyway, we're doing your server and thus username no justice, commenting in such gloomy terms. Solarpunk is such a breath of fresh air into these issues. And where endemic power structures fail you already see its themes of strengthened community bonds quickly reestablish themselves and shine through.

Solarpunk also hits the nail on the head with iur societies key issue. Its the structural design of our societies elevating private ownership claims as superior to societal ownership claims, its imbalanced.

But Covid, financial crises, wars and now Climate change quickly prove the, so called, independently strong are actually only as strong as the societal strength holding them tall.

Sorry, went off on a tangent.

Wow, not a fan of Nike generally, but i def learned a few new things from that burst of typespiration.

Theres a book called "Shoe Dog", (i haven't read it), about the beginning of Nike, maybe you should write a response book called "Dog Shoes - A Nike Exploitation story".

I think this is a question for @lodion or @nath