And Trumpet Of Patriots is the dumbest political party name of all time.
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Cherry Ripe is still good. I like desiccated coconut.
And Trumpet Of Patriots is the dumbest political party name of all time.
And Trumpet Of Patriots is the dumbest political party name of all time.
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If it were American, I would argue that it's the best party name ever. But it's not, it's an Australian political party, so yes I agree it's the dumbest name ever.Dr. Zoidberg wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2025 1:53 am Cherry Ripe is still good. I like desiccated coconut.
And Trumpet Of Patriots is the dumbest political party name of all time.
I'd call my party:
Country United, National Triumph.
One downside is the abbreviation is CUNT. But we could have Welcome to Cunt-ry ceremonies!
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How about:
Australian National Autocracy Lobby
or
Australian National United Society
or
Victoria Australia Guilds Independent National Association
Australian National Autocracy Lobby
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Australian National United Society
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Victoria Australia Guilds Independent National Association
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So the prime minister has said to buy Australian...
Fucking how?
Basically everything is from overseas, and if it's not FROM overseas it's owned overseas, and if it's somehow locally made and owned it's either far, far inferior, or priced outside the realm of fucking sanity.
Being multicultural, and having a good trade with the entire world was of great benefit to us for more than a hundred years, but now we're kind of a bit fucked in that we are so absolutely reliant on the rest of the world for practically everything.
About the only way to buy Australian is to admit you want to live in the 1800's and go without practically everything that makes modern life worth living.
I hope you like spending $1780 on a pine bedside table made locally from local wood, because you're not supposed to pay $50 for something with the exact same function from IKEA.
Large range of wines and SPC canned food are about the only thing we can buy that's local and not prohibitively expensive.
Of course we won't be able to cook because we send all our gas and coal overseas and charge out the ass for what's left here. Ditto with having homes because all our steel goes overseas for a pittance and we buy it back as useful stuff for 300 times the price... And we won't be able to see anything because we couldn't make even a lightbulb locally.
Fucking how?
Basically everything is from overseas, and if it's not FROM overseas it's owned overseas, and if it's somehow locally made and owned it's either far, far inferior, or priced outside the realm of fucking sanity.
Being multicultural, and having a good trade with the entire world was of great benefit to us for more than a hundred years, but now we're kind of a bit fucked in that we are so absolutely reliant on the rest of the world for practically everything.
About the only way to buy Australian is to admit you want to live in the 1800's and go without practically everything that makes modern life worth living.
I hope you like spending $1780 on a pine bedside table made locally from local wood, because you're not supposed to pay $50 for something with the exact same function from IKEA.
Large range of wines and SPC canned food are about the only thing we can buy that's local and not prohibitively expensive.
Of course we won't be able to cook because we send all our gas and coal overseas and charge out the ass for what's left here. Ditto with having homes because all our steel goes overseas for a pittance and we buy it back as useful stuff for 300 times the price... And we won't be able to see anything because we couldn't make even a lightbulb locally.
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This thread is now in...ELECTION MODE!
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I numbered every single number from 1 to what felt like 9038 simply to put the liberals last.
In the past I've not agreed with a lot of their policies, and some of the prime ministers from the past 30 years should literally be hanged for fucking treason. But in most Federal elections since 2007 I normally just put a blank ballot in, or a profanity if I'm feeling energetic.
But the current liberals were so fucking dangerous it got my ass to actually vote, and a few others I know to actually vote properly as well.
Sure Labour will fuck us all over almost as badly, and can't even spell their party name correctly, but at least they have like actual policies. Their policies may not be any good, but they actually have some which I think was the key to them winning.
In the past I've not agreed with a lot of their policies, and some of the prime ministers from the past 30 years should literally be hanged for fucking treason. But in most Federal elections since 2007 I normally just put a blank ballot in, or a profanity if I'm feeling energetic.
But the current liberals were so fucking dangerous it got my ass to actually vote, and a few others I know to actually vote properly as well.
Sure Labour will fuck us all over almost as badly, and can't even spell their party name correctly, but at least they have like actual policies. Their policies may not be any good, but they actually have some which I think was the key to them winning.
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Labor smashed them.
And LOL at Dutton losing his seat.
And LOL at Dutton losing his seat.
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'Disgusting': CommBank threatens to close account unless customer explains why he has cash at home
A high-profile property researcher has blasted an "Orwellian" email from CBA, which demanded to know if he has any cash at his home.
The founder of a respected property research firm has blasted a "disgusting" and "Orwellian" email from Commonwealth Bank demanding he cough up information about his finances — including whether he is holding cash at his home — or risk losing his bank accounts.
SQM Research managing director Louis Christopher took to social media on Tuesday to blast the bank's request for "updated personal information" as part of its Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements, overseen by financial intelligence agency Austrac.
The email warned that if he did not provide the required information, including "details relating to your source of wealth", within seven days "we may discontinue, restrict or limit access to your accounts".
"What I have just gone through this morning with CBA is disgusting," Mr Christopher wrote on X in a now-viral post viewed more than 400,000 times. "Absolutely despicable, Orwellian stuff. Driven by Austrac."
According to Mr Christopher, he initially thought the email was a scam but when he phoned the bank on a different number "it was true".
The representative demanded to know "how have I built up my wealth", "why have I made cash withdrawals", "if I am holding cash at home, why" and "why did I make certain transactions to third parties", he wrote.
"They got rather personal," Mr Christopher told news.com.au.
"I was shocked they would ask me if I'm holding cash at home and why — I regard sharing that info as a security risk. How have I generated my wealth? That's my business, unless they've got more than a slight suspicion I'm doing something illegal [in which case it should require] a court order."
Mr Christopher said the email "came out of the blue", following an earlier email sent on April 5 that he suspects went into his junk filter.
"They didn't give me any elaboration on what triggered this," he said.
He noted none of his business accounts were with Commonwealth Bank.
"Everyone knows I've got a profile, I've got my business SQM Research, we've been providing property statistics for years," he said.
"The crazy thing is I've been a long-term client of CBA. I've been with the bank since 1978. You'd think they might go back and look at the history, it's not an account that's been set up overnight, pretty standard transactions."
He answered the reprentative's questions grudgingly and "I expressed to her that I wasn't happy with these questions".
"I also said how frequently are these questions going to be asked — she said 'whenever we have a need to update our data banks'," he said.
"The ironic thing was at the end of all this, they wanted to share the information from the phone call with regulatory authorities as well as with other third-party credit providers. I had to say yes under duress."
Mr Christopher said "in the end I was just flabbergasted" and decided to share his experience online — leading scores of people to "share their own stories of having their accounts frozen".
"This is not on," he said.
"Banks should not be allowed to freeze people's accounts unless it's via a court order. It is a human right and it should not be done on a whim of some manager."
He remains concerned his accounts may still be frozen because "I was ambiguous on some of the responses".
"I said [the cash] is for a rainy day," he said. "I'm a bit concerned because other people have given ambiguous answers and have had their accounts frozen."
He added he was "not necessarily putting all the blame on CBA".
"I suspect it's been driven by Austrac on the KYC rules, the bank's legal counsel probably has some type of legal interpretation of what the bank is required to do and CBA have taken this position that they have to ask these questions," he said.
"I get it, they're trying to stop money being transferred to terrorists, money laundering, but the community has got to live as well. We'll never completely stamp out that type of crime. They've got to take a step back, it's going too far."
A Commonwealth Bank spokeswoman said "we are required to manage our customers' accounts in line with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, which sets out that all banks operating within Australia are required to collect, verify and maintain customer identification information".
"In the same way that we need to comply with regulations when a customer first opens an account, we also need to comply with current law regarding the maintenance of their identification information," she said.
"Ensuring we have a customer's most up-to-date and correct details also helps us to keep them safe and protect them from fraud."
In December, Commonwealth Bank announced a $3 cash withdrawal fee for some accounts, with the ensuing widespread backlash prompting a walkback and apology.
Source: news.com.au
A high-profile property researcher has blasted an "Orwellian" email from CBA, which demanded to know if he has any cash at his home.
The founder of a respected property research firm has blasted a "disgusting" and "Orwellian" email from Commonwealth Bank demanding he cough up information about his finances — including whether he is holding cash at his home — or risk losing his bank accounts.
SQM Research managing director Louis Christopher took to social media on Tuesday to blast the bank's request for "updated personal information" as part of its Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements, overseen by financial intelligence agency Austrac.
The email warned that if he did not provide the required information, including "details relating to your source of wealth", within seven days "we may discontinue, restrict or limit access to your accounts".
"What I have just gone through this morning with CBA is disgusting," Mr Christopher wrote on X in a now-viral post viewed more than 400,000 times. "Absolutely despicable, Orwellian stuff. Driven by Austrac."
According to Mr Christopher, he initially thought the email was a scam but when he phoned the bank on a different number "it was true".
The representative demanded to know "how have I built up my wealth", "why have I made cash withdrawals", "if I am holding cash at home, why" and "why did I make certain transactions to third parties", he wrote.
"They got rather personal," Mr Christopher told news.com.au.
"I was shocked they would ask me if I'm holding cash at home and why — I regard sharing that info as a security risk. How have I generated my wealth? That's my business, unless they've got more than a slight suspicion I'm doing something illegal [in which case it should require] a court order."
Mr Christopher said the email "came out of the blue", following an earlier email sent on April 5 that he suspects went into his junk filter.
"They didn't give me any elaboration on what triggered this," he said.
He noted none of his business accounts were with Commonwealth Bank.
"Everyone knows I've got a profile, I've got my business SQM Research, we've been providing property statistics for years," he said.
"The crazy thing is I've been a long-term client of CBA. I've been with the bank since 1978. You'd think they might go back and look at the history, it's not an account that's been set up overnight, pretty standard transactions."
He answered the reprentative's questions grudgingly and "I expressed to her that I wasn't happy with these questions".
"I also said how frequently are these questions going to be asked — she said 'whenever we have a need to update our data banks'," he said.
"The ironic thing was at the end of all this, they wanted to share the information from the phone call with regulatory authorities as well as with other third-party credit providers. I had to say yes under duress."
Mr Christopher said "in the end I was just flabbergasted" and decided to share his experience online — leading scores of people to "share their own stories of having their accounts frozen".
"This is not on," he said.
"Banks should not be allowed to freeze people's accounts unless it's via a court order. It is a human right and it should not be done on a whim of some manager."
He remains concerned his accounts may still be frozen because "I was ambiguous on some of the responses".
"I said [the cash] is for a rainy day," he said. "I'm a bit concerned because other people have given ambiguous answers and have had their accounts frozen."
He added he was "not necessarily putting all the blame on CBA".
"I suspect it's been driven by Austrac on the KYC rules, the bank's legal counsel probably has some type of legal interpretation of what the bank is required to do and CBA have taken this position that they have to ask these questions," he said.
"I get it, they're trying to stop money being transferred to terrorists, money laundering, but the community has got to live as well. We'll never completely stamp out that type of crime. They've got to take a step back, it's going too far."
A Commonwealth Bank spokeswoman said "we are required to manage our customers' accounts in line with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, which sets out that all banks operating within Australia are required to collect, verify and maintain customer identification information".
"In the same way that we need to comply with regulations when a customer first opens an account, we also need to comply with current law regarding the maintenance of their identification information," she said.
"Ensuring we have a customer's most up-to-date and correct details also helps us to keep them safe and protect them from fraud."
In December, Commonwealth Bank announced a $3 cash withdrawal fee for some accounts, with the ensuing widespread backlash prompting a walkback and apology.
Source: news.com.au