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Talk about "burdening the health system" - Id honestly like to see a study done of the burden imposed by COVID versus other preventable health diseases (heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes etc). The only reason that isnt a pandemic is because it moves slowly. Think of all the children...

There is going to come a point where we just have to accept that we cant really control it and just get on with life. People die, that's life - 25,000 Australians a year die of strokes and heart attacks, but we don't move to ban fatty foods and mandate exercise do we? Even with harsh...

As much as I think their gun rights are insane, America has a violence problem not a gun problem. I was watching a documentary series this week about WW2 and at the height of the war the US was producing one aircraft carrier every month and a transport ship every three days. Their industrial...

I like how governments are worried about a lack of wage growth and jobs, yet during COVID without immigration the jobs market has become far more favourable for employees and wages are starting to show signs of growth (remember all the doom at the beginning about mass unemployment?)...

I hate the lecturing, like these morons screwed up by letting an unvaccinated limo driver pick up high risk travellers and now they are lecturing us about doing the right thing. They should be coming to us on their hands and knees begging for us to forgive them for a screwup that has cost us...

Whilst I think it is tokenistic and pointless, I usually dont have an issue with the "Acknowledgement of Country", it's just something I wont do when Im at home Trust me, Aboriginal groups and communities have significant power, it just isn't widely known. I've worked in government for nearly...

Ive started seeing this as well at work, no idea why it's important or how it is work related - I dont have an issue with other people doing it, as long as I dont have to do it. We are also now getting asked to do an "Acknowledgement of Country" before meetings, based on where we live. I might...

I agree, I think younger people though tend to be more left leaning. I know when I was in high school, I was leaned to the left but as I got older I became more conservative (Id probably describe myself as a small-c conservative, but my vote can be swung to Labor if they have a good policy mix).

Teaching is no where near what it was 20-30 years ago, back then it was much easier, apart from teaching you just did a bit of prep work before and after school and that was it. Nowadays, there's a tonne of paperwork, the curriculum is overcrowded with junk and teachers are increasingly focused...

Look this is really nasty to say and Im not endorsing it as something we should pursue, but I reckon that medium-long term countries like Italy/UK/USA will benefit from these deaths. As sad as it is to say, in those countries a lot of those who died were old or chronically ill people who put a...

From a HR/Recruitment perspective, Id always recommend having an up to date LinkedIn profile, especially for white collar professionals. When Im interviewing people, I always do a quick LinkedIn search for a candidate and this is what I usually take out of it: How significantly a candidate's...

I agree that there should be some criteria that accounts for age prior to progressing with treatment, especially the more permanent transition procedures.

Hell no, you cant and shouldn't criminalise disrespect. Unfortunately there will always be people who don't respect your lifestyle/beliefs etc you just have to live with it - that's part of living in a free society.

I don't have an issue with referring to people by their preferred pronoun (she/he/they etc) - it's basic respect. It's like if someone's name is Matthew and they preferred to be called Matthew, you wouldn't refer to them as Matt would you? Where it has gone to far I think is removing gendered...

All I remember is that it is a good one to do because: It is easy to test You dont need to make a mess You can use mostly stuff from around the house The results are clear and easy to quantify A simple google search will easily show you a clear explanation of the results It probably isnt a...

Wish I could but I did that assignment over 13 years ago so I wouldn't be much help.

What's in bold is the most important thing and is far more valuable than a high ATAR. The debate around whether going to a selective schools leads to a higher ATAR has been around for years. If you look at the logic, I dont think there is much of a direct advantage in terms of scaling and...

Try your hand at fishkeeping. It's pretty scalable in terms of monetary/time commitment. Usually the startup cost is where most of the money is spent, upkeep is fairly cheap.

It's a black and white issue to me, they are cartoons, if you are offended dont look. If you dont like a country that promotes stuff you dont agree with, dont go there or just leave. Im usually quite a tolerant person being from an immigrant family, but this really is pushing it. When you go...

It's good and bad in a way. The government seems to now be swinging back to its usual deficit hawking which is not going to help with this situation. Id rate myself as being fairly economically conservative, but I think this cult of surplus at all costs isn't helpful and is kind of ridiculous...