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also, no one cares about drugs, smoking weed is only an issue to twats like you who can't face reality and will imagine any excuse to ignore it.
Wife beating? Dude, unless you've sat in their living room and recorded it, stfu
So did I, I made a detailed account from my own narrow perspective in these comments as it's own reply, doesn't matter what you think of the man PERSONALLY.
He's right, facts over feels.
Watch and inform yourself and how you're getting ripped off by these loggers too
Never said he was a stoner, even though they're a bunch of losers, they're generally harmless. Cunts a crackhead
Sure thing champ
Lol ANY proof? like a shred? a sliver? a crumb?
do you watch them through their windows? did he do 'crack' (extremely expensive and hard to get in rural Aus) on your front yard?
crack is smoking COCAINE, make that make sense. Dude on mid income in buttfuck no where somehow can maintain a crack habit?
It is a sure thing, cvnt
Sorry I used the wrong term. He's an ice user. It's all the same
Lol so you have no fucking clue what you're saying.
You sound more cooked than anyone, fucking pathetic.
Also, you would no doubt notice the odd use of a comma and colon and vagueness of the whole thing and recognise it as a scam.
Pretty straightforward - fines and toll notices are not alerted via text but via mail.
Maybe, maybe you'll get an account-based payment method declined or expiry reminder via text or email from MyEtoll or LinkT but no url to a payment direct.
Sad anyone needs to be reminded but here ya go.
I get numerous messages of the like.
Last night I got one pretending to be from CommBank. I'm not a customer so that was already a sign.
My phone quarantined the SMS anyway.
Received one from “Linkt” hours after hopping on the M7. The fact that I’m with Linkt and it was months since my last toll trip actually had me thinking it was real. But I knew I had coin in the account so I just logged into the app to check. Yep, was a scam. The timing of it was bloody unreal though. Must be a data leak somewhere.
Scammers like this should be thrown into jail for life with no chance of release. They're a blight.
I received this in the mail regarding the upcoming NSW election. I live in Queanbeyan.
Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council - An Independent is the Mayor now, but get this, the previous Mayor was Tim Overall, who was the Mayor from 2008-2022 got us in the mess where our rates are going up MASSIVELY is the Husband of the Nationals current MP for our electorate, Nicole Overall.
The State government is Liberal as it has been since 2011!
BUT the Nationals put out a flyer saying council rates are going up under Labor?????
What actual F! How can you straight up lie like that? Some many peole are going to get conned by this and it should be illegal.
Sign the petition for truth in political advertising laws:
https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/truth_in_political_advertising_fed
The pamphlet should be paraphrased: "People who want to be ruled by stupid liars should vote National." The State govt is not in charge of super tax rates. Electing Labor or anyone else can not change them. This is a stupid lie.
There is one specific exemption in truth in advertising laws, political advertising.
Council rates. That's Local Government.
Interest rates. I'm sure it's the Reserve Bank that makes decisions that affect that.
Superannuation. Federal Government.
In any case, everything goes up regardless of who is in power, so the Liberals and Nationals can shut up because how many times have things gone up under them.
Another point. Politicians lie. It's a characteristic that seems to go with the job.
Imagine being dumb enough to think the government decides interest rates or that our reserve bank doesn’t just follow the US 90% of the time when it comes to rates
It could be argued as technically correct. Under labor all these things have happened. It wasn’t anything to do with the labor party or current government, but they definitely happened.
I’m saddened to think that the average Australian probably won’t have the critical thinking skills to actually dissect this and work out the truth for themselves. Then 50% of the population is stupider than that…. And they’re all gonna vote.
Apparently not
"Things that affect my constituents, the rich, are happening. Please let me help them hoard more wealth"
Misleading and deceptive conduct does not apply to politely communications, sadly.
It actually isn’t. If you look at the rules that govern political advertising, it actually states that there isn’t guideline that says the ad has to be factually accurate. I read this years ago
When you don't actually have any policies to help people, then scare tactics attacking the other guys is all you have left.
Don’t be naive it’s politics… all parties do it in every country that (& here’s the kicker) HAS FREE ELECTIONS. Don’t like politicians lying to you? Move to Russia, Iran, Nth Korea….
Must have been talking about Federal
not for political advertising
Not if your a politician. Then it's required.
This is technically not lying though…
Not if it's electioneering. Then it's treated as comment.Not truth
Notice how they fail to mention they’ll go up under liberal too?
Sadly political advertising is exempt from advertising standards of truthfulness.
The state nationals are becoming more and more irrelevant each year. The party that was established to represent the bush ironically are causing the death of the bush
I was just talking about this topic with friends today after the John Barilaro leaked audio where he boasts about just making up financial commitments for the sake of his campaign.
Our politicians should be held to a very high level of ethical standards, and I hope one day that will be the case. Until then, all you can do is continue to share the information and hope those who are open to accepting facts will do so.
Being someones husband isn't a crime, wait to you see who is Perrottet's departmental secretary and the top public servant in the state.
Given that there's no LNP on council, and the only party represented is Labor with 3 members, along with the clearly ambiguous wording which doesn't distinguish between local and national, I don't see this going anywhere with a review
I believe lying is a prerequisite for being a politician.
Apparently SA has these laws and they work fine - should be a no-brainer to have it nationally.
There are likely a large number of mortgage holders who don't know the significance of interest rates let alone who decides them
I was coming here to say this. Given the current economic environment, Federal commitment to increase taxation on super and the impact of COVID and major weather events on Council's balance sheets, I actually think you could comfortably assert this is true but for all Governments who can conceivably be elected.
Technically they all happened under the NSW liberal reign too.
Agree - it’s not lying. Just extremely misleading and targeting people who don’t know any better
Wrong. There are two Libs and an undeclared Nat in the council.
How do they work - do politicians stop lying in advertising, or do they pay fines out of election funds? What are the penalties?
Yes indeed.
You're right, there are Liberals on council, I was looking at the previous election.
> 2021 Party Result: Labor 3, Liberal 2, Greens 1, Independent 5
So which party holds the most sway again?
They have to be more delicate in their campaigning.
For example, they will then say "Under OUR government, there won't be higher rates." - they're implying the other government might raise rates, but they can't outright claim that.
It's not perfect by any means but it's a good step.
Just had a look and found [this paper](https://law.adelaide.edu.au/system/files/media/documents/2022-01/alr_422_08_baltutis.pdf). The relevant SA law is on page 3 - the maximum fine is $5,000 per a person and $25,000 for a body corporate. There's an example on page 8, it also says people usually comply when asked to remove political misinformation.
Im going to be leaving the state tomorrow and I was hoping the ballot would arrive today but it hasn't. If I go to an early polling place tomorrow and vote there instead of doing postal will they count me as having voted twice?
Perhaps vote at the polling location, explain the situation and on your return, retain the unused postal form as evidence if you ever need to verify you didn't use it.
Katelin has a big fight against the local independent incumbent, Good Luck!
Oh wow, yet another candidate whose only job for her entire life has been working for a union.
Such broad-minded experience is just the sort of diversity that parliament needs.
I hate to be that one guy to spoil your fun… me and my mates got a selfie with Dominic Perrottet yesterday. Top bloke
Absolutely, it’s been a tough fight so far but I have a lot of hope that Katelin will pull through. She’s an excellent candidate and will do a lot of good for the area.
I suspect Ward will ragdoll both candidates of government from his last outing and general profile in the Illawarra.
Unions fight for the rights of workers including fair pay, penalty rates, mandated breaks between shifts, safe staffing levels, workplace health and safety, etc. Workers across all industries in Australia benefit from the tireless work of unions, whether you are a union member or not. Unions negotiate enterprise bargaining agreements to hold corporations accountable and ensure workers are getting a fair go. Labor legislated for union formation decades ago and brought about the 8-hour work day, the 5-day work week, mandatory superannuation contributions, annual leave, sick leave, maternity leave, and all other workplace entitlements. Unions cover workers when they need legal advice in relation to workplace issues and will ensure wages are paid in line with the award or back paid if employers are found to have been underpaying workers.
Every worker in Australia benefits from unions.
She’s also a Kiama local resident and a journalist. So your presuppositions about her are not correct.
Solid call. She has lived in a very insulated world. Nothing wrong working for a union I just think some other experience would be helpful
He’s anything but a top bloke but I respect your right to vote for whoever you believe best represents you and your values. If that’s Dom, then you aren’t really my people anyway.
You might be right given the education level of the Kiama electorate. I hope not though.
Im still underpaid.
The issue isn't the education level. It's the four year campaigns he's been running in the Illawarra for the last decade.
Same
I’d LOL except this election so serious. The Rum Corps must be stopped…
may i ask what are you voting for, who and what is being elected in? im in QLD so i dont know whats going on but keep seeing ads on abc news sites
Labor of course. I'm from QLD myself. My main position is to build the Great Koala National Park and end the deforestation campaign being waged by NSW Forestry
No I mean as in primrer or council. Clearly it's not prime minister
Premier
ahhh ok cool thanks
I'm a sheltered city boy who's been up and down the coast but never to the west of Orange. I'm thinking about driving a circuit from Sydney to White Cliffs and Broken Hill via Cobar and back to Sydney via Mildura and Wagga Wagga.
What I've sussed out:
I've downloaded a local map of NSW on my satnav app.

also, no one cares about drugs, smoking weed is only an issue to twats like you who can't face reality and will imagine any excuse to ignore it.

Wife beating? Dude, unless you've sat in their living room and recorded it, stfu

So did I, I made a detailed account from my own narrow perspective in these comments as it's own reply, doesn't matter what you think of the man PERSONALLY.

He's right, facts over feels.

Watch and inform yourself and how you're getting ripped off by these loggers too

Never said he was a stoner, even though they're a bunch of losers, they're generally harmless. Cunts a crackhead

Sure thing champ

Lol ANY proof? like a shred? a sliver? a crumb?

do you watch them through their windows? did he do 'crack' (extremely expensive and hard to get in rural Aus) on your front yard?

crack is smoking COCAINE, make that make sense. Dude on mid income in buttfuck no where somehow can maintain a crack habit?

It is a sure thing, cvnt

Sorry I used the wrong term. He's an ice user. It's all the same

Lol so you have no fucking clue what you're saying.

You sound more cooked than anyone, fucking pathetic.

Also, you would no doubt notice the odd use of a comma and colon and vagueness of the whole thing and recognise it as a scam.

Pretty straightforward - fines and toll notices are not alerted via text but via mail.

Maybe, maybe you'll get an account-based payment method declined or expiry reminder via text or email from MyEtoll or LinkT but no url to a payment direct.

Sad anyone needs to be reminded but here ya go.

I get numerous messages of the like.

Last night I got one pretending to be from CommBank. I'm not a customer so that was already a sign.

My phone quarantined the SMS anyway.

Received one from “Linkt” hours after hopping on the M7. The fact that I’m with Linkt and it was months since my last toll trip actually had me thinking it was real. But I knew I had coin in the account so I just logged into the app to check. Yep, was a scam. The timing of it was bloody unreal though. Must be a data leak somewhere.

Scammers like this should be thrown into jail for life with no chance of release. They're a blight.

I received this in the mail regarding the upcoming NSW election. I live in Queanbeyan.

Queanbeyan Palerang Regional Council - An Independent is the Mayor now, but get this, the previous Mayor was Tim Overall, who was the Mayor from 2008-2022 got us in the mess where our rates are going up MASSIVELY is the Husband of the Nationals current MP for our electorate, Nicole Overall.

The State government is Liberal as it has been since 2011!

BUT the Nationals put out a flyer saying council rates are going up under Labor?????

What actual F! How can you straight up lie like that? Some many peole are going to get conned by this and it should be illegal.

Sign the petition for truth in political advertising laws:

https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/truth_in_political_advertising_fed

The pamphlet should be paraphrased: "People who want to be ruled by stupid liars should vote National." The State govt is not in charge of super tax rates. Electing Labor or anyone else can not change them. This is a stupid lie.

There is one specific exemption in truth in advertising laws, political advertising.

Council rates. That's Local Government.

Interest rates. I'm sure it's the Reserve Bank that makes decisions that affect that.

Superannuation. Federal Government.

In any case, everything goes up regardless of who is in power, so the Liberals and Nationals can shut up because how many times have things gone up under them.

Another point. Politicians lie. It's a characteristic that seems to go with the job.

Imagine being dumb enough to think the government decides interest rates or that our reserve bank doesn’t just follow the US 90% of the time when it comes to rates

It could be argued as technically correct. Under labor all these things have happened. It wasn’t anything to do with the labor party or current government, but they definitely happened.

I’m saddened to think that the average Australian probably won’t have the critical thinking skills to actually dissect this and work out the truth for themselves. Then 50% of the population is stupider than that…. And they’re all gonna vote.

Apparently not

"Things that affect my constituents, the rich, are happening. Please let me help them hoard more wealth"

Misleading and deceptive conduct does not apply to politely communications, sadly.

It actually isn’t. If you look at the rules that govern political advertising, it actually states that there isn’t guideline that says the ad has to be factually accurate. I read this years ago

When you don't actually have any policies to help people, then scare tactics attacking the other guys is all you have left.

Don’t be naive it’s politics… all parties do it in every country that (& here’s the kicker) HAS FREE ELECTIONS. Don’t like politicians lying to you? Move to Russia, Iran, Nth Korea….

Must have been talking about Federal

not for political advertising

Not if your a politician. Then it's required.

This is technically not lying though…

Not if it's electioneering. Then it's treated as comment.Not truth

Notice how they fail to mention they’ll go up under liberal too?

Sadly political advertising is exempt from advertising standards of truthfulness.

The state nationals are becoming more and more irrelevant each year. The party that was established to represent the bush ironically are causing the death of the bush

I was just talking about this topic with friends today after the John Barilaro leaked audio where he boasts about just making up financial commitments for the sake of his campaign.

Our politicians should be held to a very high level of ethical standards, and I hope one day that will be the case. Until then, all you can do is continue to share the information and hope those who are open to accepting facts will do so.

Being someones husband isn't a crime, wait to you see who is Perrottet's departmental secretary and the top public servant in the state.

Given that there's no LNP on council, and the only party represented is Labor with 3 members, along with the clearly ambiguous wording which doesn't distinguish between local and national, I don't see this going anywhere with a review

I believe lying is a prerequisite for being a politician.

Apparently SA has these laws and they work fine - should be a no-brainer to have it nationally.

There are likely a large number of mortgage holders who don't know the significance of interest rates let alone who decides them

I was coming here to say this. Given the current economic environment, Federal commitment to increase taxation on super and the impact of COVID and major weather events on Council's balance sheets, I actually think you could comfortably assert this is true but for all Governments who can conceivably be elected.

Technically they all happened under the NSW liberal reign too.

Agree - it’s not lying. Just extremely misleading and targeting people who don’t know any better

Wrong. There are two Libs and an undeclared Nat in the council.

How do they work - do politicians stop lying in advertising, or do they pay fines out of election funds? What are the penalties?

Yes indeed.

You're right, there are Liberals on council, I was looking at the previous election.

> 2021 Party Result: Labor 3, Liberal 2, Greens 1, Independent 5

So which party holds the most sway again?

They have to be more delicate in their campaigning.

For example, they will then say "Under OUR government, there won't be higher rates." - they're implying the other government might raise rates, but they can't outright claim that.

It's not perfect by any means but it's a good step.

Just had a look and found [this paper](https://law.adelaide.edu.au/system/files/media/documents/2022-01/alr_422_08_baltutis.pdf). The relevant SA law is on page 3 - the maximum fine is $5,000 per a person and $25,000 for a body corporate. There's an example on page 8, it also says people usually comply when asked to remove political misinformation.

Im going to be leaving the state tomorrow and I was hoping the ballot would arrive today but it hasn't. If I go to an early polling place tomorrow and vote there instead of doing postal will they count me as having voted twice?

Perhaps vote at the polling location, explain the situation and on your return, retain the unused postal form as evidence if you ever need to verify you didn't use it.

Katelin has a big fight against the local independent incumbent, Good Luck!

Oh wow, yet another candidate whose only job for her entire life has been working for a union.

Such broad-minded experience is just the sort of diversity that parliament needs.

I hate to be that one guy to spoil your fun… me and my mates got a selfie with Dominic Perrottet yesterday. Top bloke

Absolutely, it’s been a tough fight so far but I have a lot of hope that Katelin will pull through. She’s an excellent candidate and will do a lot of good for the area.

I suspect Ward will ragdoll both candidates of government from his last outing and general profile in the Illawarra.

Unions fight for the rights of workers including fair pay, penalty rates, mandated breaks between shifts, safe staffing levels, workplace health and safety, etc. Workers across all industries in Australia benefit from the tireless work of unions, whether you are a union member or not. Unions negotiate enterprise bargaining agreements to hold corporations accountable and ensure workers are getting a fair go. Labor legislated for union formation decades ago and brought about the 8-hour work day, the 5-day work week, mandatory superannuation contributions, annual leave, sick leave, maternity leave, and all other workplace entitlements. Unions cover workers when they need legal advice in relation to workplace issues and will ensure wages are paid in line with the award or back paid if employers are found to have been underpaying workers.

Every worker in Australia benefits from unions.

She’s also a Kiama local resident and a journalist. So your presuppositions about her are not correct.

Solid call. She has lived in a very insulated world. Nothing wrong working for a union I just think some other experience would be helpful

He’s anything but a top bloke but I respect your right to vote for whoever you believe best represents you and your values. If that’s Dom, then you aren’t really my people anyway.

You might be right given the education level of the Kiama electorate. I hope not though.

Im still underpaid.

The issue isn't the education level. It's the four year campaigns he's been running in the Illawarra for the last decade.

Same

I’d LOL except this election so serious. The Rum Corps must be stopped…

may i ask what are you voting for, who and what is being elected in? im in QLD so i dont know whats going on but keep seeing ads on abc news sites

Labor of course. I'm from QLD myself. My main position is to build the Great Koala National Park and end the deforestation campaign being waged by NSW Forestry

No I mean as in primrer or council. Clearly it's not prime minister

Premier

ahhh ok cool thanks

I'm a sheltered city boy who's been up and down the coast but never to the west of Orange. I'm thinking about driving a circuit from Sydney to White Cliffs and Broken Hill via Cobar and back to Sydney via Mildura and Wagga Wagga.

What I've sussed out:

I've downloaded a local map of NSW on my satnav app.