SouthernCrossAI/Reddit-posts · Datasets at Hugging Face

As I suspected, they want to immediately stop culling with no actual practical solutions. Hahaha put a fence around the wild horses. Was this written by a 5 yo?

If they were out in dubbo a couple years ago where my old man lives, they may change their mind on the whole flamethrower thing.

You couldn’t see the grass in his backyard for the mice.

Sterilisation has only been proven cost effective for insects as of yet. The only viable form of control is lethal, which the party has said they flat out oppose all forms of, including biological controls, 1080, and helicopter shoots. We all want to live in a world where suffering to animals can be avoided but that is not the reality of the situation

This is what frustrates me about one-issue parties. They garner votes based on somebody loving animals / marijuana / fishing / whatever, but then if that party gets a seat in parliament, they end up voting on all sorts of issues like housing and social policy, healthcare, roads and transport etc that might have little to nothing to do with their core issue. Some of them have some scant policy statements on other issues but it’s such an unknown quantity to let someone into an influential role when all we know about their political leanings and practical policy-making abilities is that they feel strongly one issue. Scary stuff.

I’m not an advocate for the two big parties but i hope we can see some more alternatives emerging that are well-rounded with a good variety of policies, not just single-issue.

The 1 vote gets the election funding.

Except in NSW, the Preferential Voting System is apparently not compulsory. (Which I disagree with.)

Then the parties give their preferences to other parties, votes are tallied (rigged) with one winner, so effectively you do only have one vote between the two major parties

Wouldn't suprise me given the type of walnuts we live with these days.

Proof would be nice eh. Rather than a downvote.

I don't like PETA, and I'm certain that no government with a nanoparticle of sense would ever ban having pets.

Dunno. I directed my own preferences

Coffs Harbour, it's one of the bigger tourist attractions here

Lol yeah. Nothing suss with forced vaccinations and being locked down like animals. That proved to work out well and be completely effective, didn't it.

Don't mind the people who lost their business and/or commited suicide.

Take the concerns to irresponsible owners; increase their penalties. Don’t kill cats just because some *human* abandoned them.

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When hunting ever worked… you speak to hunters, and you learn the truth, that it's not about population control… It's just a lot of fun!

Hunters have been in the population control game for decades, with nothing to show for it, except for trophies.

Yes, sterilisation is going to be a slow process that requires patience but it is a proven technology that will ultimately succeed.

I believe we'll only get development of better solutions to these issues if enough people actually opposed the status quo

Animal Justice Party does actually justify almost all their policies based on their impact to animals.

It's kind of bizarre because all their policy statements read like "We need to rectify injustices against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders because for tens of thousands of years they were responsible caretakers of the continent and this was good for animals."

There are a few minor parties that are well-rounded. Obviously the Greens have a lot of well-documented policies as the "major minor" party. Fusion and Reason seem pretty organised too. Flux party also gets a pass since the nature of their party means they don't need (and should not have) firmly-defined policies.

You’d think that

Have you fullas ever been to an aquarium? Or a zoo? Or anywhere?

So keep them inside?

If you can't keep your pet on your property, then they shouldn't be kept. Simple.

I know hunting isn't an effective method of control. At least not the way it is practiced here and with it being still considered so taboo (in part because of groups like this).

However, if you consider what would be involved in some sort of sterilisation program, I could guarantee you it'd be more effective to put that much money and effort into a culling program. Giving authority to farmers and promoting safe and ethical hunting.

Baiting of animals is particularly cruel and indiscriminate. A hunter can choose to shoot a stallion in a pack. A hunter can dispatch foals that would otherwise starve to death. A hunter can place a shot to minimise suffering.

Humanity is in the sharpened blade.

Edit: I am a deer hunter. Due to other life commitments, I only hunt twice a year. I couldn't tell you the number of times I have had the opportunity to shoot a horse. I would carve one up and feed my family with it tomorrow.

But for some fucked up reason, groups like this side with the racing industry in protecting these invasive species.

I’m not saying that they don’t have reason for their stance, just that they have a vote on so many issues, and many of the one-issue parties don’t disclose their stance on a host of other issues, so it’s a bit of a blind vote.

I’ve noticed flux (an interesting system!) and fusion, but haven’t seen reason yet. Honestly I struggle to find any one party that represents my vote well, so I’ll personally have to settle for the nearest option, but having more varied parties come to the table is always a good thing.

I honestly don't give a fuck about the animal rights shit. It's just funny that a political party is claiming an outright lie as one of their 'acheivements'

And I love going to the zoo, I use my kids as an excuse to go lol

What evidence or data do you have to support your claim that culling is more effective than sterilization?

Agreeed bro

How do you propose sterilisation to work? Some sort of chemical castration? Because you couldn't possibly believe it would be simpler, easier, or cheaper to catch and release rather than shoot an animal.

I don't know if I'm just not looking in the right place but there is no specific information on this from what I can see

Here you go, bud

https://elections.nsw.gov.au/voters/voting-options

Sorry folks, but another potential bloody immigrant here. My wife has dual UK/Aus citizenship and following a recent 3 week trip to visit her family in Terrigal, after 20 years in the UK she’s decided she want to come home, for at least a couple of years, and I’ve agreed.

So it’s obviously a big undertaking, and we’re basically after any advice anyone can give, particularly from anyone who has done it themselves. I’m a UK citizen, and I’d be eligible for a spousal visa (at a ridiculous cost, around £5k!), I’m 60 years old and would be looking to work part-time, and my wife is a doctor who would line up a job beforehand. We’re looking at Umina and Ettalong on the coast as somewhere to live, while we rent out our London home.

So if anyone had a personal recommendation for a emigration specialist in the UK, or who knows of anyone who does, or indeed any advice at all, including any other subreddits which might be more appropriate, then we’d be extremely grateful!

From Bognor to Bogan. Enjoy the change

Been living on the central coast for 25 years now. Originally from Bristol.

Ettalong & umina are OK.

Far, far better than they were 25 years ago. Still some ferals around, but on the whole it's great.

Not far from my place. Come around for a homebrew!

Five grand is cheap for what you'll get

If this new immigrant is going to deliver my food from Menulog. Tell them not to

forget anything and don't eat the Chipotle quesadilla on the way back

from Subway. $28 it cost me today to have one buffalo chicken sub

delivered.

I moved from sydney to the central coast back in 2011 and have never regretted it. I couldn’t imagine ever living back in sydney. I love it up here

I know you’re after advice and sorry I don’t really have any. Only to say I’ve lived on the Central Coast for many years and it’s a great place to live. That said, it’s a huge area - there’s plenty of suburbs I’m not too familiar with.

Yeah, I know the area is full of tradies. I’m already saving up for my knackered ute

Yeah, I know the area had a bit of a rep some time back, but my BiL lived at the far end of Umina by the beach and only moved to Terrigal last year, so we’ve been there a few times and it seems fine now. I’m a mechanic so I’ll probably fit right in anyway.

Home brew sound good compared to the usual mainstream Aussie beers, I’ll take you up on that!

Well done and welcome. You'll also need an NRL team ro support. and a nickname. That's easy,, its either Vissie or Otto.

Yeah there's some nice houses up that part of umina. Definitely the better part

I can actually see my home in your picture. God I love living in the Gong.

Great spot. I’d imagine it must be a nightmare to get in and out of though, given it’s proximity to the Appin Road/Princes Highway/Bulli Pass junctions

Lol definitely not today. Would have just been grey.

Me too

It was a nightmare to get there because I wanted to avoid paying tolls for once and went through Western Sydney instead of going through the Harbour tunnel and the South-Western Motorway.

Isn't it just pulling over from the Bulli Pass motorway?

I've driven past it a hundred times but never stopped. Am I thinking of something else?

It's from Sunday

Bloody hot day to willingly be a few hundred metres closer to the sun 🤣

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Brisbane, run my own tech company (IT consulting)

Here tech jobs are slow and hard to find among the bigger companies, but easier among start ups (but start ups provide thier own risk) I have been receiving A lot of mail on linked in asking for programmers (web based) to work in the mines, I think they are making their own software for a new project.

I will point you to your linked in page, if you are looking for work, fill it out and get some good connections and look for jobs there.

Thanks man appreciate that. That's really positive and the most encouraging message I've read all day. So you can imagine the kind of replies I've been getting in this regard

What's the pay at mines for software engineer?

All good an remember, since your looking for work keep yourself busy, make a few personal projects. Experiment and develop your skills where you can. If you are programming get onto git and contribute to some projects. All of these things you can put into a cover letter that will make you look like a better choice over a fresh graduate with no real experience.

Not sure what they will offer you, based on my skill set they were offering 175k p/y

Skill set (20 years back end development)

Isn't contract job paying per hour or per day? Do mines hire fte as well?

Tried to find the mail in my LinkedIn but it's buried sorry so this is just from memory.

The position was move to location for 18 months project 175k p/y with opportunity for other projects.

I think they even offered 10k to move for "successful applicant"

I have said this a few times on here, if your looking for tech work build out your LinkedIn profile and your git hub profile. These are the first things I check when employing. Bonus points if your a contributor to an open source project.

Offtop Openai proved opensource is dead.

Thanks for the mining thing. Id apply out of curiosity.

I'd heard there is a blowhole there and I expected it to be a subteranmean gas geyser. Instead, what I got was plain old seawater, the type you see all the way to the horizon from anywhere on the coast.

I didn't know that "blowhole" stands for "*marine* geyser".

Yeah, but if the waves hit it just right then it can shoot water up pretty high. You've got to be pretty lucky to see it. I agree it's a disappointing tourist attraction.

It's a hole. It blows.

What more do you want?

People flock from all corners of the earth to see in awe the Kiama blow hole. Truly one of the wonders of the world

I think youll find yourself being disappointed by most natural attractions if those are your expectations.

A winter storm from the Southeast will still get it to shoot water as high as the top of the Lighthouse nearby!