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Does he hear himself? I thought this bloke used to be a cop?

Imagine hearing "I have grave concerns about the conduct of the magistrate's court. I would welcome a fugitive I've never met to my home and not turn him over to the authorities".

I'd sound like a criminal. Because at that point I would be. Australia is a signatory to the ICC. We are bound by its rulings.

Peter Dutton's misgivings are irrelevant. Either the world can take Australia at its word when it comes to treaties or it can't. It would not go well for us as a nation if we told the world that we no longer honour our treaties when our (possible) PM doesn't feel like it.

I loved this teeny bit: "best of Howard"

Mr Howard is remembered for three things:

1. Getting rid of guns.
2. Introducing the GST.
3. Tampa/children overboard.

And I nearly said "two things", as 1 & 2 are far bigger points; though you could argue that 3 had a lasting impact on Australian politics and outright lying to the faces of Australians being permitted.

I am curious as to what this MAGA-Lite group thinks is "the best of Howard", because I don't think that means what they think it means.

That headline is backwards. The Leeuwin was moored. It did not collide with anything.

I don't know how on earth I missed this when it happened. My family has roots in Freo; people in my family have lived there for over a century.

Somehow nobody spoke of the incident. It should have been a talking point for at least a week.

Ok that picture is wonderful.

Let me guess: it did fine for a few years until everyone had tried it once?

Now I'm torn between wanting to get it once before it closes to see what it is like and just not because apparently it is crap.

On reddit's military forum, there are stories there of some ANZAC day memorial services themselves were excluding modern veterans, claiming the day isn't about them.

As the son of a Vietnam vet, and grandson of an OG Anzac, I say that's the stupidest take I've ever heard. And I've heard people say Anzac day is dumb for glorifying war.

Imagine if WWII vets were excluded because they were never a part of the original Anzac campaign? It's unfathomable. There has never been an exclusion of any veterans in the Anzac movement. Even post Vietnam when returning vets were unpopular, they were a part of Anzac marches (it was controversial at first because it was a very unpopular war).

I'm in a cast. This sucks. Only silver lining is I get tomorrow off. Imagine getting a 5-day medical certificate, but four of those days are public holidays already. 😢

I agree with your first statement, but disagree with the rest. I am not their target market. I enjoy playing their games, but primarily because I am spending time with the kids as I do. Not many of their games are targeted to my demographic.

I disagree that they focus only on digital. Every single Nintendo game comes out on a physical chip. And sales on digital copies are rare and minor (30% off maybe). It is often cheaper to get a physical copy on sale cheaper than digital. And you can then sell it / buy it second-hand. I've read that with Switch 2, even the digital codes can be transferred to a new owner. Nintendo for all their faults have never forced you to lock in a digital library you can never resell.

The problem is the standard apps are just that - standard. I can hop onto any Redhat, Debian or Solaris 10 box at work and use ls, cat etc.

If I went all-in on some bespoke alternatives on my special snowflake machine, I'd constantly be going nuts entering incorrect commands on remote machines and losing efficiency. Then, I'd go back to just using the standard commands everywhere.

I bought it second hand. Nintendo got $0 from the sale. In fact, two thirds of our physical games have been purchased second hand.

You might be surprised. I came to the Switch party super late when I bought my kid a switch Christmas 2023. He's all over Zelda now, has BotW, TotK and even Skyward Sword on his Switch. For him, these games are all from the last year. He turned 2 the year BotW was released.

It'll be the same story with Switch 2. Some kid who might not even be born yet will get a Switch 2 in 8-9 years and come across these games with all his school friends.

I doubt I'll go the Switch 2 path with the kids. I haven't seen a reason to upgrade, yet. I'm thinking of the Steam Deck - while the Nintendo had a fairly cheap entry point to get on the platform, I've spent enough on games to negate the difference between a Switch and a Steam Deck - where I already have a 500+ game library to play on it.

As art, the Kebab is not world shaking. But it is more than art, it's a piece of Perth. Ideally I'd like to see it restored. But if it has to be replaced, then it should be replaced by something that is/will be another part of Perth.

The 'I've got these statues in 12 countries on 5 continents' guy gets bragging rights, Perth gets to be a statistic in his story. I don't think this is a fair deal. The astronaut would be a part of that guy's story. Not Perth's.

I'll start by saying the sauce is questionable. I don't think they're asking an objective question here.

That said, I've never really vibed with the Guardian's writing style. It always feels like I'm reading the opposite of Newscorp's propaganda - but it is still propaganda. I dislike being nudged to think a certain way, even if I'm being nudged in a direction I'd probably be inclined to go anyway. Actually, especially if it's in a direction I'd be inclined to go. Did I come up with this position on my own? Or am I being helped along by some publication with an agenda?

Just give me the bare facts and let me form my own opinions, thanks.

I do love that Guardian Australia exists, however. I love that it has thrown a spanner into the Newscorp near-monopoly on journalism in Australia. I want to see it succeed and stay.

You don't have to vote. You only need to get your name crossed off. You are then able to just leave if you really want.

And while those 'how to vote cards' (and their pushers) are annoying if you don't need or want them, they do help people get something close to their wishes down on the ballot.

I lived in Bilinga for five years of my childhood. So I know exactly where you are.

Err, I'll take the big one thanks, Aldi. And I probably won't be buying this treat very often any longer.

Some nerd like me will be affected by this one day and then script up something that emails them from 10,000 different email addresses that all bounce. Pollute their database.

It's hard to say whether we are having a moment, or if we are paying extra attention. Another name to keep an eye on: Luke Webber. He's only 13/14, but has taken out the 200m and 400m state records as well as taking out the 100m final (just didn't break the record doing it).

They don't do Nationals at his age, so he went and ran against kids a year older. Still won.

The dietician has taken ham and salami off my wife's menu to address cholesterol. It should likely apply to me also, but I'm not organised enough to book things like "check ups" and dieticians. So I bought a large whole chook last weekend and we roasted it. It's going into sandwiches this week (and will likely be a weekly thing for the foreseeable future) instead of ham/salami. So far, everyone likes the change. It works out far cheaper also: over 2kg of chook is about he prices of 500g of ham/salami.