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  1. jules

    Liability concerning damage caused to house

    this ^^ msg length too short: how about clarkey's triple century today?
  2. jules

    Council threatens to fine family over kids cubby house.

    some of these councils are just infested with cretins. i have a builder friend who constructed a site office shed. the council inspectors hate him (to be fair, it's a bit of both ways), so they deemed it a permanent structure and ordered it be dismantled. i mean, how do you go home and sleep at...
  3. jules

    Mountain Biking

    i ride mostly yarra trails in kew/fairfield. mountain biking is great - you'll s**t yourself at first but it's amazing how quickly you develop skills. it's such a huge rush and you don't need to risk your license for it.
  4. jules

    What would you do?

    the car is worth less without book. it's not your problem if they were stolen (obviously that's bullshit anyway). if you wanted to take it further, you could complain to Qld Fair Trading (or whatever they're called), but since you're in Darwin, it's gonna be hard to get that ball rolling and...
  5. jules

    JC Political Thread - For all things political Part 2

    Vee-ard, you're right, this is a bit of a Liberal club. but there are just as many Labor (or little "l" liberal) clubs elsewhere. no one has a monopoly on narrow mindedness.
  6. jules

    JC Political Thread - For all things political Part 2

    tourism isn't consuming anything. we don't get those resources back - they are selling a part of our country - that belongs to the people of australia. what you're promoting is panic-selling - a race to the bottom. if other countries are giving their resources away at artificially low prices...
  7. jules

    JC Political Thread - For all things political Part 2

    the minerals belong to the people of australia, not miners. mining companies are just one part of the resources supply chain - the part where the resources are extracted from the ground and onsold to the next link in the chain. broadly speaking, they do not add value to the minerals they mine...
  8. jules

    Disgrace: Worker told poppy is 'offensive'

    i reckon the worker should tee up a new job then ring today tonight to ambush the idiot who warned him
  9. jules

    Cyclists Want Compulsory Helmet Law Removed

    the extra room is different from the collective higher status. a car takes up more room than a bicycle - a simple, geometrical fact. the higher status i was referring to was the claim by motorists that they had more rights to use the roads than cyclists. that's a different proposition and one...
  10. jules

    Engagement Ring Options

    i was told by a custom ring maker that tiffany's use mass-produced rings and just machine the uni-size rings down to fit your finger. of course, it's possible she was just dissing her competition, but for all i know it's true. the problem with name brand rings is that you don't seem to get a...
  11. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    they're entitled to make a wage claim - nothing wrong with that. but that claim should be determined based on the market value of those employees - i.e. their value to the company, not the threatened cost of damage that they would cause to the company if they don't get what they want. one is...
  12. jules

    Cyclists Want Compulsory Helmet Law Removed

    yes you do. general revenue comes from a range of sources - including non-motorists and cyclists who also drive. there's a economic principle known as 'user pays', which dictates that you (as an individual) pay for your use of a commodity, such as the roads. saying that there are more cars...
  13. jules

    Cyclists Want Compulsory Helmet Law Removed

    1. rego doesn't pay for the roads - it pays for the cost of administering rego scheme and in some states (vic at least) covers 3rd party injury insurance - not roads. 2. main roads are funded substantially by heavy vehicle rego, which is a lot higher than car rego and accounts for the cost of...
  14. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    you can't make companies stay in australia - it just won't work. if australia isn't cost-effective then either the company relocates operations overseas, or customers take their business there.
  15. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    you wrote a whole lot of stuff earlier about how AWAs were bad as employers couldn't be trusted to understand what employee performance looked like and that it was necessary for performance to be assessed collectively (which is what an EBA does, partly, by reducing the ability of employers to...
  16. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    sorry, but you did. when you disagreed with how employers assess employee performance, you are rejecting the notion that employers determine what employee performance means. when you say that some "good" employees aren't getting rewarded for their good work, what you're saying is that the...
  17. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    it's perfectly fair that your employer decides what they want in an employee - that's what they're paying you for. if you don't like what they want you to do, you need to find a more suitable job. what's wrong is employees deciding "this is what i'd like to do when i'm at work and we need a law...
  18. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    qantas are screwed. they can't compete with lower cost asian and ME airlines. he's got nothing to lose anymore. it only highlights how delusional the unions are about maintaining 'business as usual'.
  19. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    so what? that's life - you don't make laws for everyone based on the exception. EBAs ensure lazy, good for nothing leeches receive similar pay to diligent, smart employees. i've seen it - and of couse, in their eyes, those lazy employees are the best, it's just that no one else realises it. is...
  20. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    hang on - earlier you said those who are good negotiators get a good deal, now you're saying employers won't even negotiate. if my employer pulled any stunts with me - it would upset me, but i'd just look elsewhere. but any employer with a shred of business nouse will negotiate in good faith...
  21. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    sounds like a genuine role for unions - to negotiate on behalf of individual employees lacking in confidence. but they don't want that, when they can influence legislation that gives them an unfair advantage.
  22. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    no one has said a union shouldn't be allowed to negotiate on their behalf. the problem is with EBAs - that prohibit negotiation at the individual worker level. this swings the power right back towards the employees, as they can use collective bargaining to unduly influence the outcome. i don't...
  23. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    his decisions have a huge impact on the airline's bottom line, far more than $5M. the Board won't want to save $2M by employing a cheaper CEO who will cost them $20M in bad decisions. baggage handlers, on the other hand, can be sourced from anywhere and paying them more doesn't result in a...
  24. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    i'd say you're right - they can't do it for baggage handling. but they can for other stuff, like maintenance. it is also likely why baggage handlers can hold the company to ransom and why EBAs can be so destructive.
  25. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    not under an EBA - the new people would just be covered by the same conditions. qantas escapes that by using overseas labour.
  26. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    of course the pay isn't based on the job - it's based on the threat of ruining the airline with IR action if they don't get it - simple extortion. i don't oppose unions automatically, but when they try this stuff on - as they frequently do - then i want to see them smashed.
  27. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    this is the problem - it turns into a joke when unskilled, unqualified workers command such generous pay and conditions that have no bearing on their market value - then they just want more. any company with the slightest commercial sense will want to replace those workers with more...
  28. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    so australian industry members are blaming overseas workers for problems? doesn't that make you wonder?
  29. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    there have been problems with australian-maintained planes too, unless you're suggesting all of the problems have been causd by overseas maintenance. the idea that only aussies can fix planes is nonsensical.
  30. jules

    Well Done Alan Joyce - BALLSY!

    this will end badly for the unions. qantas mgt doesn't see a future in running airlines from australia, with its higher wages. the unions want it to ignore global economic realities, by choosing to make a loss in order to preserve aussie jobs. it is actually illegal for qantas - who have a...
  31. jules

    A (Minor) Ethical Issue

    if i find money on the ground i spend it at the strippers. if i find a lot of money.. don't worry.
  32. jules

    14YO Boy arrested carrying drugs in Bali

    the balinese are also majority hindu, and ruining their tourist industry was a nice touch for islamic crazies. the cops, however, work for the indonesian govt are not necessarily balinese, at least in their thinking/allegiance.
  33. jules

    14YO Boy arrested carrying drugs in Bali

    lol. i'd imagine it would go something like.. "your honour mr bambam hotman paris yudyonoo, under article blah-blah-blah, you must dismiss the case and release the prisoner" "no."
  34. jules

    14YO Boy arrested carrying drugs in Bali

    they are anything but zero tolerance. as i said earlier, he's most likely in jail for failing to grease their palms. drug dealing, or more specifically shaking down foreign customers of drug dealers is big business for the local police.
  35. jules

    14YO Boy arrested carrying drugs in Bali

    exactly. and look what happened to him - i haven't even heard of him since his Block Party
  36. jules

    14YO Boy arrested carrying drugs in Bali

    you don't see the problem with the cops arresting people to "stop the drugs", while cooperating with the dealers so that they can make more money together, from selling drugs? they don't have a problem with drugs at all, they only have a problem with people who won't/can't pay the bribe.
  37. jules

    14YO Boy arrested carrying drugs in Bali

    lol, that's almost as naive as the kid's crime itself. that's not how it works over there. it's a business operation, where the dealers make the sale, then earn an extra commision by tipping the cops off about it, who land a big fat payday by landing a huge bribe from the offender. that's why...
  38. jules

    14YO Boy arrested carrying drugs in Bali

    that's exactly what happens. a mate got busted in thailand like that. he was in his 40s and was a complete moron. a 14 yr old kid doesn't understand how that stuff works. the fact that indonesian police and govt officials can stand with a straight face in front of the cameras and say how...
  39. jules

    JC Political Thread - For all things political Part 2

    1. politicians are not bureaucrats. bureaucrats work for politicians. 2. $300k for the PM is very low. i don't think anyone becomes PM for the money, but they're certainly underpaid.
  40. jules

    Little Indian Pizza Boy Vs House.

    that would probably cost him about a year's pizza delivery wages. i reckon every person i know who delivered pizzas ended up doing more damage to their cars than money they earned.
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