Agreed. They need to get back to reality if they want to pick up votes at the next election.

Great list. Might I humbly add Peachy Keen or Cinnamon Lip from Pollyanna.

Happy democracy sausage day, QLD.

Same for me

Fucking hell SA

This screams “look we’re doing something about the cost of living crisis!” energy without tackling the major influences in the cost of living like housing and grocery prices.

This would be amazing if they could pull it off. Would take a burden off parents as well - don’t have to keep track of lunch items, make lunch, drag lunchboxes out of bags, wash them etc.

Great leveller as well if the kids doing it tough get the same food as everyone else.

That’s a good reminder to check the sunscreen before summer hits too. Thanks OP.

Woo! Get in everyone, we’re going back to the good old days! No uppity women, no trans people and burning shit tons of coal!

/s

Mini quiches with gf puff pastry? Or egg muffin cups if you want to leave off the pastry? Vegemite and cheese scrolls with gf puff pastry? Gf garlic bread?

That’s awesome! I’m keen to see what they do with the buses if they get back in too.

V8 precision driving the demonstration Olympic sport. Nice.

The swing from the bottom of the petrol cycle to the top was nearly 50c a month ago. It has been divorced from reality for a long while. The ACCC petrol price enquiry did nothing and people were all over Miles about “what’s in it for us poor drivers” when he announced the 50c fares. So it’s a particular pain point in QLD and will be interesting to see what they can do it they push forward with this.

No peak/off peak here. Brisbane metro. 38c is ouch.

Switched my electricity provider from nectr to Ampol. Nectr was raising rates to over 29c so found a provider that was 25c. Should get the cost of living payout as well.

I just try to cook an extra big meal that will yield 1 or 2 extra serves. This means I have something for lunch the next day, but I don’t get bored of having the same thing 5 days in a row.

Another one in FNQ that isn’t getting much media coverage too https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/29/man-allegedly-stabbed-woman-to-death-before-attempting-carjack-on-major-queensland-highway

Im sure both of these will go on a list somewhere and we’ll continue to ask “what can we do?”

Credit to the Australian members of parliament who haven’t let this go:

[Prime Minister Anthony] Albanese has said he raised the matter directly with the US, including with the president, Joe Biden, during his visit to Washington in October 2023.

In February this year, Albanese and cabinet members supported a motion put forward by independent MP Andrew Wilkie urging the UK and US to allow Assange to return home to Australia.

The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, said he also raised the matter with his US counterpart, Merrick Garland, during a meeting in January this year.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/25/julian-assange-australia-reaction-wikileaks-founder-plea-deal

Thanks to those 900 complainers who got this to happen!

REST Super offers this as well. Check your super funds!