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It depends on what state you're in, to be honest. Generally speaking, in the midwest, yes; in the north east and south west, not so much and the laws of self defence are more like those of England and other more moderate commonwealth founded countries. As an example, although they are scrotes, does someone entering your front yard to nick your fountain while you are upstairs and that person is posing no threat to you deserve to be shot and possibly killed? You may think so, and that is fair enough - we have our values and there is nothing to say my values are superior to yours.. But what if that person had an hionest and reasonable belief that the fountain was nicked from their front yard and all they thought they were doing was, rightly or wrongly, claiming back what was theirs? Yeah, what they were doing was still wrong, but what if it was theirs and you had nicked it? If you are under direct threat, the laws in at least NSW and England (and I presume every state in Australia) determine if the level of self defence was excessive based on what you, not the average person, perceived the threat to be. Once the threat was (or ought to have been) perceived by you as passed, you have very little defence. And the action you take to defend yourself that is allowed is very liberal - it has to be manifestly disproportionate to the threat, and even then it remains a partial defence. This, to me is manifestly reasonable and the US system that allows you to kill anyone entering your land that you perceive may be doing something bad leaves a gaping hole in the law that allows you to kill, say a letter dropper who is chasing a couple of leaflets that escaped thanks to the wind onto your front lawn

The opposite. Our economy depends on transitioning. We have the most sun and coastline of pretty much any country on earth. The only people who gain from not doing anything are people like Gina and Clive. And they'll be dead before the worst impacts of inaction hit.

The air quality in Beijing has apparently improved out of sight since the city has started to discourage polluting IC engines, and encouraged transport to move over to EV's. It appears nearly all taxis in Beijing are electric. In addition, large investments in rail to move people around, have done their bit to cut transport emissions. So, there has to be some benefit in any attempt at reducing polluting emissions. The argument that our efforts to cut emissions will only be a drop in the ocean, because China is doing nothing about cutting emissions, is a fallacious one. https://sustainablemobility.iclei.org/air-pollution-beijing/

Jacinta should tell Gina or Clive there's gold under Melbourne, where the tunnels are planned to run, and give the mining rights to them for the ground, and the tunnels will be dug for free!

The Later ones are better and Bigger. What about Batteries? Near instant response, both ways. Gotta be a Place for those things. Nuclear is still very expensive. More applicable to "other" places. WE are Ideal for solar, surely and we haven't really tried all Options for it. Nev

At some Time you are going to Have to GET OVER THIS GON, Or you will be no good to anyone, Including yourself. There's plenty out there who will have had a harder Row to Hoe than you have. It's UP to YOU. Nev

I like the cold (I do live int he UK).. and I am troppo (I do live in the UK)...

On ABC now too. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-16/actor-and-activist-robert-redford-dies-aged-89/105781564

One of many reports on the web... https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2025-09-16/robert-redford-dead Also recorded on Wikipedia.

I thought this biting cartoon was pretty good.........

Our government is going to destroy our economy for no reason. It will make not one iota of difference to the temperature or climate of Australia.

None of the above are needed

When large amounts of money change hands, there are always strings attached. If China (or anyone else) hand over a big wad of cash, I expect there will be expectations of something to make it worthwhile for them to do so. Our exports to their country are not part of that deal.

TOO TROPPO. in Florida. Boston can be COLD. Nev

Jacinta Allen has obtained money from China for the Suburban Rail Loop, and is pushing for more money for another rail loop. Yes, public transport infrastructure is important, but selling our sovereignty to a possible enemy is not the way to go about it.

In anothern l-o-n-g post on FB with much of it repeated 2 or 3 times, the story is that the suspect, Tyler Robinson, was living with his close friend, who took his phone to the police to show text between them. It is believed the friend was transgender and there may have been a romantic relationship between them. Kirk was an outspoken denouncer of the LGBQTI movement, and it may be that Robinson may have been motivated by this outspoken condemnation of his personal arrangements, rather than a political motive.

The Aust Government shoved a gun in my hands in the 60s. They told me if I didn't do what I was told, they'd put me in jail for two years. Out of fear and under duress, I decided to take the gun, much to my regret.

Nah, those pricks would collapse half of the CBD, poison Port Phillip and then charge the taxpayer to clean up their mess.