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I haven't seen any updated figures, but the count as of this morning was 57-42 after preferences with 74.5% of the vote counted. Compared to the last election in 2025, One Nation increased their vote share by around 8,000 votes. 6,000 of those were taken from Labor and 2,000 from the Liberals. Labor's vote roughly halved compared to their last result. It's shown that One Nation can take very safe traditional Labor heartland seats. If you go back to Secret Harbour's former entities of Warnbro and Peel, it's been very safe Labor territoty since 1989.

It's a big call for a party to claim victory when the vote count is still below 50%. What they're basing their confidence on is the fairly large pre-poll booth that's yet to be counted fully. Exit polling at the pre-poll booth showed ON getting a better result than what they received today, so they're assuming the booth will go their way.

One Nation has claimed the seat, finished all the speeches and started the victory party, but Labor hasn't conceded defeat yet, saying it's too close to call. If confirmed, it will be the first seat ON has taken from Labor since the Queensland election in 1998.

A big swing to One Nation in the WA Secret Harbour by-election. ON is on around 35% primary vote, Labour has a 22% swing away from them to give 25% primary vote. It will come down to preferences, currently TPP giving ON 53%, Labor 47%. It will be a bit hard to predict with WA having optional preferential voting.

It's the big brother of the FJ ute we had when I was a kid learning to drive. I've never forgotton the squeaky steering wheel those FJ's had.

Nice old Studebaker. I like the current culture where unrestored or minimally restored cars are as popular as full restorations. It makes it a lot more financially accessable for more people. For too long the main goal was to restore back to as new condition, and that was a very labour intensive and expensive process. It's horses for courses and the full resto people get great satisfaction doing their thing, but it's also nice not to see the history rubbed off or painted away on a lot of these old vehicles. I like the lived in look.

The same bloke has this '51 Chev ute for sale. As would be expected for a Chev ute, it's about four times the price of the Plymouth posted above.

Spotted this old '51 Plymouth P-22 Concord on Marketplace. A bit of a rare bird in that all the chrome trim, metalwork and badges are all there, plus the body is good. It's a western vehicle out at Chinchilla so not a rust bucket, just sun-baked surface rust. The interior trim is cactus and the motor is a total rebuild or replacement job. It would make a good semi-ratrod and would be a shame to lose that beautiful patina to a full restoration and paintjob. It's good buying at $3,400 for someone living close enough to keep the transport costs down.

Thanks Grumpy, I was wondering what they were. Didn't look close enough.

That's truly amazing. The more you look at it the more you see.

I went onto their website and looked at the product and there was no mention of it being anything other than normal low fat Greek yoghurt. I normally get the Chobani low fat Greek yoghurt and it has the texture of normal yoghurt, unlike the Tamar Valley stuff I bought which has the consistency of a thick milkshake. I messaged them out of curiosity to see if it was normal or just a small batch that had gone wrong. Apart from the semi-liquid state of it, the taste is quite normal. You never know what response you will receive when you contact companies with a product enquiry. Some are relly good and practical; some others seem to think it's a defensive game where you run customers around n circles until they go away. I remember contacting one of the Italian anchovy manufacturers when I found shards of sharp white plastic in their product. I wasn't complaining, just bringing it to their attention and they were really appreciative of it. Funny thing is, I bought a jar in recent times and encountered the bits of sharp plastic again, a couple of years after the last time. Probably related to something like a plastic bush that wears and eventually breaks during processing.

I've found AI is not too bad with simple questions that are not likely to have a hugely incorrect answer. One thing to watch with things like Google AI at the top of their search page is the reference links they give. Often they link to just something some bloke has said in Facebook or on Youtube. Far dodgier than some of the Wiki references.

Maybe someone in the factory got the containers mixed up.

It certainly is that. Problem is there's no markings on the container to distinguish it from normal yoghurt. You would think they would have at least something on the container like "Warning - contains runny, dribbly slop" just so you don't expect normal yoghurt.

Just wondering if anyone buys Tamar Valley yoghurt. My usual low fat yoghurt was unavailable so I grabbed a container of Tamar Valley low fat yoghurt from the supermarket shelf. Never again. It tasts like yoghurt but is the consistency of light, thin cream. It's too difficult to spoon out of the parent contaner so you just pour it out. It's not an enjoyable experience eating liquid yoghurt in my opinion. The question is, is it a one-off bad batch or do they actually have a regular market for this slop?

A great number, that one. The main riff is based on John Lee Hooker's Boogie Chillen. I must admit I prefer ZZ Top's use of it if I had to choose between the two.

I always thought that was a bit ironic, being the only band menber without a beard and having the name Beard. One year he had a very short one for a while, but the rest of the time just a mustache. Billy Gibbons would really feel the loss considering they've played together in ZZ Top since 1969; a long time. A good rocking band in their day with that distinctive Texan sound.

Just an update on the 600 million government support deal for PNG entering the NRL with the PNG Chiefs entering the comp in 2028. The 600 million support package is spread over ten years; 290 million goes to direct support for the PNG franchise and infrastructure, and 60 million for license and operational fees. 250 million is earmarked for the Pacific Rugby League Partnership for community, health, and education programs in the member states PNG, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. The Pacific Rugby League Partnership is a partnership between the Australian Rugby League Commission, PNG, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and the Australian Government.

I thought someone must have been crook when they announced the cancellation of those shows a few days ago. Reverend Billy is the only original band member left now out of the three.

It's on topic. All these things with Toyotas happened in one local government region or another.

I had an old petrol three speed back in the early 70's, had the transfer shift lever on the dash if my memory is correct. They were very leggy in first gear high range, probably a bit too highly geared in first. That high ratio first gear made them very popular with bull catchers in the NT back in the day. A good sprinter. In 1988 we did a contract on Roper Station and we came across a lot of parts off old three speed Toyotas lying around in the bush from where the bull catchers had been diong running repairs. They used to bust a lot of transfer cases.

Yes, I certainly don't miss the old HJ-45's. They were a good workhorse in the bush, but a pain out on the bitumen. They were a bit giggly headed on some of those rougher bitumen roads. From memory I think they used to put wedge kits on the springs to improve the way they tracked, but I don't know if it was legal or not. In the early days we used to drive to work a lot and it was about a sixteen hour drive from Toowoomba to Moomba, so the later five speed Toyotas were much appreciated when we got them. Later on in time, flying Brisbane - Adelaide - Moomba was even better. We used to go Qantas or Virgin to Adelaide, then the National Jet/Cobham BAe-146 up to Moomba. Much more luxurious. We didn't always work out of Moomba, but over all the years, we worked around there more than any other place. The old HJ-45's are collector's items now. It costs an arm and a leg to buy a decent one.

I heard a tale about one hitting the side of a vehicle and ending up in the back seat, badly injured but still alive and kicking. A similar thing happened to a mate of mine. He was driving a HJ-45 on a property, so not going fast. He turned his head toward his mate in the passenger seat as they were talking, just as a big roo smashed into the driver's side door. On hearing the crash, he instinctively turned his head back and the roo's head and shoulders were protruding into the window and he was face to face with the roo with only couple of inches separating them. It was only for a split second till the roo's head and shoulders recoiled back out of the vehicle. It traumatised him a bit I think. A bit of a coincidence but some time after that, the same mate that had the roo come in his window was in the pasenger seat and I was driving. Very similar story, I was talking to him and unfortunately had my mouth open when a long, springy mulga root flicked up off the front wheel, hit the door with a loud bang and threw about half a shovelful of red dirt in my face. Because I was talking at the time, the mouth was full of red dirt as well. The mate thought it was funny but I wasn't overly amused. At least it wasn't a roo.

Peter, I don't know if you get the same Trevago ads we get up here, but ours have that bloke with the foreign accent and the really big, white plastic eBay teeth. I really don't know what they were thinking there; a missed attempt at comedy perhaps. Another one that gets me reaching for the mute button is the Best Sheds ad. The young pro surfer lady that does the ads is a very nice, bubbly person but the voice grates. That combines with the rapid delivery of the ad to make it even worse. I figure the rapid fire tempo of the ad is custom made for the football (NRL) broadcasts. With the ad being fast and short, they can squeeze it in after a try when play comes to a halt while the kicker is attempting a conversion, then flip back to the footy in time to catch the action.

I'd beg to differ on that. The way I see it, the cause of most arguments on this site is people playing the man and not the topic. The inability of some to debate in a civilised and well mannered way without being outright rude to people. I don't think I'd like to sugar coat straight out bad behaviour as misinterpretation. For sure misinterpretation happens but I think the inability to handle opposing viewpoints combined with bad manners is a bigger contributing factor.