Search results

A moment of great revelation or realisation. I've had a few, the moment I balanced my bike, the moment I understood blowjob, the moment I realised Thanos was right...I've had a recent one. I started watching White Noise on Netflix as I adore Adam Driver as an actor, and 13 minutes into the it...

I'm hoping someone has a better grasp of economics and can explain the confusing headlines I'm seeing at the moment regarding inflation. There is all this talk about families struggling with the cost of living, inflation and stagnant wages etc with interest rates rising to curb it. But I'm also...

While not as obsessed as some I know, I do like to keep my lawns looking good. The weather is killing me and the mower, every time I walk into the shed it starts cringing in the corner. I'm three times a fortnight at the moment. Clover is the bane of my existence, but with the help of a few...

https://www.rugbypass.com/rugby-league/news/roger-tuivasa-sheck-could-return-to-nrl-next-season/ Roger Tuivasa-Sheck may have at least one NRL contract on the table for next season, Sir John Kirwan reported on Sky’s The Breakdown on Sunday night. The former Daley M (the NRL’s MVP award)...

According to multiple sources we are signing Matt Lodge for the remainder of 2022. A bit left field for us given his baggage and he hasn't set the world on fire for the last 3 years, but at won't break the bank and may add some starch as we're pretty soft through the middle this year.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-28/census-live-results-2022-australia-statistics/101186504 Population has doubled since 1976. Baby Boomers are being overtaken by Gen X as biggest generation. More than 50% of Australians have one or both parents born overseas. ACT has fastest growing...

I tried looking for the old Oz Politics thread but couldn't find it so I'm starting a new one. What are the election issues you want addressed in the upcoming season of Voting for Idiots. Here's mine, as a country need to call out Israel for their corrupt and illegal activities regarding the...

NRL 2022: ARLC, NRL, Nine Entertainment, Fox Sports, Sky NZ, Andrew Abdo, Explainer, what $2b broadcast deal means for game - NRL NRL CEO Andrew Abdo has declared that the new broadcast deal with Nine Entertainment is “a partnership - not just a transaction”. However, the five-year agreement...

NRL news: Newcastle Knights, James McManus concussion lawsuit dismissed (foxsports.com.au) Former Knights star James McManus has had a landmark court case over repeated concussions involving his former club dismissed just days before it was set to be heard. McManus, who played 166 games for...

QLD have detected cases. Coronavirus Queensland Update: Restrictions to remain for another week after Queensland records three new local cases (9news.com.au) Restrictions will remain for another week in 11 Queensland local government areas after three new local COVID-19 cases were detected...

Millionaires who paid no tax and the richest and poorest postcodes revealed - ABC News Sixty-six millionaires paid no tax in 2018-19, Australia's highest earners continue to live in Sydney's harbourside suburbs, and the country's lowest incomes have been recorded in drought-ravaged central...

Greek Orthodox Church took tens of millions in rent from aged care home at centre of deadliest COVID outbreak - ABC News A group of taxpayer-funded aged care homes funnelled $31 million back into the coffers of one of Australia's largest churches, an ABC investigation has found. The homes...

No source or inside info, but he's off contract at the end of this year and with the NRL approving Suualli to get a run this year I'm thinking this might be Daniel's last gig at the Chooks. He's 30 in June but still played SOO last year, has been a mainstay for us on the wing, rock solid...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-31/victorian-liberal-mp-kevin-andrews-loses-preselection-for-seat/13107342 Veteran Victorian Liberal MP Kevin Andrews has lost preselection for the federal seat of Menzies in Melbourne. He was defeated by commando-turned-barrister Keith Wolahan at a...

NRL push to bring back all three grades on game days (nine.com.au) The NRL is looking to go old school with the configuration of game days, vowing to bring back all three grades to the schedule. The ARLC chairman Peter V'Landys and NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo's are looking at the...

https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/mad-max-fury-road-actor-hugh-keays-byrne-died-aged-73/6d9a5dcc-090f-452d-971b-224a9773630a Hugh Keays-Byrne has died at age 73. Byrne was famously known for his role as "Immortan Joe" in Max Max: Fury Road in 2015. He was also in the original Mad Max movie...

The Sydney Roosters have released young outside back Christian Tuipulotu, with immediate effect, to enable him to take up an opportunity with another NRL club. Player number 1195, 19-year-old Tuipulotu made his NRL debut and sole first grade appearance with the Roosters in Round 14 of the 2020...

https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/nrl-news-blake-ferguson-not-wanted-at-parramatta-eels-beyond-next-season/be4894cb-6010-4442-a6d5-87396a1393e4 Blake Ferguson's management has reportedly been told he won't be offered a contract at the Parramatta Eels beyond next season. According to The Sydney...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-01/qld-state-election-annastacia-palaszczuk-majority-government/12834982 Annastacia Palaszczuk is on track to become the longest-serving Premier of Queensland in decades after last night clinching her third term in office. The Labor leader remains confident...

https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/james-roberts-set-for-south-sydney-rabbitohs-exit/078b26f6-61a9-400b-b5a6-5c73f40ded2b Former Origin star James Roberts is reportedly on the search for a new home after being shown the door by the South Sydney Rabbitohs. According to the Sydney Morning Herald...

https://www.9news.com.au/world/white-supremacists-deadliest-us-terror-threat-homeland-security-donald-trump/df27734c-b6fa-4343-a02f-7c0ff7af48c6 White supremacist extremists will remain the deadliest domestic terror threat to the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security's...

https://wwos.nine.com.au/nrl/sam-burgess-comeback-talks/089ed85d-fb4f-4b72-bf9a-4a23fd8c681e Sam Burgess has revealed he is considering a shock rugby league comeback next year. The Rabbitohs great has been training hard since entering the Rabbitohs' bubble and was tossing up joining the team...

https://www.9news.com.au/world/james-murdoch-resigns-from-news-corp-board/490c9e7b-3aad-4500-82e7-0156f1508340 James Murdoch has resigned from the board of his family's company News Corp today, citing "disagreements over certain editorial content published by the Company's news outlets and...

https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/afp-asks-prosecutors-to-consider-charging-abc-journalist-over-afghan-files-report/news-story/cd536051c3b4bcc80f8e93b4280215bb The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has asked prosecutors to consider charging an ABC journalist for publishing...

https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/nascar-says-a-noose-was-found-in-black-driver-bubba-wallaces-garage-stall-at-talladega-superspeedway/news-story/2c9fcd5e3836f753ac5f4af76d878143 NASCAR has revealed a noose was found in African-American driver Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega...

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2020-joseph-suaalii-south-sydney-contract-record-teenage-deal/news-story/c1416f3e27e6b426f9e4053c808f324e A Sydney high-school student has agreed to sign the richest contract ever offered to a teenager in the NRL. Foxsports.com.au first reported boom...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-16/indian-troops-killed-in-border-face-off-with-china/12362112 India's army says 20 of its soldiers have been killed in clashes with Chinese troops at a disputed border site in the western Himalayas, in a major escalation of a weeks-long standoff between the...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-17/catholic-church-asks-priests-getting-jobkeeper-to-donate-back/12359600 The Catholic Church has asked some priests receiving JobKeeper to donate almost half of the payment back to the organisation. ABC Investigations has obtained letters sent to priests...

That’s right farkers, between now and full time Sunday, it’s no more Mr Nice Rorter!! It’s on, the Mighty Red, White and Bluesters versus the Distemper Poodles of Belmore. You wanna see true Doggie style? Gird your loins for Sunday lads!! So bring your best slur, barb and innuendos, c’mon...

https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/05/27/warriors-set-to-snare-faamausili-from-roosters-on-short-term-loan-deal/ The Warriors are poised to secure rising Roosters prop Poasa Faamausili on a month-long loan to ease their injury-hit roster. NRL.com understands Faamausili is set to join the side next...

Can mods research and add an emoji that displays respect to another poster as I can't see one in the current list?

https://www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/thieves-make-off-with-roosters-coach-trent-robinsons-car/news-story/05be35cb40b9e1864bc375b17f18ae2f Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson has been targeted by thieves who broke into his home and stole a $150,000 Mercedes from the driveway. NSW Police...

Admittedly I haven’t been following this story for a while as I thought the moment he was “ushered” out from that Embassy he’s farked. But I was gobsmacked to see Andrew Wilkie along with George Christensen (The Minister for Manilla) advocating for the Morrison government to step in and bring...

https://www.9news.com.au/national/coles-underpaying-staff-by-20-million-half-yearly-results-supermarket-news/d377363f-ec24-4383-8384-a6a243eac9b8 Coles has underpaid staff at least $20 million over the last six years. The supermarket giant made the announcement today as it reported first-half...

https://www.2gb.com/ray-hadley-and-bob-fulton-make-major-announcement-on-radio-future/ Ray Hadley and Bob Fulton have announced they will step away from the Continuous Call Team, after more than 30 years. Founded by Ray in 1987, the show has dominated the ratings for three decades, first at...

What are we looking at here, 12 Monkeys, 28 Days, Outbreak, Resident Evil, a dodgy Dim Sim? The WHO have yet to declare an emergency, yet China have quarantined the city at the centre of the outbreak -...

Science Stuff. As a science enthusiast I’m fascinated in what we discover and what we are yet to learn. As such I’m going to dump interesting science stories in this thread on an ongoing basis. I’m going to provide links where I can and explanations when I think I know, but I want peeps to...

https://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/list/nrl-lurker-shannon-boyd-gold-coast-titans-wayne-bennett/1hsj3dsjhwxpm1oy5nzokppul4 Former Test prop Shannon Boyd came to the Titans this year as a top flight signing from Canberra on a rich four season deal worth over $2 million. But after just one...

Sitting having lunch in a food court I noticed an old guy walk in and the only reason I noticed him was he was wearing a Parra jersey. Not giving him another thought other than “kudos” for supporting his team, I went back to my lunch. No more than 2 mins passed and I saw him again walking out...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-25/act-first-jurisdiction-to-legalise-personal-cannabis-use/11530104 The ACT has become the first Australian jurisdiction to legalise the possession, use and cultivation of small amounts of cannabis. Key points: Under laws passed on Wednesday, adults in the...

Ever since that night where the score ended up 16-13 and that Roosters chick was pictured crying her eyes out, this club has receded slightly faster than my hairline. Fast forward to the era of the Dez. He came with experience, knowledge, passion and a demonstrated drive to succeed. This era...