Australian Political Discussion Thread 3.0

[Psycho Doggie]

This is a true story. Kids need pc's for school and I hooked my kid up via a MS Live account. I get an email every week telling me how long online and a list of websites they visited. Simple as to keep on the straight and narrow.

So my kid is in primary school (8 years ago). He knows don't sign up for shit online unless asking us first. And he's pretty good like that. So long story short, fight at his school filmed. Someone jams it on FB. He then finds out the footage is up there and wants to see it. Gets told by his friends that its on FB and you need to sign up. So he does. Ticks that checkbox at the time that says you are >14 years old. Uses the school email address.

Anyways - school finds out and the shit hits the fan. My son dodged suspension/expulsion mainly as all he posted was 'crap fight' and it was 2 days before the end of primary school full stop. School thought too much paperwork when they had bigger fish to fry.

I'd really like someone to tell me what the hell I could have done differently. Should I be warning my kid about all the things in theory he shouldn't be able to access like say porn (did that too but thats another funnier story). As above, he only needed to tick a box and boom - in.

Now his ass got kicked so hard on this that 8 years later he does not have FB, X, insta etc. Talks to his friends via whatsapp. And this was 8 years ago where I guess things were not as feral as they are now.

No idea how they will enforce it but to say its not needed and better parenting will solve the problem, good luck with that.

Take it as a positive he isn't on FB etc, that's one good thing that came of it...

 

[Utility]

Student loans leg has passed. Woohoo. Thanks, Albo. You’ve find alright, IMO interviews than ideal circumstances. Some good. some bad, but definitely better than the radioactive potato.

Sad that you are going to be voted out after just one term.

 

[ASSASSIN]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1861563664521929148

A step closer to digital ID.

 

[Dogmonster]

Pauline Hanson for PM.

 

[Doogie]

Take it as a positive he isn't on FB etc, that's one good thing that came of it...

No one asked about the porn story? Devo'd

 

[The New Legacy]

When the government has to step in to moderate what parents should be doing even with good intent it’s not good.

They aren’t addressing the actual problem rather sticking a bandaid on it, social media is part of the problem but it’s not the start of it.

It all starts in the home.

 

[CrittaMagic69]

NO THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING AWAY MY TWITTER PORN

 

[Hacky McAxe]

I honestly didn't think it would pass but... There you go.

Was in Brisbane today and saw tonnes of school kids recording Tiktok videos in the middle of the shopping area. So there are some upsides to the ban.

 

[chemdog]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1862235728287080643

ffs

 

[Disposable Hero]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1862235728287080643

ffs

Yup and the minimum age to buy beer in a pub is 18, did not stop mw going the the pub and buying beer at 16.
Going with workmates helped alot tho.

 

[The New Legacy]

Yoti is a 3rd party service that can verify age, I wonder if they will use its services because I wouldn't be trusting social media platforms with ID/details.

 

[Hacky McAxe]

Yoti is a 3rd party service that can verify age, I wonder if they will use its services because I wouldn't be trusting social media platforms with ID/details.

I'm near certain there will be fine print saying that they'll pass your details on to 3rd parties for marketing purposes. Or they'll just keep the current TOS that already allows that.

 

[The New Legacy]

I'm near certain there will be fine print saying that they'll pass your details on to 3rd parties for marketing purposes. Or they'll just keep the current TOS that already allows that.

Yoti seems to have a good rep.

I don’t like giving my details out because these days you can’t trust anyone to keep them safe, social media is the last thing I’d trust and I’m glad I don’t use it other than a forum or two.

 

[Kung fu man]

NO THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING AWAY MY TWITTER PORN

Ask Mummy and Daddy for some lolly money and go to the shop you might get lucky

 

[Cook]

 

[Hacky McAxe]

"The Shocking Truth of the Renewable Energy Push"

 

[Hacky McAxe]

And yes, I did eventually watch the whole thing. And it is what I expected. Fossil fuel propaganda with very little "truth"

 

[Hacky McAxe]

Don't worry. If Waleed Aly made an equally inaccurate documentary called "The real cost of coal" then I would criticise that too.

 

[Doogie]

That is some very one sided commentary. The Oz electricity system was designed around burning shit. To move that to renewables requires redesign and will cost. But arguably it has greater future proofing than the existing system. So depends how you what to $$$ it. If I look at it from a business perspective, Capex>Opex every day. Renewables win that every time.

As much as I think Potato Head is an idiot, he can be sort of right. I would argue a mature conversation about nuclear as part of the mix is required. Maybe if Spud had put out a plan with some maturity to it that may have happened. But that well got poisoned the moment the 4 hour plan was put in the table.

Had to laugh about the Texan eyesores. Been to rivers that don't flow anymore because of being under coal mined. Visual impact vs actual destruction. Go figure.

 

[Cook]

That is some very one sided commentary. The Oz electricity system was designed around burning shit. To move that to renewables requires redesign and will cost. But arguably it has greater future proofing than the existing system. So depends how you what to $$$ it. If I look at it from a business perspective, Capex>Opex every day. Renewables win that every time.

As much as I think Potato Head is an idiot, he can be sort of right. I would argue a mature conversation about nuclear as part of the mix is required. Maybe if Spud had put out a plan with some maturity to it that may have happened. But that well got poisoned the moment the 4 hour plan was put in the table.

Had to laugh about the Texan eyesores. Been to rivers that don't flow anymore because of being under coal mined. Visual impact vs actual destruction. Go figure.

The programme mentioned the cost of building network around renewables as the main cost. Was covered many times yet those figures arent quoted in projected overall costs through a loophole. Biggest thing i took was needs to be a blended approach, this nonsense around renewables providing majority baseload doesnt stack up. The whole piece on frequency stability from memory was enlightening. Reliability of network is huge concern. Aemo has stated this numerous times.