Australia News on Dec. 4th, 2018

So i've heard the lockout laws are fairly strict in Sydney, but i assume the night life isn't completely dead? (I've read lockouts at 1.30am?) Any recommendations for places to go out? I'm also really into whisky and beer, so if any of you have recommendations for places to get some of that;)

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Labor accuses Coalition of 'weaponising' gay student discrimination ban, after Prime Minister's ultimatum - Politics

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Labor won't allow conscience vote on LGBTQI+ students protection bill

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Kalgoorlie Mining Safety Christmas Tree

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u/TraceyRobn

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Melbourne’s traffic flow has become so congested it is now worse than New York and Rome

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Does anybody know why beer is not commonly sold in 12 packs in Australia?

Everywhere else in the world you can buy beer in 6, 12, 24 packs etc but it seems that it's almost impossible to find 12 packs in Aussie. Just wondering why this is?

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Should the Liberals dump Scott Morrison in favour of Julie Bishop? 🤔

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Howard Government Minister and former Ambassador @amandavanstone has been appointed to the board of @lockheedmartin Australia

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u/MrOnionMaster

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Democratic satisfaction in free fall

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The Mood of Australians

Australians are seemingly becoming more and more depressed over time, what is the cause of this? I live in Queensland and this is based on my life here in QLD.

I like to try and cheer people up and be a day brightener but nothing seems to work, people seem to have a lot of things to worry about, unnecessary things, or things they take too seriously. We used to be about coming together but now it seems like we're falling apart.

Also everyone is hyper-critical of what the next person things or the way they are, why can't we just get along?

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Desperate Attempt at Xmas Gift for Wife

Hello Australians! (Or other random lurkers not from Australia like myself)

I've come here today to make an attempt at getting some help with receiving merchandise from an Australian store near Sydney that, apparently, legally cannot ship their ugg boots to the USA. My wife has been searching for awhile now for some ugg boots with cow print on them.

She fell in love with the cow print boots when she was much younger and her father, begrudgingly, purchased her a pair. She wore those things pretty much till the soles fell off. I honestly think she still has them, I just can't remember at the moment.

Anyhow, I was hoping to find someone here that could possibly be a middleman for this specific pair of boots I've found online. Below is the link. I'm currently deployed to Afghanistan, and honestly I've considered asking some of the Australian peeps roaming the base here, but I figured I'd try my luck on Reddit first before randomly approaching one of your fine Soldiers and asking them something off the wall like this.

If you think this is probably the worst idea ever, feel free to let me know as well! Hope all is well down there!

https://www.australianleather.com.au/product/short-roxynomad-cow-print-heel/

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Provocative organ donation ad banned for insensitivity and 'making light' of Jesus' crucifixion

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On the banks Margaret Kerans had an intrepid spirit and a curious mind, but as dementia took over her body, the banks took control of her home. / ABC

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Centrelink debt when I don't work?

I was studying a few months ago but I graduated my course (but it was an online course through OpenUni). While doing this, I was on HECS and getting youth allowance but I recently received a letter saying I have $1,500 so in debt which I have to repay to the taxation office?

I'm honestly not sure how to go about this. I'm going to centrelink in person but I'm not sure what to say? I stopped getting youth allowance payments because I couldn't log into my account after changing phone numbers. So I created a new one (as my old one got locked) and I used all the same details and called the lady on the phone to tell her I switched over. Is this debt from HECS? How do I even begin paying this back? I'm so lost for words right now, I don't even know where to start. Honestly, any help or advice would be appreciated.

I also don't work at the moment, but I am looking.

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School over-the-top religious: is there anything I can do?

Our public school (Bald Hills State School) just pulled us aside this morning saying our prep student (5 years old) would be very upset if she missed the christmas concert, could we give permission.

So we did.

It turned out not to be a christmas concert, but instead a full Christian service, sermons, religious carols only, videos about the Love of Christ, the works.

I feel (a) deceived by the school about the scope of their activities here, and (b) goddamn FURIOUS that they're treating a public school as a church, and (c) not real happy about them treating kids who haven't signed up to religious education like total shit this way, either.

But I feel like anything I try here will fall on deaf ears. I could write a letter to the school principal, and chaplain (ffs), to the local MP (who was there), to the state Education Minister... but will anyone care?

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