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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fuck. I’m sad. I’m sorry to be Australian right now.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah - the voice didn't really mean much to my day to day at all, but this loss is indicative of our deepening conservative bent.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With any luck it would have meant something to mine. I'm devastated.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Genuinely sorry for your loss.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks, sadly I've learned a lot about my country and my local areas in how they've polled

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Deepening? How new are you? Homosexuals were criminals until recently.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of the most stagnant democracies in the west.

We'd rather spend time talking about franking credits than lend an ear to the suffering.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Some of the people receiving the franking credits believe they’re suffering… somehow.