A similar thing is happening with the stage 3 tax cuts and people thinking Albo can be an authoritarian dictator and just delete that policy since he's the PM, ignoring that it's a piece of policy that won the Coalition the unwinnable election of 2019.
I'm no fan of the tax cuts myself, but he also can't just do what he likes as PM without consulting his colleagues and convincing the electorate. PMs are not dictators here and nor would we want them to be.
And he stopped being the PM the second he took a microstep on climate change. So that's really proof that he didn't have any real power.
So he had what 5-6 decades to become a citizen? And he chose not to?
This is probably a ragebait article, but I'm surprised that the ABC published it. I really feel no sympathy for this man, especially since this was not his first conviction. His first conviction, where he escaped the cancellation of his visa, should've been the shot across the bow that caused him to clean up his act. But not, he chose to commit again, despite his kids.
What I'm also surprised by is that a human rights lawyer too up his case. There are far more worthy human rights cases to take up. This guy's is cut and dry if you ask me. Yes he has a sob story, but it was also predictable, and the law is clear as mud.
His kids and family are the real losers here. They're stuck with a deadbeat dad who they won't be able to send off properly, all because of their dad's choices.
Not to mention high speed till roads allows governments to mandate trucks be forced to use them, which makes free local free roads less dangerous, more durable and less congested.
What better thing to do while sitting on a train than bitching about it eh?
The "Non-Emergency" part of NEPTs might have something to do with that. The drivers are not paramedics. They have a first aid certificate at best.
There's something not right about the article. It's talking about non-emergency patient transport but referring to a bus crash with trauma patients. Whatever their bosses told them, the NEPT interviewed were not going anywhere near that incident since they're not paramedics and are not trained to provide clinical assistance, so their shift with Victoria Ambulance is completely unrelated to the incident.
And the quote referred to how Nick felt gutted about transporting patients to doctors appointments like it's a waste of resource. That's literally the point of NEPT. The staff are not paramedics and the vehicle are not ambulances. The NEPT at best would've been involved with transporting uninjured children at the incident, which Victoria Ambulance had already arranged with a bus (which is far better for traceability and logistics than a dozen NEPT being called).
The general point of private operators not meeting their contractual obligations is fair. The government just needs to enforce its contract better and apply penalties if they don't provide the number of staff they're obligated to.
I have an old olive oil bottle which I pour all of my cooking grease into. Funnily enough even after a year or so it's still not full yet.
I've actually gone back to using cash when most merchants are Charing a 1.5% card fee. Fuck that shit.
I'm loving the Aussie corporate puffy jacket rankings. Feeling a bit self conscious in my Uniqlo puffy jacket right now.
You know Drs as PhDs (starting in the 14th century) predates it's usage as a medical practitioner (19th century). Every PhD still calls themselves Drs.
It's not manipulation if it's your own ignorance that causes the misunderstanding.