THIS. And then the ABS had the gall to announce (before the results) that it was actually going to come in under budget. So just $100 million to tell us what we already knew!

I’m so glad this unnecessary, hurtful and offensive poll is over. I’m glad that, for now, we can stop having this ‘respectful and robust debate’ about whether people should be treated with equality and dignity. I’m glad I don’t have to hear no voters talk about how unfair it is that people call them names like…

Australian/American here. The Liberal party (our conservatives) actually align pretty closely with the US Dems, the Labour Party is further left... we’re a lefty society in general. Without really knowing the American situation well a lot of people here seem to think the liberals are evil like the Republicans, but…

In general our politics are not as far to the right as yours in the USA. Our conservative party is not quite as far to the right (although they have some individual members that are) and our “Labor” party is further left than your Democrats. The minor parties and independents also can have quite a bit of influence,…

Sorry, but as someone who has both American and Australian citizenship I can confirm that despite the lack of marriage equality in Australia, I was able to become a permanent resident (and then citizen) of Australia through my same sex partner well before that was allowed in the U.S. That’s just one example, but in…

We get fined for not voting in fucking local council elections! I am still registered in the council electorate where the parental home is even though I haven’t lived there in a decade and last week the infringements court sent me a fine for non-compliance. Why it’s the only one I have received in a decade of not…

And people are fined if they don’t vote in Australia, right? That really sums up the quality of the politicians!

A year ago polling suggested 63 percent of Australia supported ssm. Now today we find out it was 62. So yes, spending 120 million Australian dollars on a survey could be construed as wasteful and it did give a lot of bigots a platform over the past few weeks. But I’m so sick of conservatives wrongly claiming that…

Is Vegemite generally something only Australians like? I’m an ethnic but have lived in Australia long enough to have developed a fondness for it. Salty, salty goodness.

Penny Wong was all of us this morning.

Edit: That response was meant for sparklemotion, whose response was thoughtful and well-articulated.

Right? One of about seven dozen manifestations of toxic masculinity is this childish demand for attention, validation, and respect, because they don’t get much of it naturally. Looking at you, Donny. These losers are just constantly whining about respect.

Thank you. I find it all a little confusing, to be honest. Somehow it was a privilege for me to be groped and fondled once I grew breasts? And somehow being told from an early age that I was not as worthwhile as if I were born male gives me some kind of privilege over those who were, reaped the benefits of having been…

I really don’t understand why we need to use the word CIS

I’ve had the misfortune of walking through neighborhoods where teen Druze boys branded me with an iron bar on Ashura because I’m Shi’a. I understand we’re on the internet, but don’t just flatly assume other people’s experiences and think they’ve lived a privileged life. Thanks.

oh man, dudes say shit like this to queer women all. the. time. straight men, for lord knows what reason, think that queer women are On Their Team or something, because we also date women, and think that gives them license to be horribly misogynistic in front of us.

I would adjacent to the cement industry (I’m an engineer who designs equipment that quarries use), and I’ve heard some horror stories about the roughnecks who work there. Two of the worst of the lowlights:

1) One site’s lab supervisors who were in charge of training the site’s first female chemist taught her how to do…

She’s great on these topics. They were trying to goad her into gloating about how great Canada was vs the US since we didn’t have slavery as long as the US, but she was having none of it, highlighting Canada’s very disgraceful treatment of First Nations peoples and our own issues with race.

She was 16, still a year away from Juno, and hadn’t been in either of the previous X-Men movies. As far as I can tell it was the first movie she was in that went into wide release. I absolutely believe she thought she was powerless.

Yeah, she has done a good job here and although I’m sure someone will find something to complain about, I think Ellen Page has done right by herself and others on this. The world needs more influential people like Ellen Page.