Nath

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1mo ago

Can’t stop endlessly scrolling? Tips to help you take back control
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Nath @aussie.zone 1mo ago
That's one of the nice things about Lemmy for me. I pretty much just stick to the local feed and I can read whatever has been posted today in an hour or so. More time for books.

1mo ago

Record January migration intake

This article claims to cite the ABS, but the ABS has a very different story: https://www.abs.gov.au/media-centre/media-releases/annual-net-overseas-migration-falls-second-year-row

Overseas migration added 306,000 people to Australia's population in the 2024-25 financial year, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Jenny Dobak, ABS head of migration statistics, said: ‘Net overseas migration dropped by 124,000 people in 2024-25, falling for the second year in a row since the financial year high of 538,000 people in 2022-23.
‘The change in net overseas migration was driven by both a 14 per cent decrease in migrant arrivals, particularly temporary visa holders, and a 13 per cent increase in migrant departures.
‘While net overseas migration is not currently at the level seen prior to the pandemic, this year’s overseas migration figures are the closest to pre-COVID-19 figures since annual net overseas migration peaked in September quarter 2023.
‘Migrant arrivals in 2024-25 were only 3 per cent higher than in 2018-19, but migrant departures remained 15 per cent lower than they were in 2018-19.’

The irony is: Most people's jimmies would not have been rustled even if this article hadn't been full of shit. Go back a few generations and almost all of us are migrants.

1mo ago

I'm a 6'1" man but due to a growth hormone condition called acromicria my shoe size is only a size 3 US and my hands are a women's size XXS

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Nath @aussie.zone 1mo ago

The post has been reported, but isn't breaking our instance rules. I'm inclined to believe OP is being dishonest with you all. At this point, I'll leave it with the community to decide if any action should be taken.

2mo ago

Discussion Thread 🍓 Friday 13 March 2026

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

The last holdout servos finally went above $2/l today. I topped up at $1.49 last week. Is this even real?

2mo ago

Discussion Thread 🍓 Friday 13 March 2026

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

Jazz hands!! 👐

2mo ago

ℂ𝕆𝕄𝕄𝔼ℕℂ𝔼 𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕀𝔽𝔼𝕊𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℍ𝕐ℙ𝔼ℝ 𝔸𝕌𝕊𝕋ℝ𝔸𝕃𝕀𝔸

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

You just know you are important when people need to Google who you are and even Google doesn't know!

Do I take it that the point of the whole post is that the Libs and Nats are kissing and making up?

2mo ago

ℂ𝕆𝕄𝕄𝔼ℕℂ𝔼 𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕀𝔽𝔼𝕊𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℍ𝕐ℙ𝔼ℝ 𝔸𝕌𝕊𝕋ℝ𝔸𝕃𝕀𝔸

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

This has happened to so many politicians, I can't be expected to remember them all.

2mo ago

ℂ𝕆𝕄𝕄𝔼ℕℂ𝔼 𝕄𝔸ℕ𝕀𝔽𝔼𝕊𝕋𝕀ℕ𝔾 ℍ𝕐ℙ𝔼ℝ 𝔸𝕌𝕊𝕋ℝ𝔸𝕃𝕀𝔸

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

Okay, Thanks Google. But I still have no idea what's going on. I remember Sussy being ousted, but didn't know/remember who replaced her.

2mo ago

What's causing the Greek yoghurt shortage in Australian supermarkets?

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

We're usually pretty immune to these sorts of shortages, because WA grows so much of its foods locally.

I noticed Aldi had no yoghurt for a bit, but there has been plenty of local supplier stocks.

2mo ago

40% of teenage boys believe women lie about domestic and sexual violence: new research

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

So far as I know, nothing (legally). She wasn't on trial. Something may have happened to her later, but I don't think so. I think I'd have heard if it had.

Of course: everyone who knew her knew about the whole case and its outcome. It would be an inaccurate statement to say she faced no consequences at all. Everyone - male and female alike, was furious with her. And I expect the story follows her around 20 years later whenever anyone Googles her.

2mo ago

40% of teenage boys believe women lie about domestic and sexual violence: new research

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

The full paper would give better context of that statement. It's quite accessible and worth reading. The thing that is consistent across all studies, nations and decades is that false accusations are rare.

It turns out this is actually a fairly difficult topic to accurately measure if for no other reason that a lot of cases (Particularly earlier ones) boil down to 'he said, she said'. Then there is the matter that lots of sexual assault cases go unreported - or are dropped for assorted reasons. Unreported assaults are a huge factor among certain cultural groups.

2mo ago

Trump fires Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

I usually hate when mods delete popular threads, but this post does break Rule 1.4: "Not United States Internal News".

2mo ago

40% of teenage boys believe women lie about domestic and sexual violence: new research

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

Holy engagement bait, Batman! What a terrible headline.

Yes, it is a fact that women lie about domestic and sexual violence. I've seen first-hand a family seriously impacted by a false accusation. The son was detained in prison for a year, the parents took out a mortgage on their home to defend the case and finally the girl admitted in court that she fabricated the whole thing. The son was acquitted. These cases happen. Here's a fairly broad paper on the matter discussing several deeper studies spanning several countries including Australia, Canada and the UK.

Among the seven studies that attempted some degree of scrutiny of police classifications and/or applied a definition of false reporting at least similar to that of the IACP, the rate of false reporting, given the many sources of potential variation in findings, is relatively consistent:
2.1% (Heenan & Murray, 2006)
2.5% (Kelly et al., 2005)
3.0% (McCahill et al., 1979)
5.9% (the present study)
6.8% (Lonsway & Archambault, 2008)
8.3% (Grace et al., 1992)
10.3% (Clark & Lewis, 1977)
10.9% (Harris & Grace, 1999)

With that out of the way, let's move on to the elephant in the room:

IN OVER 90% OF CASES, THE RAPES WERE CREDIBLE! FALSE ACCUSATIONS ARE THE EXCEPTION!!

2mo ago

Guardian Essential poll: more than half of Australians open to voting for One Nation despite Hanson’s Muslim comments

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

Let's hear from an actual expert on this topic:

"I think some of the surge in One Nation support is in response to a generic polling question. Many disenchanted voters already have high profile Independent members and candidates in their local seat. It is Independents who are a bigger threat to the Liberal Party, but complex four cornered contests increase the importance of the order candidates finish on primary votes, and affect whose preferences get distributed."

No, One Nation are in no position to win elections.

2mo ago

Are you on track to retire comfortably? Australia's new super benchmark released

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

No, but I'm closer than I expected to be (within $20k for my age bracket). I can probably make that much up in my remaining work years.

My wife's super on the other hand is going to suck. She took about a decade off to be a stay at home mother when the kids were little and is going to put her well behind. The system doesn't treat parents who do this well. Let's face it: 90% of the time, it's women who are career hobbled by parenthood and super pauses.

2mo ago

Three Australian millionaires say the nation’s super-rich should face higher taxes

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

$500 million purely in sales of software he wrote alone? That would be a feat for sure.

Initially, it was him and his wife, yes. Though they now have a decent sized company with a few hundred employees. I didn't realise his venture had gotten so big until this thread and I googled him today. Before you get all angry that he's "profiting off those people's work", ask whether those people are better off for working for him or if he should keep all the work and wealth to himself.

The part that’s wrong isn’t doing well and making money, it’s advocating against taxing corporations way more than we are, lobbying for loopholes, and engaging in rent seeking behaviour. Which is extremely, extremely common. Having some kind of cap on how much wealth you can amass seems sensible to me.

I haven't heard of him doing any of those things. Of course I moved to the other side of the country and no longer move in the same circles as he does. He still has a reputation in IT circles for being a chill bloke, though.

2mo ago

Three Australian millionaires say the nation’s super-rich should face higher taxes

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

A former work colleague of mine might. He's well over half-way there at least and still gaining.

He quit his job and wrote some software that is used all over the world. If you make a thing and enough people buy it, you get rich. In his case, very rich. He didn't inherit his wealth. He didn't start out already a millionaire. His wealth is not coming from being a parasite on society. He isn't taking resources or hoarding land. He'll be the first to tell you he is monumentally lucky, but I also can't see anything he's doing that's wrong.

2mo ago

Three Australian millionaires say the nation’s super-rich should face higher taxes

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Nath @aussie.zone 2mo ago

That was called the "Mining tax" and it's mere proposal killed the Kevin07 movement before Mr Rudd finished his first term. All for the measly cost of a ~$20 Million smear campaign blitz. Bargain!

3mo ago

Not delivering any Aukus nuclear submarines to Australia explored as option in US congressional report

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Nath @aussie.zone 3mo ago

Frankly, because Australia has things that the USA does not have and really needs. Australia is a stable and reliable political friend in a region of the globe that is close enough to the antipode of mainland USA. Our proximity and unused land affords our US allies with space and privacy to operate with relative comfort. Their bases in Australia also have much shorter logistic chains to operate compared with other remote locales like islands as well.

The USA would be impacted militarily if they lost Australia as an ally. Not irrevocably, they'd get by. But it would cost them a lot more than the simple civility and respect it takes to maintain their relationship with Australia.

Neither nations really needs the other. Our partnership has been convenient for both of us, and it really would be a shame for both nations if that partnership were to lapse.

3mo ago

Home Assistant 2026.2: Home, sweet overview

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Nath @aussie.zone 3mo ago

Apologies all. That user is not representative of Aussie.Zone users. We're generally a chill bunch.