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Completely disagree with respect to the media - the cost was the key question from the opposition and this was widely reported on the ABC. Even the first 5 minutes of this mornings…

It’s the same government that did the original deal.

This is just my speculation, but I wouldn’t put it past the Australian Prime Minister making a “Captains Call” here. He’s notoriously stubborn and doesn’t listen to experts in all …

It’s a terrible deal as Australia initially had France redesign a nuclear powered submarine to be Diesel Electric. There was also massive negotiations and posturing from both gover…

This isn’t true with respect to rugby union. In the Australian side one of the most impressive and key players is Nic White at 84kg and 173cm. Heck, one of the best NZ players of a…

Outside of the context of this lawsuit; why should the burden of proof be on Dominion when the claims are made against them by the Trump Campaign? To extend your line of reasoning,…

I may not have been clear with my point that my understanding of the difficulty of teaching in primary (elementary in America?) schools is the children aren’t rationale at that age…

> hope the teacher wasn't in a bad mood or that 3 other kids hadn't needed to pee in the last half hour, meeting some mental quota the teacher has for the appropriate # of people t…

In Australia, any Federal Government algorithm can be FOI’d by a member of the public. It’s one of the reasons the Aus Federal Government statisticians tend away from black box AI …

That’s effective what day.js is. Its effectively an identical api and is incredibly lightweight in comparison with opt-in extensions.

Fair point, however the intent of my reply was to not dismiss something as psychological when there isn’t an extensive study on the topic.

The effect of lockdowns on mental health is undoubtedly large, however I would hazard against ruling a very large number of people with numerous studies & epidemiologists behind th…