dockedatthewrongworf

u/dockedatthewrongworf@aussie.zone
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I'm a bit confused with your comment. Australia as far as I know does not have a good stamp program. Do you think this is an article about the US?

And on your first point there is a variety of reasons to tax sugar. The majority of which are related to health outcomes and not just dental.

We even have those little plastic coins in Aus! Just had to ask at the help desk at the supermarket and they'd give you one with its own little keyring adaptor too! Really useful when you needed it!

Clearly the solution is for people to stop buying food! Do you know howuch money you save when you stop eating?

But in all seriousness you raise an important point. Housing unaffordability has been raised as an emerging issue in healthcare. Housing costs are pricing healthcare staff out of the suburbs their facilities are in, creating issues with on-call times for emergencies. Hospitals only have a small amount of on-call rooms available so it isn't feasible for everyone on-call to stay at work.

This is a sad reminder that when bushwalking the weather and environment can change rapidly. If you're going to be solo hiking (or even hiking in a group) to bring a personal locator beacon and first aid kit even if you're familiar with the area you're hiking in.

You can hire them for a relatively cheap price from plenty of places and they don't even take up much room! In the past I've hired them from the Blue Mountains Police and Macpac at Town Hall.

Addit: I should also add that it's important to dress for all seasons when hiking. Especially in winter. Dressing in layers and ensuring you have a hard shell layer to stop wind chill and rain/snow.

I think you touch on a really good point. If the federal government was to use its powers like a cudgel to force compliance of the states it also creates a single point of failure if you have a change of government. We should be looking at building legislation at both the federal and state level synergistically.

Tangentially, look at the damage Roe V Wade has caused by being overturned. From how I've understood it the federal (and some state governments) have basically relied on the supreme court decision instead of building proper legislation to protect abortion.

From what I can tell from an admittedly brief search for more information is that if the federal government was to federally criminalise conversion therapy a legal challenge could be mounted by state governments as federal criminal law normally in relation to crime that crosses state borders (i.e. drug trafficking) and might be seen as federal overreach. (Though during my reading apparently the federal government has overridden state laws before; namely overriding Tasmanian sodomy laws so maybe it could be done)

Private school funding on the other hand I'm not as certain about. I don't know if the Act that details how funding for non-government schools is dispensed allows the federal government to place restrictions on funding based on discriminatory practices in these schools. It might be something that needs to be done on a state level.

I really want to play this again but I don't think I'll emotionally survive Midna's lament again! The music in Twilight Princess was amazing! The Hyrule Castle theme slowly morphing into Ganondorf's theme still gives me shivers.

Started playing a game called space station 14 again! Super fun but the only downside is the 2.5hr rounds! Sucks to play one round and realise have the afternoon has vanished!