Melbourne cabs used to do this routinely (not just from the airport), which lead to them being hated and why Uber was an instant success when it rolled out in Melbourne. You flag them in the city, and they’d roll down the window and ask where you wanted to go. If they didn’t like the response, they’d drive on.
Did this not happen in Sydney?
https://aussie.zone/comment/15915298
Seven months later and these 200g packets are New Low Price. 😀
They used to be $2.59 for the old size and now they’re $2.29 for the new. I’m pretty sure they’ve still gone up, but I’m not going to figure it out on the phone in the aisle.
I’m not against this being a method people can employ for verification. But it won’t be the only method. I’m not going to ask a recovering alcoholic or a Muslim to walk into a pub and buy a beer.
Also: it’s users under 16. Not under 18. While I’m not aware of any users under 18, we did have a 17 year old last year.
This method has been considered, but it wouldn’t catch everyone.
Tbh I would be amazed if anyone in the government knows that Lemmy exists.
It would be unwise to base any sort of response on this assumption. Section 13 of the legislation is pretty clear:
(1) For the purposes of this Act, age‑restricted social media platform means:
(a) an electronic service that satisfies the following conditions:
(i) the sole purpose, or a significant purpose, of the service is to enable online social interaction between 2 or more end‑users;
(ii) the service allows end‑users to link to, or interact with, some or all of the other end‑users;
(iii) the service allows end‑users to post material on the service;
(iv) such other conditions (if any) as are set out in the legislative rules; or
(b) an electronic service specified in the legislative rules;
I’ll cover these “legislative rules” in a sec.
Most of the lists of affected sites you see flying all around the place are misleading, because they’re being used by the media to get engagement rather than helping people to understand the actual law. In short: every site that meets section 13(1a) above is bound by the law. Which includes aussie.zone.
Services that eSafety considers will not be age-restricted social media platforms
These exception lists are important. For reasons, the government has included a provision in the legislation to exclude sites from section 13(1a). There are a whole bunch of provisions in the overall legislation that hang on the magic words “legislative rules”. There are in fact 24 references to legislative rules in the legislation. If you read the thing all the way to section 240 (yes that’s not a typo), you’ll get to this bit:
240 Legislative rules
(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make rules (legislative rules) prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the legislative rules; or (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
In other words, the communications minister can ad-hoc declare that any site/service that meets the criteria in section 13 is exempt from this law whenever she likes.
We have had zero guidance from the government on what “reasonable steps” to ensure users are over 16 looks like. Frankly, I don’t think the government is ready for this law to come in. I won’t be at all surprised if we are given a new date.
All I know is what we won’t be doing:
I know this isn’t really answering the question. But our stance hasn’t really changed from ‘wait and see what everyone else does to comply’. I have something of a game in mind, I’ll go that way if our hand is forced on the original date.
It’s a regular work day for everyone outside Melbourne. So I’ll be doing that.
Isn’t it always?
Did Kerry Greenwood get a book in the works before passing?
Shhhhh! Nobody tell my wife. That’s Christmas pressie fodder, that is!
On a biological level, dogs are all the same species. There’s obviously something beyond biology in terms of classification. And humans have whatever it is: you only need to watch an NBA game or a 100m Olympic final to see this in action.
I agree that most categories we put people into are artificial, but it’d be an error to say it’s all social.
I also think our species superpower is not our physical makeup. Our ability to work together and use our brains is what sets us apart from the other species on the planet, and on that front the playing field is level.
I’m having a two-day week after a five-day weekend. I did almost nothing, just went for a ride each day. It was amazing.
I’m not sure what metrics those sites adopt to determine whether the instance is up or not, but clearly they’re in error regarding us being offline. I can’t even get the second link to show instances to find us.
I can absolutely help with that. But not from here.
I’ll get into this when I get home in a couple of hours.
Cash economy is strong. I’m moderately sure my first few employers were paying me cash but not paying taxes/super etc. I was a clueless teenager getting cash envelopes and didn’t know better. I’m probably owed a couple hundred dollars in super from each of them.
I have no intention to help you do either of these things. Maybe possibly feed you in a pinch, but absolutely not the other one.
Bold of you to assume we model our politics on yours. Politically, we resemble the UK more than the USA. We love you guys, but we don’t want to be like you, politically.
When the comments are better than the article! 🍿🤣
There have been questions raised recently over whether we should be tagging Betoota/Chaser/Shovel/Belltower/etc articles as [Satire] so people aren’t confused. I’m torn. I don’t want people from outside Australia seeing these articles and being misinformed (For anyone not Australian and unfamiliar with The Chaser: Julia Gillard does not endorse Donald Trump - we promise). This article is written for Australians as a bit of fun. I do however love seeing people who know nothing about the headlines/creators leap into the discussion with strong opinions.
Australians are not a serious people. We genuinely enjoy laughing at the world and at politics in particular. Genuine discourse often comes from satirical posts. Take a look at the top ten posts in this community:
Nearly half the posts are satirical.
Stirling Arms in Guildford. They are being quite public about it.
I normally vote. This time, I forgot.
We get one letter in the mail, and that’s it. The occasional candidate poster in the suburb.
Yes, it’s on me for not putting it in my calendar. But at the same time - I feel like there needs to be more advertising or something to prompt us.
Fun fact: this stadium is a few hundred meters away from Victoria Park.
Rage at who? Kerr? Fraser? Whitlam? Everyone’s long gone.
The 1975 dismissal is a wonderful case study in both the importance of Government checks and balances as well as the requirement to ensure they are used correctly, so that past mistakes won’t be repeated. It’s also why Australians even today get a little nervous when one party controls the senate alone.
But rage? No. I have nobody to rage at.