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1. Did the house where you grew up have a newspaper delivered regularly?
Yes, I think so. This was back in the 70s and 80s and a newspaper was a standard delivery to most households. I think there were even a few 'free' newspapers around the area at the time.
2. Have you ever subscribed to an actual print newspaper?
Probably back in my 20s - the 90s, when newspapers were still very much a thing.
3. When was the most recent time you physically picked up and read a newspaper?
I sincerely do not remember, it's been a while. I saw someone on the train the other morning who had a full broadsheet, opened it up, and shook it out. I was transported all the way back to the early 00s again, commuting in to the city and having to contend with all the guys who thought that because they were doing important things like educating themselves on the state of the world, they had the right to shove a newspaper corner in your face.
4. Do you pay for news online now?
I do, in fact, pay a subscription for The Guardian Australia, because I do believe in paying for some news so that it's not all funded by billionaires. In Australia we still have ABC and SBS which are relatively sane and unbiased (where 'relatively' may be doing quite a lot of heavy lifting). I was subscribing to the NYT and the Atlantic up until the US Election 2024, and then gave up. No hope of sanity there and I couldn't be bothered.
5. Do you have any saved newspaper clippings?
Not I. What would I have clippings about?
B1, however, has newspaper clippings from the 90s about...topics she was interested in then, and which she intends to read. Someday. (Like all the other things she intends to read/sort. Someday.)
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Sitting in a section of the local pub with a glass of wine, my laptop out and trying to write. It's a bit of a lot.
I'm slowly getting more involved in the local independent candidate's campaign. Delivering pamphlets. Going to trivia nights with the team. Stuff like that.
I think we have a real chance if we can persuade people to put her first, and then their preferred candidate second. And we could. We really could. And the current MP is definitely running scared. They have dodgy tactics, stupid fwittery going on, and no sense of humour. So much brusque shooting down and angry internet postings going on, really. it's pretty sad.
Tomorrow I'm going to do some flyer deliveries up and around my street to raise her profile. (Or maybe I'll do that on Monday? IDK. Have to decide.) I've booked in to wander around the markets with her on Sunday. And I'm contemplating helping do point-of-contact at the major train station junction on Monday morning. I think they could do with at younger, visibly Asian helper for Hornsby - a lot of East and South-East Asians will likely actually think about it if they have someone who looks like them stumping for her. And there's a pretty high percentage of people from those backgrounds in the area...
I can hear B1 complaining about how I'm doing too much again. So maybe let's see how Sunday goes, eh?
Yes, I think so. This was back in the 70s and 80s and a newspaper was a standard delivery to most households. I think there were even a few 'free' newspapers around the area at the time.
2. Have you ever subscribed to an actual print newspaper?
Probably back in my 20s - the 90s, when newspapers were still very much a thing.
3. When was the most recent time you physically picked up and read a newspaper?
I sincerely do not remember, it's been a while. I saw someone on the train the other morning who had a full broadsheet, opened it up, and shook it out. I was transported all the way back to the early 00s again, commuting in to the city and having to contend with all the guys who thought that because they were doing important things like educating themselves on the state of the world, they had the right to shove a newspaper corner in your face.
4. Do you pay for news online now?
I do, in fact, pay a subscription for The Guardian Australia, because I do believe in paying for some news so that it's not all funded by billionaires. In Australia we still have ABC and SBS which are relatively sane and unbiased (where 'relatively' may be doing quite a lot of heavy lifting). I was subscribing to the NYT and the Atlantic up until the US Election 2024, and then gave up. No hope of sanity there and I couldn't be bothered.
5. Do you have any saved newspaper clippings?
Not I. What would I have clippings about?
B1, however, has newspaper clippings from the 90s about...topics she was interested in then, and which she intends to read. Someday. (Like all the other things she intends to read/sort. Someday.)
--
Sitting in a section of the local pub with a glass of wine, my laptop out and trying to write. It's a bit of a lot.
I'm slowly getting more involved in the local independent candidate's campaign. Delivering pamphlets. Going to trivia nights with the team. Stuff like that.
I think we have a real chance if we can persuade people to put her first, and then their preferred candidate second. And we could. We really could. And the current MP is definitely running scared. They have dodgy tactics, stupid fwittery going on, and no sense of humour. So much brusque shooting down and angry internet postings going on, really. it's pretty sad.
Tomorrow I'm going to do some flyer deliveries up and around my street to raise her profile. (Or maybe I'll do that on Monday? IDK. Have to decide.) I've booked in to wander around the markets with her on Sunday. And I'm contemplating helping do point-of-contact at the major train station junction on Monday morning. I think they could do with at younger, visibly Asian helper for Hornsby - a lot of East and South-East Asians will likely actually think about it if they have someone who looks like them stumping for her. And there's a pretty high percentage of people from those backgrounds in the area...
I can hear B1 complaining about how I'm doing too much again. So maybe let's see how Sunday goes, eh?
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Are they a Teal, or... ? ^_^
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I was horrified when Labor parachuted in Kristina Keneally, who had nothing whatsoever to do with the electorate in question, into Fowler,
completely overlooking the local Labor candidate who was familiar with the issues and experiences in the electorate and had a background similar to many of the voters in the area - Vietnamese Australian lawyer Tu Le.
The seat ended up being won by independent candidate Dai Le, who actually knew the area, and was familiar with the area, and had a background similar to many of the voters in the area.
Parachuting a random white candidate who has no connection whatsoever with the area into a seat where 16% of the voters possessed Vietnamese ancestry, and 11% possessed Chinese heritage, and there was a supremely qualified local candidate who represented the community she stood for better, was a HORRIBLE, arrogant, and racist choice.
And then Labor had the audacity to act all betrayed when Fowler, traditionally a very safe Labor seat, went to an independent instead!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-05/tu-le-winner-40-under-40-asian-australian-awards/101473578
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My mom still has my grampa's obituary from when he passed in 1991.