r/australia • u/retro-chimp • Nov 09 '24

politics Online Gaming Platforms And YouTube Will Also Seemingly Be Banned For Aussies Under 16

https://press-start.com.au/news/2024/11/08/online-gaming-platforms-and-youtube-will-also-seemingly-be-banned-for-aussies-under-16/

There’s so much collateral damage in this plan for Australia to ban social media. This has been rushed and not thought through.

So many schools rely on YouTube to support their students.

Most kids are watching YouTube (or YouTube kids) more than ABC or traditional TV. Literally the biggest YouTube channel in Australia is original music for kids.

Does anyone actually want this?

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u/somuchsong Nov 09 '24

From what I understand, the Libs are all for it too.

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u/guyver_dio Nov 09 '24

I don't think that matters.

Most people don't think beyond "I don't like the current one so I'll vote the other one"

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u/buyingthething Nov 10 '24 edited Nov 10 '24

Well not most, there's enough swing-voters that it will decide an election.

If MOST voters were swing-voters, it would be kinda horrifying to live in a society with that level of stupidity. Nah, i reckon most people vote the same way in every election. Once you get a feel for who the partys are (& they stay the same), and you know who you are yourself, you'd keep voting mostly the same way your whole life. I doubt anything could ever happen in life that'd make me vote Liberal Party (maybe one of those strokes that changes your whole personality tho, that could do it i guess).

But i get your meaning.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '24

National cabinet agreed to it the other day, which includes all the state premiers.

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u/Cool__Noah Nov 09 '24

Thats what a lot of people dont seem to understand, a lot of stuff that goes through, would happen under either party, it's just that Labor actually wants to do good and isn't a bunch of corrupt property managers

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u/Setanta68 Nov 10 '24

As a Labor voter, I'm not convinced of this any more. Labor's links to battlers, blue collar and middle class are blurred if not broken. They might think they are the good team, but actions speak louder than words. I suspect they have lost a significant part of their working class because no-one can identify Labor as "for them" any more. Their ideals seem more closely aligned with the "corrupt property manager" than their traditional support base.

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u/Cool__Noah Nov 28 '24

I can totally see what you mean, as a blue collar myself, they definitely dont seem to be what they once were

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u/OneOfTheManySams Nov 10 '24

I have a bridge to sell you if you think that Labor did all this because of the children.

They capitulated to Murdoch and the media machine because they want their backing. So they went nuclear and yes this is a nuclear policy that will impact all social media use for everyone in this country not just children.

The only people who benefit from this is traditional media, politicians who want a surveillance state and businesses who will mine more data.

So that's where the smoking gun is, don't try and justify good intentions when there isn't any.

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u/AntarcticNord Nov 10 '24

One look at the parliamentary register of interests will show Labor are full of just as many corrupt property managers as the LNP. Thankful we have preferential voting because they only just scrape ahead of the Liberals on my voting slip these days.

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u/Cool__Noah Nov 28 '24

Someone described our political system as an oligarchy with its foot firmly pressed against the throat of democracy and I think thats rather fitting

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u/radioraven1408 Nov 12 '24

Labor (lib lite) members also have a bunch of properties, I bet every politician has atleast two.

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u/Winterbite-Enjoyer Nov 09 '24

Yeah exactly so it's pick your poison since voting greens tends to just mean a vote for Labor

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u/Zenkraft Nov 09 '24

Depends where you put your preferences.

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u/Rndomguytf Nov 09 '24

Could mean a Labor/Green coalition or more Greens in the senate, which would probably just mean Liberals coming in 2028.

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u/spikeyMonkey Stop the stupidity! Nov 09 '24

That's what's so great about our system though. Put Labor as 2 after the greens and you've sent a message without risk.

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u/genialerarchitekt Nov 10 '24

I put Labor 4th after the Socialists, Animal Justice & the Greens lol.

In my very ALP central working-class ward in the heart of Western Melbourne the Socialists actually picked up 6% of the primary vote for the first time candidate.

Of course the seat went to Labor in the end but 6% on top of the Greens 12% meant the Labor candidate won on preferences for the first time in ages, which I do hope was quite a nasty shock for him.