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Note: Cr Keith Williams is deputy mayor of Ballina Shire Council on the NSW Far North Coast.

The ever boil was lanced and gunk shot out the side and top. The during was the worst part, for the fucker had risen to where nerve endings are and the squeeze pain was exquisite. So intense that after it stopped, and the area now drained was less hurty than before, that I got an epic post-pain high. I keep walking around marvelling at just how fucking painful that was but that it's not happening now. It's like I'm happy saying "Jesus, how fucked was that?!" and feeling it too.The ever boil; proof positive that something awful happening that then stops is better than something nice happening.I feel like a high five is owed. Woooooo!

Sometimes when you have OCPD, PTSD, anxiety and depression and you go for a ride and a think you may end up in a state of disassociation. I had one on the lake ride, with angry crying and carrying a crippling amount of emotional baggage. I suspect it was triggered by seeing shitty parenting on TV then riding near my psychologist's where last session I'd spoken of what it was like to want to die as a child and you welcomed it.

Via our Chris today, whose royal commission objections are mounting towards jihad: Labor fundamentally undermined the integrity of the financial system by partially shifting responsibility for repaying debts from the borrower to the lender, which is insane. Now lenders, not borrowers, are liable for understanding borrowers’ financial circumstances and verifying whether they can service a

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Ten million electric vehicles in Australia will provide enough storage to power the country for a day - helping fast-track the transition to 100 per cent renewable energy.

Perth-based building-integrated solar PV company has debuted on the ASX after successful $A5m initial public offering.

Via UBS: Time for a housing deep dive: approvals surprise to the upside again UBS’s ‘early’/non-consensus calling the top of housing is playing out with tighter credit seeing falling activity, prices, and commencements. But positively, Mar-18 approvals rebounded to 235k, supported by booming population of 1.6% y/y, as migration surged 250k. But given our dovish

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Jaguar to spend $4m on network of 150 charging stations ahead of release of its first EV in Australia in October.

The alchemist looks like my friend A---.The urchin looks like a guy I went to the all boys Dickensian fuckthemupforlife factory with.And the person on the ring of protection card looks like Will Ferrell.If you play it long enough these things become clear.AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

By Leith van Onselen The ABC has released a report explaining why Australian homelessness is getting worse: Australia’s homelessness figures are going in the wrong direction, and housing experts warn we’re about to recommit to a failing policy. Last month’s census data revealed that after a long period of stability, homelessness in Australia has gone

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BofAML says falls are over: The China backdrop remains negative but appropriately priced, while the fact that Australia is becoming a more diversified economy means that positive domestic factors should be more supportive moving ahead. The Australian dollar trade weighted index is trading close to its lowest level since 2015-16, a time when the China

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I’m still trying to be nice but it’s getting harder. The post-Domainfax Michael Pascoe has red-lined on houses being cheap: This won’t go down well with the housing crisis brigade, but housing affordability has not gone through the roof. It’s actually been fairly stable for the past quarter century And to the extent that housing affordability

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Via the Kouk earlier this week: Do we need to be worried about Australia’s economic outlook? The Reserve Bank of Australia reckons that the next move in official interest rates is more likely to be up than down. RBA Governor has said so in recent weeks as he talks up the prospects for the economy

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