I suppose they've picked a bit from a mix of genre, but I'd have put Eagle Rock in there as typical Australiana.
@PaulP, why am I not surprised, The Necks are terrific listening and a great introduction to lounge jazz for jazz music newbies. Anyone who has travelled will recognise their music, it's almost ubiquitous as the background of hotel foyers, bars and restaurants. On the classical side, did you tune in last night to the ABC Young Performer of the Year concert? I'm getting old, it started at 6pm and I feel asleep after a few hours of the final. Tried listening agian today, and the same thing happened. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/special-features/abc-young-performer-awards-grand-final-concert/107287336
The initial expectation is that the US will head towards recession, if that happens the RBA might have already shot itself in the foot and over-corrected, it's why some thought no change was the best option.
But the good news for investors would be markets, in particular it might signal the bottom of the market for housing is right now, although I've heard some describe the coming months in housing as a dead cat bounce.
A problem Australia has is that homeowners aren't dynamic enough, they tend to not shop around for the cheapest rates, which allows the big the banks to ride out the storm and still post big profits. Maybe that changes in the AI era.
I expect super to take a hit, a lot of Aussie super is heavily invested in the USA, and it's likely a US recession will impact growth. But this is where self-managed super can have a big influence, because if they think the market is close to bottoming out they could flood back into the domestic property market. At the moment there is a swing towards commercial over residential, but a US recession would probably be bad for that segment. Chasing growth can be a double edged sword.
What odds Aussie Politicians swing back to loving China?
Not sure why that's occurred. It may be as the thread starter, my vote doesn't get counted in the total. Seems strange, but probably doesn't skew the vote to a great extent.
I've seen this before in polls I've started as well.
If I recall correctly the count error occurred early in the process, maybe immediately after publishing, I think I was able to clear it by a reset before anyone had voted. I thought it might be clicks made during editing.
As for the batting, imagine if we had a couple of batsmen with sound technique and an unwillingness to give their wicket away 🤔
You can see the point I've been making about the 1 in 5 men, I suspect it's a type of laziness driven by a lack of motivation, they do not want to work too hard, and then do just enough to hang around the squad when threatened.
The whole scenario is unfolding as outlined when IPL was first launched, the only thing the BCCI got wrong was how lazy their own crew turned out to be. The BCCI thought that courtesy of the biased rules their own lot would still be driven enough to top the table in all versions of the sport, nepotism and privilege wasn't going to be a barrier to global domination. But instead they manufactured a bunch of "Bling Billionaires" who are even lazier than the rest of the world, more Bollywood than peak sport, and the thing that has suffered is test cricket.
By the time the BYE rolls around we will have a fair idea of how well we are going to go. Looks like our run home is harder than the first 14 rounds (using this seasons performances by other teams as a guide).
Funny pitch, a lot of people making runs then getting over confident and getting out when in complete control.
@Professer E You mean not a T20 pitch, just a normal pitch!
Despite the failure of the team selectors and management I have to say this is the most enjoyable test cricket I've watched for ages, proper Test cricket with players rewarded for concentration and effort and punished for indifference.
But you can still see that players are no longer conditioned for the 5-day game, they are all struggling to maintain a test level intensity. I noted your cartel friends making excuses for that aspect during the lunch break, claiming our lack of "new blood" is due to poor development of youth, then offering more NSWelshmen as the solution. All the while, it's 30 somethings like Starc, Smith and Hazelwood that look the most indifferent, and 30 somethings like Boland and Inglis who appear to be the most motivated if they could regularly get a game!
It is really worth listening to Richard Willingham on ABC radio. He provides an objective analysis of each party's policy releases, why they've chosen that tack, and whether they're getting any traction.
Jess Wilson is campaigning well and the most recent polls give her the lead. However, it seems that there's no uniform swing to the L-NP from the ALP and we should see a patchwork of results with some electorates sticking with the ALP, some being won by the L-NP and a couple going to PHON. I'm sticking with my prediction of a minority government, probably L-NP, and a hostile upper house.
Too many people get sucked in by social media A/B Bucket testing, it's an echo chamber that leads them to believe everybody thinks along the same lines. Then when the result isn't as expected they'll claim it's rigged by the deep state.
The genuine non-aligned pro commentators use anonymity methods to survey the market, they aren't marooned swallowing the usual crap that Faceplant, InstaTwaddle or XtremoNet tell them.
The simple test we can do is use a browser Incognito / Private mode without using your usual logins to survey the news media and social media, and then actually take note of how very different the report and search results become.
The Greens are dead, so I'm not sure where that vote goes, Labor probably.
PHON is basically stealing the traditional regional vote, which is ironic because her policies and her backers are basically going to roger them rigid. I don't think she'll have much impact on the major parties, she is a clown, and further nobody I know who has ever voted Liberal is ever going to vote for a Bananaby related party ever!
I think it'll be closer than people realise, and probably decided by voters swinging between the major parties. To me it's too close to call, but there is plenty of time left for one or all of them to screw up a bit more!
After Scotty Boland's batting in the 2nd Test, he could well be that "all-rounder"
Let's not get too excited.
People forget though that before he started bowling Boland was actually an opening batsmen in sub-district, I think he started bowling because as an opening batsmen he had limitations!
My problem with the Starc, is that he's the 1 in 5 man, his bowling along with Hazelwood not bowling, basically cost us the last test, our batting was poor but other than Boland nobody looked like making a dent. We made nowhere near enough, and they made way more than they ever should have! Today is the typical Starc problem, people have already forgotten 3 or 4 innings of top end pie chucking because he cleans up the tail end so effectively.
Today we have Starc saying without Lyon they all suffer, Lyon is saying he's nothing without Starc and Hazelwood, that's the @Professer E cartel in full swing!
btw. They pumped up Lyon for his first wicket, but that Saffie bloke basically threw his wicket away, if instead they had batted along at regular pace it looked like they could make 200 each!
Looks like the Cartel are looking after themselves again...
If we had not predicted it, based on the things we have seen before many many times, we would not believe it.
Half the squad will continuously pick and choose when it makes an effort, effectively throwing games away on a whim, and they are the ones being rewarded!
I watched the highlights of Rabada, and he's bowling with a gale behind him at one stage but even then he's not express. The thing he does very well is vary pace without a big change of action, and it looks like the bulk of our lot have NFI how to deal with it. But then again, most of them play cross bat everything.
Boland stayed the basics, straight bat, bat next to pad, foot towards the pill, and effectively stayed around for 2 full sessions.
The entrenched lot( the cartel as described by @Professer E), haven't got any hard yards in them anymore. They have spent too long collecting big dollars for the dog and pony show T20 and ODI stuff.
The Cartel will still beat up the opposition, and let us know about it, when the conditions suit. But when things get a bit willing, they'll just turn French and surrender!
Slug will stay, though, as the quicks are getting old and Green is not bowling, so they need the back up. It will be Green in for Madinson, and Renshaw moved to the top.... nothing surer. I'd give Sammy Harper a go at openning - in good form, and wont back down - but they wont
I'm not sure Renshaw has opening in his make up anymore, all of them are suffering from degraded techniques resulting from too much flat track T20 and ODI play.
I think Webster's biggest problem is that Cummins has NFI how to use all-rounders, so he basically runs the regulars including himself into the ground without any forward planning for tomorrow or the next match. By the time he started bowling Webster Boland, Starc and Cummins were all cooked.
Then there is the issue of the NSWelshmen defending their turf, which is anything connected to the baggy green. The old joke about getting a baggy green in a brown paper bag every time you get a NSW cap isn't really a joke is it, and as @dodge points out now blokes won't let go when they are cooked. I don't blame them for not wanting to relinquish a spot for Boland, because he will replace them and probably should have years ago! ( PS; Warner is already out in force on social media offering up a bunch of NSW names as replacements. )
As for "pace", the Saffies have made a joke of needing it on this pitch, it shows you how predictable and pedestrian our blokes look when the pitch or conditions aren't assisting, excluding Boland who has the hunger the rest basically go through the motions! They don't want to be there, they can earn 10x playing for 1/20th the time in India!
