Most Australians would dismiss any talk of "fair play" or of "the spirit of the game" or of "sportsmanship" as the talk of "losers" or, at best, hopelessly old-fashioned. A deliberate aggressiveness is thought to be the key to success and, when victory is won, an excessive triumphalism is expected as the appropriate Australian response.

And, if a David Warner or Nick Kyrgios is criticised for bad behaviour, most Australians would defend them and their actions as long as they win - indeed, as with sledging, the bad behaviour is seen as an essential part of a winning strategy.

None of this might matter if it were a purely sporting phenomenon. But attitudes such as these, seen in sport, are (predictably enough, given the important place occupied by sport in Australian society) sadly reflective of the attitudes that increasingly imbue Australian society as a whole.

Individual Australians can be the nicest people in the world, but I am sure I am not alone in having noticed an increasing intolerance of other views, an unwillingness to consider the interest of others, and a harder-edged nationalism in the voice and face that Australia now displays to the rest of the world, and not least to their friends.

Kiwi born and breed though. Let's not let his foreign service drag the Brits into this.

Individual Australians can be the nicest people in the world, but I am sure I am not alone in having noticed an increasing intolerance of other views, an unwillingness to consider the interest of others, and a harder-edged nationalism in the voice and face that Australia now displays to the rest of the world, and not least to their friends.

On a slight tangent, the missus and I have been watching a lot of house renovation shows at the moment as we are about to start building a house ourselves...and one of the oddities we've come across (given that NZ doesn't really do any of it's own shows, and instead imports from Aus, UK and USA) is how mean the Ozzie's are.

Invariably, theses show start with a house that's a bit rundown, and then some experts come along and fixes it up. So far, so similar...but in a twist, when the Aussie experts turn up, instead of being polite, they just laugh in the face of the people they are there to help. They get properly stuck in, having a go at the shitty house that the people have, in many cases, lovingly raised their family in.

I find it a bit bizarre really. Even if what they are saying is technically true...you'd expect people to be a bit more tactful (as they invariably are in the UK and US versions).

Wow



Look, call me intolerant and unwilling to consider the interests of others but I think this bloke is a bit of a cunt.

Peter Dutton's a Queenslander, too.

Wake up Thomas. You are the frog. You're in the pot.

Kiwi born and breed though. Let's not let his foreign service drag the Brits into this.

Wow



Look, call me intolerant and unwilling to consider the interests of others but I think this bloke is a bit of a cunt.

Looks like a stick up his arse.



Let's hope he was at Auckland airport displaying his welcome home face to these friends:

Notoriously violent Mongrel Mob street gang members booted back to New Zealand as they try to grow their crew

By Ben Hill
10 March 2018

A notorious street gang looking to set up in Australia has had its members kicked out of the country.

... The Mongrel Mob has attempted to gain a foothold in Perth by moving members to the city from other Australian chapters or from New Zealand.

The gang also has its own Facebook page, 'Mongrel Mob Australia', featuring photos of heavily-tattooed gang members riding motorcycles.

Police have been working to identify members of the gang who are not Australian citizens and can therefore be targeted for deportation.

One of the gang members to be deported was senior leader Joe Edmonds who was caught at Perth Airport in 2017 trying to bring gang uniforms into Western Australia.

His visa was cancelled on 'character grounds' and he was put on a plane back to New Zealand.

Australian Border Force WA regional commander Rod O'Donnell said they wanted to protect the community from 'violent' gangs ...

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z59TzJ6Xlk

So you're back now?

You're not going to cry off next time I wield the jandal?

Looks like a stick up his arse.



Let's hope he was at Auckland airport displaying his welcome home face to these friends:

Notoriously violent Mongrel Mob street gang members booted back to New Zealand as they try to grow their crew

By Ben Hill
10 March 2018

A notorious street gang looking to set up in Australia has had its members kicked out of the country.

... The Mongrel Mob has attempted to gain a foothold in Perth by moving members to the city from other Australian chapters or from New Zealand.

The gang also has its own Facebook page, 'Mongrel Mob Australia', featuring photos of heavily-tattooed gang members riding motorcycles.

Police have been working to identify members of the gang who are not Australian citizens and can therefore be targeted for deportation.

One of the gang members to be deported was senior leader Joe Edmonds who was caught at Perth Airport in 2017 trying to bring gang uniforms into Western Australia.

His visa was cancelled on 'character grounds' and he was put on a plane back to New Zealand.

Australian Border Force WA regional commander Rod O'Donnell said they wanted to protect the community from 'violent' gangs ...

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z59TzJ6Xlk

On a slight tangent, the missus and I have been watching a lot of house renovation shows at the moment as we are about to start building a house ourselves...and one of the oddities we've come across (given that NZ doesn't really do any of it's own shows, and instead imports from Aus, UK and USA) is how mean the Ozzie's are.

Invariably, theses show start with a house that's a bit rundown, and then some experts come along and fixes it up. So far, so similar...but in a twist, when the Aussie experts turn up, instead of being polite, they just laugh in the face of the people they are there to help. They get properly stuck in, having a go at the shitty house that the people have, in many cases, lovingly raised their family in.

I find it a bit bizarre really. Even if what they are saying is technically true...you'd expect people to be a bit more tactful (as they invariably are in the UK and US versions).

Selling Houses Australia is an Australian reality and lifestyle TV series, based on the British show of the same name. The series follows property owners who are having difficulty selling their home. The show is hosted by English property expert and author Andrew Winter,

I'm not sure what you're on about but you fill those boots while you're at it.

Farking wonderful how these needy Keewees love to flood into any thread which criticises their big bruvver.


How many of the buggers are over here sucking on the Ozzie teat?

That's one of the lads!

He's obviously assimilated, as you wouldn't get away with some of the stuff he says on the OZ show were he back in Blighty. The Aussie bint that works with him is equally caustic in her statements.

Except that it was his show in England (of the same name) that he imported here and the sarcasm was what made it popular in the first place

I think JtB is the one being assimilated.

Has been catching whitebait recently and will be smoking a few dots next.

Except that it was his show in England (of the same name) that he imported here and the sarcasm was what made it popular in the first place

I think JtB is the one being assimilated.

Has been catching whitebait recently and will be smoking a few dots next.

There's only the odd standout knobhead sportsperson, IMO. How is Kyrgios perceived in Aus? He has one of the lamest temperaments of any sportsperson I've seen. Total wanker.

There is a hard edge to many Aussie sportspeople, but I don't have an issue with it on the whole. You do notice a contrast in behaviour with some who've crossed the ditch. Guys like Willie Mason and Russell Crowe just wouldn't have the same personality had they stayed in NZ. There'd potentially be other downsides, maybe Mason would habitually say 'chur' for example.

There's only the odd standout knobhead sportsperson, IMO. How is Kyrgios perceived in Aus? He has one of the lamest temperaments of any sportsperson I've seen. Total wanker.

There's only the odd standout knobhead sportsperson, IMO. How is Kyrgios perceived in Aus? He has one of the lamest temperaments of any sportsperson I've seen. Total wanker.

There is a hard edge to many Aussie sportspeople, but I don't have an issue with it on the whole. You do notice a contrast in behaviour with some who've crossed the ditch. Guys like Willie Mason and Russell Crowe just wouldn't have the same personality had they stayed in NZ. There'd potentially be other downsides, maybe Mason would habitually say 'chur' for example.

Coog delivering the king hit I presume.

Well, we’ve established that it’s an English TV show, created by Englishmen and hosted by an Englishman - but nonetheless symptomatic of Australian-ness

I’ll agree that, yes, Jeff has assimilated the Kiwi ability to mount a cohesive argument

Caleb Maraku

Coward puncher and soon-to-be repatriatee