Another Aussie legend Dies :(

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Racing legend Brock killed in car crash

Australian motor sport legend Peter Brock has died after his car hit a tree during a rally in Western Australia today.

Brock was competing on the first day of the Targa West Rally when his vehicle hit a tree near the small community of Gidgegannup, about 40 kilometres east of Perth.

The Confederation of Australian Motorsport says the crash happened just about midday local time.

Brock's co-driver has been taken to hospital in a stable condition.

Brock was 61 years old. No other cars are believed to have been involved.

Known as 'Peter Perfect' and the 'King of the Mountain', Brock won the Bathurst 1000 nine times in the 1970s and 1980s and won the 1979 race by a record six laps.

He retired from full-time racing in 1997 but returned to Bathurst to win the 24-hour race in 2003.

http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200609/s1736510.htm
 
Fuck mate that suck hey. He was such an awesome driver too.

It is said that bad things happen in 3's. So who is next? Johnny Howard? Kim Beazely? [I'm betting on Beazely, the fat arse]
 
who the fuck is that & wtf is Bathurst?

really, maybe you should post something of global relevance because no one is going to know this guy or his so called exploits except you aussies.
 
SuAside said:
who the fuck is that & wtf is Bathurst?

really, maybe you should post something of global relevance because no one is going to know this guy or his so called exploits except you aussies.
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Just because you uncultured tards from overseas haven't heard of him, doesn't mean it isn't a tragedy that another Aussie legend has died.
 
It doesn't make it less of a tragedy, but it is rather parochial. I am not interested in hearing about the death of every local celebrity worldwide, especially if there isn't much room for discussion.


Zip? Some Aussies like to joke that Crowe is a Kiwi whenever he misbehaves.


While we are back on the topic of depressing Australian trivia I can provide some other tidbits from more political areas of the news.

Our conservative government has been causing all sorts of grief. The incredibly complicated new industrial relations laws seem to be doing little for the economy either way, but are providing plenty of work for lawyers as workers and unions struggle against the new abuses of employers, ploughing through reams of rubbish (our tax law is just as bad). In the meantime, the politicians have voted themselves yet another pay rise and a bigger pension, as well as ensuring that they are protected from the laws. Because the government has managed to effectively slash the funds of student unions/representative organisations, services are being cut at universities. The government is still trying to sell off the state-owned telecommunications company and now have their eye on health insurance too, even when most citizens think they should remain state-owned and nobody really wants to buy them. In spite of a resources boom, interest rates have risen yet again. Even with so much potent ammunition, the Labor opposition looks fairly pathetic. Kim Beazley (the opposition leader) probably can't even die properly. He's a nice guy, but weak and almost useless as a politician.

EDIT: Oi! Don't be so culturalist SuAside. It's odd that two Australian Icons die within a week, but also a strange coincidence that a number of spammy Australians descend on the forum over a fairly short span of time.
 
If these things happen in threes, I'm hoping for Bert Newton, Ray Martin or Rove McManus to be next. There's something about Australian TV personalities that pisses me off.
 
First and foremost, I am not a Liberal, and I don't see either way on quietfanatic's argument, but I'd like to make a few points.

The incredibly complicated new industrial relations laws seem to be doing little for the economy either way
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These new IR reforms are part of the Micro Economic (ME) reforms that are on going in the national government. ME refers to microscopic changes within the economy that take a few years to reveal their true consequences. So if there is little change now, expect there to be one in at least 3-4 years. Even though it may be a positive outcome, or a negative one, we won't be able to properly monitor these changes in the "here and now".

but are providing plenty of work for lawyers as workers and unions struggle against the new abuses of employers, ploughing through reams of rubbish
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Well, I just think that it is ridiculous that employers now abuse these new systems. For example, large corporations are making their staff redundant, and then advertising new jobs in the same field, but under Individual Contracts. Whereas, previous to the IR reforms, they may have been under a base award rate (or Australian Workplace Agreements (AWA)). These new individual contracts don't give the employee the job safety or conditions that they will have their job in say, 12 months. They are basically turning, or trying to turn, all employees into individual contractors, or subcontractors, so no real safety net is sealed.

In spite of a resources boom, interest rates have risen yet again.
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Last I heard, a boom in the economy raises inflation, and consumer spending, thus increases in interest rates are more likely to occur to curb inflation rates and the spending by consumers. It seems silly that the government gave tax breaks (woot! A whole $10 a week :roll: ) and, as it happened, inflation went skyward, as people had much more money to spend. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is not coerced in ANY way by the government itself, rather it is coerced in the way that the government sets it's economic policy. That is, expansive, or contractionary.

all in favor of starting a new forum: No Aussies Allowed, say aye!
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AYE!! I'll just make sure I'm the first Aussie there, as it is plural, not singular :D

but also a strange coincidence that a number of spammy Australians descend on the forum over a fairly short span of time.
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Well I guess if some other icon from another country was to die, and a thread was started, I wouldn't bother to even post "Who the fuck or what the fuck" posts as it is plain ol' rude. :evil:
 
Because the government has managed to effectively slash the funds of student unions/representative organisations, services are being cut at universities.
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You got that wrong. All the government did was make student unionism voluntary. When it came to paying their voluntary union fees this year 90-95% of students refused to do so. Why? Because they are at Uni to study and get a degree. They are not there to; hang out in student bars, play sport, join clubs, join protest movements, etc. So why should they be be forced to pay for it?

When I was at uni I resented having to fork out $500 a year for services I didn't use, because I was busy studying and working.
 
They are not there to; hang out in student bars, play sport, join clubs, join protest movements, etc
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I know a LOT of uni students who go to uni just to do this, as if it were an extension of school. :lol:
 
Wait, are we supposed to care when Aussies die just because of Steve Irwin now? I certainly wasn't planning to, y'know.
 
duckman said:
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is not coerced in ANY way by the government itself, rather it is coerced in the way that the government sets it's economic policy.
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Yep. I was joking about the link. Third time my sarcasm has been missed this week (but this time on the net), but it was my fault for being particularly unclear. Please be aware that I like to use it.

Davaris said:
All the government did was make student unionism voluntary.
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The government doesn’t provide enough funding to universities and helps create a corporate atmosphere where academic research and high student turnover matters, but quality education doesn’t. Students are forced to fill the gap in education funding out of their own pockets and then politicians have the nerve to pretend that they are doing us a favour by stopping unis from charging additional service fees. Stopping unions from meeting and collective bargaining, or students organising to raise standards (which will cost money), is what they are really most interested in. I can understand that many students sadly do not want to subsidise minorities with particular financial or cultural needs (Wonder if people think the same way about other societal ‘taxes’ and are willing to let health insurance, welfare etc. be eroded, who cares about other people?), but many do not have the luxury of making the choice anyway. The service levies should be much lower if present at all, supplemented by the Federal Government with at the very least, the additional assistance of extending the student loans (HECS HELP etc.) to cover them and basic living expenses. If students were given real support and did not have to work and study at the same time, and could play sport, go bushwalking, dance, read and more, they would be much higher quality graduates with superior training, and better people too. But then that might require some selfless sacrifices, like less tax breaks for the rich, less arms spending and less exorbitant pay checks for politicians and bureaucrats.
 
I know a LOT of uni students who go to uni just to do this, as if it were an extension of school
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You can do this if you're doing an easy degree, but if you're doing a hard degree (science, law, medicine, engineering), you won't get past 2nd year. I can't remember what the drop out rate was when I was at uni but it was high.
 
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