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AJ Sadauskas<p>Question for people outside Australia:<br><br>Have you ever watched an AFL football game, either in person when you've visited Australia, on TV, or in clips online?<br><br>If so, what's your impression of it?<br><br>If you've never seen it, take a look at this short clip from the last 2 minutes of a game and share your immediate first impression:<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHRbkYi6U0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQHRbkYi6U0</a><br><br><a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/afl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AFL</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/sport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sport</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/sports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sports</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/football" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>football</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a></p>
Maude Nificent<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AFL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AFL</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tasmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tasmania</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a></p><p>had no idea what was happening in the no-sunshine-state til yesterday ? was it? morning, when i ambled out to make a cuppa and heard some blether on the abc brekky news about a stadium</p><p>how long before two-party fanatics use tasmania as a cautionary tale about the dangers of minority government? as someone who has had little time for afl since gavin wanganeen was dumped from essendon’s premiership line-up 30 years ago, and with the only occasional awareness of afl after that usually involving extreme racism or sexism or just plain echhiness, i am glad Richard Flanagan has explained the tassie stuff in the saturday paper.</p><p>tldr the minority government fell because they were determined to build an AFL stadium in hobart</p><p>——-</p><p>&lt;&lt;By 2025, the stadium, projected in 2019 to cost $300 million, would, according to the government’s own planning commission, now cost $1.86 billion over 10 years, will return at best 53 cents in the dollar, and will likely lead to a credit downgrade. It is to be built by a government so incompetent it forgot to build new berthing facilities for two new Bass Strait ferries.&gt;&gt;</p><p>what a great writer richard flanagan is…</p><p>&lt;&lt;Despite the recent, patronising cant of Eddie McGuire on Footy Classified, claiming that if you give Tasmanians gold bars they’ll throw them back in your face, if you give people dog turds that’s exactly what the AFL can now expect to be smeared with, unless it changes course – and soon.&gt;&gt;<br>—-<br>yep. the (admittedly minority) government has fallen because it seems nobody in tasmania wants to go into eternal debt building an aussie rules stadium, and nobody wants to build it smack bang in the heart of hobart. quite honestly, i’d be surprised if anybody wants the bother of travelling to Hobart for a football match. Hobart is a nice place if you have a hire car, have booked decent accommodation in advance, and have a few days to explore the island state. </p><p>but just the hassle of catching a plane from melbourne would be offputting. or if you don’t mind the ferry, a stadium near launceston might make sense. (i don’t know what transport is like from other states) </p><p>but IF the AFL wants a tasmanian team — and it *should* — then the AFL should pay for it.</p><p>this whole saga illustrates well the beauty of the westminster system of government. i was once extremely embarrassed /annoyed by a succession of australian PMs and thought it would be great to directly elect a leader, presidential style. nobody wants an old white man in speedos and a surf-life-saving-club-cap appointing himself minister for women’s affairs, or putting himself in charge of Indigenous affairs. i have admittedly changed my mind… trump era usa has proven there is no system of checks and balances that will protect people from themselves, but at least under the westminster system it’s easier to push deadshits.</p><p><a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20890/VjcONAc2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/</span><span class="invisible">20890/VjcONAc2</span></a></p>
Chery (Great Australian Pods)<p>Danny/Boyd Bulldogs </p><p>Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: <a href="https://www.greataustralianpods.com/danny-boyd-bulldogs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">greataustralianpods.com/danny-</span><span class="invisible">boyd-bulldogs/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/GreatAusPods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatAusPods</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPods</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcast</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcasts</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Podcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcasting</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Podcasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcasters</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Sport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sport</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AussieRules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AussieRules</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Football" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Football</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AFL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AFL</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Bulldogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bulldogs</span></a></p>
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Hawthorn really struggling with centre clearances tonight. Was that clearance by Ward the first they've won tonight? Really missing Will Day.

Also Sicily is really out of form so far—time for him to go forward? #AFL

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My kid is finishing up her time at university in Perth (WA). Went to see an #afl game with a friend. Sounds like it was awesome. And the home team won!

Question for Australians: is 100-51 considered close, a blowout, or somewhere in between?

Optus Stadium, Perth. Looking down onto a big green oval field where Fremantle (Walyalup) beat Port Adelaide (Yartapuulti)!
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Day 27 cont ⚫️🟡🔴 Colours 🇦🇺

“#PeterDutton 🥔🤓 (#LNP, #Liberal, #Coalition, #Nationals) says he wants welcome to country ceremonies respected even as he reaffirms his push to unite #Australians under “one flag”.

🥔🤓 made the comments after disruptions at #AnzacDay services and the sudden cancellation of a welcome to country ceremony at a major #NRL match in #Melbourne.

The #MelbourneStorm is facing criticism after it informed #Wurundjeri elder #AuntyJoyMurphyWandin she was no longer needed to perform the welcome to country ceremony at the club’s annual #AnzacDay clash at #AAMI Park against South Sydney on Friday night.”

Across the street at the #MCG the welcome ceremony was performed for the #AFL ANZAC clash with Essendon verses Collingwood.

#AusPol / #politics / #TheVoice / #Melbourne <theguardian.com/australia-news>

2025APR25 AFL at the MCG. While the Rugby across the road ignored “Welcome to Country”, literally across the “Welcome to Country” was listened and celebrated.
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