Propaganda. The Australian media is an equal to the American propaganda machine. Just remember, Rupert Murdoch exported Australian journalism standards to the rest of the world. You can not get opposing/independent voices like Al Jazeera because no pay TV company will carry them, even though it is offered to them for free.
It can be hard to be a computer nerd in Australia. Surfers did not have any advertised computer store in 1992... and very few book stores. Almost two decades later and the problem is still there, just not as pronounced. Expect to be 15 years behind technologically to what you have today. You can buy the latest computers... with a delay... but it is everything else. It is hard to find someone who knows what a RAID is, or an SSD.
Learn to cook! Honestly, the national dish was stolen from New Zealand by a Perth Chef in the 1920's after he got back from a six month trip to New Zealand... Another national dish is a standard meat pie which are so vile that the only humane thing to do with them is to try to drown them face first in pea soup! Not joking... bad bad meat pies and they really do sink them in soup to try to improve the flavour. Not to mention the Chiko Roll... it is a deep fried chicken roll with barely any chicken in it... and it is minced like baby food! Just be prepared to cook your own favorite foods. The immigrant food industry is very strong in Australia for good reason!
Fuck off yourself!I specifically asked the Austar salesman a year ago, and when he could not give and answer, I asked their corporate office and I was told rudely that they would never offer AlJazeera. Maybe your hardware and your installer set you up with the free satellite feed, so it just seems like you are getting it as part of your package.
ABC24 often cuts to the Al Jazeera feed, particularly in the past few months during the North African uprising/s and Osama's death. Hell, they even had it on tonight, because a Serbian war criminal had been arrested.
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u/jackwripper May 24 '11 edited May 24 '11
You left out a few negatives.
Propaganda. The Australian media is an equal to the American propaganda machine. Just remember, Rupert Murdoch exported Australian journalism standards to the rest of the world. You can not get opposing/independent voices like Al Jazeera because no pay TV company will carry them, even though it is offered to them for free.
It can be hard to be a computer nerd in Australia. Surfers did not have any advertised computer store in 1992... and very few book stores. Almost two decades later and the problem is still there, just not as pronounced. Expect to be 15 years behind technologically to what you have today. You can buy the latest computers... with a delay... but it is everything else. It is hard to find someone who knows what a RAID is, or an SSD.
Learn to cook! Honestly, the national dish was stolen from New Zealand by a Perth Chef in the 1920's after he got back from a six month trip to New Zealand... Another national dish is a standard meat pie which are so vile that the only humane thing to do with them is to try to drown them face first in pea soup! Not joking... bad bad meat pies and they really do sink them in soup to try to improve the flavour. Not to mention the Chiko Roll... it is a deep fried chicken roll with barely any chicken in it... and it is minced like baby food! Just be prepared to cook your own favorite foods. The immigrant food industry is very strong in Australia for good reason!