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  1. docbrown

    PNG's back.

    When I was over there doing consultancy work, I was volunteering with a charity group actually installing drinking wells and purification systems. So I laugh when that argument gets tossed around by people who haven't lifted a finger or stepped foot there. The PNG team idea has been around for...
  2. docbrown

    18th club, whose next?

    Logan is out of control! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-25/logan-stabbing-arrest-queensland-youth-crime/102023148
  3. docbrown

    18th club, whose next?

    China isn't going to invade Australia. But China has already invaded Bhutan and is colonising it right now, similar to what Russia is doing in Ukraine. Most Australians are unaware of that though. And if China invades Taiwan, they'll definitely take out our US-alligned military targets in an...
  4. docbrown

    PNG's back.

    I've done enough work in politics to tell you this. Whenever people say "it's not the right time to do this" because of whatever reason, the truth is they just don't want to do it all. Australia could have a $400 billion surplus and it still wouldn't be the right time. We all have our agendas...
  5. docbrown

    PNG's back.

    This is why I visit this forum! To discuss the nuances of foreign aid diplomacy. You're 100% right though.
  6. docbrown

    PNG's back.

    Australia has given money to foreign countries as a form of diplomacy for a long time. Long before the idea of a PNG NRL team. We want our regional neighbours to be more stable and more aligned to our own interests. Most countries do this regardless of their debt levels. If you stop doing this...
  7. docbrown

    18th club, whose next?

    Almost as bad as when the locals in Logan get angry jk Of course not. It's like saying Caribbean baseball teams should make as much revenue as the Yankees. They're worlds apart. Once the team is stable from the initial government funding, I could see the government funding for the actual...
  8. docbrown

    Rugby Australia to target top NRL talent

    Life... uh uh uh... finds a way...
  9. docbrown

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    Yeah and it's those reasons that we're never going to get all teams playing out of 2 stadiums like AFL. Sydney is just bad for travel, geographically speaking. But 6 is possible. 6 would mean more funding for all 6. But yeah SFS - Roosters, Rabbitohs, some Dragons and some Tigers games there...
  10. docbrown

    Welcome to the comp, Redcliffe.

    Finally something we can all agree upon.
  11. docbrown

    PNG's back.

    Based on what objective data? The opinions of a bunch of people on a rugby league forum? I hate to break it to you but most Australians can't even point to Port Moresby on a map. A PNG club existing does not stop that NZ2, Perth or QLD5 from existing. The two aren't mutually exclusive. I do...
  12. docbrown

    PNG's back.

  13. docbrown

    PNG's back.

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  14. docbrown

    PNG's back.

    Some are AFL fans who dislike the idea of any government funding for rugby league in any form. In the process they're happy to f**k over poor PNG people to do so. Some are assholes who think poor people and people from poorer countries shouldn't get assistance. There's an element of classism...
  15. docbrown

    PNG's back.

    I don't buy that pull themselves up by their bootstraps nonsense. The system is actually rigged against poor countries becoming richer. It's not impossible, just damn near close to as impossible as impossible gets. Most poor countries will remain poor. And it's not because Westerners are better...
  16. docbrown

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    Sydney Stadium Rationalisation 6 stadiums in Sydney. 4 teams out of SFS, 2 teams out of Liverpool - with reciprocal membership rights for away games there. Most teams play 11 games at their home stadium in Sydney & around 5 away games elsewhere in Sydney. Dragons play 7 games at SFS & 8 at...
  17. docbrown

    PNG's back.

    Honestly, if PNG liked fumbleball and an Australian government was offering to fund fumbleball in PNG, there'd be none of these hysterics. PNG is a poor country. Giving them $60 million a year in a different way (hospitals or schools etc) won't change that - they'd still be a poor country...
  18. docbrown

    Rugby Union running scared

    I'm not sure why people are arguing with you. Rugby Union is a crap game and not every player can make the crossover (e.g. they've only trained for years to run a couple of metres every couple of minutes in a game with 35 minutes of actual ball-in-play time). However, with training a lot can...
  19. docbrown

    19th licence, who is it?

    PNG, New Zealand Keas, Perth Bears -- all announced this year -- for staggered inclusion over the next 10 years.
  20. docbrown

    PNG's back.

    $28 million a year to pathways. Nice. No comments about a new stadium/compound?

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