Hey, I am only on here now. Haven’t quite deleted the other account but it’s locked and I don’t post there anymore.

Welcome to the neighborhood!

I agree that the alternative should be available for people who need it, but the app is absolutely a superior experience.

And I have found the same app used in lots of places, so I’m not constantly having to set up apps and accounts.

The appeal of the app is that you don’t have to walk over to the machine, you don’t have to display a ticket in your window, and you can extend payments remotely if necessary rather than having to pay more upfront because you don’t know how long you’ll be. None of that comes from tapping.

You don’t think that they would need to hire someone to collect all of the cash left in machines, deposit them at a bank, and presumably get paid for it?

Yeah, and it sucked!

in my experience, the same app gets used in lots of places, so for example when I was in the ACT it was the same as Parramatta.

But also, the ones I've seen usually still let you use cash.

Why? I much prefer it.

yep! All done. A lot of other people were booking appointments for later in the week.

Yep. Doesn’t fit me but I’ve been sharing it around in my discord and places like that.

Interesting. I think I ended up not donating because of a minor medical issue that I don’t think would be a problem now so I suspect they don’t have that data. I’ll just drop in and see.

they don't seem to have any bookings so i'm just gonna rock up to the Parramatta location later and see if they can fit me in or not.

I’m sure the increased political campaigning in these seats is having an effect too, but it’s a real effect on the 2PP.

I wasn't great at English, did minimum maths and avoided science but was really good at history, business studies, legal studies. Didn't get a great mark but it was just enough to get in the course I needed.

if you opened this blog post right after it was published and you saw a bunch of "insert map here" instead of actual maps:
a) no you didn't
b) it's fixed now

I don't find any evidence for this phenomenon - I argue that it is a genuine effect that the teal seats are moving to the left and, while they are unlikely to vote for the ALP over other progressive options like the teals any time soon, a Labor 2PP majority does tell us something about these seats.

I look at a number of local areas around Sydney and Melbourne where classic Labor vs Liberal seats but up against teal seats to examine whether there is evidence of people voting differently on the 2PP on either side of the border, or when a redistribution moves an area into the other type of seat.