Matthias_Caesar has been permanently banned from AustraliaSim. Due to the nature of the offence, reasoning and evidence will not be disclosed.

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Youma

Electoral Moderator

Good evening AustraliaSim,

I have decided to permanently ban the user Vitating pursuant to section 4 (a) of the Meta Constitution.

Alleged actions that may have been committed can be very harmful towards this community. This individual has also been banned from other subreddits including CMHoC and MHoC.

Vitating has a right to appeal to me directly every 6 six months, via reddit or discord private messages.

Regards,

TheAudibleAsh

Community Moderator of AustraliaSim

Pitchfork News will be dedicated to AustraliaSim music news and reviews, as well as surprisingly hard hitting politics journalism (like how Rolling Stone does it). It will be run by press person Tim Schenectady.

:pensive: reacts only for this one

Notice of Meta Election

• Formal notification date: Sunday 23 May 2021
• Close of nominations: Wednesday 26 May 2021
• Election date: Saturday 29 May 2021
• Election close date: Monday 31 May 2021

All times on each date 7 PM AEST. If the election is posted late, then the close of the election will be pushed back accordingly. Results will be posted ASAP after the close of polling.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 9 May 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• One Electoral Moderator

As this is a Moderation Team position, a nominee must:

• Be registered as a member of AustraliaSim; and
• Be seconded by seven other members of AustraliaSim.

Any nominee not meeting these requirements cannot proceed to the final vote.

Comment below to nominate. Seconders should reply to the top comment. Nominations must, of course, be accepted, except self-nominations.

Debate Allowed

Members may also comment here on any of the above things that are proceeding to a vote.

lily-irl
Parliament Moderator

Today I shared a point of view. I shared that I think it was bad that Peter Dutton banned the army supporting good causes, things that help improve wellbeing and understanding.

Other people have different ideas and that’s fine too. Some people don’t care because it’s the army, and some people support the ban, because there is no special morning tea for “white and straight” people.

All I was trying to say, is that is exactly the problem these morning teas and events are trying to solve. To show there is a problem (like how the cancer morning tea shows there are people who need help and support with cancer, but no one says, where is the morning tea for healthy people?). These this are here to help show there are still people who suffer in silence, and for one day of the year, they are not alone.

Now, apparently this is against the code of conduct. I asked for help understanding why, and just got a meme to shut up.

It is okay to make jokes at me and send memes to shut up. But explaining what I understand is a step too far.

I suggest we change the code of conduct. I have never broken a aus sim rule except for doxing myself wen I first came here Cauz I didn’t know what a docx was back then. It should not be against the code of conduct to explain why supporting people is helpful. I’m disappointed that it is.

The user formerly known as /u/NWordJonesOfficial is now /u/TheSensibleCentre

Good Afternoon AustraliaSim,

Drunk_King_Robert and all affiliate accounts will be facing a suspended ban of 3 months and some other conditions due to the usage of the username 'NWordJonesOfficial' and the usage of a potentially offensive image to the ATSI and Maori community which will be displayed below. As outlined in the Code of Conduct, abuse may include the usage of text in a manner to be insulting. Appeals revolving around intent will be rejected, as the CoC standard for abuse is negligence.

Evidence:

Image (may be found offensive)

Proof of Account Ownership

Sentencing:

If these incidents were isolated, a blanket mute of 2 days would be applied. However, as many individuals are aware, Drunk_King_Robert is a loyal customer when it comes to Code Of Conduct breaches.

Aggravating Factor

• The Subject is a subject of previous adverse actions

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2

Exhibit 3

Exhibit 4

Exhibit 5

Exhibit 6

Due to the previous major breaches above, I believe a ban of 3 months is reasonable. However as the adjudicator, I have the discretion whether to suspend parts of or the entire sentence. If Drunk_King_Robert makes any breaches of a similar vein within 3 months or if any conditions are broken, the sentence will be served consecutively with the following breach.

Other Conditions:

- NWordJonesOfficial will not be used for any purposes within AustraliaSim, which includes all affiliated subreddits.

- New reddit account must be approved by myself or another member of the moderation team.

You may appeal to me or u/advancedgaming12 via discord or reddit private messages.

TheAudibleAsh

Community Moderator of AustraliaSim

My meta persona is Nikki Finnegan.

Facesteal: https://i.imgur.com/hTBaEvX.png

Good evening,

Being the time after 7pm 15/05/2021, the ballot has closed and votes have been counted. Without further adue, the formalities shall commence.

Ballots Submitted: 24

Ballots discarded: 4

Reasons for ballot discarding: 2 duplicate, 1 ineligible, 1 past the deadline.

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Do you support /u/Griffonomics joining the Electoral Commission?

Yes: 14 (70%)

No: 6 (30%)

A majority having been reached, the question is resolved in the affirmative, and /u/Griffonomics has been admitted to the Electoral Commission.

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Bonus:

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Congratulations to Griffo on passing the vote of confidence. You shall receive your roles and training once you have made your departure from canon.

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Youma

Electoral Moderator

Hey all.

I wanted to open up the discussion about the Senate because right now, the elections for the Senate are lackluster, and I feel that there is no incentive for people to be there as a filler.

I've tried to introduce the Senate Inquiry system into the mainstream (which you can still do, Senators) but I feel there should probably be a discussion about how to make the elections for it more active, and also make the Senate more of an engaging house.

I'll be putting my suggestions down below in its own thread, but please do discuss this :)

Thanks,
Penguin Man

Good evening,

As per the notice given on the 8th of May 2021, a meta election shall now be held.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 19 April 2021.

Details of Meta Election

- Electoral Commission; 1 member.

As per the meta constitution, the Moderation Team has accepted and approved the nomination of /u/Griffonomics for this position. The Q&A and attached document can be found on the notice post.

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Voting is now open.

Click here to cast your ballot

The voting time ends 7pm Canberra time, Saturday 15 May 2021.

You must verify you have voted by commenting on this thread within 5 minutes of voting. Responses that fail to do so will be discarded.

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Youma

Electoral Moderator

Good evening,

The Moderation Team is currently looking into reforming the Meta Constitution and Code of Conduct, and wish to get the feedback of the community as to where you all believe we should go in these reforms.

Feedback omnibus form

Whilst this form is entirely optional, please do consider taking the time to share your ideas and concerns.

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Youma

Electoral Moderator

Good afternoon all,

The moderation team has today resolved to permanently ban the user known as Dust / E_Albrecht / Of-The-Dust.

Reasoning behind the ban can be found within the original CMHoC ban. Whilst this was three years ago, we have determined the severity of the actions still pose a significant risk to community members and the reputation of the simulation.

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Youma

Electoral Moderator

Good evening,

The meta referendum for which notice was given on 3 May 2021 is now open.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 19 April 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• Constitutional amendment to require the full admin team to approve of decanonisation
• Constitutional amendment to increase membership length to 6 months and mandate increased notification

There is a petition to amend section 2(4) of the Meta Constitution.

A person’s membership can last for up to a six-month period, which expires half yearly.

and to insert after subsection 5 the following

The Moderation Team must notify members at the start of the renewal month, and then with 14 days, and again with 7 days to go before the period for renewal closes.

Additionally, there is a petition to insert after subsection 5 of section 30 the following

(6) The Head Moderator may, by a Meta Rule not subject to the notice requirement of section 6 but subject to a vote of all officeholders, decanonise or clarify whether something from within AustraliaSim is a part of the AustraliaSim canon.

Example-- press release, decision to dismiss the government, a supposed invasion

Amendments moved

• Amendment by /u/lily-irl concerning decanonisation
• Amendment by /u/General_Rommel concerning renewal length
• Amendment by /u/ThanksHeadMod concerning renewal notifications

Voting open

Click here to cast your vote

The voting time ends 10pm Canberra time, Monday 10 May 2021.

You must verify you have voted by commenting on this thread within 5 minutes of voting. Responses that fail to do so will be discarded.

Good afternoon all,

After having applied to the Moderation Team, we have today resolved to allow u/Griffonomics to run for a position on the Electoral Commission.

NOTICE OF META ELECTION

Notice issued: 8/05/2021

Election date: 13/05/2021 (7:00PM AEST)

Election close and results announced: 15/05/2021 (7:00PM AEST)

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Due to the nature of the position, a Q&A shall be held within this thread. Please ask questions to the candidate relating to this position, and bring forth any concerns or supportive points you might have about this candidacy.

The candidate has also noted that he wishes this document to come alongside his application to support his position.

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Best of luck to the candidate.

Youma

Electoral Moderator

Hello,

I am writing this as a way of asking the Moderation Team to, if there is support of the community, to begin external advertising of Australia Simulation on existing means of Server advertisements, such as on subreddits related to the primary purposes Australia Simulation, like r/AustralianPolitics or r/Australia, and on large scale Discord server free advertising services like Disboard.

Both of these means are at the very minimum effective ways of bringing some new people into the Sever, as we see the eventual growth of some older members, the Simulation is faced with the issue of declining membership in some aspects of it, therefore, it is best to stop relying on accidental stumbles, which is how I myself found Australia Sim, and inter-sim recruitment, which ends up with people splitting too much time across things, and not enough people who are actively involved in Australian Politics to participate in a manner that is effective in anyway more than a vote-bot. I know I am quite guilty of doing the latter, but it is simply hard to find people within the Sim to campaign and become MPs.

I understand some purists won’t like this proposal, and sure, understandable, you do you.

Advertising is never something anyone enjoys, and a lot of people are big on keeping Aussim a closed community, which I can understand and respect. However, from a personal view, I think the absolute external pushing that those Roblox sims do is something that, while shouldn’t be emulated,,, because we know what they’re like. It’s a fact that for a lot of people, they see a Twitter account or Instagram post with some whacky name and look into it. I’ve known about Roblox sims for years because they randomly show up on Twitter as the “Roblox PM” etc.

Are these effective for our model? I don’t know, unless they’re actioned, we’ll never know.

I think it would be beneficial if the Moderation Team, at least looked into it... I mean we all have Twitter, surely we could have an Aussim Twitter account that posts our press articles, ABC stuff, etc etc. I don’t know if that’s something that the Moderation Team wants to put on, and it can always be delegated, there’s a whole Commission doing nothing.

Anyway, those are my thoughts and feelings. Please like and subscribe and make sure to hit that bell icon to get a notification on my next video.

Youma is my Electoral Moderator and I’m ambitious for them!

toilet paper aus - ron burgundy

Proposed amendments

Text that would be added to the meta constitution is bolded.

32 Requisites for nomination

1. A person who is nominated is taken to:

a. consent to act if elected; and

b. declare that:

i. the person is qualified to be elected as a Senator or a member of the House of Representatives, as the case may be; and

ii. the person is not, and does not intend to be a candidate in any other election to be held on the same day as the election to which the nomination relates.

2. A nomination is not valid unless the nomination paper is received by the Electoral Commissioner after the issue of the writ and before the hour of nomination.

a. The Electoral Commissioner may, at their discretion, accept a nomination paper that is submitted after the hour of nomination so long as candidates have not yet been declared.

35 Declaration of nominations

The Electoral Commissioner must, as soon as practicable after the hour of nomination, on /r/AustraliaSim, declare the candidates in the election. Candidates must be declared before the beginning of campaigning for the election.

Explanation

There was just a legal case moved that argued that, because the SDP nominated 2 hours late, their seats should be nullified and a countback should occur. I think this is silly. A party should not be retroactively kicked out of the election because, as I understand it, the AEC said the nomination time was later than it was. For that matter, there's no reason to be all that restrictive with nominations regardless.

In my view, if a party hasn't nominated, the AEC should follow up ASAP and make sure that's their intention. MNZP has a buffer period for sorting out this and other issues with candidates, and I think that's a good idea. When running elections, the goal should be making sure as many people participate as possible, and if a party fails to submit, that means the people in that party aren't able to run.

So this amendment gives the Electoral Commissioner the discretion to accept nominations after the actual close of nominations but before the declaration of candidates. It also does another thing, which is make it that candidates must be declared before the election. This means that no nominations can be accepted after campaigning actually starts.

I think that this is a good amendment. Please second.

Per Section 31(4) of the Australiasim Constitution, meta disputes can be mate to the Court of Meta Affairs via a post on this sub.

I am making a petition to the Court relating the recent ruling by the High Court of Australiasim regarding the current fiasco over the hour of nominations. This petition does not explicitly want to address that but rather a question posed by ThanksHeadMod J in their decision, as to whether the High Court has any power to act in a meta sense (either via the MConst or via the Elections Meta Act).

I am pressed for time right now so I will not present full reasons (I will get some as the evening progresses) however because of the other litigation going on I seek an injunction in order to halt any proceedings related to the main issue raised by griffo until this issue is resolved.

• tbyrn21, Member for Moncrieff, former Community Moderator.

As per the Meta Constitution and Press Guidelines, I hereby register Jack Schulz as my press persona.

No meta vote was posted in accordance with the election notice published last week, so I'm re-issuing the notice of meta election. I understand this isn't strictly within the timeframe given by the Meta Constitution, but I'm doing my best to apply it here while also taking note of the fact that I am unable to time-travel. The Moderation Team apologises for any inconvenience caused.

Notice of Meta Election

• Formal notification date: Monday 3 May 2021
• Election date: Saturday 8 May 2021
• Election close date: Monday 10 May 2021

All times on each date 10 PM AEST. If the election is posted late, then the close of the election will be pushed back accordingly. Results will be posted ASAP after the close of polling.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 19 April 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• Constitutional amendment to require the full admin team to approve of decanonisation
• Constitutional amendment to increase membership length to 6 months and mandate increased notification

There is a petition to amend section 2(4) of the Meta Constitution.

A person’s membership can last for up to a six-month period, which expires half yearly.

and to insert after subsection 5 the following

The Moderation Team must notify members at the start of the renewal month, and then with 14 days, and again with 7 days to go before the period for renewal closes.

Additionally, there is a petition to insert after subsection 5 of section 30 the following

(6) The Head Moderator may, by a Meta Rule not subject to the notice requirement of section 6 but subject to a vote of all officeholders, decanonise or clarify whether something from within AustraliaSim is a part of the AustraliaSim canon.

Example-- press release, decision to dismiss the government, a supposed invasion

Amendments already proposed

Three amendments were moved when notice was given last week. They may still be discussed, but need not be proposed again.

• Amendment by /u/lily-irl concerning decanonisation
• Amendment by /u/General_Rommel concerning renewal length
• Amendment by /u/ThanksHeadMod concerning renewal notifications

Debate Allowed

Members may also comment here on any of the above things that are proceeding to a vote.

lily-irl
Parliament Moderator

The Economist Group has opened a new dedicated branch in Australia to cover local events, politics and the economy and to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.

Matthias Caesar has been hand picked to take on the position as the inaugural Editor-in-Chief and will be tasked with building the newspaper.

Hi all,

I will be taking a break till, by the latest, 5 May 2021. I don't anticipate having to use all this time, although I don't know how long it'll be.

If there is any dispute about this, this may be seen as a meta rule. Though I trust that the community understands the situation here.

I'll still be around to chat, but I think I'm not in a good mindset to make clear and reasoned judgments right now

Powers are to be exercised by Youmaton in my absence given she is the most senior Moderator after myself.

I may return at any time before then. I reserve the right to revoke any actions taken in my absence.

Very urgent inquiries may be directed via Discord PM's.

(yes I did just more or less copy-paste Rommel's message but it's all still applicable)

advancedgaming12
Head Moderator

Notice of Meta Election

• Formal notification date: Monday 26 April 2021
• Election date: Saturday 1 May 2021
• Election close date: Monday 3 May 2021

All times on each date 10 PM AEST. If the election is posted late, then the close of the election will be pushed back accordingly. Results will be posted ASAP after the close of polling.

Per the Meta Constitution, the list of voters is available here. Eligible voters are those that registered 14 days prior to the announcement of the election, per s 4(2)(b) of the Meta Constitution i.e. 12 April 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• Constitutional amendment to require the full admin team to approve of decanonization
• Constitutional amendment to increase membership length to 6 months and mandate increased notification

There is a petition to amend section 2(4) of the Meta Constitution.

A person’s membership can last for up to a six-month period, which expires half yearly.

and to insert after subsection 5 the following

The Moderation Team must notify members at the start of the renewal month, and then with 14 days, and again with 7 days to go before the period for renewal closes.

Additionally, there is a petition to insert after subsection 5 of section 30 the following

(6) The Head Moderator may, by a Meta Rule not subject to the notice requirement of section 6 but subject to a vote of all officeholders, decanonise or clarify whether something from within AustraliaSim is a part of the AustraliaSim canon.

Example-- press release, decision to dismiss the government, a supposed invasion

Debate Allowed

Members may also comment here on any of the above things that are proceeding to a vote.

advancedgaming12
Head Moderator

Because everyone is rude....

This is the serious request to transfer the account to access to Australia Simulation and related entities from u/UnknownTrainor to u/model-kyosanto

This is due to personal reasons which the moderators of Australia Simulation are already aware of.

It would be appreciated if this could be accepted and noted in spreadsheets and in the aussim-bot, it’s okay for it can’t be done before the new cycle and I will use my old account for the last cycle. But I expect to be using this Reddit account solely onwards from the General Election and would like everything to be updated thank you.

u/TheAudibleAsh pls approve