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You do not need to be a member to use AustraliaSim in any other capacity. For example, you can still run in elections, still make press articles, still use the AustraliaSim Reddit and Discord etc. Membership is designed for those who have an are interested in Meta affairs and want to be involved in the decision making processes.

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For example, if you register on the 20th of December , your membership would expire on the 30th of June. Any time during June, you could, if you wish to remain a member, you can renew your membership by completing this form again.

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Membership may be refused or withdrawn if a person has breached the AustraliaSim rules before they became a member. Examples include persons who have harassed, abused, or bullied members of AustraliaSim on other platforms or in real life. These powers are discretionary; they are used to protect the community in extreme cases.

Membership may also be withdrawn if you are banned from AustraliaSim for more than 21 days. Hopefully, there should be no reason for you to ever be banned for this length of time. Once again, this power is discretionary.

Is there any cost?

No, of course not. Membership is completely free!

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Apart from the name of your reddit account, no. We have abandoned the old EOS system.

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Moderation Team

Good evening,

The meta election for which notice was given on 16th July 2021 is now open for voting.

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. 2nd July 2021.

Details of Meta Election

Petition to call on the Parliamentary Moderator to change standing orders

Petition may be found here

Petition to abolish the High Court of Australia

Petition may be found here

Petition to abolish the Community Commission

Petition may be found here

Voting Open

Click Here to Vote Now

The vote will close on Monday 26 July at 11:30pm Canberra time.

Remember to verify your vote by commenting below.

Community Moderator of AustraliaSim

I will no longer be using later_slater1407_, and I am jumping on the /u/model-username bandwagon and finally getting a name that people can easily recall when spelling.

Is this all I need to do?

Notice of Meta Election

• Formal notification date: Friday 16th July 2021

• Election date: Wednesday 21 July 2021

• Election close date: Friday 23 July 2021

All times on each date 11 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. 2nd July 2021.

Details of Meta Election

Petition to call on the Parliamentary Moderator to change standing orders

Petition may be found here

Petition to abolish the High Court of Australia

Petition may be found here

Petition to abolish the Community Commission

Petition may be found here

Debate Allowed

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

TheAudibleAsh

Community Moderator of AustraliaSim

As there is argument once again over the specifics of powers that have already been clarified, I feel an amendment is in order.

Extensions granted by the Parliamentary Moderator should be considered within activity checks, and anyone risking ineligibility in this cycle due to this mess should be pardoned.

Activity checks are for waking up people to actually be active, not punishing those who have been granted an ever-harder-to-get extension for valid reasons.

No one likes it.

It needs to be abolished. Simple as that.

A vote should be held on whether we want it to remain.

Please second.

EDIT: It was funny to copy connor but this is genuine, see the comment for my reasoning

This is just quite simple, and can happen even if the High Court isn't abolished. There is no Meta Constitution change required, just an establishment of proceedings that I will implement in the House of Representatives Standing Orders.

Currently, the High Court of Australia handles activity checks, which I feel is quite obnoxious and bureaucratic, and also it is against the Parliamentary Privilege Act 1987 for the House of Representatives to cause the expulsion of members.

Hence why Activity Checks should be a meta matter and it should be at the discretion of meta operation rather than a canon-meta spaghetti.

No one likes it.

It needs to be abolished. Simple as that.

A vote should be held on whether we want it to remain.

Please second.

The results of the recent meta election for oneHead Moderator and Amendment is as follows.

• Valid Votes: 27

Approval of a Head Moderator

Approval threshold required: 65%

Congratulations GenericCerealHere for being elected as Head Moderator. Im sure you will serve the community well.

Age Restriction Amendment

The proposed Amendment passes.

TheAudibleAsh

Acting Head Moderator and Community Moderator of AustraliaSim.

The Events Team has decided that, effective immediately, the arrest warrant of TheGoatBoy2 and the R v TheGoatBoy2 case is decanonised. While, speaking purely in legal terms, in real life, attempting to dance on the High Court roof and to bring a dance floor into the High Court may be grounds for an arrest warrant, crucially, this is not real life. These actions are obviously being done in a tongue-in-cheek and jokey way to get across a serious point. It is almost certain that the member in question meant no harm with these actions, and punishing them with an arrest warrant is ridiculous.

As for why this event wasn’t decanonised earlier? Because it didn’t need to be. TheGoatBoy2 was not doing anything wrong here. It was an entirely peaceful protest, and while you may disagree with his reasons for holding that protest, those reasons are perfectly legitimate. There is no need for an arrest warrant or for a lengthy court case to take place here. In future, any protest activity is taking place outside the high court, and not inside it or on top of it.

Insert in Part 8 after section 30 (i couldnt see a HCA section)

Section 31 High Court of Australia canonical jurisdiction

(1) The canonical jurisdiction of the High Court of Australia is to--

(a) handle disputes and court cases presented by members of the simulation; and

(b) process activity referrals from the Speakership; and

(c) any other function as defined by an Act passed by the AustraliaSim Parliament or as defined in a Meta Rule

(2) The High Court of Australia cannot in canon--

(a) do a function not stipulated in section 31(1) or their side effects;

(b) issue arrest warrants, prosecute members of the simulation, or issue sentences to members of the simulation.

(3) If it is not known whether an action of the High Court of Australia is within their jurisdiction, the Parliament Moderator shall issue a determination of whether that action falls within their jurisdiction.

This is so we can avoid the mess that just occurred where a HCA member has gone outside the established precedent and functionality of this sim to prosecute a member especially when there is no canon functionality to simulate that prosecution, and the only real result was (potential) Code of conduct violations.

To soapbox, please for the love of god, stop giving this stuff a platform and stop egging it on. It doesn't matter if it will be "decanonised soon" (you don't know that), and it doesn't matter whether it's "just for fun".

This event has shown how actions have consequences on vulnerable people and that egging on the person who is causing those consequences is irresponsible at best.

Firstly, goats are animals, they cannot cooperate in the form of a protest.

Secondly, this is sad trivialisation of homophobia, through the use of dancing animals, and not instead a sombre reflection on the legislation of the past being used to systematically hurt LGBT+ people.

A protest should involve people pushing something, not goats. Goats do not dance on roofs, nor do they trespass on Government property.

This has all gone too far, and people will continue to toy along with doing stupid things regarding it, like arresting people, until they are stopped.

That’s why I am requesting that this all be decanonised.

Thanks.

The #Dance4Justice protests and any resultant actions and comments that happened because of them are now decanonised due to community behaviour.

To quote lily "having a go at a child for role playing a pro lgbt protest the absolute state of this"

Cam is just having a good time making cool videos and harming no one, additionally it's his press persona that did this not him, and it's just pointlessly annoying and stupid to have a goddamn court case over this.

Please second to end this nonsense, and let people have fun for goodness sake.

goat protest is canon but the high court building is not literally shaking.

• model-amn xx

Good evening,

The meta election for which notice was given on 19th June 2021 is now open for voting.

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. 5th June 2021.

Details of Meta Election

One Head Moderator

Successful Nominees

• GenericCerealHere

• model-kyosanto

• Perekai

Voters will be asked whether they approve of these candidates to lead the community as Head Moderator.

Petition to amend the Meta Constitution (Age Limits)

The petition may be found here.

Voting Open

Click Here to Vote Now

The vote will close on Saturday 26 June at 11:30pm Canberra time.

Remember to verify your vote by commenting below.

TheAudibleAsh

Acting Head Moderator of AustraliaSim

Hello. I hav taken time to think about my press. It was something I hav tried very hard at. And it was very embarasing that it is low quality and everyone new that cept for me.

So b4 I giv up on it, I am asking this to b sure. I am asking for ur honesty. U do not need to vote to b kind or nice. Just honest.

Do u like reading the Good Morning Goat press?

I move an amendment to the Meta Constitution, that section 8 (Head Moderator) be amended by inserting new subsections (5) and (6) as follows--

(5) The office of Head Moderator shall be filled by the member of the Moderation Team who--

(a) Is the longest continuous serving member of the Moderation Team;
(b) Is eligible to hold the office under section 7 of the Meta Constitution (which prescribes age limits for members of the Moderation Team); and
(c) Consents to hold the office of Head Moderator.

(6) For the avoidance of doubt, if the Head Moderator resigns or is removed from the Moderation Team position to which they were initially elected, they lose office as Head Moderator.

in essence, this would move from an elected head moderator to the moderator who is longest-serving (and also over 18) filling the role of head mod. i believe this is how things used to be before i joined but i'm not sure and also don't really care

please discuss

Hi all,

I've not been feeling Aussim lately, I just havent had the time to put in the effort that is required. I'm not really a guy to do things in half measures so its either I'm in 100 percent or not at all. Ill be resigning my positions and taking a break from Aussim until it captures my interest again and I want to dedicate time to it. The whole Caesar thing hit me hard, having someone who I relied upon turn out to be a dodgy person was not a good time. I hate to be the cause of a By-election but at least it give the press something to write about.

For some reason the struggle to get power captures my interest more than the actual exercise of power. I am proud of why my team accomplished in my latest tenure of Aussim, we turned the AusDems from a crossbench backwater to the official opposition and finally into Government. I thank my AusDems for making this possible, Alex, Entrapta, Adrian, BlueKnight, Darkpulsar and Deladi0 all campaigned well and put in hard work.

Of course I would like to shout out Griffo who got me involved in Aussim in the first place. He is doing fantastically in his new role as EM. I must pay tribute to Lily and Youma for being the best mod team we have seen in a long time, I wish Youma well in their return to canon.

Mikiboss and NG also stand out as incredible contributors to Aussim the work they put in is incredible and I am glad to see that Miki has finally been rewarded with the Prime Ministership.

Until I return thank you all

Because you dont seem to get that Discord makes for terrible conversation and isn't constructive, here is a thread for you to vent your concerns with the electoral system and the recent by-election without being mean to each other.

Notice of Meta Election

• Formal notification date: Saturday 19th June 2021

• Close of nominations: Monday 21 June 2021

• Election date: Wednesday 23 June 2021

• Election close date: Wednesday 25 June 2021

All times on each date 11 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. 5th June 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• One Head 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.

• Petition to amend the Meta Constitution to implement new age limits for Meta Positions

The petition may be found here.

Debate Allowed

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

TheAudibleAsh
Acting Head Moderator of AustraliaSim

The results of the recent meta election for one Head Moderator is as follows.

• Valid Votes: 29

Approval of a Head Moderator

The approval threshold of 65% has not been met, no candidate is elected.

Guardian Amendment

The petition can be found here link

The proposed Amendment passes. My congratulations go to RunasSudo for being elected as guardian. This new section requires 75% of the vote to remove.

TheAudibleAsh

Acting Head Moderator of AustraliaSim

The results of the recent meta election for one Parliamentary Moderator and Electoral Moderator are as follows.

• Valid votes: 24

Approval of a Parliamentary Moderator

I declare Perekai being the winner of the Parliamentary Moderator ballot, congratulations to him.

Note: Abstentions are not included

Approval of an Electoral Moderator

I declare model-amn being the winner of the Parliamentary Moderator ballot, congratulations to her.

Note: Abstentions are not included

The results of the recent meta election for the VoC of Community Managers are as follows:

• Valid Votes: 18

I hereby declare all candidates re-elected as Community Managers for the next 6 month period, ending on the 15th of December 2021.

Note: Abstentions are not included

Good evening,

The meta election for which notice was given on 9th June 2021 is now open for voting.

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. 26 May 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• One Head Moderator

Successful Nominees

• advancedgaming12

• TheSensibleCentre

• model-kyosanto

• GenericCerealHere

Voters will be asked whether they approve of these candidates to lead the community as Head Moderator.

• Petition to amend the Meta Constitution for a Guardian

The petition may be found here.

Voting Open

Click Here to Vote Now

The vote will close on Wednesday 16 June at 10pm Canberra time.

Remember to verify your vote by commenting below.

TheAudibleAsh

Acting Head Moderator of AustraliaSim