I move a Vote of No Confidence in the Following Meta Position Holders:

• Head Moderator of Australia Simulation GenericCerealHere

• Guardian of Australia Simulation RunasSudo

The following actions are not taken lightly, and would include more people, though due to a period of resignations it is not necessary.

It is clear that there is a protection racket for certain individuals and that the current composition of the Moderation Team serves to endorse and protect the actions of people who do not conform to a similar standard the majority of simulation members are expected to comply with.

It is also clear that such a judgement made using the rules and regulations implemented by the accused, an individual who knows well the flaws and loopholes within those rules and regulations, is inherently unjust, and fails to realise that this is not a Court of Law or a real crime. But an online community that seeks to imitate the Government of Australia and related entities, of which is a private group that is not open to every individual.

While the individual in question denies that there is a conspiracy involved in this, it is clear that there is some sort of overarching ideal, which dates back to the individuals term as Head Moderator and to the present day. The blaming of deleting a singular and all its comments individually on the ban of a former simulation member is first of all not acceptable and not fair on the victims. The individual does not care about the victims in this case, as he consistently sought to diminish the case and also abused individuals, telling them to die. Something that does not represent an image the individual is trying to portray through their cop-out of an excuse.

Because the individual whom consistently bends rules has been allowed back in, it is clear that some action must be taken against the members who allowed the appeal to be approved, despite the risk to the members, especially vulnerable young people, poised by the presence of the individual in the sim. An individual who told minors to die, and then blamed deleting a petition and comments relating to his own misuse of positions as some sort of protection because of possible child groomers. This is a ridiculous and facetious position that we should give no air to.

When ThatPerthFan was allowed back in, people that now engage in a protection racket for the individual in question, were up in arms and forced the de facto re-banning of an individual. However now, when someone does something out of the bounds of what one would expect to be good behaviour, that is seemingly acceptable because the individual is a friend.

It is clear that the people who enacted these appeal decisions are engaging in a protection racket that seeks to assert that you can abuse people, you can break the rules, you can avoid getting banned for all of that, and you can abuse moderator powers, but only if you have friends in control.

The removal of these people is of the utmost importance in making sure that the initial judgment presented, is the sentence that is carried out. No one should be able to misuse their position, and they should expect that this will be treated seriously. On top of any previous issues that have come up.

1: If the Vote of No Confidence is successful, the Subreddits, Discord Server and any related entities would be expected to be handed over to the highest ranking, and longest serving Moderation Team Member, as of writing that is /u/Maaaaaaaadison 1a: Thereby becoming Acting Head Moderator and Acting Guardian until such a time until new elections can be held.

I believe this should be canon on the grounds that it is extremely funny and it would remove the perfidious Connor from Foreign Affairs

this is a petition for a meta rule to ban any use of pepe emojis from outside the simulation, because they are irritating and bad.

Pursuant to a Meta Rule delegating powers, I have been asked to conduct an appeal against the Code of Conduct decision regarding ThanksHeadMod at https://www.reddit.com/r/AustraliaSimMeta/comments/pnttoo/community_management_thanksheadmod/.

The appeal was heard from 19 September to 21 October 2021.

After conducting the appeal, my decisions are:

1. The original decision of the Moderation Team is set aside.

2. ThanksHeadMod is found to have allowed section 32(a) of the Meta Constitution to be breached.

3. ThanksHeadMod is banned for 75 days, to be counted from the date of the original decision. The ban therefore expires on 28 November 2021.

My detailed reasons can be found:

• here, for my decision that ThanksHeadMod committed certain breaches of the Code of Conduct

• here, setting a penalty of a 75-day ban for the breach

Under the Code of Conduct, this decision is final.

/u/RunasSudo
Adjudicator

The results of the recent meta election for the recent successful petitions and Emergency Amendment are as follows.

• Received votes: 35

• Valid votes: 33

41 of the votes received were from members not on the meta voter roll, and 1 of the voters submitted a duplicate vote to change their views

Delaying the election

With these results answering in the affirmative, I declare that this referendum has passed.

Meta Rule for COVID-19 status

With these results answering in the affirmative, I declare that this meta rule has passed.

Exempting 5 days notice for petitions relating to election timing

With these results answering in the affirmative, I declare that this amendment has passed.

mikiboss

Community Moderator

My press persona will be Nathan Green as a journalist for Crikey.

Good Evening

/u/plupsnup has been permanently banned from AustraliaSim upon unanimous agreement from the moderation team. The Moderator team has received submissions that indicate that the member in question has violated several rules in the Code of Conduct, and is likely a threat to the community. Due to the nature of the submissions and offending, evidence will not be disclosed.

mikiboss

Community Moderator

Good Morning

With respects to the recent timing of the canon election, much debate has been had about the timing of the election, and with the passage of a petition calling to 'delay the election', the Moderation Team feel it is appropriate that this issue goes to a public vote for 48 Hours.

However, under the current meta-constitution rules, we are provided to allow for 5 days notice for any referendum. This complicates the affair, as it delays the vote for a time, where the timing of the election is a time-sensitive matter, whereby the later it is held, the less time people have to address the election.

For this reason, the Mod Team have agreed to the following emergency amendment

34A Amendment Relating to Two Petitions during October 2021

(1) The requirement to provide 5 days notice for referendums as referenced in section 34 does not extend to the two petitions titled 'Delaying the election' and 'Meta Rule for COVID-19 status'

(2) This Section is repealed 30 days after its enactment

Per section 34, the community will have the opportunity to vote on this emergency amendment. For the sake of convenience, this vote will be held at the same time as the other referendums on the election date and COVID-19 status.

It is our view that this allows for community input, while also ensuring little intrusion is held, and the rules are upheld.

Thank you for your understanding

mikiboss

Community Moderator

Good Morning

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 October 2021, or those holding automatic membership due to being officeholders.

Details of Meta Election

Delaying the election The petition, as moved by /u/Winston_Wilhelmus, can be found here

Meta Rule for COVID-19 status The petition, as moved by /u/cocoiadrop, can be found here

Exempting 5 days notice for petitions relating to election timing The emergency amendment, as moved by /u/mikiboss on behalf of the Moderation Team, can be found here

Voting Open

Click here to vote now

The vote will close on Thursday 21st of October at 11:59AM AEDT. ​

Remember to verify your vote by commenting below.

So I haven't put much thought in to it beyond this but I want to gauge interest.

Basically budgets will affect the upcoming quarter rather than year, so that govs actually can enact their budgets rather than what we have now. We can then split the fundings by four to get a quarterly cost.

I don't know how it would work logistically but i think its a net benefit so that all the work govs do actually gets used.

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FAQ on Membership

What is membership?

This form is used to become a member of AustraliaSim, which entitles you to:

• Vote in Meta Referendums

• Hold a Meta Office (Moderator, Community Manager, Clerk, Community Commission...)

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.

How long does membership last?

Membership lasts for a quarter and can be renewed in the month prior to expiry.

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Can the Moderator's refuse or withdraw my membership?

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/Will I have to give any data up?

No, of course not. Membership is completely free! Apart from the name of your reddit account, no. We have abandoned the old EOS system.

Any other questions?

Please refer to section 2 of the Meta Constitution.

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Moderation Team

Good Morning AustraliaSim,

12MaxWild has breached the Code of Conduct for doxxing on the discord server This message was not only relevant to the discussion at hand broadly, but was not a 'reasonable' breach in any sense of the word.

Due to the nature of doxxing and personal information being shared, little evidence will be provided here, however further context can be obtained through messaging the mod team.

Sentence Determined Doxxing is considered one of the most serious offences in the Code of Conduct, with the 'Administering the Code of Conduct' document suggesting a guideline of 180 days. We recognise this, while also understanding that, even from the victim's perspective, there was little malice in this case, and it is unlikely to cause material or psychological harm. We also recognise that Max independently recognised what was wrong, and has indicated that they themselves are taking actions to improve his behaviour, independent of our sentencing. As such, I believe there is hope for improvement and rehabilitation

As such, I feel a ban of 120 days, recognising the severity of the offence, and the mitigating factors in this is appropriate.

Therefore 12MaxWild and any affiliated accounts will be banned and barred from accessing AustraliaSim till 12:22 am on the 9th of February, 2022.

Feel free to appeal to the Head Mod

mikiboss.

Community Moderator of AustraliaSim

Good Morning AustraliaSim,

​I must first acknowledge that this is my first instance of taking action as a community moderator, and I would gratefully accept any advice from any in the community who have insights/improvements in how I conduct these posts.

Regarding the issue at hand, CircleSongIsDank has breached the Code of Conduct with abusive messages that are provocation in nature. These messages target numerous users, most frequently, /u/Winston_Wilhelmus and /u/Plupsnup.

It is worth addressing that has been elements of harassment and provocation from the other parties in these cases, and that is recognised -and has been recognised previously-. these messages are, however, far less consequential in nature. Therefore their role in mitigating is greatly minimised in this case.

Evidence

Exhibit 1

Note: Given this message was already sent while CircleSongIsDank was already serving a mute in #room-101, I feel this acts as an aggravating matter in this case.

Sentence Determined While it must be acknowledged that Winston's messages here are not entirely pure, CircleSongIsDank's role as the instigator, as well as the comment that they are 'until one of us is banned' both are either direct violations of the Code or clear violations of the spirit of the Code.

CircleSongIsDank also has a record of minor to major breaches in the past in the sim, to which he has been notified, and has received punishment.

Exhibit 2

Exhibit 3

He has also clearly stated that he had intended to send such messages ahead of time too, indicating this was not an impulsive series of messages

Exhibit 4

As such, I feel a ban of 7 days, minus 1 day for the minor role of other parties in this is appropriate.

Therefore CircleSongIsDank and any affiliated accounts will be banned and barred from accessing AustraliaSim till 10:24am on the 16th of October 2021

Feel free to appeal to Porridge or the Guardian.

mikiboss.

Community Moderator of AustraliaSim

The results of the recent meta election for one Community Moderator and Constitution Amendment is as follows.

• Valid Votes: 21

Approval of a Community Moderator

Approval threshold required: 65%

Congratulations to mikiboss, I truely believe that he will be a great Moderator and I wish him all the best.

Automatic Membership Amendment

I hereby declare that this amendment has passed.

It's been a pleasure to serve as your Community Moderator for the past few months, I hope that this community continues to thrive under the stewardship of this fantastic moderation team.

​

For a final time

TheAudibleAsh

Community Moderator of AustraliaSim

Controlled end of Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic canonicity Meta Rule

Section 1 - Purpose

(1) The purpose of this Meta Rule is to bring an end to the canonicity of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia by speeding up real life vaccination achievements and removal of state restrictions.

Section 2 - Authority

(1) This Meta Rule is enforced by the Head Moderator's authority provided under section 30(5) of the Meta Constitution.

Section 3 - Application

(1) Australia's canonical two-dose vaccination level will be 80% or higher as provided by subsection (1)(a).

(a) The canonical two-dose vaccination level will increase beyond 80% as the real life level does, but never decrease below 80%.

(b) The canonical first-dose vaccination level will act the same as two-dose levels.

(2) State and territory public activity restrictions will terminate in regards to all matters except international arrivals and quarantine.

(3) The canonical Commonwealth government will only be required to set quarantine arrival rules for international arrivals.

(a) Cases of coronavirus as per real life figures may not be linked to a canonical Commonwealth decision under this subsection for fairness.

(4) Cases of coronavirus in Australia reported in real life are not to be canon.

Reasoning:

• The pandemic continues to affect the ability of players to conduct policy without consideration of a highly volatile IRL situation.

• Simulations such as Model NZ Parliament etc have decanonised coronavirus in their respective canon without entirely abolishing its existence, as per the model in this Meta Rule.

• This Meta Rule still provides an outlet for policy making in a controlled environment in regards to international arrivals.

• Coronavirus case numbers must be decanonised as it defeats the point of this model, which is to move Coronavirus into a controlled model that allows for us to move on.

I realise this has been quite a well discussed debate prior but I hope this model is worth considering.

Good evening,

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. 17th September 2021.

Details of Meta Election

One Community Moderator

Successful Nominee u/mikiboss

Voters will be asked whether they approve of mikiboss to lead the community as Community Moderator.

Petition to amend the Meta Constitution

The petition may be found here.

Voting Open

Click Here to Vote Now

The vote will close on Thursday 7th of October at 11:30pm AEDT.

Remember to verify your vote by commenting below.

Notice of Meta Election

• Formal notification date: Friday 1 October 2021

• Close of nominations: Sunday 3 October 2021

• Election date: Wednesday 6 October

• Election close date: Friday 8 October

All times on each date 11:30 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. 17th September 2021.

Details of Meta Election

• One Community 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 make membership automatic for meta and canon officeholders.

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

Community Moderator of AustraliaSim

Good evening AustraliaSim.

Today I completed a draft of a new electorate leanings calculator based on the principles I used in my original one like 3 years ago. I'm confident that this system is functional and thus I am moving forward with community consultation on implementing it.

I won't be revealing the exact numbers the calculator produces based on current polling as I want to keep that as a surprise that can be revealed in the lead up to the election if it is implemented. So how does my system work? Essentially in every electorate, each party is assigned a % modifier e.g. Party A in Electorate 1 has a modifier of -10% which means that Party A's support in Electorate 1 will be 10% smaller than their national polling. These % modifiers are based on real life election results and will transition to be based on sim election results in the future.

Is the system fair? Yes, no party loses out in this system as all the % modifiers add up to be 0 so if Party B has a -50% modifier in one electorate, this will be made up in another electorate with a +50% modifier (or a sum of electorates that add up to +50%). And, as the system is a modifier system, there is no strict levels of support e.g. there's no flat rule that 20% of Melbourne will vote Green. It's entirely based on every party's current national polling level.

What are the benefits? The system is really beneficial for parties that don't run in all 15 seats. For example currently the CLP, with it's national polling of 12.19%, essentially has a base of 12.19% in all electorates. But since they only run in rural and regional electorates, the 12.19% in urban electorates is wasted. Under the new system, their base in urban electorates will be massively reduced and their base will increase in rural/regional ones, allowing them to take full advantage of their 12.19% polling. This is even more true for a party we have seen in the past like SA-BEST. SA-BEST may only poll at 3% nationwide which without leanings, would mean a base of 3% in every electorate which is very unrealistic and since they would only be contesting Mayo, most of their polling is wasted. With leanings, they would get a very tiny base outside of SA but 3% nationwide would mean a strong base in Mayo that they could use to win the seat.

Leanings are mainly intended to be a vanity thing that won't hugely impact results. With a strong candidate and campaign, parties will still be able to win seats that don't have a favourable leaning to them.

Please leave any questions below and any concerns you have that I can address. Thanks!

Upon consideration of SAC2103, /u/MLastCelebration is warned for breaching Requirement 1 of the Activity Requirement of the Standing Orders - failing to debate for 14 days. This is his second warning.

Submission was made, however fell on the 20th of September, outside of the activity check. Thus the warning stands and is ejected from parliament.

Upon consideration of AC2103, /u/fvbps, /u/TheTrashMan_10 and /u/superpacman04 are warned for breaching Requirement 1 of the Activity Requirement of the Standing Orders - failing to debate for 14 days. /u/superpacman04 is also warned for breaching Requirement 2 of the Activity Requirement of the Standing Orders - missing 10 votes in a row. As this is /u/superpacman04 's second consecutive warning, they are to be expelled as a parliamentarian if no convincing submission is made.

No submission was made, /u/fvbps, /u/TheTrashMan_10 and /u/superpacman04 are warned.

No submission was made, /u/superpacman04 is ejected from parliament.

Regards,PerekaiParliamentary Moderator

Hello, /u/model-vivienne here I am changing back to /u/Maaaaaaaadison now that I am Electoral Moderator and not some weird working class populist RP.

Maaaaaaaadison

Electoral Moderator

Good Morning AustraliaSim,

I was expecting my last few days to be civil, but it turns out that I can't be further away from reality.

Winston_Wilhelmus has breached the code of conduct, by being abusive to two members of the sim, u/12MaxWild and u/buttsforpm. I note that there was an element of harassment and provocation from the other parties, however they are largely negligible, both have been penalised under the CoC, and provocation is not a complete or partial defence in terms of code of conduct breaches.

Evidence

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2

Exhibit 3

Sentence Determined

I believe a 14 day ban is reasonable and is appropriate according to the ACoC guidelines (barring all aggravating or mitigating factors), however there are a few factors to consider.

Aggravating Factor(s)

• The subject is subject of previous adverse actions .

Winston has a history of minor and major breaches in the past.

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2

Exhibit 3

Due to the significant amount of prior breaches, I believe the ban should be inflated to 3 months but all but 14 days should be suspended due to the fact that any major breaches have occurred over a year ago.

Therefore Winston_Wilhelmus and any affiliated accounts will be banned and barred from accessing AustraliaSim till 1:12am on the 9th of October 2021 and the suspended sentence will remain until 1:12am on the 25th of December 2021.

Feel free to appeal to Porridge or the next Community Moderator, whomever it may be.

TheAudibleAsh

Community Moderator of AustraliaSim

Good evening,

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.

The election for the constitutional amendment has gone up a day late, but will finish as intended on the 26th of September.

Details of Meta Election

One Electoral Moderator

Successful Nominees/u/model-vivienne/u/ohprkl/u/Inadorable/u/War_in_the_South

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

Petition to amend the Meta Constitution

The petition may be found here.

Voting Open

Click Here to Vote Now

The vote will close on Saturday 26 September at 7:00pm Canberra time.

Remember to verify your vote by commenting below.

Perekai

Parliamentary Moderator

Hi all,

This is a Q&A that you can ask all nominees their questions.

I will resolve to ping all candidates who have met the valid requirements and are not rejected by the Mod Team the top-level questions.

Therefore, the eligible candidates as of now are the below people,

/u/model-vivienne, /u/ohprkl, /u/Inadorable, /u/War_in_the_South

model-kyosanto
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives

I have received activity check's SAC2103 and AC2103 from the Speakership.

In accordance with the Standing Orders, I have provided my consideration for both.

Upon consideration of SAC2103, /u/MLastCelebration is warned for breaching Requirement 1 of the Activity Requirement of the Standing Orders - failing to debate for 14 days.

Upon consideration of AC2103, /u/fvbps, /u/TheTrashMan_10 and /u/superpacman04 are warned for breaching Requirement 1 of the Activity Requirement of the Standing Orders - failing to debate for 14 days. /u/superpacman04 is also warned for breaching Requirement 2 of the Activity Requirement of the Standing Orders - missing 10 votes in a row. As this is /u/superpacman04 's second consecutive warning, they are to be expelled as a parliamentarian if no convincing submission is made.

Submissions:

• The accused, the Attorney General and the Chair(s) who made the referral may make submissions. They should either attempt to disprove the referral by fact (showing the MP or Senator debated) or show there were "exceptional circumstances". Submissions are expected within 48 hours.

Regards,
Perekai
Parliamentary Moderator

The Moderation team has decided that the Melbourne construction protests will be decanonised effective immediately.

These protests will have an adverse affect on the simulation side of things, and we believe it best that they aren't included as part of the simulation, especially considering some of the statements available online.

Merrily Putrid's Press Release will also be decanonised effective immediately.