brendannatoli.bsky.social
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So he also supports higher wages for lower income earners, right to disconnect, paid parental leave etc. All these things make workers happier, yet are normally not LNP policy.
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youtu.be/4C6co5qXEE4?... Been said before....
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That's aged very well! Pity it's been sold off and not replaced with new public housing. Hmmm, I wonder why there's a shortage?
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It's worse than that, they say "Oh no you can't tax us to pay for Government spending it will destroy the world" then a breath later the say "Oh we have all this cash, gimme some of those interest bearing bonds, you can pay for govt spending & we love the easy safe interest!"
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Proof cars destroy cities!
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Also funny how unlike other areas of Govt, defence spending just comes into existence without worrying about what needs to be cut to pay for it?
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Howard has turned out to be the little wrecker!
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Our elections are just a coin toss, two sides but the same coin, so pretty much the same outcomes.
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Two questions, 1. What is the other component of revenue reported? & 2. What is the total revenue earned by Australian Govts of $125B of gas exported with levies and royalties?
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Can you get that many cars from Temu?
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A...a...um...a people will.....ah...um....butbutbut....blame Murdoch and MSM...totally RW cheer leaders! Where is todays Kerry O'Brien?
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Is she..........gaslighting?
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A time when the common good was considered. Perhaps why Mosley's fascists didn't rise to power in the UK 20 years later?
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I would have thought all superfunds would have a cash or liquid asset component? The sorts of additional tax amounts would easily be able to be paid out of those sums? Unless the super fund consists of rental properties that are hard to sell quickly? Could open up the house market!
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The real mistake of Trump2 is that the billionaires have come out of the shadows. The ALP is the other side of the same coin though as we are about to see with the gas approval
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~45% of the 2PP vote gains them 75% of the wards. Jas done for nearly 20 years. Optional preferential voting has killed BCC democracy.
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Cycled down to Bruges from Amsterdam last September. A glorious end to a wonderful 6 day ride! Enjoy!
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This is part of a longer "Citizen Tram" video, out of Melbourne wich was the only Australian city to retain trams.
youtu.be/-L1GUvcPEJc?...
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Although it's a smaller percentage, it is how most people's rates work. They go up as your property value rises even if you don't sell. Land tax is the same. Except with the super tax if your shares drop you can offset that loss against future gains. You can't do that with rates.
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The homeless guy in the park makes more sense?
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It's not like the rules are as they were 30 years ago!
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Has nobody thought of indexing the $3m? Thresholds have changed throughout the time superannuation has been in place. I think back when it started the contribution thresholds were higher. They of course dropped every time I approached them!
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Oh hell the CEO's and Directors may not be able to pay for the harbour front house if this falls over. Carbon credits were just for the buying and selling right?
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I require a Ute 4WD for my farm work, my current one is 11 years old, and at least 120mm lower at the front of the hood. I am holding on to the old ute, as I can't in good faith buy one of these ridiculous things. Really there is no alternative from any brand on the market.
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Shit you want them to be the Greens?
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A question if I may, when I was in the Netherlands last year I felt that the cities were much quieter and less grimy (the black coating on everything from car pollution) than inner Brisbane & Sydney. What do you observe in Paris?
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Ultimately they want to control where it goes, because they know best!
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Wow the endorsement shows just how biased the media has been, no wonder the political spectrum has moved so far to the right in Aus! A shocking inditement on our media laws here.
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I have always thought the carbon credits scheme was for the buying and selling, not for the environment?
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How to make dense 3-4 storey neighbourhoods wonderful places? Banish cars, food for thought back here in Aus?
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Don't we already have tax on unrealized gains by way of rates and land tax?
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Her remarks just now....bet they won't be widely reported,
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From her recent press conference in Bris. Not a radical aim surely?
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Here in Qld the new LNP govt has cancelled hundreds of Public Houses, hospital bed expansions and public transport expansions. But hey we will get a swanky underutilized stadium in a heritage park!
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Are these the same CEO's who insist on smaller governments and less regulation?
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Aside from which 1/2 the worlds population is on our doorstep..... many in developing economies. Time we build friendships in our own area!
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The Fraser Liberals would probably be the ALP
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I bet they don't take on the doctors again!
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There is huge potential for supply to increase across most of SEQ with PT coordination. Yet planning policy is stuck in the last century. Much of our planning is still reacting to bad 70's blanket zoning, & poor building outcomes (mainly crap apartment design). Yet no-one wants to discuss this.
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The other point is that until the mid 90's govts of both persuasion did build public housing, I worked on many projects with the Dept of Housing.
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The current rent assistance scheme is basically a wealth transfer system to landlords. With no requirement to connect rents to income, the system doesn't really help.
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With a FIAT currency, the government could simply spend the money to build state housing into existence. So as not to cause inflationary impacts some settings would need to be adjusted. Planning of cities, a review fees & costs, extra tradie training, finance reform, & improve material supplies.
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The MSM lapped up that line.... maybe his coal backers told him to do it?
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Two issues with Brisbane (despite it housing the Pacific Submarine Fleet in WW2). 1. Shallow bay with a long trip to deep water. 2. Jellyfish (apparently they don't go well with ships needing high volume water intakes to cool nuclear reactors?)
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A good thread here....https://bsky.app/profile/antmandan.bsky.social/post/3lohtyas2j224
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Agree, a good article. It would be a very interesting list of the Green policies that have been eventually followed through in whole or in part by the mainstream party. Including calls for Royal Commissions and Inquiries I feel it would be a long list.
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True. But the horse owners (the public) do think that the coaxer should exist.
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In refusing to negotiate ALP put the Greens in a position where they had to vote with the LNP. This then allowed them to bundle the two together as anti housing etc. Greens need to coax the horse along rather than trying to drag it. BTW I think the HAFF is poor policy. Just build state housing!
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Having said all that, I think Labor out played them on housing from a political sense not an outcome sense. This set up a tone of them being obstructive which did change votes in what we were told was going to be a tight election. This is even as every poll was pointing towards the eventual outcome.
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A view here in Aus is that we ought not appease Trump, in fact we should use his nonsense to reset away from the US. We have the advantage that 50% of the world's population is on our doorstep, mostly closer than the US. So turning away from far right class and isolation policies is a clear option.