Laserface posted:

WRT rents going up, is the argument that without negative gearing, becoming a landlord is therefore less profitable, and a higher rental price is required because there is simply less incentive to be a landlord?

Thats the only argument I can see making any sense.

I mean even if prices dropped, my partner and I probably still couldnt afford to buy, so we would (and I imagine a lot of others) still be renters seeking a place. So to say that renters would then be able to afford a home and therefore stop renting (and further, reducing rental demand) doesnt add up.

I suppose maybe in the long term once all us renters have saved up deposits you would see the shift, but short term it feels like prices would go up as the benefit to having cheap (lol) rent to negatively gear the property is now gone.

BBJoey posted:

poo poo loving all

are you seriously suggesting that Germany would have sent troops to the opposite end of the world in order to conquer what is an occupying power's worst nightmare? Germany's primary goal during the war was lebensraum to the east (as evidenced by their carving up of Russia), not a British dominion separated from them by tens of thousands of miles of ocean.


what loving possibility, mate

ewe2 posted:

That perception that Turnbull isn't connected to the general electorate is incredibly damaging: if they turn off on him, the others are doomed. That shot of a sad little Pyne riding hopefully on Turnbull's coattails as he announced the French deal says it all. Yes subs are being built in Adelaide, and the bulk of the money is flying off overseas, again. A fact not lost on his constituents.

You Am I posted:

Especially since it doesn't cover the loss of employment due to the death of Australian car manufacturing in that state. Most of those submarine jobs are already taken.

quote:

Even on the conservative $25bn extra we’re going to pay, we get 3000 jobs when the same Coalition Government has just hosed 50k jobs in the car industry into the sea by refusing to pay $500 million.

Endman posted:

https://twitter.com/abcnews/status/725161387589140480

Amoeba102 posted:

I have a habit of no reading things fully and filling in the gaps, especially for news headlines. I read that as "set himself free".

Magog posted:

Headline: Serious burn for detention centre conditions.

Oh wait I forgot, this poo poo doesn't get a chance at a front page headline.

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Nam Taf posted:

Also the ABS just reported a 0.2% deflation this quarter, paving the way for a reserve rate cut in the next month or two.

oTHi posted:

The phrase "the ruling is binding on the PNG government, but not the Australian government" is immensely arrogant. Seems to be implying that you'll just work around the ruling, gently caress the courts!

Goffer posted:

Can we get Daniel Andrew's team to do the next budget? They just did Victoria's and it's all sunshine and happiness, as well as a surplus.

oTHi posted:

The phrase "the ruling is binding on the PNG government, but not the Australian government" is immensely arrogant. Seems to be implying that you'll just work around the ruling, gently caress the courts!

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

https://twitter.com/drobwlldiad/status/725147737361113088

tithin posted:

Jesus loving wept.

ewe2 posted:

Some of the twitter comments for the lurking racists who might desire some "balance":

LibertyCat posted:

Serious, non-trolling question: why would you set yourself on fire when the government will pay for you to be returned to your home country at any time? Life imprisonment with real, actual torture I can understand self-immolation, but surely just going home would be preferable.

LibertyCat posted:

Serious, non-trolling question: why would you set yourself on fire when the government will pay for you to be returned to your home country at any time? Life imprisonment with real, actual torture I can understand self-immolation, but surely just going home would be preferable.