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bandaid.friend posted:bugger crimes against humanity, the government squeezing the young and the poor and the ever-present threat a foreign orange-painted urine enthusiast is champing at the bit to start a pointless war we'd be obligated to join in on it's time for the REAL NEWS This is actually really good. Some of the most popular games, particularly on mobile, have highly predatory gambling systems in the form of microtransactions and lootboxes. And unlike the traditional gambling industry, which is bad enough, there’s basically no regulation or oversight stopping developers from using highly exploitative systems to get people hooked. Arguing that good things shouldn’t happen because there are more pressing issues is some dogshit level analysis.
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Our media landscape is hosed and Conroy should have gone full Stalin when Newscorp was labelling him as such anyway.
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AgentF posted:Our media landscape is hosed and Conroy should have gone full Stalin when Newscorp was labelling him as such anyway. MEANWHILE Sean Ashby sold his house to start making underpants. In the 17 years since, the personal trainer-turned businessman has worked to build a thriving empire, selling his iconic underwear and swimwear label aussieBum in stores throughout Australia and to loyal customers in 120 countries around the globe. But a decision by Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to put a $20 billion tax hike on companies like aussieBum has the Sydney businessman questioning future investment, and pay rises for his 35 staff. "There is no motivation to grow your business if all you are doing is paying more tax," he said. "Where it is going to hit is wages. You can kiss bonuses goodbye." The business - headquartered in the Labor stronghold of Grayndler, held by frontbencher Anthony Albanese - has an annual turnover of between $10 million and $50 million, making it one of the 20,000 companies which would have a tax cut legislated by the Coalition withdrawn by a Shorten-led government. The repeal, which came as a surprise to Mr Shorten's own MPs and has set up a high-stakes contest at the impending round of 'Super Saturday' byelections, will apply to small to medium sized Australian companies including local supermarkets, service stations, manufacturers and builders. "There is never a shortage of politicians wanting to shake my hand at our success," said Mr Ashby. "I just wonder if they would be so forthcoming if they had to explain how repealing the tax cut is going to benefit my business and more importantly my suppliers and my staff." Labor frontbencher Ed Husic - one of four shadow ministers forced to defend the policy on Wednesday - said there will always be "some businesses that will be upset and uptight". Labor has argued tough decisions are needed to fund hospitals and schools, and cuts for companies with an annual turnover above $10 million are unaffordable. KPMG enterprise tax partner Brett Mitchell said repealing the cuts from 30 to 25 cents in the dollar would hit the sector of the economy "most vulnerable" to tax change. "It is quite regrettable. It does lead to confusion in the mid-market and that market does require certainty," he said. Labor is undecided over whether to repeal tax cuts for up to 100,000 businesses earning between $2 million and $10 million, but it is understood this is now very unlikely. Mr Mitchell said businesses in the $10 to $50 million turnover bracket had to assess whether they would take a risk and expand to become a significant player or play it safe at a lower tax threshold. That decision is particularly important for exporters like Mr Ashby, who need to take into account international markets like the US, where President Donald Trump has slashed the company tax rate to 21 per cent. "Cash flow is very important to that size of business," Mr Mitchell said. "It leads to their investment decisions and recruitment plans. Having the goal post move like that puts their planning into disarray." PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian tax leader Pete Calleja warned the repeal would put future record employment growth at risk. He said it was critical MPs on both sides gave business a predictable tax position. "To take those tax cuts away from small business means they will have less capacity to invest and less capacity to grow," he said. Mr Ashby said he would now have to bank on “the worst rather than best case tax scenario” and the uncertainty would restrict his investment decisions. “It’s like a backhanded slap by someone that doesn’t even know our business.” Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has pursued all-or-nothing negotiations with the Senate crossbench over the remainder of the Turnbull government's signature tax cuts, which would lower the tax rate to 25 per cent for all companies. A vote on the package could occur Thursday. The already legislated tax cuts for companies turning over $50 million will cost $29.8 billion in foregone revenue over the next decade if Labor is not elected next year, while the unlegislated cuts would sacrifice an extra $35.6 billion over the same period.
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Watch Malcolm Turnbull go from zero to hero in no time flat. The media is really biting hard on this.
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It's official, the newest battle in the Great Australian Culture war is plastic bags, at least we aren't talking about the Ramsay Centre anymore.quote:The ban on plastic shopping bags just makes shopping a bigger hassle for all: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/checkout-staff-fear-dirty-green-bags/news-story/57beca8cac7e5e28f6cb9c54dd72611b
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Jun 28, 2018 00:43
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a few dead turtles seems a small price to pay for the convenience of a plastic bag - Winston Churchill
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Hard left champion Albo calls on ALP to to get back in touch with the core constituency of...
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Jun 28, 2018 00:45
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Killer Convenience, tonight on a Current Affair.
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Jun 28, 2018 00:47
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People are loving disgusting animals that deserve nothing.
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Jun 28, 2018 00:47
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It was interesting reading the actual Albo speech because he did use small business to distinguish his position, but not on the tax issue. He explicitly said that small business isn’t going to like the ALP tax position. He actually mentioned people setting up businesses in the context of promoting internal reforms, more direct participation in party elections etc, in the context of the recent Right v Left, Swan v Butler contest for the party presidency. This component did try to stir dissent, but everyone seems to have missed the point.
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AgentF posted:We've been using re-useable shopping bags in SA for a while now and it is the easiest goddamn thing in the world. Can you remember to bring your shopping list? Then you can remember to bring your bags. Anyone that complains about it is just being pathetic. I forget mine all the time because I'm absent minded as gently caress about day to day stuff. At 15 cents per reusable plastic bag, it's not enough of a cost to make me worry. Even if I need 10 of the drat things for a big grocery day it's only an extra $1.50 when I'm already spending at least $200 to fill them all. Price the loving things at a buck a piece and I might remember.
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JBP posted:People are loving disgusting animals that deserve nothing.
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Jun 28, 2018 00:56
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Goddamn idiots. When you can scapegoat government intervention and environmentalism in order to charge for something you were previously giving away for free, it's basically peak neoliberalism.
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Jun 28, 2018 00:59
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Anidav posted:"I just wonder if they would be so forthcoming if they had to explain how repealing the tax cut is going to benefit my business and more importantly my suppliers and my staff." this is idiotic, the “tax reduction” for domestic entities is essentially a discount on the tax applied to retained earnings (profits not distributed to the owners) payments to suppliers and staff aren’t affected by this at all. profits paid to this guy as dividends will be taxed more highly because the franking credit for tax paid at the company level is reduced
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Jun 28, 2018 01:05
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How the gently caress are lower taxes going to increase employment when we’re already at just about full employment?*  *not including underemployment which is a separate issue do not @ me
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Jun 28, 2018 01:08
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JBP posted:People are loving disgusting animals that deserve nothing, except a bullet.
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Jun 28, 2018 01:13
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Vote 1 Misanthrope Party
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Zenithe posted:I found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxaK6It5WEk gucci bane posted:you know those aren't real generals right buddy? The Arsetralian posted:NATIONAL SECURITY  Which should probbaly make one more concerned by: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-28/military-call-out-powers-up-for-debate-legislation-in-parliament/9916636 Now it is a response to the Lindt seige findings but seriously, just how hard was it actually for the police to call in the army when they were properly motivated? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_Australian_coal_strike
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Jun 28, 2018 01:23
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bought 3 tickets to see The Undertaker in October at the mcg. i wanna take a train to melbourne from adelaide, is the overland any good?
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Jun 28, 2018 01:28
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oh this is the politics thread is this shitstorm about bags just a pundit thing or are the public unsure about how they work, weve had them in SA for ages
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Jun 28, 2018 01:38
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Friendly Fire posted:I forget mine all the time because I'm absent minded as gently caress about day to day stuff. Yeah, I often do my shopping on the way home from work (my bus stop is next to the supermarket and it's a waste to walk home then get in the car to drive back) and I'm not carrying around bags all day just to save 30 cents in the event I need to get some stuff for dinner. That said all in favour of the disposable bag bans because it makes Bolt sad.
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Jun 28, 2018 01:43
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Reclines Obesily posted:is this shitstorm about bags just a pundit thing or are the public unsure about how they work, weve had them in SA for ages I was gonna say, I was getting reeeeeal confused because I thought this happened ages ago
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Jun 28, 2018 01:44
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Reclines Obesily posted:bought 3 tickets to see The Undertaker in October at the mcg. i wanna take a train to melbourne from adelaide, is the overland any good? Just how fat are you??
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Jun 28, 2018 01:47
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if south australians have this figured out the rest of the country surely canQUACKTASTIC posted:Just how fat are you?? extremely, that's the reason i'm going to see the undertaker
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Jun 28, 2018 01:55
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I assume Bolt is connected via the IPA to the plastic bag manufacturers because he’s going really hard trying to sell reusable bags as murder machines.
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Jun 28, 2018 02:02
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Weirdly, at the bottlo I work at people have started refusing bags and even boxes. It’s completely at odds with the hysteria i witnessed in the lead up to the plastic bag ban. In my opinion, all of societies ills can be traced back to the participation ribbon
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Jun 28, 2018 02:04
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Oh god one of those employment agencies is advertising their podcast on the podcast i'm listening to.
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Jun 28, 2018 02:08
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Oh god one of those employment agencies is advertising their podcast on the podcast i'm listening to. What? An agency is running a podcast? Do they announce whether you have a shift on the podcast rather than paying money for text messages?
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Schneider Inside Her posted:Weirdly, at the bottlo I work at people have started refusing bags and even boxes. It’s completely at odds with the hysteria i witnessed in the lead up to the plastic bag ban. Bottle-os should offer their empty cartons to people because I need them for my empties 
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Jun 28, 2018 02:18
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AgentF posted:How did people do their shopping at ye olde markets in the millenia before plastic was invented? Just fuckin dying of E coli all the time. When I was a kid the supermarkets used paper bags. But they’d always tear and they would be chucked after one use and people were worried about the impact on the planet of cutting down native forest to build pine plantations used for paper, so eventually the supermarkets switched to plastic because it was reusable. And 30 years later, here we are.
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Jun 28, 2018 02:19
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You never needed ten shopping bags back in the olden days because you had the time and mental capacity to head out to a market or whatever and do your shopping with a pull cart or a basket.
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JBP posted:What? An agency is running a podcast? Do they announce whether you have a shift on the podcast rather than paying money for text messages? Welcome to your dystopian future. https://www.acast.com/focusonability
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Schneider Inside Her posted:Weirdly, at the bottlo I work at people have started refusing bags and even boxes. It’s completely at odds with the hysteria i witnessed in the lead up to the plastic bag ban. The local greengrocer I go to has started offering free empty produce boxes in the lead up to the ban. For this purpose they are better in every way, you can fit more in and there's almost no risk of squishing things. Yes, old people are still real mad.
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Did anyone catch that Christian Porter wants the army to be able to deploy on Australian soil and shoot people during "terrorist attacks" or "riots"?
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Reclines Obesily posted:extremely, that's the reason i'm going to see the undertaker Is Paul Bearer still a thing? or has the Undertaker accepted his fate and got himself a Niles instead? e. guess so 
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Jun 28, 2018 02:47
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QUACKTASTIC posted:Is Paul Bearer still a thing? or has the Undertaker accepted his fate and got himself a Niles instead? Paul Bearer is dead, like real life, not storyline, dead
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Jun 28, 2018 02:52
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JBP posted:Did anyone catch that Christian Porter wants the army to be able to deploy on Australian soil and shoot people during "terrorist attacks" or "riots"? Who's Christian Porter?
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Other posted:Paul Bearer is dead, like real life, not storyline, dead get a load of this mark 
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Reclines Obesily posted:bought 3 tickets to see The Undertaker in October at the mcg. i wanna take a train to melbourne from adelaide, is the overland any good? I'm sorry for your loss.
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