ScreamingLlama posted:

Drunken, bitter, angry yobbos

Jumpingmanjim posted:

Looking for an affordable 1294 square meter piece of land to build a dream home with a view of the Pacific Ocean ?…… Move to Malibu, California. For just $129,000 (US$99,000), this view in the above pic could be yours.

Alternatively, if you’re looking to build your dream home on vacant land in desert as far away from the ocean as you can get with limited resources, look no further than Alice Springs. But here is the problem..it will cost you more.

In the new Alice Springs suburb of Kilgariff, the asking price per square meter of land on blocks ranging between 700m2 and 1100m2  is $188-$228 per m2. This is very pricy when compared to the cost per square meter of land with a view in Malibu (AU$99).



image source: Land Development Corporation NT

When the cost of land per square meter in the middle of nowhere and as far away from the ocean as you can get costs more than a square meter of land in the middle of somewhere with a view, we have to ask ourselves, ‘does this sound normal?’ 

Does it sound sane that a piece of land in Alice Springs should cost more than a piece of land in Malibu with a view of the Pacific Ocean? Is Alice Springs the new New York? Is there such a dire desperation for the residents of the Northern Territory where there are more square kilometres than the arms and legs of its residents to get their hands on a piece of land? Is there an actual shortage of land in the Northern Territory? If the answer to that question is ‘yes’ than I would say this country has lost touch with reality.

Whether we are looking at the sky high land prices of our major cities or the middle of nowhere Australia, to suggest that there is no land bubble across this whole country is concerning. And today, there are towns like Emerald and Moranbrah that were once apparently suffering from a dire housing shortage now seeing their housing markets crash. Thats what happens when a nation consistently builds over the last twenty years a new dwelling for every 1.9 new residents. Slowly but surely this great Australian credit and property bubble is bursting.

So much for a housing shortage.

Graic Gabtar posted:

Step away from the computer? Maybe - but I'll just pick up a tablet.

Negligent posted:

Fasting for three days would actually improve the health of most Australians

Avshalom posted:

Stop the boats.

Graic Gabtar posted:

ewe2 posted:

I thought there were some nice fresh memories in here, and then I went to twitter...

CrazyTolradi posted:

Proof of Age card can be used interchangeably with a drivers license (at least in terms of identification). AFAIK, this is also handled by the same department that does licensing and registration (At least in SA and QLD it is).

Endman posted:

Alien UFO invasion now!

Vladimir Poutine posted:

NZ was part of New South Wales for a while. I think they bailed at federation partly because they thought Māoris would get treated like poo poo in that scenario.

Anidav posted:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-32364857

Tony Abbott filmed downing a beer in only seven seconds

asio posted:

no no no you have to post a link

Seagull posted:

oh yeah it's easy to laugh now but would you be laughing after someone pulls an action man knife on a cop and starts swinging

QUACKTASTIC posted:

How do you quantify a Steam account?

hooman posted:

Hahhaahahahaha. Never stop making GBS threads the bed Miranda Devine.