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Is it loving if you wank to your friend's erotic obituary about Bill Leak?
Are dark stormy nights and sullen looks involved?
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If everyone is overage and consenting adults why the gently caress are they calling it grooming?
Because that's the homophobic way to insinuate they're like pedophiles. As if young women have no sexual agency at all and there's some kind of abusive power imbalance between older and younger women. You know, like men.
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Apr 1, 2017 10:38
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Happy morning. Good news! Bolt lost a defamation case
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Mr Newhouse sued over an opinion piece written by Bolt on July 10, 2014, which carried the headline "Fearmongers' hateful fraud" in The Herald Sun.
It was also published in The Daily Telegraph, The Courier Mail and The Advertiser.
In it, Bolt claimed Mr Newhouse was part of the "refugee lobby", which, he said, had fraudulently asserted that certain Sri Lankan people who had arrived by boat in Australia were genuine asylum seekers.
Bolt wrote that 41 Sri Lankan asylum seekers had recently been forcibly returned by the Australian navy because they were "economic migrants and not genuine asylum seekers".
He then said a separate group of 153 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, who were represented by Mr Newhouse in the High Court, were not more likely to be "true refugees" than the 41 who had been returned.
"So if a crime against morality has been committed, it is surely this: that so many atrocity mongers and moral posers have inflicted upon us a gigantic fraud," Bolt said.
Mr Newhouse sued for defamation. In a judgment handed down on December 11, 2014, Justice McCallum found the five defamatory imputations pleaded by Mr Newhouse were capable of arising. These included that Mr Newhouse "has fraudulently represented to the public that people whom he represents are refugees when they are not"; that he "lied to the High Court"; that he is "motivated by deceit" and that he has "acted immorally".
Lawyers for News Corp had applied to have the imputations struck out.
Justice McCallum said she agreed with the submission of Mr Newhouse's barrister, Sue Chrysanthou, that "the whole thrust of the article is to expose the fraud of the representation that his clients were refugees".
Further, she said the following paragraph written by Bolt did give rise to an imputation of deliberate dishonesty to the High Court.
"Mr Newhouse and barrister Ron Merkel QC have persuaded the High Court to issue a temporary injunction against returning these 153 to Sri Lanka and the same superheated rhetoric is heard about torture, the 'disappeared' and Nazis," Bolt said.
Bolt's article opened with the line: "Here's conclusive proof that our 'refugee lobby' is motivated by deceit, self-preening and insane hatred of the Abbott Government."
Justice McCallum said that paragraph gave rise to the imputation of motivation by deceit.
In the final orders the defendants were listed as Nationwide News, Bolt and the Herald and Weekly Times.
Outside the court Mr Newhouse said the verdict "has vindicated my reputation".
"All I was doing was standing up for the little man. I assisted a group of extraordinarily vulnerable men, women and children to make sure that they received fair treatment by the Australian government and that they were not sent back to harm," Mr Newhouse said.
"It was unnecessary, and hurtful, to be attacked for just doing my job."
A spokesman for News Corp said: "The matter has settled and therefore did not proceed to trial so there was no judicial determination of the issues in dispute."
IE we settled to avoid a precedent that would gently caress us up in future and not because we're lying sacks of poo poo with an agenda across major news markets.
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Apr 4, 2017 22:45
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What also interested me was that it was the parent companies listed as defendants, about the only time you see them in the news outside of financial circles. Also the judgement was in 2014, that's a long-fought appeal.
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Apr 5, 2017 00:18
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The WA Libs have picked a Jeff Kennett staffer to review why they lost the election. Hilarity ensues.
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The WA Liberals have appointed the head of a government relations firm to conduct a comprehensive independent review of the party's "dysfunctional" state election campaign, following last month's downfall of the Barnett government.
Liberal state director Andrew Cox has written to members informing them the review will be undertaken by Barton Deakin managing director John Griffin.
Party members, constituent bodies and campaign committees have been asked to make written submission to the review and have been told they "will be treated confidentially".
Mr Griffin has more than 30 years' experience as an adviser to Liberal governments in Canberra and Victoria.
He worked on the Victorian coalition's successful 1992 state election campaign before being appointed chief of staff to Jeff Kennett.
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In his email to members, Mr Cox said the review would have five terms of reference:
* Analysis of the Liberal Party's term of government in the context of communications, narrative, policy delivery and policy development
* Analysis of the social, economic and political context of the period and its implications for the party
* Analysis of the relationship between the leader's office, the * parliamentary party and the Liberal Party and how that relationship impacted on the election result
* A review of campaign preparations, the election campaign, the campaign techniques and strategies of our opponents and lessons for other campaigns, including the next federal election campaign in Western Australia; and
* Recommendations for the conduct of the coming period in Opposition, with an emphasis on the essential steps needed to secure the earliest possible return to government
A little-known fact is that both ALP and Lib PR firms are mostly owned by the one company, STW Communications. John Griffin was Kennett's chief of staff for 5 years and finished with that in 1997, so long ago I can't dig up much about the circumstances, except that he "resigned to to establish his own business consultancy". More on STW here, from when it used to be called STW Group.
The tl;dr from all this though is PR people are trying to fix the message and not the party, so it'll all be for nothing.
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Apr 5, 2017 06:22
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- ewe2
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Australian politics live podcast has a new ep on housing with Grog and Shane Wright (economics editor for the West Australian). Their prediction for the Budget is a move on reducing the range of negative gearing rather than scare the horses on capital gains tax (Grog) or some kind of spending package (Shane).
edited for moar accuracy.
ewe2 fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Apr 7, 2017
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Apr 7, 2017 01:21
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No you see the colour of the egg is the same as the wood on the cross.
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Apr 7, 2017 08:39
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Catherine Burn was carefully qualifying her statements with "what we would argue is a terrorism-related modus operandi". Then said there was no danger to the public. That's a bow so long it's about to snap. If you can make that kind of tangential connection for any crime we may as well make everything terrorism-related.
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Apr 8, 2017 04:12
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Ombudsman's report into robo-debt, not very helpful. In fact it looks quite soft, basically blaming everything on bad planning and making excuses for the department like "there was always a law that allowed an involuntary 10% recovery fee".
CPSU survey of DHS staff leaves no doubt what they think: a crock of poo poo. No training, no communication, pressure from the government.
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It found 70 per cent thought the department's response once problems emerged with automated debt recovery was inadequate, while 43 per cent believed it was negligent and 36 per cent said it was dishonest.
But the DHS says it is listening to feedback and refining the debt program, and that the agency is adequately staffed and trained.
The CPSU said 55 per cent of members at the agency believed government pressure forced the system's roll out despite concerns raised, and three-quarters thought staff cuts had affected the program.
More than two-thirds had concerns before the program started, and nearly three in ten said they did not know anything about it as it began.
Nine in ten said they did not receive training for the online compliance initiative (OCI) before and after it came to public attention.
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Apr 10, 2017 01:12
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RIP John Clarke, you bloody genius.
Meanwhile Maurice Newman is a sack of poo poo in the Oz:
no im not going to post a url posted:
With the quality and variety of media so cheap and accessible these days, why do we need two public broadcasters costing almost $1.5 billion annually?
Why do we need even one?
Take SBS. Its establishment in 1975 is closely linked to the birth of multiculturalism in Australia. Today, it is the world’s most linguistically diverse media entity, with running costs of almost $400 million a year.
In their book, Racism, Ethnicity and the Media, Andrew Jakubowicz et al, write that, “the new broadcaster had ambitious goals — to reach an audience of huge cultural diversity. The development of ‘ethnic’ radio and ‘multicultural’ television was a byproduct of the shift away from the assimilation and integration models of Australian society.”
While immigrants were still encouraged to learn English quickly, in the 1970s it became obvious that broadcasting in community languages would assist communities to gain access to government services, and provide a “cultural bridge to their new homeland”.
This preference for “diversity” has contributed to the abridgement of free speech, identity politics, a divided society, growing intolerance and, diminished national pride.
After 40 years and the best efforts of SBS, we can conclude that shifting to multiculturalism from assimilation and integration was a mistake.
In any event, today’s technology has rendered the original SBS charter obsolete — a victim of digital disruption. Migrants can now stream content from their former homeland on demand and, in real time. Clearly $400m a year is not required to assist “communities” to gain access to government services.
Looking for relevance and audiences, SBS has gained a reputation for voyeuristic TV and, recently entered into partnership with Viceland, a “global youth brand”, “to bring some of the best available content from across the world, never before seen in Australia”. Programs such as Hate Thy Neighbour, Gay Conversion Therapy, Teen Exorcist, Gaycation, State of Undress and, Life After Food, are featured.
While SBS employs more than 1200 people in attractive working conditions replete with dog creche, it is not for taxpayers to support these jobs by paying for content that is accessible online and has little to do with the charter.
SBS resembles a government agency that, having outlived its intended purpose, is charting a course of its own, even advocating against government policy.
SBS has a disproportionately high 13 per cent of staff identifying as LGBTI. It is a partner in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Its openly gay chief executive promotes marriage equality, permitting the company logo to be used in support. He refused to air an advertisement critical of same-sex-marriage.
The government watches this abuse of taxpayer privilege as it quietly considers merging SBS and National Indigenous TV with the ABC.
A merger could deliver significant operational efficiencies, cost reductions and capital returns. It should also mean that SBS advertising revenue, circa $65m, would become available to the struggling commercial networks.
Yet even this consolidated entity will struggle to find a public purpose. Management and government may redefine the charter, but a billion-dollar-plus annual budget will be hard to justify.
Britain has already conducted this exercise and developed a new charter for the BBC. It calls for something “distinctively different” from commercial alternatives. If the market can provide, then public service media is not required. But how to measure “distinctiveness” when free-to-air, subscription and, online broadcasters, are so ubiquitous?
A declining share of TV and radio audiences suggests that any distinctiveness the ABC may have had is losing its appeal. Younger demographics are mostly getting their news and entertainment from established social media feeds. Any public broadcasting behemoth seeking to be distinctive now, or in the future, will probably struggle in this increasingly fickle, demanding and, crowded cyberspace.
Working to the ABC’s advantage is the undue political attention it receives from Canberra. It is understood that Malcolm Turnbull personally intervened in the appointment of chief executive Michelle Guthrie, normally the prerogative of the board. This has led to complaints about the selection process. The Prime Minister also pushed for his friend Justin Milne to become the new chairman. This interference is unhealthy and reinforces the impression that the political class views the ABC as a state, rather than an independent, broadcaster.
Despite the protestations of Milne, who says there is no bias to fix, the group-think that pervades the ABC leans distinctly left. A university survey records 41 per cent of its journalists vote Green. There’s a lack of editorial curiosity or disposition to surprise. Routinely, it supports fashionable “progressive” causes, like Islam, refugees, climate change and indigenous issues. It predictably condemns Israel, the Catholic Church, Tony Abbott, Pauline Hanson and Donald Trump. Free speech, free markets and rational economics get short shrift. Management is focused on gender and ethnic diversity, but not thought. When the chairman says “roughly speaking 50 per cent of the audience will think (the ABC) is biased to the left ...”, you know there is no appetite for change.
The media, particularly the ABC and SBS, have played a significant role in easing the way for the left’s control of the economy’s commanding heights, those critical sectors that dominate economic activity — electricity generation, heavy manufacturing, mining, and transportation. Climate science has been shamelessly exploited to this end.
To the totalitarians, public broadcasters are valuable allies and they religiously court them through direct contact with producers, presenters and management and, via organisations like Friends of the ABC. They want government-sanctioned journalism, something the Gillard government tried to introduce through an Australian Human Rights Commission-type enforcer. Better luck next time there’s a Labor government.
The stark reality is that today’s case for taxpayer-funded media is thin and getting thinner. We can no longer dismiss the improvements to our freedoms, budgets and national debate, the break-up and sale of our public broadcasters would deliver us.
Maurice Newman was chairman of the ABC between 2007 and 2011.
Correction: pathetic sack of poo poo.
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Clarke's last Meanjin column is terrific, a great read.
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Apr 10, 2017 02:39
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https://twitter.com/JoshButler/status/851376694292119552
One of these things is not like the other...
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Apr 10, 2017 12:12
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So journalists are complaining that ABC PR is throwing them bullshit lines about the Exelby "sacking".
https://twitter.com/RichardTuffin/status/851399626401824768
In emails the ABC is trying to say it didn't happen but even if it did there's no confirmation.
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Apr 10, 2017 13:38
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Meanwhile in the land of Moron, a stupid lady has an important message:
https://twitter.com/SBSNews/status/851572099302932480
ahahahahahaha don't tell her, this is an educational opportunity.
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Apr 11, 2017 00:57
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So apparently this happened
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A Port Adelaide fan behind a series of shocking racist Facebook posts about Crows star forward Eddie Betts claims she’s since received death threats.
When her beloved team lost the blockbuster showdown on Saturday night, Maxine Spratt took out her anger on Crows players.
“Well I just didn't like the players, just don't like them full stop, never have liked them, never will like them,” she told 7 News.
In a series of Facebook posts shared among 100,000 people, the 31-year-old labelled Betts an ape and left this sickening message for his family.
"Eddie Betts... should go back to the zoo where him and his family belong."
You know, morons.
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Apr 11, 2017 01:29
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I like the idea but it would be useful to have links to the actual articles.
(unless they're there and I just can't see them)
No you're not getting it, its one of those Markovian random sites where it spits out almost-believable sentences.
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Apr 11, 2017 02:19
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There's been a chorus of denials that work for the dole will be axed, among other things "it would infuriate our voters". Dig up, stupid.
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Is there any data to reflect that the ABC and SBS are popular in One Nation electorates? I feel like people are just making poo poo up about this.
You live in a capital city, don't you.
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Apr 12, 2017 01:18
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Rather than engaging in this poo poo I went and read their self reporting on regional performance and it has declined during prime time (as a share of all free to air television space). Thank you for your post.
No I was simply pointing out that if you lived in a regional area, you would be aware of it, because it's infrastructure every bit as important to regional people as roads and telephones. The phrase "ABC funding cuts" means a little bit more here. Clearly not to you.
But please, do continue to make wild assertions about what might be cut and how regional people might view it, I'm sure we all need to be reeducated.
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Apr 12, 2017 02:00
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If you read the post you would have noted I was referring to strong One Nation areas. Do you live in a card carrying one nation area with some good anecdotal stories about how they love the ABC?
They aren't the majority of electorates, but I can think of two off the top of my head: SE Qld and Nth Qld. SE Qld would support cuts because demographically a large percentage are retirees from the south. Nth Qld, however would disagree since they're angry with everyone else because they don't have enough infrastructure. Unless you have an interesting list of strong PHON electorates? For your information, I have lived in both areas, but do not currently live in a "stronghold", they seem to be rarer than you suggest.
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Apr 12, 2017 02:09
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JBP, you're treating a PHON voter like they're some kind of separate entity from the rest of an electorate. Granted, there's something to it going on in places like Caloundra, but in your proper regionals like Nth Queensland (defined from, say Rockhampton upwards), they're not. They're just angry and wanting an alternative to the majors.
But give them the perception that PHON would blackmail the government over something they very much care about, that's going to damage PHON a lot. Where I live, PHON is just the crazy fringe but if Senator McKenzie doesn't rush out and say something to the contrary if this gets more heat, I'll be very surprised because the Nats are just as sensitive on the issue. And that's in an electorate where I repeat, PHON has a snowball's chance in hell. There is a great danger that the LNP would play this up also, because it hurts PHON more than it hurts them.
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Apr 12, 2017 02:49
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Don't buy any easter eggs they are all halal.
catallaxy hears about Waleed eating the bunny posted:
The interesting thing about that Waleed Aly video – apart from being another example of a prominent Muslim male beating up on a woman – is that Aly is confirmed to be a devout Muslim who only eats “Halal” food. He eats the gold bunny on that basis by his own admission. Good for him. But this being the case, why doesn’t he “perfectly skewer” or “smack down” a gay lobbyist comparing homosexual ‘relationships’ to real marriage? He must want to, as a devout ad traditional Muslim. Mmm.
Hmph well he must be wrong some other way.
catallaxy is suspicious of halal certification posted:
I’m not willing to contribute to a bogus and unnecessary halal certification scheme that goes to shadowy organizations, of which there are many competing ones, to boost islam, and possibly being used to support terrorists.
yet another one posted:
Nothing wrong with informing people that a company has paid for their Easter eggs to be halal certified.
No. It needs to be banned. Islam is a cancer that needs to be removed from the West. One of the strategies is to cut funding through this extortion racket. Along with several other strategies that will encourage adherents of the RoP to remove themselves to another, more Islam friendly, country.
You can never beat the dumb.
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Touch the poop ewe2. Touch it.
I'm not letting any of my information near those lunatics, you do it.
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Apr 12, 2017 03:50
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Sharri Markson with actual (horse-race) journalisms from the daily telegraph:
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SENIOR Government figures fear the Budget process is in danger of derailing, with Scott Morrison’s authority being publicly undermined by restless ministers, and the party leadership dithering on key policy initiatives.
["Senior Government figures" = backgrounding campaign, most likely from Morrison's staff]
The Treasurer, whose May 9 Budget will determine the immediate fate of the Government, dismissed as “complete rubbish” any suggestion of problems.
But The Daily Telegraph has been told of his growing “frustration” at the indecisiveness from the top of Government and that Malcolm Turnbull has instructed him to consult with Peter Dutton over housing affordability measures.
While Mr Dutton, the Immigration minister, has no economic responsibilities, he has become the head of the right wing of the Liberal Party, and is considered a potential Coalition leadership rival to Mr Morrison.
[Somehow this is supposed to explain why a potato would have any economic insight.]
While Mr Morrison’s office played down suggestions of unrest, several ministers and key insiders told The Daily Telegraph tensions between him and the Prime Minister had escalated in the past fortnight.
One MP expressed concerns Mr Turnbull’s edict to Mr Morrison to reach consensus on housing policy with Mr Dutton, who does not sit on the powerful Expenditure Review Committee, left the Treasurer in danger of being “emasculated”.
And insiders were yesterday stunned, and Mr Morrison was said to be unhappy, that Cabinet ministers and Mr Turnbull were publicly canvassing policy measures.
[The Right don't like where Morrison wants to go with some bits of the Budget and are trying to bully him into changing it. At the same time, they want to keep the bits they like very quiet.]
“I’ve never seen a thing like today where there’s an open discussion about a measure that may or may not be in the Budget a month out,” one source said.
Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne and Mr Dutton were both disparaging of a proposal to allow young people to raid their superannuation yesterday — a day after Mr Turnbull also dismissed the measure publicly, rather than in a private meeting of Cabinet.
Traditionally, Government ministers do not discuss, never rule in or rule out Budget initiatives so close to the Treasurer’s speech.
Key economic ministers met in Sydney yesterday to thrash out measures, and discussed changes to Capital Gains Tax concessions, but The Daily Telegraph understands they failed to reach an agreement.
[This means he has no state government support, lol what a surprise.]
Mr Dutton has strongly opposed budget measures Mr Morrison has been exploring, including changes to negative gearing and allowing first-home buyers to access superannuation, and his opinion has been sought in discussions around changes to Capital Gains Tax.
One Liberal MP described Mr Morrison as in danger of being emasculated as Treasurer.
[Despite the fact that, as we know, potatoes know nothing about economics but know the value of their investment properties.]
The MP said while Mr Dutton did not hold an economic portfolio, he was a senior Cabinet minister who could be consulted on economic policy.
“I don’t blame Malcolm for that but at the same time the Treasurer needs to be the captain of that ship and you can’t emasculate him,” the MP said.
“The Treasurer can’t be answering to too many other people.”
Another MP said there were tensions between Mr Turnbull and Mr Morrison but also said they were “common” ahead of a federal Budget.
Mr Morrison dismissed colleagues’ descriptions of strained relations with the PM and frustration at having to run economic policy by Mr Dutton as “complete rubbish”.
Senior figures from the Howard government said former prime minster John Howard and treasurer Peter Costello were on the same page with economic policy and, while they may have discussed a measure with Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, he was not a central part of the decision-making process ahead of Budget.
[Clearly intended to embarrass Turnbull.]
Mr Morrison was exploring change to negative gearing by limiting the deductibility of interest on residential investor mortgages until Mr Turnbull made it clear privately he needed consensus from Mr Dutton and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, senior figures in the Right of the party.
Both fiercely opposed the measure, and it was subsequently ruled out.
Mr Pyne yesterday said it was a great pity colleagues were running Budget debates publicly. He then gave his own view on a housing measure.
Mr Turnbull is understood to have asked Mr Morrison to reach a consensus with Mr Dutton and Mr Cormann in an effort to avoid a showdown with the Right after the Budget.
Former PM Tony Abbott has already indicated, in an interview with The Daily Telegraph this week, that he would not support cutting Capital Gains Tax concessions, which he said would amount to a covert tax.
[Like anyone gives a gently caress what you think Tony. But the "showdown" would appear to be on anyway. Clearly no one thinks its a winning Budget.]
Mr Morrison was also re-examining whether it’s worth keeping the Work for the Dole scheme, which he viewed as too expensive at an annual cost of $650 million, with little results.
His push to axe the program was quickly exposed in the media, with the government forced to confirm it would keep the mutual obligation scheme.
I'm also hearing disturbing BasicsCard rumours on twitter but can't find anything tangible. But the Budget seems to already be pre-cooked
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Apr 13, 2017 23:00
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For the market to crash you need, for whatever reason, more people desperate to sell than there are buyers. At best negative gearing will be grandfathered meaning there's no reason to sell, investers will leave the market and all the desperate homebuyers will keep buying at whatever prices are.
On the one hand you're right, bubbles start for different reasons. On the other hand you're ignoring what a bubble is, the loss of rationality about investments and the loans made to acquire them.
Buying a string of investment properties and banking up the loans for them is not an unusual situation in the current market. Negative gearing is only part of the story; the underlying problem is being able to make good on the loans. Grandfathering will only help some, but it won't solve the problems a burst bubble presents to the economy. The flow-on effects can be difficult to predict, but its bad news for everyone.
I assume Dutton and friends will look after themselves and pretend to be sad. But geez, the anger over this will no less irrational than the bubble itself.
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This from the detained journalist:
https://twitter.com/BehrouzBoochani/status/852835133677748225
Sounds like a loving invasion.
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Apr 14, 2017 12:04
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Abbott is the best thing to happen to the LNP.
He is their kryptonite.
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Start looking for cafe work, Daisy: the master is on a roll.
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Apr 18, 2017 07:54
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Such a weird list.
There is a focus on journalism/media/arts, a lot of movie production jobs, for example.
Media producers who produce only video? No TV presenters, how often do we import those?
Diver? that's a bloody weird choice. It's a very difficult profession to find talent in, anywhere in the world.
No metallurgists or Other Sports Officials.
Not doctors but dental staff. No sculptors, shearers or singers.
And definitely NO bloody deer or goat farmers. gently caress off, we're alpacas.
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https://twitter.com/annavidot/status/854530183944036352
Armidale isn't enough, we've got to gently caress everyone over.
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This is SUCH a bullshit article. I assume you didn't click through, so just to save you:
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Low-income welfare recipients are turning to negative gearing to get a foothold on the property ladder, according to a report that finds the share of households that pay no net tax has climbed to as high as 60 per cent.
As debate rages over the merits of negative gearing, the KPMG report reveals the bottom fifth of households (ranked by income) have enjoyed growth in “investment income” of 8.5 per cent a year over the past decade, more than four times faster than the other 80 per cent. This was “confirmed by the substantial increase in value of second mortgage payments being undertaken within this quintile,” the study found.
The report, which uses Melbourne Institute and ABS households income data over 20 years to 2015, also suggested the share of households paying no net tax — after welfare payments are netted against income tax paid — has reached 60 per cent, which is above most conventional estimates that put the figure nearer 50 per cent. “This needs further review by the government as it suggests that the loosening of transfer payments after the GFC were never properly tightened up again — and it is very difficult to withdraw benefits once they have been granted,” said KPMG chief economist Brendan Rynne.
The number of low-income households with second mortgages is estimated to have more than doubled to over 37,000 since 2006.
“While it is perhaps understandable that the poorest members of our society want to diversify and increase their incomes, this group is the least able to take on the financial risk associated with geared investment activity”, Mr Rynne said. “It is clear from our analysis that if the bubble does burst it will not just be the better-off who will be directly affected, the poor will be too,” he said.
The KPMG analysis, to be released today, emerges a week after Scott Morrison appeared to rule out changes to negative gearing, which Labor has promised to limit to new dwellings if it wins the election.
The Reserve Bank warned last week that a third of homeowners did not have any mortgage repayment “buffers”, leaving them vulnerable to rising interest rates in a housing market characterised by soaring prices in Sydney and Melbourne and rising debt. Mortgage debt has risen 7.3 per cent a year in the decade to 2015 — it is currently more than $1.6 trillion — but mortgage interest payments increased only 1.5 per cent, the analysis showed.
Housing affordability is to be the central element of the May 9 budget, although the final shape of the package has not yet been settled.
Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly is pressing for incentives to encourage older people to downsize to a smaller house, exempting cash gains from the pension assets test.
He said many older people were hanging on to their four or five-bedroom homes simply so they could continue to receive the pension when they would happily live in a two-bedroom unit. Mr Kelly said this phenomenon was having a detrimental effect on the supply of housing. He suggested the government should change the rules so that “if you did downsize, then the residual …. (won’t) count in your pension assets test.”
The KPMG report finds half of the income of the poorest households was derived from government transfers.
“This outcome has in part been influenced by the growth in the Australian minimum wage … to $657 a week in 2015,” the report said.
A lot of weasel words and a scary headline. "Pensioners" with high value asset, family trusts, and minimized tax, not actual pensioners and Newstart recipients. On top of that, they want to blame the minimum wage, and introduce yet another cash scheme that does nothing to improve revenue.
What it really means is that we are badly over-extended and even if they wanted to remove negative gearing, financial collapse for many is assured. Couldn't happen to a nicer generation.
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