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This divisive new thread seeks only to denigrate the silent majority who firmly believe the 2023 thread was fine. Why is Mr GrandTheftAutism and his out of touch government persisting with this thread?!? *MSM reproduces press release in full*
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GrandTheftAutism posted:fixed ugh, another woke leftist precious about pronouns (j/k, sorry!)
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Surely nobody seriously thinks the co-payment would have stayed at $5.
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Elissimpark posted:Oh wow. I remember his Queen Anne of Australia party from the Republic referendum stuff. Basically, we pinch Princess Anne for our queen and sell titles to rich wankers to raise cash. Considering that the Brits give titles to political donors, this seems like an improvement on transparency. Bring on the Bunyip Aristocracy (apply within).
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"I'm a Labor voter but now that they've broken a promise on tax cuts I won't vote for them" I guarantee anyone that says this never had any intention of voting for ALP It's a vast improvement on the existing stage 3 cuts, the only thing is that the whole package still takes a massive bite out of revenue.
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Real journalists wear a fedora that has a "PRESS" tag tucked into it, carry a notebook and pen, and write "SCOOP!" when they hear actual news.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:The front page of The Age has the Greens talking about getting rid of negative gearing again. Abolishing negative gearing doesn't change the quanta of existing housing stock. Maybe some investors will decide not to be landlords and sell, either to other investors or to occupiers (which would free up another property for occupation/rent etc). I don't think the issues with housing supply (i.e. new dwellings being built) would be addressed at all, the supply side constraints appear to be planning controls and lack of labour to build. The ALP policy at the 2019 election was to restrict negative gearing to new dwellings only, providing an incentive to build. Wouldn't fix the supply side issues though. Abolishing or maintaining negative gearing is a tax policy, not a housing policy. You change it if you're worried about the amount of revenue the government doesn't collect due to landlords claiming deductions against their other income streams. Ditto capital gains tax discount rules. Not having such generous treatment of investment properties would possibly have helped avert the housing crisis by not encouraging rampant property speculation, but I have no idea how you unscramble that egg now without destroying a huge amount of "wealth", which would have a massive impact across the whole economy.
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Cross runways suck and parallel runways take up a lot of land... my proposal is the stacked runway, three or four runways high.
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7 states? Are you trying to sneak in the Glorious State of Carpentaria or statehood for NT?
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Konomex posted:They actually did this in Spain and other cities well over a century ago, continue to do it and it works well. Squares, not circles. It helps keep the cities grid shaped. The shared green spaces are good for families, the apartments are sizeable... for families. The way the apartments are set up are good... for families. There's less need for driving, smaller businesses can compete with large ones easier because they have direct access to the neighbourhood. I don't mind some of the high density development that has been done in Mascot / Alexandria - tall apartment buildings surrounding green space with good access to shopping and transit. Currently there are not enough rapid transit stops but there's more metro stations opening in the next year or so. They're all Meriton developments so the build quality leaves a lot to be desired but the layout is relatively good. You still get lots of traffic because it's a commercial and freight area so hopefully changes to main roads that are coming will alleviate that. I haven't lived there but I have stayed in the serviced apartments in the area for work (lots of data centres nearby) and found it very convenient.
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Whatever happened to the Multi-Function Polis that the Japanese were going to build for us back in the 80s/90s? Arcologies now!
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