We tax income — wages — massively. Wealth and assets? Lightly.
Ironic given the LNP's comments about lifters and learners. If you are sitting back leaning with wealth, you pay fuck all tax. If you (lift) work for a living you pay through the nose.
All the hot air about stage 3 tax cuts would have been better saved for a debate on negative gearing, capital gains tax discounts and broad based land taxes. Can't shift land offshore to dodge tax.
Could do, but likely won't. The voters punished Labor when shorten mentioned policies that maybe might have started making houses more affordable.
Personally i think CGT discounts should never have been a thing. Negative gearing should only have been for new builds and with a time limit of say 10 years.
Short of a time traveling assassination of John Howard I don't think we can easily unfuck the last few decades of bad policy.
I very much doubt the fediverse is in anyway representative of mainstream Australia.
Yes the road toll from emissions is thought to be higher than from crashes. https://www.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/4498161/Expert-Position-Statement_Vehicle-emissions_FINAL.pdf
Not sure if that message resonates with the average land cruiser driver though.
They certainly need to be banned from urban areas.
On the list of things i don't want within a few km of my kids, diesel fumes are next on the list after pedos and just above organised religion.
From the linked page:
Will a New Vehicle Efficiency Standard impact my existing car?
No.
That was my impression when I watched the video. However after watching, I googled who is the voice actor for Australian Google maps and it claimed she was. But then Google search results are so shit these days it wouldn't surprise me if that was wrong.
When I used Google maps, I would change the voice guidance to UK English as I couldn't stand the nasal tone the default Aussie one had.
After watching this, I swear Google must have fed her voice through a filter to make it sound different.
I think were are caught between the need for increasing density and the need for maintaining and increasing tree canopy.
The way to get both is not by haphazard battle axe infills. That gives only slightly higher density at the expense of most of the remaining canopy. Just look at what's happened in the inner south east Belmont through to Cannington.
We need medium density and more parkland. Which is virtually impossible to retrofit over suburbia.
Negative gearing should only have ever been allowed on new builds, and even then restricted to a maximum of say 10 years.
Perfect fit for being a politician. Especially a liberal party one!
I think the inner 10km around the CBD needs to prioritise public transport, then active transport over private cars. More bus lanes, actual cycle infrastructure (not murder strips / paint), traffic lights that favour buses / active transport.
Yup, have some relatives who live in the outer burbs of Perth and they get worse speeds on turdbulls fibre to the node mess than they did on ADSL . They are considering 5g and musk net at present. Thanks Malcolm!
Meanwhile I'm pretty happy with gigabit fibre to the home for $100 a month. The low upload speed of 50MB/s still has me scratching my head.