@LettersFromOz @OtherSideAus Question time? Online livestream. Any hack can set that up
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Anthony Lev
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"ever" is an absolute term. Cultures can and do change.
If you defund the ABC then you are left with worse problems - who provides coverage to regional australia? Who provides coverage of parliamentary question time? Who provides money for long-running investigative reporting? None of this pays
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They’re lunatics and they are showing their true colours now. There is no place for this in a liberal democracy. The ABC MUST be defunded. It’s a disgrace.
Katherine Deves Morgan 🇦🇺🚺@Katherine_deves
“A big & dangerous mistake to legitimise One Nation” Does this halfwit not understand how democracy works? ABC is nothing more than a sheltered workshop for second rate ideological hacks that identify as journalists Defund
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@Dubsperspective @Timcast Never been to show where a comedian does crowd work?
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@Timcast No the comedian was definitely triggered. This backfired majorly on him.
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Comedian does crowd work
Audience laughs
Women have awkward faces
Later complain comedian is racist
leftists: HAHA THAT COMEDIAN GOT OWNED
Ben Bankas@BenBankas
Triggered girl at comedy show…
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@Real_King_Elvis Chalmers is not only a retard, but a dangerous retard
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Higher inflation was already forecast long before any Strait of Hormuz drama, driven by reckless government spending, exploding public-sector employment, and collapsing productivity.
Shame on you Jim. Shame on Labor!
Jim Chalmers MP@JEChalmers
Today the independent Reserve Bank increased interest rates by 25 basis points. Australians are already paying a hefty price for the war in the Middle East and this decision will make it tougher. It will add to the pressure that families and businesses are under at a time of ongoing global instability. We understand that people are under pressure which is why we’re rolling out responsible cost of living relief. The uncertainty and volatility in the global economy mean there is an even greater premium on responsible fiscal management. In the upcoming Budget, we’ll continue this government’s record of responsible economic management by saving more than we spend and banking all upward revisions to revenue.
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@TrueIfBig123 @benjamincowen You gotta make your own decisions bro. People who want to succeed will learn that one way or another
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@benjamincowen will you admit you were wrong and misled thousand of young naive investors if it breaks 90k ?
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The next window of weakness for Bitcoin in midterm years tends to start in May or June.
Timing exact changes in momentum is difficult.
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The scare tactics don’t work on us anymore. We have something called the INTERNET and can look up what happens in Norway , Qatar and other places and we know if we nationalised the gas we keep all the profits. If I was the gas companies I would take the 25% export tax because the next offer is full nationalisation and sovereign wealth fund.
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I’m sick of these lying grifters at the anti-Australia Institute.
It is a straight-out lie to claim they “got the gas for free.”
The facts are these companies have spent tens of billions of dollars — with enormous commercial risk — just to get these projects off the ground.
And in doing so, billions have already poured into government coffers.
These are 25-year projects. They’ve barely started to recoup their massive capital investment, and when they finally do, the tax take for the government will increase dramatically.
The anti-Australia Institute doesn’t want more gas produced. Like good communists, they want to rewrite contracts Venezuelan-style and screw the companies that took all the risk.
The long term damage to Australia from rewriting contracts, the disincentive that this will create for future investments will be incalculable.
Australia Institute@TheAusInstitute
It shouldn't be surprising that gas companies are trying to convince you that they shouldn't pay more tax. The current system means they get to rake in billions selling our gas that they got for free. #auspol
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@Nbtoma @craigkellyAFEE Sounds good if you either abolish income tax and/or do a flat income tax of 10-20% with a generous tax-free threshold. Remove a vast range of other taxes/excises and really simplify taxation.
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@craigkellyAFEE A 15% flat GST on everything with no exemptions is good wdym? That’s the right-wing, pro-market, pro-growth policy.
Exempting things leads to millions of pages of paperwork and compliance costs. The GST does much less damage to the economy than income tax per dollar raised...
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Norway‘s dirty secret.
Grifter’s & spivs want Australia to copy Norway’s tax system.
What they don’t tell you is that Norway has a standard GST (VAT) of 25% - compared to Australia’s 10%
And Norway’s taxes Food at 15% - while in Australia most food is GST free.
So if you want to pay 15% more (all in tax) at supermarket checkout - let’s copy Norway.
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@putxiwhipped5 @OtherSideAus You mean the currency swap/swap line that only $1.5 Billion was tapped into and paid fully back in January? Old news bro and your sources are lying to you, cannot be trusted.
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Javier Milei has defied all odds (and all the critics) to slash the size of government and turn Argentina around in just a couple of years.
Capitalism wins every time. Socialism kills every time.
Make sure your kids know this, Australia.
Because every message they get at school, uni and the media is the opposite.
instagram.com/reel/DW7w7iXk8…
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@AusSue2 @Matt_Camenzuli @AndoInDisguise lol might work for you but certainly won't for farmers or the mining industry
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@Matt_Camenzuli @AndoInDisguise I have an EV, solar panels and a battery that would disagree with you.
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Bowen has decided that he is above scrutiny...
That he won't take questions that he doesn't like.
Power bills continue to rise, and questions must be answered.
The public have a right to know.
Democracy dies in secret.
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@stillreezy @purplepingers where are the libertarians calling for this?
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@purplepingers libertarians have been making calls for the nationalisation of refineries last month lol there's never been a better time to be a statist
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It’s truly a strange time when even liberal economists (or journalists really) reckon we should nationalise childcare (we absolutely should - and not just childcare).
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@purplepingers @stillreezy Everywhere you believe to see "market failure" first look at the government involvement and regulations in that sector. Childcare used to be affordable until the government began regulating the shit out of it. Don't blame the market for the fault of government
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@stillreezy I was wondering how libertarians would respond to this particular example of market failure but I have to admit I didn’t think their response would be to acknowledge that their whole worldview is ideologically bankrupt
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@Real_King_Elvis The Australia Institute are full of complete retards. All they do is advocate for more fucking central planning
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This is ridiculous.
First, the government bans paid advertising by private companies that advertise on commercial media.
This causes a massive drop in income for the media companies.
The Australia Institute suggests forcing these same companies to continue paying for their advertising, without the benefit of any exposure.
This is socialism in action.
Restrict private companies from generating income through advertising. Then tax these companies for the loss of income caused by their legislative interventions.
The government doesn't believe in free market capitalism.
This is why our economy is struggling.
Australia Institute@TheAusInstitute
A 1.4% levy on the gambling industry could compensate the media for ALL revenue lost from a potential gambling advertising ban. Australians lose more money gambling than any other country. It's time for our governments to act. @AmyRemeikis #auspol
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@mushycrouton You feel the need to broadcast your pronouns which is a massive retard move
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Imagine being so insecure and desperate for control you have to specify how your name is pronounced in your Twitter bio
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@switchfoot Nah it'd be like c'mon man, make room for my suitcases 😆
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Imagine just trying to get to your hotel room and the elevator doors open up to this…🎸🎤
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@ellensandell Price controls lead to shortages. But I don't expect the Greens to understand basic economics.
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The Greens held a renters' breakfast yesterday at Victorian Parliament, just before introducing our bill for rent controls.
Here's what a two-year rent freeze - followed by permanent rent caps set to wages and CPI - would mean to some Melbourne renters 💚
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@GreenTyler27 These socialists always blame the free market when in fact the burden of government taxes and regulations is an anchor on economic activity thus reducing productivity and competitiveness
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Incredible. We’re being told the ‘free market’ failed us. But we know the real issue is that our leaders outsourced national resilience while expanding our debt irresponsibly. Now we’re paying higher prices for energy, fuel and capital and its everyday households who wear the cost.
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@Real_King_Elvis Everywhere in Melbouone i saw today was around $2.20?
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Anyone else noticing that servos aren't passing on the whole discount now that the excise has been cut?
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@_davidlimbrick This is one of your finest beat-downs of the Greens
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It’s hard to take the Greens seriously when they keep proposing socialist policies like rent caps that are proven to cause nothing but misery.
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@KosSamaras Trump has now officially contributed more to the US debt ($10 trillion and counting) than any other POTUS in the history of the nation. His protectionist policies and purchasing stakes in large corporations disqualify him as a free marketeer or neoliberal.
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Albanese is about to deliver a line that would have been unsayable in mainstream politics five years ago. (Speech scheduled for today at the National Press Club).
The free market consensus - cut TAFE, offshore manufacturing, let multinationals price-gouge gas, store your fuel reserves overseas, didn’t die because the left finally won the argument. It died because Trump and others like him, who were and are the champions of Neo liberalism torched it. Not on purpose but because they were so blinded with their school yard international doctrine, they have been completely outwitted by the Iranians.
Over the last month or so, they criticised other countries for not falling in line behind an America that was blowing up the very order they’d built their politics around, live…in real time.
That’s the vacuum Albanese is walking into.
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@ChrisNoble49255 @TopherField Let the free market play out and not central planning.
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Notice what's missing?
The weight of the cargo (it was a load of toilet paper for the company 'who gives a crap', by the way)
The turnaround time before being able to tow a trailer back to Sydney.
The cost of the Prime Mover.
They are damning themselves with their own faint praise.
This is a 3 hr drive one way, or in other words it's less than a morning's work for a typical truckie. Then this truck will need to recharge, or swap their very expensive battery out for... another very expensive battery. And only then will they be able to make the return journey.
EV's aren't terrible in the right context, but the idea that they save the environment, or that they directly replace ICE in heavy transport, is silly.
Sydney EV 🔋☀️@sydney_ev
a Windrose #EV Truck, just competed a loaded B Double run from Sydney to Canberra non stop, no need to charge, 100% electric. total cost $50 approx. Diesel would have cost near $500 or more. We have solutions to our fuel crisis.. #auspol #trucking brisbanetimes.com.au/environment/cl…
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