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@7AFL @kanecornes Astounding there is no mention of the board on the wheel of blame.

.@kanecornes has done the maths on who's to blame at Essendon 👀

@LarkinsGreg69 @DigDooley @rfcswallace He’s certainly on notice, and has until the end of season to prove himself. If he can consistently recapture that first half form, he won’t be delisted. Let’s wish him the best.

@DigDooley @Districtsix2 @rfcswallace Doesn't matter what I think, but he'll be delisted at the end of the season by the people that actually do know best. He's awful.

Out: Lynch, Nank, Trezise, Armstrong, Hopper In: Faull, Fawcett, Alger, Retschko, McAuliffe

@LarkinsGreg69 @DigDooley @rfcswallace When the team was playing well in the first half, he was arguably BOG. There were glaringly worse performers than Sonsie on the day to be dropped before him.

@DigDooley @Districtsix2 @rfcswallace I guess half a game is good enough for you

@LarkinsGreg69 @rfcswallace Sonsie played quite well today, deserves to keep his spot.

@rfcswallace Sonsie?

@RennickGBR @VDejan0000 I agree with most of your policies Gerard, but the figures show superannuation is working. Australia’s aged pension is significantly below other OECD countries as a percentage of GDP, roughly 50% lower.

This conversation has generated a fair bit of conversation so I think it’s worth elaborating on. There is a common misconception that superannuation is decreasing the number of retirees on the pension. As per ASFA figures attached in comments - the median balance for men and women aged 60-64 is $220k and $164k respectively. That is nowhere near enough to get off the full pension which starts to reduce when a home owning single person has assets of $321k. The pension cuts out entirely if a home owning single person has assets of $714k. In other words, well over half of people about to retire have barely half the level of assets needed to get off the full pension. This is worse than when Superannuation began in 1992 when 77% of retirees were receiving a pension. 50% were receiving a full pension and 27% were receiving a part pension. Furthermore as per the ABS figures attached in comments below, 40% of people now retiree with a mortgage up from 10% in 1992. These figures are over five years old so the figure is probably worse. That means that most people have to cash in their super when they retire to pay off their mortgage and then go onto the pension anyway. Then there is the whole return on investment scenario - if house prices are growing the same as or faster than superannuation returns, then yet again it becomes a false economy. In other words Superannuation is not achieving its stated aim. The Productivity Commission estimates the cost of running Superannuation is around 1% of funds under management or $40 billion per year. Australia doesn’t need more financial engineers in this country, we need real engineers building real assets not paper assets. Nor should we be investing superannuation money overseas in foreign infrastructure when our own country desperately needs more infrastructure investment.

@KatyKray73 The country is going on the same downward spiral as Victoria. Exorbitant debt and spending followed by exorbitant taxes and cost of living.

Australia is suffering the steepest drop in living standards of any OECD country, ballooning national debt approaching $1 trillion, interest rates climbing, and record levels of small business insolvencies crushing the economy, it's little wonder One Nation's support is skyrocketing. Keep pushing forward, One Nation! 👏🏼

@fulovitboss Any movement upwards in their term deposit rates ? I thought not 🙄

CBA reprices their fixed rates.. One of Australia’s biggest banks has delivered a brutal blow to homebuyers with the equivalent of a triple rate hike, adding hundreds to the cost of a typical mortgage repayment. The Commonwealth Bank, Australia’s largest, jacked up its fixed rates by up to 0.70 percentage points – the same as if the Reserve Bank hiked three times in a row. Article: realestate.com.au/news/triple-ra…

@MaryKostakidis Looks like a scene from Utopia 🤡

The AG’s office person is struggling to explain this for a reason. It lacks logic, and is totally discriminatory

@ausbtcclub And if you purchased a commercial or industrial property in Victoria post June 2024, you have to add in the new annual Commercial and industrial property tax, making it 3 annual land taxes. The supposed good news is you won’t have to pay the one off stamp duty.

Purchased an investment property in 2016 7km from Melbourne CBD and sold in 2024. Price: $690,000 Stamp Duty: $36,470 Conveyancer: $1,400 x2 Total land tax: $7,200 Total council rates: $17,800 Total insurance: $8,800 Real Estate commission: $15,000 Total Real Estate fees: $10,400 Advertising: $6,000 That's $104,470 in expenses in just 8 years. A honey pot of taxes paid with AFTER tax dollars. Not including maintenance, loss of rent, morgage interest, fees, and more. If your financial adviser recommends investment properties, ask them about the above and how much is expected in expenses. Then ask them how would those expenses compare to say, a simple self custody Bifcoin strategy.

@CryptopepperP @TheDataHubX Dutch is similar to Afrikaans 🤷‍♂️

Top 10 Hardest vs Easiest Languages to Learn Hardest Languages to Learn 1) 🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese 2) 🇸🇦 Arabic 3) 🇯🇵 Japanese 4) 🇰🇷 Korean 5) 🇭🇺 Hungarian 6) 🇫🇮 Finnish 7) 🇵🇱 Polish 8) 🇷🇺 Russian 9 🇹🇷 Turkish 10) 🇮🇸 Icelandic Easiest Languages to Learn 1) 🇿🇦 Afrikaans 2) 🇳🇱 Dutch 3) 🇳🇴 Norwegian 4) 🇸🇪 Swedish 5) 🇪🇸 Spanish 6) 🇮🇹 Italian 7) 🇵🇹 Portuguese 8) 🇫🇷 French 9* 🇩🇰 Danish 10) 🇷🇴 Romanian Note: This list is based on language difficulty rankings by the U.S. Foreign Service Institute (FSI). FSI ranks languages according to the average time (weeks & study hours) required for a native English speaker to achieve professional fluency. Key factors used: 1) Grammar complexity 2) Writing system & script 3) Pronunciation & tones 4) Vocabulary similarity with English Languages like Mandarin, Arabic, Japanese & Korean take ~2,200+ hours (hardest), while Spanish, French, Italian etc. take ~600–750 hours (easiest). Source: U.S. Foreign Service Institute (FSI)

@PeterLeversha @0delay1 @ausstockchick Tertiary education bankrupting the country……highly unlikely. More because university students are an insignificant voting block and therefore an easy target to cut funding to with minimal blowback.

@0delay1 @ausstockchick It was Hawke who cancelled university subsidies, because it nearly bankrupted the country. When you make it free, you get nothing but free loaders. The better option is to ban foreign students, the costs of university would drop in a heartbeat.

From today, the first 100,000 people will see their student debt slashed, with another three million to follow in the next fortnight.

In total, $16 billion in debt will be wiped. Oh I can’t wait to pay for everyone else’s life decisions! #ausbiz #auspol

@michaelobrienmp A fresh start? Is that all you’re offering. The Laboral Party need a fresh start too, you can’t even Bradbury your way into power.

The Australian Financial Review sets out just some of the damage the Allan Labor government is doing to Victoria. It's time for a fresh start. #springst

@reasonableal @Lisa9Sophia 2 property transactions resulting in 2 astoundingly massive windfall gains in a very short period of time. At least one recipient with ties to the premier and the prime minister. Nothing suspicious here. Who is the “Hawthorn developer”, or is that a secret.

@Lisa9Sophia Typical misleading Oz article. Brar sold the property to a Hawthorn developer who later sold it to Amazon for $79m. Does the article make this clear? Of course not. If Brar was aware of the Amazon interest he would have sold directly to them and made almost triple the money.

Albanese and Andrews had a private meeting with an Indian businessman who made money bringing in international students Where it gets interesting is the very same businessman bought land when Andrews was Premier and months later had it rezoned so sold it, bagging $22 million! The poor old farmers who sold the land had no idea it was going to be an Amazon site. But did Andrews know? And did he tell anyone? Add to this the CFMEU, and the stench around Labor is like nothing we’ve ever seen before. Yet they’re all untouchable. Completely above the law

@QBCCIntegrity @7NewsBrisbane Judging by the corrupt unions bleeding Victoria dry it’s obvious if we nationalise the mining industry where all the money will go….. Unfortunately, sellout politicians will never benefit Australians whether the mines are privately owned or nationalised.

Australia, hear me out. Let’s have a discussion about nationalising our mining industry. Is it time OUR wealth for toil, from OUR resources, was owned and operated exclusively in Australia, by Australia, for Australia - eliminating income tax? Not foreign owned. Let’s discuss

@ausvstheagenda So the anonymous backbenchers are accompanying her as a cheer squad, head nodding being their major skill set.

Premier Jacinta Allan says yesterday was a “big day” on her trade trip to China, bragging about getting a look at exclusive Labubu dolls. Victoria is doomed.

@AllBiteNoBark88 @demi_anderson0 Demi is such an articulate and courageous speaker. Keep going in your fight against the unjust and unaccountable govt and its cohorts , all awake Victorians(which sadly isn’t many) are behind you.

I AM THE WHITE RABBIT - "STONNINGTON COUNCIL HERITAGE LAWFARE PART 2" w/ @demi_anderson0

@Jonesracing82 The AFL talent pool must be too shallow for desperate struggling teams to be chasing Young.

He's one we need to keep

@TopherField Only in Victoria would they replace Myki with a new untried system that is still plagued by teething problems and cost hundreds of millions more than a ready made, fully functional credit card train payment system that has been in operation in Sydney for over a decade.

Give me your best 'Only in Victoria' for a new video. I'll start: Only in Victoria does your car have to be roadworthy, but the road doesn't have to be car worthy. Only in Victoria can they not afford new firetrucks, but they can afford dozens of $350,000 machete bins. Only in Victoria... your turn.

@Thomo_Grant It’s all outcome based. Just ask Tom Lynch 🙄

Please don’t tell me that Xerri is potentially getting suspended for the accidental contact to Sparrow? This could finally snap the whole system.

@BradBattinMP @SkyNewsAust That’s all we need, more govt overreach. May as well vote Labor, and the polls are showing Labor will win the next election. Liberals heading further into oblivion.

I spoke with Peta Credlin last night on @SkyNewsAust about our commitment to making Victoria’s streets safe from violent and antisocial protestors. There’s a time and place to protest peacefully. However, there is no excuse for the Antisemitic intimidation that’s becoming all-too frighteningly common under the Allan Labor Government.