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@ukboomers Any thoughts on where I can buy a fully depreciated council flat with a 44% discount on its market value? (ideally in Zone 2)

What I would do if I was starting over on the property ladder today. Sell the 65 inch television. That's a deposit in some parts of the country. We didn't have a colour TV until 1979. No holidays abroad and no cruises. We didn't see Spain until we bought a flat there. Forget the word takeaway coffee and buy a jar of Nescafe. Get a second job. I worked every Saturday for the whole summer. Be kind to your landlord. Never complain about the mould at the property. Nobody wants to help someone who moans. Save every penny for one summer and put down a deposit on a modest starter home. I followed all of these and I got a 5 bed in 1982.

@88888sAccount Hungover, boarding a delayed redeye from LAX to Syd and boomers were singing Sweet Caroline like it was the school bus 🛬🔥🙏

its 2026 and someone in the crowd requests Khe Sanh

@guywhoiswoke Jersey guy: "Nice refinery you got there. Be a shame if something happened to it"

“CIA did Geelong oil refinery” doesn’t look so crazy now does it

@TheStalwart @tracyalloway @alexbhturnbull "All the pimps are bad....we need more Pam Griers" Solid candidate for #fintwit #auspol quote of the week?

NEW ODD LOTS: War in Iran is already reshaping East Asia's energy future. @tracyalloway bring back @alexbhturnbull who says BYDs are flying off the dealer lots and that we're already seeing re-accelerated timelines for restarting nuclear in the region. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/war…

@CJHandmer Unlike caltech, hyperloop or NASA JPL?

When I was in Australia last December, I found it impossible to transact with any business where there weren't latent government price controls or subsidies of some kind. I came to the realization that with the public sector growing about 5x faster than the private sector, Australia was well on the way to an effectively government run economy, communism by stealth. I dug deeper - the point of no return occurred in about 2013. caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/aus…

@88888sAccount But Sportsbet can’t give matched bets anymore. COME ON.

Must follow account for Australians. By these projections we are going to run out of diesel by May 19th. Think about what that means for the economy.

@hot_rails Meanwhile Snowy2.0 is expected to cost $12 billion (without Humelink) and be 7 years late

Australia has plenty of gas, but most of it is in the Northwest Shelf, isolated from the populated east coast. The West-East Pipeline would unify the national market, connecting cheap WA gas to the expensive eastern states. A 2017 feasibility study estimated construction would take two years and cost $5.8 billion, and reduce east coast gas prices by $3/GJ - a benefit of over $2 billion per year! That’s narrow peacetime benefits only, ignoring the project’s strategic value and national resilience. If coupled with a gas-to-liquids plant in South Australia, it would underpin true liquid fuel security for a nation increasingly aware of its dependence on maritime trade.

@plebcapital correlation not causation

Fake tan causes brain damage. Convince me otherwise.

@WhiteHouse Is the war over?

President Trump Delivers an Address to the Nation, Apr. 1, 2026 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

@sir_relaxacat @thmsenglsh winston peters in carbonite, above the entrance to parliament house

@thmsenglsh Capturing Chris Luxon and chaining him to Albo’s desk in Canberra like Princess Leia was chained to Jabba would be great for the national self esteem imoh

"Moi phellow Awstwalians. Twoday oi am announcying that we will be invading nyoo zeelend"

@rationalaussie "Have a good easter. Go on holiday. Nothing to worry about mate"

What's really important in Albo's announcement was what he didn't say. He did not say the war would end soon. He did not say Australia would not send in ground troops. He did not say we have enough fuel long term. That's the signal. Information by omission.

@michellegrattan @ConversationEDU its a good qualification saar

Nearly half our permanent migrants are working below their skill level: former Treasury Secretary theconversation.com/nearly-half-ou… via @ConversationEDU

@10footinvestor goldman interns and vail ski patrol have more solidarity than this lot seem to be able to muster

@headoffatness Get fit or die trying

One thing that's really interesting you are going to see a lot more of in the next few years - is white collar unions Firstly, white collar unions are fucking hopeless. Bankers, professionals, software devs, game devs. Blue collar unions are incredibly evolved by comparison

@horriblelizard Has the PM been taken hostage? Is this a prerecorded doomsday message? Why is the ABC playing Swan Lake?

Did some fucking staffer decide we need a state of the fucking union address

Service station opening times. Send tweet.

@plebcapital I know an OOM when I see one

Lol that was a fat nothing burger. Brb going to drain my swimming pool and fill it up with diesel.

@dannolan Feds trying to figure out who is getting thrown under the bus

ten guys reading news com au are gonna save us