@DrCameronMurray It's not about the children. Politicians and the political class hate being insulted by anonymous online accounts ie. Free speech and want to go after anonymous posters by having their ID on file for defamation claims
@BenPhillips_ANU I think universities are 75% public funded if you include help loans repaid through the tax system the rest being international student fees. I think childcare and healthcare is 60-70% public funded. What is the correct answer?
@theAZtrader A spare room is viewed as an unaffordable luxury now unfortunately. I believe the govt and rbs said we needed more inhabitants per dwelling. Housing should be abundant and affordable.
@Dream_S14@rationalaussie Exactly. Train drivers are paid as much as air traffic controllers. One has a difficult exam the other is about who you know and how long have you been in the union.
@GrayConnolly Ive heard France described as a Mercantile economy. Out of America's close allies they perform the most espionage and especially economic espionage.
@DaveTaylorNews And has substantial market risk. To replace owning ppor with super and then rent would require a super balance in excess of the value of the house given risk free rate of return. Would anyone argue owning own home is worse than having equiv in super?