Chris Hynes

[Chris Hynes @chrishynes100]

@ayushnoharia @minchoi Why couldn’t they be convinced to pay 320k? Why not just round it up for heavens sake? 🤣

[Chris Hynes @chrishynes100]

@AlboMP Australian manufacturing and jobs are welcome. But jobs alone aren’t an industry strategy. Can Vitex compete globally on productivity, scale, quality and cost? What are the export targets, unit-cost benchmarks and plan to remain commercially viable without ongoing support?

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@AlboMP You have no idea FFS! 5% deposits for first home buyers, fuels prices, increases household debt and risk: dumb policy! And now policy decisions for political ends that will marginalise child care operators

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@UnpluggedOz @TheAusInstitute I think you’re missing my point. I agree rents are set by supply and demand. But CGT settings affect demand by making housing more attractive to investors, inflating prices, increasing leverage and reshaping the whole market. Rents don’t sit outside that asset-price cycle.

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@UnpluggedOz @TheAusInstitute Agree no single investor sets rent. But market rents reflect required yields across the asset class. If CGT-fuelled demand lifts property prices, investors need higher rent over time to justify the capital value and debt. That feeds into market rent expectations.

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@UnpluggedOz @TheAusInstitute Rental supply is only one side. CGT-fuelled investor demand bids up property values. Higher values mean higher debt, higher required yields and pressure to lift rents. That’s how asset inflation flows through to rental inflation.

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@MikeCarlton01 Any day’s a good day with AI Mike!!🤣

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@UnpluggedOz @TheAusInstitute The CGT discount changed the game. It encourages investors to buy, leverage rising equity, then buy again. That feedback loop keeps adding demand and competing against first-home buyers. It’s not a one-off step change.

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@UnpluggedOz @TheAusInstitute Think many would disagree with you on your assertions re CGT. It has had a significant impact on surge in property price growth and rents.

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@AlboMP A 5% deposit doesn’t make housing more affordable — it often just means young first-home buyers take on more debt. The key measure should be the house-price-to-income ratio (HP2IR).The real policy test should be whether each reform brings that ratio down over time.

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@s9_l6 72

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@MikeCarlton01 Has anyone checked whether The Simpsons already storyboarded this season of global affairs? Asking for a friend. 😂

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@DGLloyd5 @TonyHWindsor Definitely the demise began with Howard I would suggest, dumbing the joint down by slashing funding to higher education then Abbott reintroducing knights and dames…..I mean for fucksake - what hope from there??

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@tezlefty @MikeCarlton01 Labeling everything “fascism” flattens reality and abandons responsibility.
History matters, power matters — but so does agency.
Hamas chooses violence today, governs Gaza by force, and Palestinians pay the price.
That fact doesn’t disappear under ideology.

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@tezlefty @JipsyTj @MikeCarlton01 That analogy doesn’t hold.
Hamas isn’t a normal governing party with a detachable militia — its political leadership and armed wing are strategically integrated.
Governing Gaza doesn’t dilute responsibility; it heightens it.

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@JipsyTj @tezlefty @MikeCarlton01 Palestinians deserve justice and dignity — absolutely.
But removing Hamas from the picture doesn’t help achieve either.
An authoritarian militia that rules by force, embeds among civilians, and rejects coexistence is not liberation. It’s another form of captivity.

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@MikeCarlton01 @tezlefty Strategic misjudgment isn’t the same as authorship.
Netanyahu’s policies helped entrench Hamas — that was a failure.
But Hamas remains a self-directed, authoritarian militia choosing violence today, at catastrophic cost to Gazans.

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@tezlefty @MikeCarlton01 History matters — but it doesn’t erase agency.
Hamas is not a historical accident; it is a present-day authoritarian militia that chooses violence and embeds among civilians.
Palestinians deserve freedom from Hamas, not excuses for it.

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@hughriminton Experts now link Sydney’s heavy rain, murky coastal waters & warm temps to perfect bull shark conditions. Grt hindsight after 4 attacks in 48hrs & Big Swim cancellation. Why no proactive protocol? Risky weather = auto beach closures & event pauses BEFORE tragedy. Time for change.