Here's an idea: For every 1,000 homeless people in Australia, the federal government has one chair taken away. Not seat, just the chair. Perhaps they'll acknowledge the problem when they all have to stand in the chamber.
@RennickGBR It would also be great to get banks to show customers' super balance along with portfolio composition, rates of return, fees, etc. next to bank accounts (easy with new CDR rules, and required APIs already exist). Increases awareness; people access banking more often than super.
@RennickGBR Absolutely essential reforms. Assuming we do transition to voluntary super, I think it's essential that remittances are made by individuals, not employers. This would a) raise the feeling of ownership/agency in individuals, and b) remove the liability to remit from employers.
@PatrickGormanMP By chasing inflation so it goes even higher? Do you retards have any idea how economics works? Productivity is low, inflation is high, and you've implemented an inflationary pay rise. The RBA is going to need to prolong the hiking cycle because you're governing us into recession.
@LeeRespecter Once implemented, even calling for the noise to be reduced will be condemned as Islamophobia by politicians courting the ethnic vote, and the well-to-do who never miss an opportunity to signal their virtue.
@larissawaters One billionaire supports Pauline. How many support Labor? Also, just change your logo to the hammer and sickle, we all know what you want for this country (and you can all go fuck yourselves good and proper).
I’m fascinated by the ease with which government ministers lie. Albo, Chalmers, Bowen, and others, even when asked questions that have them dead to rights, never flinch, get flustered, stutter, or break eye contact. They lie under pressure as if it’s as natural as breathing.
@RennickGBR Framing neg. gearing as a 'refund' highlights a timing issue, not a transfer of wealth issue. If owners could deduct costs from PAYG instalments, so amounts paid = actual liability, there'd be no refund, and the framing, which implies taxpayers subsidise owners, would disappear.