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I like rugby league and about politics

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@MarkoMatvikov Looks like a bus load of Greeks just arrived at the botanical gardens 😂

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@LeagueFreak Also move Australia down to the bottom circle

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@DrewPavlou You used to be such a nice guy to Kos. Then you realised trying to belittle or take the piss out of someone doing his job got more clicks. Do better Drew @KosSamaras

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@bungarsargon @grok The New York Times covered the story in news reports and opinion pieces that presented Platner’s explanation and argued he is no Nazi but did not publish an exposé confirming he intentionally selected the symbol knowing its meaning.

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@Legendsofsport8 @jblesfooty224 Think about the shape of a football. Now what part of the ball would touch the ground first?

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@clairlemon This is Trumps re-industrialised America

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@TheKouk Public spending has been increasing, but by less. That different to public spending decreasing

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@sspencer_63 @TheKouk I missed the part in the budget where taking more capital gains led to raising the tax brackets

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@TheKouk They haven’t moved in basically 20 years? What are you on about

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@simongerman600 @cjoye It’s probably why it’s really easy to see a doctor in this country. I’m all for shrinking the amount of general public servants. But I think the figure is made up primarily of healthcare professionals and teachers.

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@DanielMunday @ReadingThePlay Do QLD have to listen to that?? Surely not

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@CundyBradley Absolutely shit the bed there. God he’s so bad

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@LeagueFreak I’ve been done 😂🤦

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@LeagueFreak 😂😂

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@BrookesyNat @sk_pryde It’s like people who have this take have never played sport before. Unless the game was contentious would always have a yarn to mates on the other team

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@mailroomsgi @CundyBradley Think we should just let him try and have some fun at fullback. Take the pressure off and allow him to run a bit

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@NRLSCC @sc_cowsandguns How good was that pass though!

[christopher joye @cjoye]

Unfortunately, more and more Aussies are falling into the top marginal income tax bracket due to inflation and bracket creep. The highest 47 per cent tax threshold now kicks in at pre-tax income of $190,000, which is its lowest inflation-adjusted level in 20 years. If we had indexed these tax brackets to inflation since 2008-09, the top marginal income tax threshold would be a much higher $281,450.
In trying to explain the cost of these capital gains tax changes, Labor assumed a future inflation rate of 3 per cent annually. Let's adopt that number to quantify the impact of bracket-creep. Back in 2008-09, only 1-in-50 Aussies paid the top marginal tax rate. Today, it is about 1-in-16 people. The bad news is that within 20 years, it will increase to 1-in-5 Aussies paying 47 per cent income tax.
All of this begs the crucial question: what next? If, with literally — and deliberately — zero consultation, Labor is willing to ambush voters with these changes, what will it target in the future? The owner-occupied home, corporates and upper-income earners are obvious targets. All in the name of punishing prosperity and forcing all Aussies back to the mediocre mean. It is regressive socialism in stealth.
Labor has framed this budget around fairness. Yet it is patently inequitable. It is a drive-by shooting to grab tax to pay for the one-quarter increase in the size of the public service since Anthony Albanese was elected prime minister in 2022. Even using its characteristically rosy forecasts, Labor predicts that the cost of Australia's extraordinarily bloated public service will blow out by $19.6 billion over the next four years.

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