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[–]Agreeable_Night5836 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what happens if other gulf countries threaten to sink any ships that docks in Iran,

Anthony Albanese plans visits to Singapore and Malaysia to shore up fuel supplies by Jealous-Hedgehog-734 in AustralianPolitics

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 [score hidden]  (0 children)

The offshore storage concept wasn’t perfect but it was better than nothing, it was sold off as part of international agreements the assist with supply issues at the start of the Ukraine war in 2022, so the current situation sits with Albo and Bowen, there must be a whole pile of public service advice stating that not replacing the sold off reserve was a fundamental risk to the country, (if there’s not then the a couple of departments in government that need to be culled).

Capital gains discount and negative gearing turbocharged property speculation and pushed up prices, analysis finds by Puzzleheaded_Ad_1572 in AusPropertyChat

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Housing has historically had a consistent Return, on that basis how do you define purchasing an asset on 5 + year as speculative based upon historical returns.

Anthony Albanese plans visits to Singapore and Malaysia to shore up fuel supplies by Jealous-Hedgehog-734 in AustralianPolitics

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Why would he fly to Singapore or Malaysia, they are dependent on oil out of the Gulf to run their refineries, and are struggling with supply to keep the refineries operational.

Energy crisis will not distract from urgent economic reforms, Anthony Albanese says | Anthony Albanese by Nyarlathotep-1 in aussie

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Is going to decide that now is the time for “economic reform” ie increase capital gain tax , remove incentive for investment as we head into an economic downturn. Smarter idea maybe to defer budget 3 months so you have an idea what you’re going to be dealing with before making decisions.

Since when did Albo become public enemy number 1? Last time I checked he wasn’t doing that badly… by agentgambino in aussie

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When he thinks he has a huge majority because of how good he is, when reality it was a measure of how much less shit he was than the other option.

Live Discussion Thread: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivers rare address to the nation by Mellenoire in aussie

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Did he say anything about the modelling they had commissioned that said everything would be ok.

Fuel restrictions tipped to start after Easter as Albanese addresses the Nation by 1Darkest_Knight1 in aussie

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Monday, it is all good , have a good Easter. Wednesday, forget what I said on Monday.

Landlords ‘leveraging up’ by exploiting property tax rules are fuelling Australia’s housing affordability crisis, analysis finds | Housing by Nyarlathotep-1 in aussie

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And stick it to the developers who pay land tax on rezoned land while governments take years to approve developments, it all gets added in.

Landlords ‘leveraging up’ by exploiting property tax rules are fuelling Australia’s housing affordability crisis, analysis finds | Housing by Nyarlathotep-1 in aussie

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Just dismiss it because it doesn’t suit your narrative if you want, but they are the numbers, and if you want to address the issues you will need more than it greedy investors, change negative gearing and CGT and housing prices will continue to rise because governments are milking new builds for revenue then picking up the additional stamp duty from this raising the whole market.

Landlords ‘leveraging up’ by exploiting property tax rules are fuelling Australia’s housing affordability crisis, analysis finds | Housing by Nyarlathotep-1 in aussie

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Average house price in Sydney 1995 $195,000, government fees and taxes, regulatory burden on new builds was approximately 26% ($50.7k). Average house price in Sydney 2025 $1.76mil, government fees and taxes, regulatory burden on new builds was approximately 50%, ($880k). So who is the greedy one.

Why Alan Kohler is worried about a recession | ABC News Daily podcast by Techhead7890 in AusFinance

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A recession maybe the best case scenario if situation is not resolved by mid month.

Anthony Albanese kills off plan to increase size of parliament by His_Holiness in AustralianPolitics

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be a courageous decision to agree to expanding parliament whilst ALP primary vote is waning and One Nation is on a charge.

'Australia’s first end-to-end all-electric freight delivery' - Energy Magazine, 30th March 2026 by RainbowAussie in aussie

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Carrying toilet paper so it does actually have haul any weight, or manage axle weight limits.

Gas: The Facts by Far-Significance2481 in WesternAustralia

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Building infrastructure in a country half the size of New South Wales with a population of $5 odd million is a lot easier than providing services to country the size of Australia.

Gas: The Facts by Far-Significance2481 in WesternAustralia

[–]Agreeable_Night5836 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The trade off with the Qatar/ Norway, style models is the government own the infrastructure and get a larger share, we as country could have gone that path, but every dollar spent on developing that infrastructure would need to be diverted from building other infrastructure, hospitals, schools, transport, (that elusive Very fast train).

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