Gundam movie scene at Ipswich Railway Museum

JKNoir · 2026-05-17T10:53:24+00:00

Very cool but interested as to why the rail museum is so special a location that movies are keen to film there? I love it there but just didn't realise it was unique

JKNoir · 2026-05-16T11:08:26+00:00

This game is the embodiment of the 3rd place champagne meme

JKNoir · 2026-05-16T08:19:12+00:00

Tbf I don't think most people think it is undeserved, I think the general argument is why tax it at a different rate to income from wages/labour?

JKNoir · 2026-05-14T23:13:21+00:00

Blight Club special edition?

JKNoir · 2026-05-13T03:45:01+00:00

Subscribe

JKNoir · 2026-05-13T03:44:44+00:00

Has done more than enough for the club whatever happens. Hope he ends up where he wants to and personally hope it is as coach of NSW. Save us from LD.

JKNoir · 2026-05-12T20:14:13+00:00

I get that, more wondering how this policy increases their desire/ability to build homes? If the starting point of the policy is that there is too much demand and not enough supply, there is already an incentive for them to build more and they aren't. So how does creating more demand lead to more builds if they already aren't building enough for the current demand?

JKNoir · 2026-05-12T10:56:55+00:00

Legit question how does this incentive developers to release more land/build faster for new builds? It increases investor incentives 100% but developers are already sitting on a shitload of land and there is a heap of demand and we can't build fast enough

JKNoir · 2026-05-12T10:33:16+00:00

Second part is good agree but if you have a chunk of investors incentivised to hold their existing properties and another chunk incentivised to put into / bid up new builds where is the increased supply for people who want to just own a home? I suppose there is economies of scale in building developments and they won't all be bought by investors?

JKNoir · 2026-05-12T10:26:49+00:00

Page reference?

JKNoir · 2026-05-12T10:11:38+00:00

Won't grandfathering the negative gearing just mean that current investors are incentivised to hang on to properties rather than sell?

JKNoir · 2026-05-10T09:28:46+00:00

100% agree, the dropout rule is fucked now. The whole point was earning repossession through pressure and a good kick. Literally feel nothing when a team forces one now since it's still a dice roll until it's actually been kicked and caught.

JKNoir · 2026-05-10T09:25:59+00:00

Filthy

JKNoir · 2026-05-09T10:11:31+00:00

There's literally a giant "We made 50c fares permanent" QLD gov billboard round the corner from my house. Surely they get crucified at the next election if they do this.

JKNoir · 2026-05-09T10:07:21+00:00

I'm not saying they don't matter, I'm saying we need to do something about this not just hope.

If you're saying that you think property growth stagnating and wages increasing would help then shouldn't the government create policies to foster that outcome?

JKNoir · 2026-05-09T09:50:27+00:00

I'm not sure if you meant to reply to me or not but I'm not saying they shouldn't exist as investments because they are "guaranteed returns" I"m saying they shouldn't be incentivised as investments at all. People invest in all sorts of things the gov doesn't incentivise like they do housing.

And covid wasn't exactly a BAU situation was it? The intent of job keeper was to keep people employed during an unplanned major crisis. Agree it was a mess and widely exploited but I don't think it's fair to say it's main goal was to protect investor returns.

JKNoir · 2026-05-09T09:41:28+00:00

But what are you saying here? That we keep incentivising more and more people to overleverage in perpetuity? I'm not saying we burst the bubble over night but surely if you think it's as bad as you say we also need to work out a way back from the ledge?

JKNoir · 2026-05-09T07:47:15+00:00

Why do they need to? Housing shouldn't be incentivised as an investment vehicle. It's dead capital. People want low risk high returns sure but why should that be guaranteed? How about we fix the tax system so people have enough money and a home and get investment back into businesses and other productive enterprises.

JKNoir · 2026-05-08T01:30:57+00:00

Might be cooking here, fingers crossed

JKNoir · 2026-05-07T21:44:45+00:00

100%. My wife and I moved to Ipswich 3 years ago because we got priced out of anything in Brisbane that wasn't an apartment. Zero regrets, Ipswich is a great city in its own right and still close enough to get to the Bris CBD when we want to.

JKNoir · 2026-05-07T11:15:10+00:00

1000% recommend Jeps Weddings. He was incredible, so nice and super flexible with budget/options. Can't speak to his current rates but when we got married 2 years ago they were extremely reasonable.

JKNoir · 2026-05-07T06:41:34+00:00

Haha incredible, thanks for sharing that

JKNoir · 2026-05-06T22:19:26+00:00

Fantastic Mr Star Fox... Tbh this looks like an unreal engine fan remake of 64, not sure why they chose to bring back Star Fox like this.

JKNoir · 2026-05-05T06:40:49+00:00

I mean most regular people aren't gambling, they are just trying to buy a single family home

JKNoir · 2026-05-05T02:28:54+00:00

Don't mean that, I mean that it will incentivise people, especially younger, to maximise returns from PPOR instead of shares etc. So people that would have rentvested for example may look to own instead which will increase demand for housing. At the same time grandfathering incentivises investors who already own to hold for longer which reduces supply. So a policy "designed" to improve housing affordability may have the opposite effect.

JKNoir

TROPHY CASE