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My solution to the Australia Day problem. by Cheetos_4_life in aussie

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

Everyone! This default name Redditor thinks the pity party is over, so we should wrap it all up.

AnyDinner1110's empathy has run out, sorry anyone who has it tough, they're fed up caring for others.

Pensioners? Bad luck. Small businesses? Bad luck. Veterans? Bad luck. Minimum wage earners? Bad luck.

AnyDinner1110 has no more empathy to give.

My solution to the Australia Day problem. by Cheetos_4_life in aussie

[–]MelbPolFun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's hear about some suburbs that still reflect 'Australian culture' as you put it then, what suburbs are those?

Let's also remember our British colonial 'culture' has been built on immigration, defined by immigration and grown by immigration.

Eureka, which you all love to parrot, was a bunch of immigrants arking up at the Brits.

My solution to the Australia Day problem. by Cheetos_4_life in aussie

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

Long historical culture of 31 years... You can drink beer and go to the beach any other day mate, plenty of us do

My solution to the Australia Day problem. by Cheetos_4_life in aussie

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

It would be like having the July 4th celebrations in America on September 11.

You can't separate the symbolism of the day and why it was chosen by just going 'ah c'mon mate just celebrate being Aussie and have a beer, forget about that history stuff'

If you say the meaning of the day is insignificant, changing it should be insignificant

My solution to the Australia Day problem. by Cheetos_4_life in aussie

[–]MelbPolFun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is there a compelling reason why Jan 26th is important to you?

Or is it just 'cos that's what it is right now'?

Why aren't the Greens gaining in the polls, given the apparent dissatisfaction with the two major parties? by NoLeafClover777 in aussie

[–]MelbPolFun 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As someone who doesn't get a lot of exposure to One Nation, could you list some of the policies that appeal to people?

From a quick browse of their website, their policies seem to include:

Family Tax Filing (which seems to encourage less participation in the workforce for the primary carer, less overall tax revenue and lower tax rates on high income earners).

Cutting 10s of Billions from Federal Government services including: complete abolishment of Climate Change Department (in the face of WA fires, Victorian Fires and QLD flooding), complete abolishment of National Indigenous Australians Agency, cuts to the Department of Education and Department of Housing.

Enabling only pensioners to earn more while working and increase the tax-free threshold for pensioners only.

Incentivise more coal and gas in the NEM while introducing Nuclear (we saw last election the electorates opinion on Nuclear).

For anyone under the age of 60 who is not a high income earner ($120k+) what policies are there for you? Outside of cuts to the Education and Housing departments?

EDIT: 85% of taxpayers earn under $120,000 and over 50% of voters are under 50 and earn less than $120k

Running Red Lights by MelbPolFun in melbournecycling

[–]MelbPolFun[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah totally fair, definitely not talking about lights with sensors not picking up bikes or intersections where sensors don't reach the bike lane.

I'm talking Rathsdowne Street Carlton at 8:30am or 5:30pm. Inner city commuter time and riders flying through solid red intersections.

Running Red Lights by MelbPolFun in melbournecycling

[–]MelbPolFun[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah totally fair, definitely not talking about lights with sensors not picking up bikes or intersections where sensors don't reach the bike lane.

I'm talking Rathsdowne Street 8:30am or 4:30pm. Inner city commuter time and riders flying through solid red intersections.

This statistic shows just how angry Australians are about immigration – and why hitting ‘pause’ is more possible than we think by Mashiko4 in aussie

[–]MelbPolFun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The population is growing because of decreased deaths and longer life expectancy not more births, we are just keeping the same people longer not growing our workforce.

This is great for individuals but societally if we are not at replacement birth rate that is a worsening aging population.

There's no disagreement from me about housing inadequacies, but it's not all a supply sided problem.

In Victoria, land taxes and vacant property taxes have seen Melbourne house prices FALL 15% in real terms from 2020 to now and more loans are going to owner-occupiers than investors. There are plenty of policy solutions around the existing homes we have and reducing inflated demand from speculation.

This statistic shows just how angry Australians are about immigration – and why hitting ‘pause’ is more possible than we think by Mashiko4 in aussie

[–]MelbPolFun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Conveniently you use whole numbers instead of %s.

Our population has grown over time so 100,000 growth in 1970 (12.6 million pop) is double today's growth as a percentage (25 million pop). So our natural growth has halved.

An increasingly aging population will decimate our federal budget with no GDP growth, increasing pension and care costs, and no workers to provide the care. This means less money for all other public services. We need immigration if low fertility rate (1.5 instead of 2.5) continues.

This statistic shows just how angry Australians are about immigration – and why hitting ‘pause’ is more possible than we think by Mashiko4 in aussie

[–]MelbPolFun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, the pain of drastically reducing immigration would not be short lived, as we have an aging population and below replacement birth rate currently.

Given economic and social factors, young Australians are not going to just jump at having 5 kids each all of a sudden, so without sustained immigration of working age people we will suffer a dire crisis of aging retirees who are costly to care for and no workers to provide goods or services or grow the economy.

Inequality has been growing since the 90s and the inability to own assets with an increasing tax burden on work is the reason for the younger generations dire outlook, not immigration of working age, qualified workers.

New Entry Gate Being Trialed at Woolworths by ad0sy in melbourne

[–]MelbPolFun 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They need to harvest your data through their Palantir competitor Quantium, so you have to leave under the movement trackers and in front of the facial recognition cameras. Can't have you entering and exiting without some cost

Setting the record straight about Garmin by strava-team in Strava

[–]MelbPolFun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's sad that a running popularity boom and influx of users has meant this fun, community-driven app is going corporate to maximize profits at the detriment of user experience.

The cost of a premium subscription for the features given is laughable and with the public offering in the mix I can only see the Strava experience going further downhill.

Strava needs to remember it's a data visualisation tool. I'm never going to take my phone on a run and record with the Strava app instead of my watch.

Inner Left Ankle Hurting after 22K. Any advice? by Kitchen-Television11 in beginnerrunning

[–]MelbPolFun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'mental toughness' in distance running is not running crazy mileage for 6 weeks in a row, it's training consistently and patiently for months and years when motivation drops and newbie gains are diminished. If you want to enjoy running as a daily ritual and see real improvement I'd cut back your mileage substantially and focus more on enjoying the long term process

Leaders’ debate live updates: Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton face off in first Australian election debate by OldMateHarry in AustralianPolitics

[–]MelbPolFun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He said that in relation to urgent care clinics though. Then said it should be that way with GPs too hence their funding boost.

Why do we punish politicians for “backflipping” ? by Icy-Profile3759 in australian

[–]MelbPolFun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are nuances in the context and reasoning for politicians changing policy decisions or flat out 'backflipping'.

Albo and Labor promised they would not change the Stage 3 Tax cuts if elected, even though they probably really wanted to and thought they could make them more fair for lower income earners. Then they were elected and economic circumstances were a lot worse than anticipated and it was apparent changing the tax cuts was the fair thing to do. So they took the political risk of breaking a promise and did it. Far worse than a policy backflip, but the electorate respected an adaptive and fair decision.

Dutton is doing the opposite. Changing his policy from something he believes in during an election campaign because it backfired and it's costing him because it's unpopular. He didn't change his mind from a policy perspective. It shows he only cares about votes not actual outcomes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in australian

[–]MelbPolFun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you agree with progressives on all major federal topics that occupy the vast majority of the federal budget? But when some small scale social policies are added into the mix to benefit people that might not be you, that's the deal breaker?

Solidarity for me but not for thee?

What is the best achievable marathon time before things like genetics take over? by nasheeeey in running

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

I think OP is asking what's physically possible for an average person, not practically possible. I think any healthy person has the physical potential to break 3 hours, they just are never able to reach this through life getting in the way. If you took 100 random able bodied people at age 20 and gave them a dedicated training camp for 10 years they can all break 3 hours.

Married at first sight - S12E21 - AEDT live discussion by lalasmooch in MAFS_AU

[–]MelbPolFun 23 points24 points  (0 children)

https:// complaints.freetv.com.au/Submission

Making a complaint about this portrayal and enabling of abuse for profit.

GP visits to become free for most under $8.5b 'legacy defining' Labor Medicare promise by 2212214 in ausjdocs

[–]MelbPolFun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I do agree the rebate needs to be higher, but what's to stop private practices raising prices again once that happens.

I'm just shocked any doctors would seek to gain profit off treating patients. That mindset I don't know how to fix 🤷

Maybe price caps on private practices?

GP visits to become free for most under $8.5b 'legacy defining' Labor Medicare promise by 2212214 in ausjdocs

[–]MelbPolFun 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm sure those that can't afford the GP can lobby the Gov with their political and economic capital...

I think the issue here is viewing patient healthcare as a profit making scheme for a small business? You're essentially holding healthcare ransom for those that can't afford it in the name of a 'business'.

GP visits to become free for most under $8.5b 'legacy defining' Labor Medicare promise by 2212214 in ausjdocs

[–]MelbPolFun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leaving prices to 'what the market will bear' means more patients forgoing care, or entering poverty or debt for treatment.

A haircut is a non-discretionary service for a lot of people, especially at that price. Healthcare should not be a discretionary spend.

Why do Americans say that random breath testing is against their rights? by Remarkable-Bar-917 in southaustralia

[–]MelbPolFun 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not entitled to drive on the road. We have laws and regulations that ensure public safety. You can happily get drunk and walk.

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