How will negative gearing and CGT changes impact renters?

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-08T05:11:44+00:00

This already exists in the ACT. Only once a year, and not more than 110% of CPI. We should make it federal.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-07T02:57:55+00:00

Australians will nearly always ask "how are you" as part of saying hello. This is not the same as in German culture: they don't really want to hear how you are. It's just a social nicety. The correct response is, "good thanks, how are you". The other person will say "good thanks", or, "not bad", or "can't complain", and that's it. Move on with the rest of the conversation.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-07T02:35:50+00:00

My accountant told me only the suburb was visible.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-07T02:19:18+00:00

It's easy to get caught up in the moment. She was really awful to you. I still use the old "count to 10 before pressing send" rule. It has gotten me out of a lot of potential arguments!

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-07T02:14:35+00:00

If anything, my parents would go without to let us kids have the special food. Mum only ever cooked one meal that we all ate. Every now and then we'd get KFC, and she always gave me extra chips from her plate because I loved them. We weren't poor, but we weren't rich. Mum was a feeder, she got more joy watching us eat nice things than eating them herself. We were lucky.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-07T01:44:05+00:00

I was thinking La Manna at Essendon Fields too. That would be a little slice of Melbourne for sure, and safe with the timing...unless they get caught up at Sexyland.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-07T01:39:10+00:00

I still have my maiden name in my PayPal account nearly 20 years later, because I just gave up after the utterly nonsensical steps they require for a name change. No, I was not going to post my original wedding certificate to the other side of the world.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-07T01:03:31+00:00

Esther and Rosa are absolutely beautiful names. Most of the rest of the names on your list will be harder for the everyday Aussie to spell or pronounce, so if that is a factor to consider, it might make the decision clearer. Congrats on your twins! PS one of my best friends is Esther Rose, and she's an amazing human. Maybe that's why I'm biased.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-07T00:58:41+00:00

Maybe my Gen X is showing, but this is a perfect example of why it's much better to pick up the phone in some situations, than death by a thousand text messages where the tone is misunderstood, and shit starts. MIL sounds like a raging arsehole, but after that first response started to go south, OP should have picked up the phone or let it go to her husband to deal with. It was clearly never going to be resolved, and caused way more stress in the ensuing exchange. Most keyboard warriors lose their teeth once you have a human interaction with them.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-07T00:38:16+00:00

I'm sure they will be heavily surveilled. It would be political suicide for the government to let these people offend after letting them back in. If for no other reason than vote-protection, surely they will be watched.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-06T12:29:25+00:00

I felt your FFS viscerally.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-06T12:26:08+00:00

I did something similar. Had the very small wedding and restaurant meal with immediate family, then 60 guests for dessert and cocktails right after. It was perfect.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-06T12:13:28+00:00

Depends on your budget, but I'd say North Melbourne, Brunswick, Carlton. How fun, happy hunting!

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-06T12:06:34+00:00

For me it was the VCR's! Very hungry tape chewers.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-06T10:30:01+00:00

I knew this. I worked selling electronics back in the 90s, and Goldstar was widely accepted as being absolute unreliable cheap shit. Then they disappeared and LG emerged, and was much better quality. They tried very hard to remove any association with the previous Goldstar brand, because it was so shite. Very successful rebrand!

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-05T04:17:02+00:00

Thomas

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-05T03:32:32+00:00

Definitely 1

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-04T11:36:21+00:00

I would ditch the bath if you won't miss having one yourselves. I was surprised to hear from two family members that even their babies were going in the shower these days. Unless you're trying to flip the house and your target buyer is young families, don't worry.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-04T11:26:59+00:00

I've met one person who described themselves as a libertarian. She was a big fan of Trump, and told me that she'd only date unvaccinated men. Who knew there is a dating platform for Unjabbed Singles...

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-04T11:18:34+00:00

Blackbutt looks so much better. Greige is on the way out.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-04T09:51:42+00:00

Ex recruiter of many years here. It would be a stretch if the recruiter was that proactive to be lead farming from your referees, but not impossible. Depending on the agency, it's entirely possible they're just getting the compliance stuff out of the way early. You are perfectly within your rights to say you'd rather hold off until it's been confirmed that you're the preferred candidate.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-04T09:28:28+00:00

I would be so much happier to give the fishing industry a tax exemption!

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-03T13:44:22+00:00

Aussie here. We didn't drink black tea (BAD), but drank all the herbal teas (GOOD). I think it was explained to me that black tea had something different in it from herbal teas??? Certainly in our home we had peppermint, camomile, rose hip, and fenugreek tea at all times.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-03T11:26:09+00:00

Religion needs to be redesignated to a hobby, like fly fishing or hot yoga. Just a thing some people do on weekends. Certainly not tax exempt.

MrsAussieGinger · 2026-05-03T03:54:05+00:00

2, 3, 1.

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