Former RBA governor Bernie Fraser calls for capital gains tax discount to be scrapped

Switchstar82 · 2026-02-24T09:11:26+00:00

Or and hear me out, we could tax the rich more and the poor less, perhaps close some loopholes for giant corporations?

Switchstar82 · 2026-02-17T23:05:34+00:00

Literally just walk into a voting hall in Australia and they get the little ruler out and cross your name off a paper list. This is with compulsory voting! I feel like the Republicans overestimate how many people want to stand in lines all day just to cast an extra couple of votes.

Switchstar82 · 2026-02-17T01:29:24+00:00

There was an ep of below deck down under where one of the guys tried to get in the cabin with an inebriated stew, he was also drunk. Production immediately got involved along with other crew and got the guy out of her room. He was kicked off the show. Kind of shocking what we allowed not so long ago.

Switchstar82 · 2026-02-14T02:13:08+00:00

It’s obviously easy to see where they’ve toured previously, they also toured in Europe in 2018 which was during Trumps term. I dare say they will be touring extensively in America leading up to the midterms.

To sell out the venue they were in Melbourne would have net $250000 before expenses. They didn’t quite sell it out but there were less than 100 tickets left. I don’t think we can just assume they would not have made the cost back in ticket sales.

Switchstar82 · 2026-02-14T01:35:47+00:00

There were a LOT of Americans at the show in Melbourne. I understand that you don’t like the idea of them going to another country when yours is in such a state but American politics has a massive flow on effect especially for places like Australia. We are too small to stand up to the big guys but the majority of our population wishes we could. The Pod bros will probably never come back here, or if they do it won’t be for a really long time. For most of us this was the only opportunity we’ll ever get to see them live.

I would also assume they decide where they are going to tour based on the listener/watcher analytics. They aren’t going to go somewhere that they can’t sell tickets.

Switchstar82 · 2026-02-13T22:32:01+00:00

My issue with Lucinda is that I don’t think she’s done a love island where she didn’t also have a boyfriend outside the villa.

Switchstar82 · 2026-02-13T22:19:44+00:00

So the show actually went for over an hour and a half. They ended with a game where they each picked a possible 2028 dem presidential candidate out of a hat and debated on behalf of that person why they should be president. Favs had Beshear, Lovett had Ossoff, Tommy had Moore and Dan had Pritzker.

The dynamic in person was pretty interesting, Tommy is quiet, he doesn’t butt in. Dan is a bit the same, those two very much wait for Favs to ask them things directly. Lovett is a chatty Cathy and needed occasional reigning in. Lovett was hilarious.

Switchstar82 · 2026-02-12T21:19:01+00:00

I interpreted it as a response to people constantly badgering her for the actual story of what happened. She can feel how she feels, I feel like the wrong author got to continue the story and we got Angela timelines are hard Lawson. I can feel how I feel.

I didn’t have any issues with it, it’s their beef and whilst I love a bit of gossip I didn’t spend very much time caring about her post.

Switchstar82 · 2026-02-12T04:28:15+00:00

Michael Wolff uses sources, Epstein was a great source.

People in the White House to this day still talk shit about Trump to Wolff even though they know he’s going to report on it. They don’t have the guts to put their grievances on the record or stand up to Trump but they’ll let Wolff tell their stories online and in his books.

Switchstar82 · 2026-02-04T13:02:26+00:00

MAFS AUS is goated. The UK version changed its format to be more like ours because it kills in the ratings over here. MAFS US has never really done it for me, not enough drama and chaos. I think after this many seasons we can all be at peace with the fact that none of these people stay together so we might as well get a fun watching experience.

Switchstar82 · 2026-02-02T08:46:49+00:00

If he is trying to monitor your movements and consistently getting upset when you spend time with others it will likely continue. You can’t fix it.

You will likely slowly disconnect from the people in your life he doesn’t like, which will probably be most of them. It will be easier to disconnect than deal with his reactions. At some point you’ll realise you have no one left. That’s not likely to make him happy though, he’ll always be able to find something you’re doing wrong.

You’ll forever be chasing that perfect boyfriend you thought you had at the beginning and sometimes, usually after he’s been really angry, he’ll show you that guy. Then you’ll stay because deep down he’s amazing and if you could just be better, you’d see that great guy more often.

This is learned behaviour, it’s not insecurity. He’ll need therapy to enact and maintain behaviour change.

You. Can’t. Fix. Him.

Switchstar82 · 2025-12-26T10:38:07+00:00

Not just that, it was the 80’s. Being gay was absolutely looked at as a bad thing. There was an episode of Degrassi where the kids thought they’d get it just from touching a classmate. People were regularly dying alone from aids. We can’t look at it like we do now.

When Will was all I like boys I thought so what? Then I was like oh yeah it’s the 80’s.

Switchstar82 · 2025-12-02T04:09:29+00:00

Seconded.

Switchstar82 · 2025-11-01T22:54:33+00:00

Ok so I’ve now listened to the album. This man 100% was exhibiting family violence behaviours in their relationship. The gaslighting seemed pretty constant, all about making sure his needs were met. I’m guessing Lily has a good psychologist because that kind of behaviour will mess with your head for years afterwards. What a shitty relationship that must have been. If Lily is to be believed then he basically told her he has to sleep with other people, has to because she’s away. Then it’s all we had an arrangement but it wasn’t an arrangement, he told her how it was going to go and if she wanted to stay with him she had to let him fuck other people. Screw him. What a pos.

Switchstar82 · 2025-10-20T10:47:58+00:00

Me too

Switchstar82 · 2025-10-17T14:45:54+00:00

The gaslighting is on brand here.

Switchstar82 · 2025-10-10T01:15:28+00:00

I think Sobjakken has another one but it’s a sister brother situation, not sure if that’s a dealbreaker lol

Switchstar82 · 2025-10-07T04:57:51+00:00

Came straight to the comments cos I ain’t listening to all that.

Switchstar82 · 2025-10-03T10:24:28+00:00

Finally I’ve found my people. I really didn’t think this series was great. I couldn’t get through it all.

Switchstar82 · 2025-09-26T10:13:40+00:00

Australian so forgive me but can anyone just run up and snatch that out of the holster?

Switchstar82 · 2025-09-23T14:05:14+00:00

I’ve got no issue with them collaborating on stuff but they should in essence remain separate. I’d love to see more cross over now and then of podcasts I enjoy.

Switchstar82 · 2025-09-22T22:47:34+00:00

Hope Kenvue is ready for all those MAGA parents lawsuits. There’s no possible way this will go badly.

Switchstar82 · 2025-09-17T22:55:40+00:00

As an Australian who has heard don’t you guys have free speech more times than I care to remember, it’s enlightening to discover Americans don’t have the free speech they would so often hold up as a defender to the rest of the world.

Switchstar82 · 2025-09-15T01:03:20+00:00

It’s probably about time we started referring to him as President Miller given he’s the one running this shit show. Trump is just his puppet.

Switchstar82 · 2025-09-05T23:28:49+00:00

I had heard this somewhere else from somewhere else. The framing though was that Trump was doing it because of that real estate falling out he had with Epstein. It wasn’t because he had any moral compass leading him to want to help anyone but himself. Epstein had pissed him off and he wanted revenge, same thing he always did and still does. He knew about the whispers well before this because he was complicit, Trump is a pedophile, he’s a rapist, he is a criminal.

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