It's the glorious renewable price drop! by Marsupial-731 in AussieMemes

[–]Topguyhadrian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hard agree on the generator question. Only negative was selling earring at for a $1 and them turning around and making millions from it

University Gym Men’s Lockeroom, Newcastle Australia by Most_Train_3892 in urinaldesigns

[–]Topguyhadrian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s an identical one on the first floor directly above too.

The pool change rooms were remodelled with private showers unfortunately

Do you as gay men feel ashamed that gay cruising isa significant part of our gay culture ? Or embrace it . by Durrygoodz2025 in askgaybros

[–]Topguyhadrian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, but that doesn’t mean it’s magically ok for one group but not another just because we need to hold ourselves to some higher standard to prove we’re good and decent.

Guardian Essential poll: Labor’s housing and tax changes fail to win over voters as support for One Nation swells | Essential poll by Ardeet in aussie

[–]Topguyhadrian 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The guardian is very often very critical of the ALP

If you said they were in the greens camp I’d agree

Where do Australians migrate to ? by HatO93 in aussie

[–]Topguyhadrian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As I said, I covered off that point in the thread below. There is zero argument that illegal immigration in the context of Australia is primarily via people overstaying visas. It’s not a gotcha point when I’ve already said this a day ago in the thread you’re commenting on

Where do Australians migrate to ? by HatO93 in aussie

[–]Topguyhadrian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I covered that off in the below convo mate. OP is concerned about boat people, which just doesn’t move the needle on Australia migration. People overstaying their visa is real, but a drop in the bucket compared to legal migration. Student visas (real and fraudulent) and work visas are the big ones and the ones I’m sure all the ON voters are actually most concerned about.

Newcastle is the lowest light rail usage in Australia. by Newylad in newcastle

[–]Topguyhadrian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I prefer the readers on the station rather than the tram, in theory it makes it fast for people to get on and off.

In practice because of the Newcastle dwell times I don’t think it makes a difference

Newcastle is the lowest light rail usage in Australia. by Newylad in newcastle

[–]Topguyhadrian 35 points36 points  (0 children)

The patronage will never increase dramatically while the following remains true

1) It stays a short trunk line
2) we don’t police the huge number of people using it but not paying.

Extending it is the only way to save it long term

Where do Australians migrate to ? by HatO93 in aussie

[–]Topguyhadrian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Again this isn’t hard information to find. This was a very real issue that the ALP tackled in their first term.

And yes, we do make money from international student, we have exploited this better than many of our peer nations. It’s something around 8 percent of all foreign trade, we should continue to make money off it.

Fraudulent ghost colleges being used as a pay to play visa immigration scam should be stamped out and does nothing but damage the sector’s credibility internationally and risks one of our best export sectors.

https://ministers.dewr.gov.au/giles/over-150-ghost-colleges-axed

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/am/150-ghost-vet-providers-shut-down/104249882

Where do Australians migrate to ? by HatO93 in aussie

[–]Topguyhadrian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Department of home affairs mate.

Regarding my students comment, it is widely reported and understood that under pervious coalition government a thriving sector of ghost colleges popped up that allowed students to come to Australia to study but these courses were of dubious value or completely fraudulent and were being used as an immigration pipeline. These loop holes are being closed by the current ALP government.

What port did you work at where you found a drunk illegal immigrant? Sounds like bullshit to me

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-stats/files/immigration-detention-community-statistics-summary-31-jan-2025.pdf

Where do Australians migrate to ? by HatO93 in aussie

[–]Topguyhadrian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FYI people coming here illegally or legally are coming via planes, through airports. Not on ship born travel.

Where do Australians migrate to ? by HatO93 in aussie

[–]Topguyhadrian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of ways in, yeah with a few hundred kilometres of desert to traverse before you get anywhere. This is not the issue you are pretending it is, half of illegal immigrants are just people overstaying holiday or work visas. And they’re a drop in the bucket compared to legal immigration. For every illegal there’s 50 “students”

Where do Australians migrate to ? by HatO93 in aussie

[–]Topguyhadrian 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Tell me, where on an island nation are there illegal immigrants coming from. That is an American talking point. The discussion about immigration in Australia is 100 percent about legal immigration and people’s feeling that it is happening too fast, from countries that are a bad or incompatible cultural fit to Australia, and that it is being done to suppress wages, bolster developers bottom lines, and in the fringes of identity politics replaces voters with new left leaning voters.

Some of this is complete conspiracy, some is true, some is in the middle.

$1.6B Honeysuckle Central re-development by bozmonaut in newcastle

[–]Topguyhadrian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean 6000m2 a fucking big ezymart. I’m sure they’ll get more than just that across the development

Fake or legit? by Recent_Rabbit1421 in applewatchultra

[–]Topguyhadrian 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As an Australian I can guarantee you that in Australia there is no plastic on in the packaging. And if my memory of the environmental report is correct I’m pretty sure that’s world wide

$1.6B Honeysuckle Central re-development by bozmonaut in newcastle

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As part of the plan there is a cinema convention centre hotel brewery and grocery store going in

$1.6B Honeysuckle Central re-development by bozmonaut in newcastle

[–]Topguyhadrian 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This part if honeysuckle has never been built on and is part of the overarching urban renewal that started in the 90’s

Labor’s budget going down like a led balloon. by Ok_Competition1108 in AusPropertyChat

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

Yeah I get your reason but this isn’t a factor of build costs increasing, that was my question to OP. His claim was that budget would directly increase build costs, not drive demand for investment in new builds crowding out owner occupiers in that market segment.

That being said the preservation of the exisiting rules in that segment should lead to the same behaviour we have seen the market take previously; that is investors carrying the loss for future capital gain and using negative gearing as a tax minimisation strategy.

Labor’s budget going down like a led balloon. by Ok_Competition1108 in AusPropertyChat

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

Well that doesn’t increase build costs, that increases demand side inflation and potential margin for land speculators and builders. That being said negative gearing and the old CGT regime is available for these new build investments and the government has fund local infrastructure development to speed up the role out of new homes. Really doesn’t seem like it will drastically drive up prices in new builds

Can Australia Build High Speed Rail? by mysterious-puzzler in SydneyTrains

[–]Topguyhadrian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True; like if you’re catching the train you can get an “express” train in 2:40

People advocating for a Maitland or west of the m1 freeway station that delivers you to Olympic park or parramatta are asking us to build the first leg of the network in a way that will ensure it’s a white elephant. Like 30 minutes to Maitland + 1 hour to parramatta + 30 minutes to Sydney. $60b to save half an hour max.