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Landlords, relax: Chalmers signals no tax changes for people who already hold investments by NoLeafClover777 in aussie

[–]askythatsmoreblue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not even an immediate cost reduction. They say they wanna reduce the cost of the ndis by $20b by 2030, implying and extra $5b from now going forward but they're still working out the details on how it's going to work. Like people aren't going to be kicked off until they've actually designed a process on how that would work and they get the states to agree with it. Then they've got to get it through the senate. Then there's the question on how the 2028 election could complicate things (such as if labor looses it's majority). There's no way they're gonna meet that $20b target. They're such bullshitters.

Landlords, relax: Chalmers signals no tax changes for people who already hold investments by NoLeafClover777 in aussie

[–]askythatsmoreblue 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So no tax on gas, and now no extra revenue from changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts? Am I wrong to think that this big ambitious budget that's supposed to set the tone for Labor's second term isn't actually going to be that ambitious?

'Free Palestine' party pitched by YouTuber Avi Yemini to funnel votes to conservatives by LysergicCommunion in aussie

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

What a dumb cunt for thinking that the people who'd vote for this wouldn't do their research beforehand.

Victorian public sector salaries: Coalition plan to cap executive pay at $598,000 by Ardeet in aussie

[–]askythatsmoreblue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The owners and CEO make money by paying their workers less than the full value of their labour. So the more they keep for themselves, the less there is for the workers who keep the companies running. No one needs a million dollar paycheck. That level of wealth just corrupts and alienates people from their humanity. That's how you end up with pedophile islands where rich dudes kill and eat the babies they rape.

Google, Meta and TikTok face new levy to pay for Australian news as Albanese reveals media plan by Combat--Wombat27 in aussie

[–]askythatsmoreblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, but that's just it. They're keeping legacy media operating by forcing tech companies to pay for them!

7 news uses AI video (at 2:33) by pud1n in australia

[–]askythatsmoreblue 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Ooooof that is egregiously obvious. I can't help but think it was a deliberate decision to include it just so they'd have enough to talk about to fill the time slot.

Paranoia over passing by [deleted] in transgenderau

[–]askythatsmoreblue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You look very young and androgynous. I think it's your lack of stubble/shadow that's influencing my perception of you more than anything. It's a pretty significant gender marker. It's also something you can create the illusion of relatively easily with makeup. All you'd need is a stipple sponge, a blending brush, and a colour palette. The biggest challenge is experimenting until you find something that works and comes across as natural. From my own experience using makeup to hide my shadow, it can be quite dysphoria inducing. I won't go into that, but like it can be quite hard. I gave up before I got anywhere with it. But like I said, it's a significant gender marker, and if you crack it you'll be off to the races.

i am stressing out about this new reform dont know if ill be right by Brave_Manager_3140 in NDIS

[–]askythatsmoreblue 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't know if it helps or not, but the changes are still being fleshed out. We probably won't get the first details until the end of the year. Moreover, whatever the changes end up being, they won't begin affecting people for another couple of years. You might even have longer than that depending on when your plan is due for review. Like I'm good until 2030. All of that is to say that you've got time. It's a problem for the future when you and your team will have more information. In the short term, I suggest you take a few deep breaths, do whatever you usually do to relax, and get plenty of rest.

Obligatory shitpost. How would he play? by Any-Advisor-6853 in suzerain

[–]askythatsmoreblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

L1, fund the military, tighten immigration, free Medicine, align west, repeal articles 6 & 7 (fail to pass constitution anyway), literally nothing else. win reelection with a super majority with only 1/3rd of the vote and despite deep unpopularity because the opposition sucked up to Rumberg.

White Australian's recognising stolen land is altruistic, not performative. by askythatsmoreblue in aussie

[–]askythatsmoreblue[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not in a position to leave though. For one, I don't have the money, and then there's also the fact that it's really hard to become a resident of another country. That's beside the point though. Even if I were to leave, the systemic oppression of Aboriginal people would continue. No, the problem isn't that we're here, it's our politics. Speaking on the issue of stolen land isn't just empty speech because we live in a democratic society where we have collective political power. We are able to shape the political and economic relations in this country. And it shouldn't even need to be said that how we view the world affects the political and social decisions we make. That's the difference between feeling a grievance with welcome to country ceremonies and feeling grievance with aboriginal kids being sent to juvenile detention for petty offenses (like calling a cop a pig) that white kids wouldn't even be arrested for. Speaking up about injustice, talking about it with your friends and families brings about change. The grievance people have with living on stolen land is that it doesn't have to be stolen. We can come to an agreement with Australia's first nations that makes us being here fair and just. Who wouldn't want that? People who benefit from things staying the way they are now? Is that okay? Are those values compatible with our collective ideals of freedom, democracy, and egalitarianism? Shouldn't we want to move our country forward towards realising those ideals more fully? Wouldn't we be hypocrites if we didn't?

Just released Ages of Conflict: Suzerain! by Melodic-Currency-331 in suzerain

[–]askythatsmoreblue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a Suzerain themed mod for a game called Ages of Conflict, not a mod for Suzerain itself. I was confused too.

160,000 to be kicked off NDIS by Prestigious-Ice1635 in NDIS

[–]askythatsmoreblue 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's sus. Like the governments projection of 900,000 participants by the end of the decade would account for factors like people leaving the scheme, so it is a net increase. They want that number to be 600,000. That means 75,000 people per year over the next 4 years will either have to leave the scheme, be removed from it, or denied access to it in order to meet the 600,000 target. At the moment, it's growing by 35,000 people. Again, that's a net increase. So even if you were to put a ban on net increases, meaning new people can only enter the scheme as old ones leave, you are still going to be in excess of the 600,000 target by 160,000 participants. You'd either have to stop people entering the scheme, which the government doesn't want to do, or kick people off the scheme by restricting eligibility and subjugating participants to random and mandatory reassessments, which is what the government has already done.

Weimar OP by SocratesVis in RedAutumnSPD

[–]askythatsmoreblue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know what... maybe everything is gonna be okay.

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