They’re just too focused on getting a balanced budgets because they don’t want a bad headline in the Australian (which they’ll get anyway regardless).

Yeah, they shouldn’t worry. It’d be interesting in future to get Chalmers to speak candidly about this time period. I find it hard to believe he fully accepts the Classical economics view on balanced budgets.

Also, see my reply to Ikt, i was also replying to your first point. Got a bit carried away, but hey, this ain’t a microblogging platform for a reason. :)

By the inclusion of transport workers, i’m guessing train workers in particular, i’m guessing they’re talking NSW Labor.

I don’t know what pay is like for these people over East, but if its anything like here, Nurses and Train workers are paid fairly well. What I meanbto say is they’re able to live firmly middle class lifestyles on their incomes.

To fix the crises in cost of living and housing we really want to be targeting the lower end band of wages, and increasing costs on housing investments like tax discounts and exemptions; at the same time some of these tax discounts apply to assets in general, those should stay, to promote the conversion of investment in property (all types), to more productive assets (ASX, private enterprises, Super, the list is endless). By doing this we’ll begin gaving a pool of money aiming for diverse growth investments, thereby helping the economy to diversify theough private capital flows.

Government of course can help direct these private capital flows by crowding in with Government resources (grants, exemptions, lending,etc) on those industries and companies that align with national targets, such as building feckin submarines, or whatever the shit the Government of the day wants.

Bit of rant, sorry. Reading Mariana Mazzucato again.

Yep, this is true. It comes down to the media in this country.

Which makes me pose the question, where the fuck are Labor and the unions on opening or supporting friendly media?

Like, sure the super industry have the New Daily for what thats worth, but arguably Turnbull has done more for media balance in this country than anyone on the “Left” has by being friendly to Guardian coming over here.

The idea that Murdoch still has a lock on country broadcasting along with ABC, after three years of Labor is laughable. They should have been white anting that gift of a contract since day one.

Ugh, this feels just like the Voice polling a slow moving car crash.

Will Albanese ever show he’s a PM for Australia, and not just a political manager?

I suppose its not surprising the only strategy thats worked in the last few years is small target.

Maybe villainise Dutton, go after him with everything, full negative campaign, make it about Dutton. The guy is dislikeable bash it every chance they get,

Q - What is your plan for this,

A - Our plan is in our policy documents, but wheres Dutton? What’s this grand plan he promises?

Instant pivots to Dutton, link him to Rinehardt, and Palmer everytime mining or wealth inequality, or housing is brought up.

Yeah, its definitely noticeable. The problem for them is it undermines legitimate points they might make at times. Especially when they target a smaller platform like AZ.

Ah okay, i’s definitely on the google camp more than anywhere else. But i’m feeling more risk aversion to them, or even to put too much reliance in any one company/organisation now.

Maybe i’ll have a look around a bit more though, its about time i got into the 21st century a bit.

The PM has been on the phone this week putting Australia’s case to gain an exemption from US tariffs on alluminium and steel.

A key talking point was the fact that we need good supply of these for our airline industry.

Oh, and btw this incident involving an Australian surveillance plane just occurred with China.

Whether its a bit of good luck, or Australia and China nodding at each other about US tariffs. Or whether it Australia acting of its own accord.

This has now become a billboard demonstration for the US executive of why Australia must maintain these industries.

side note:

• Does OP ever post anything but negative stories about China? If this is the case, should we be engaging with their posts?

Hahaha, na i’s meaning digital wallet providers.

But i’m glad you’re spreading the love to all the cinemas! Best mainstream cinema for me is Reading, cheap tickets for the win. My favourite cinema is Windsor cinema though, i like the old seats rather than these huge new pillows in the shape of seats.

I suppose all parks are in extended temporary states of ‘not quite wild’.

Maybe the developer became very philosophical staying up late working one night.

Woah, yeah, i’ve a lot less cards than you.

I’m a bit interested though, especially because i’s thinking about grabbing a few more loyalty cards. Are there any ones you’d recommend i should look at?

Especially if you rate a local or euro one.

Hmm, maybe.

I always found the british are more cynical, which makes it seem like they have less trust. But when you observe their behaviour i think they’re more trusting of institutions, than the Americans.

I think an interesting example of Britain’s trust in their Government is all the Leave voters thinking the Boris Johnson, Farage types actually had a plan for brexit, beyond corruption. I think thats evident in the amount of leave voters who have switched their own assessments.

Comparing that to the US theres no signs of changes to population divisions or sentiments about the other side or Government. Of course all sides have truths to point to, where resolutions to those truths aren’t delivered, which doesn’t help any healing or moving on prospects.

I’ve found Americans can be super positive people about all kinds, but its almost a social sin to speak well of government services. Of course, i’m speaking in the broadest possible terms here, i can think of a friend in NY who undermines this argument a little.

Doesn’t help the UK have one of the most aggressive medias in the world. They’ll oerblow a straight banana, if they could… oh… wait…

I have cards for all sorts still. Lot of the cards i have, local library etc, dont have other methods that i’m aware of.

Not really keen on the banking apps just yet either. I’m willing to entertain the idea that i might be stuck in the past on this one though, lol!

Well, i’m surprised i thought being Western Australian administered, the WA Government held most of the sway over decisions on/about cocos/keeling.

I understand but am also interested that they vote with NT. Thats an interesting and understandable decision the AEC (probably) have made.

But this is the issue, that now spreads these people over a State, a Territory, and Federal. The people there have every right to be angry about this situation. No matter what happens to their islands, we need to incorporate this place into a single State or Territory and have them acting a proper Shire.

Could’ve cut into their budget pretty hard, maybe thats contributong to their ‘resource’ constraints now as well.

Ha, wow thats somewhat of an achievement.

Next minute you’ll say you only pay for things in ‘gold bar’ defeating the purpose of carrying less cards. /j

The fundamental problem is that housing has become a product and an investment market, rather than the right outlined by Leo O’Connor 82 years ago.

Cutting immigration doesn’t fix this, so you’re incorrect.

So, my point is a question about whether employees hiding behind the ‘corporate veil’ of legal protection who have taken actions to the detriment of others aren’t held to account the same way they should be, if they had taken those actions in their personal lives.

Workers who take positive actions, or what could loosely be described as not negative in the aggregate, in their professional lives are often, not always, recognised for their actions in the form of pay, bonuses, time off, promotions, public endorsements such as local business awards and more.

While the positive work they have performed for a company is retained and owned by the company, the reputation and rewards for that work go with them personally.

What i’m questioning is whether the protection of the corporate veil has gone so far that the approbium for negative actions isn’t attached to individuals personally. And whether that is a detriment to our society.

IT could work as an example, in the privacy space. There have been some questionable ethical actions there. Problem is, as you rightly say the massive changes, largely positive, to our society by IT has sort of swamped these negative actions for the majority of people.

Yep, thats it. Thats where i’m at with it.

Not me. But i’m mobile jerboa mostly.

It has some bugs itself, when loading the title to a post i find it loads quicker if i input the community field first, then go back to the generated post title. Its a weird bug, and it works so much quicker doing it that way around. If you read this far sorry for enticing you to read something that helps in no way with your issue :)

Ah, fuck yeah!