DavidDoesLemmy
@DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone
- Comment on Australia’s new physical activity guidelines won’t shift the needle – here are 4 better ideas 22 hours ago:
Healthy eating is very cheap. You can do a few dollars a meal for veggies and legumes or beans and rice.
- Comment on The RBA faces its 'most complicated' rates call in years. What could it mean for you? 2 days ago:
I hope they increase. Inflation is worse that high interest rates.
- Comment on 'An opportunity': The city where buying a unit is $322 cheaper than renting 6 days ago:
They’re just comparing rent with mortgage repayments. But not maintenance on the property, rates, body corporate, opportunity cost on your deposit and stamp duty.
- Comment on 'We've reached a breaking point': Is it time to tax older Australians more? 1 week ago:
"A couple who owns their home still needs a combined $730,000 in super to enjoy a comfortable retirement, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia.
“Around 92 per cent of Australians with super had a balance of less than $500,000 in 2022/23, according to data collected by the Australian Tax Office.”
This is poor writing. It compares a retired couple with an individual of any (working) age. It’s meaningless, but is meant to make you think most Australians won’t be able to live a comfortable life in retirement.
- Comment on 'We've reached a breaking point': Is it time to tax older Australians more? 1 week ago:
Whether something is a loophole or not is somewhat subjective. The things you mentioned were added deliberately, and maybe they should change, but they’re not loopholes in the sense of “abuses they didn’t think were possible when making the law”
- Comment on Why some Australians are spending $35,000 a year on food delivery apps 2 weeks ago:
I’ve only ordered uber eats when travelling for work (and the company paid), but even then it was a bad experience. Took about an hour to get delivered, and the food was mediocre and expensive.
- Comment on Power Games: Who’s driving high power bills? 2 weeks ago:
Tax is just everyone subsidising the power usage of the big users. People should pay for what they use, so it incentivises using less power.
- Comment on Ban under-16s from riding ebikes and e-scooters then require a driver’s licence, Queensland inquiry to recommend 3 weeks ago:
Some sort of licensing might be appropriate advice a certain power level, but a driver’s licence is not really relevant to riding a bike.
- Comment on Lesbian group seeks legal exemption to exclude trans women from events 3 weeks ago:
How do you know if a trans woman is passing? You probably only notice the ones that don’t.
- Comment on Lesbian group seeks legal exemption to exclude trans women from events 3 weeks ago:
“The Victorian-based LAG says it subscribes to the philosophy of lesbian feminism and does not believe humans can change sex.”.
Nobody’s suggesting people can change their biological sex. But gender is a social construct, separate from sex. That’s why it’s literally called transgender.
- Comment on Lesbian group seeks legal exemption to exclude trans women from events 3 weeks ago:
You use your words, I’ll use mine. But I think we agree.
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- Comment on NSW To Impose Minimum Age For E-Bikes Following Review 3 weeks ago:
Yeah I’ve had mine for at least 3 years, riding several times a week, and it’s still going strong. Not expecting to replace it any time soon.
- Comment on NSW To Impose Minimum Age For E-Bikes Following Review 3 weeks ago:
Probably makes sense. But they don’t enforce the ebike laws they already have, so will they enforce this?
- Comment on Grace Tame event moved after Murdoch coverage fuels harassment campaign 3 weeks ago:
Grace tame does whatever she wants. Gotta respect that.
- Comment on What makes people proud to be Australian? The answer might surprise you 3 weeks ago:
I’m proud of some of our sane government policies. Preferential voting, health care, welfare, some environmental policies.
- Comment on Australia: Chinese HungryPanda food delivery drivers say police contacted family members back home as part of pressure campaign to stop them protesting 4 weeks ago:
Don’t they get to choose when they work? It’s conceivable they all just had other plans on Chinese New year
- Comment on Man jailed for a year after endorsing neo-Nazi views and making antisemitic speech at Sydney rally on Australia Day 4 weeks ago:
Charge him with planning a terrorist act then, if that’s what he was doing.
I think he should be punished for the speech but I don’t think the punishment fits the crime.
- Comment on Coles downplays meaning of 'Down Down' price tags and advertising in case against ACCC 4 weeks ago:
Fuck Coles. This is super shady.
- Comment on Carmakers face possible heavy fines in Australia for failing to meet climate targets 4 weeks ago:
Byd sells petrol cars as well as EVs
- Comment on Man jailed for a year after endorsing neo-Nazi views and making antisemitic speech at Sydney rally on Australia Day 4 weeks ago:
I year in prison seems excessive to me for a 40 second speech. I could imagine a few hundred hours of community service.
People kill cyclists and get less punishment than this idiot.
- Comment on ‘The whole family is destroyed’: Australia’s inheritance disputes aren’t just increasing – they’re becoming messier 4 weeks ago:
Personally I’ve emailed my will to all interested parties so they have plenty of time to object.
- Comment on ‘The whole family is destroyed’: Australia’s inheritance disputes aren’t just increasing – they’re becoming messier 4 weeks ago:
I agree in principle that inheritances perpetuate inequality, but it’s very hard to implement. Many elderly people would “gift” their money to their children before their death to avoid an inheritance tax. They would argue it’s their money, they should be able to decide what to do with it. Either that or elderly people would try to spend it down in their final years.
- Comment on ‘The whole family is destroyed’: Australia’s inheritance disputes aren’t just increasing – they’re becoming messier 4 weeks ago:
As the article mentioned, wills are often contested. The cases they presented were all from people with wills, but the surviving parties didn’t accept what the got in the will.
- Comment on ‘The whole family is destroyed’: Australia’s inheritance disputes aren’t just increasing – they’re becoming messier 4 weeks ago:
Hopefully when the time comes, my siblings and I can do an even split and everyone’s happy.
- ‘The whole family is destroyed’: Australia’s inheritance disputes aren’t just increasing – they’re becoming messierwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 32 comments
- Comment on Australia and EU on verge of striking free trade deal long stalled by beef, parmesan and prosecco 4 weeks ago:
Lots of good things about Europe, but I doubt there would be enough benefit of us joining the EU. I think we can further relations with them without being in the EU.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Yeah it’s tricky. Maybe the answer is to buy less. Keep it longer. Maybe second hand.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
You don’t feel bad for killing the poor sheep?
- Comment on Three Australian millionaires say the nation’s super-rich should face higher taxes 4 weeks ago:
People already rich often support higher income taxes because it won’t affect them so much. They already have their wealth.
Wealth taxes are required but they are very tricky to implement.