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Its not a fair or healthy competition when the rules are rigged in one sides favour. People on the lower earning end tend to be exploited…

>Going by the figures in the analysis, a hypothetical immigrant paying $24k in tax who received no government services could fund 4 houses…

You can use equity in your property to buy shares and claim the interest costs aswell.

Do you have numbers to support that? The median cost to build a house in Australia is around 400k that does not include land, the average…

Rent increases were never about the rates, it is and was purely about supply demand. Not enough stock to many people bidding for the same…

if only if it were about a skills shortage, this is about the big end of town creating a surplus in labour to drive down the costs, its not…

So if I invest in say VAS which includes mining, banking and retail shares like combank, BHP and Woolworths am I after **pure greedy…

How do you know it was Sony and not the delivery company? Do they deliver themselves? Have they just flatley refused to work with you on…

Older cars also maybe harder to get parts for.

The new for old is a risk for them as you write off you 3yo car worth 15k and then buy you a 40k new car 3X what they would have [aid you…

I belive Suncorp do this as in they prefer the not at fault to talk to them first. The delays in repair may actauly be from the commision…

What the hell sort of school do you teach at? That seems like you are being targeted as opposed to some random attack. I know a few…

Automotive service trade industry has such a big impact in the housing shortage, I guess if those trades cant get their RAMS serviced they…

Thats rubbish, the only areas we have a labour shortage are the industries that are so stitched up they dont allow imported labour.

Not defending anyone I dont insure through them and never have. Just specualtaing that people tend to only rate when something does not go…

Problem is people tend to only do the ratings when they are unhappy, did a quick check Suncorp 79% disapproval AAMI 85% disapproval NRMA…

But they are, they are not mainstream aussie or international brands.

I recall at least in Brisbane in the early ninties the older inner city suburs, like Paddington, Red Hill, Ashgrove etc were a lot cheaper…

Have shopped at Aldi and I honestly dont find the 20-25% cheaper claim. If you are shoping housebrand across them its a lot closer in price…

Not sure what your point is lots of people working in Aus come from different countries. Are you suggesting that to be a CEO of a large…

Dudes enitre working career seems to be in Australia he has lived here for 36 years likley has wife and kids here, I doubt he is heading…

All food is a commodity. And Aldi like the other 2 would also have fixed purchasing agrements with suppliers. Alsi gets a lot of free love…

Just google ExonMobil tax dodge Australia. At least Coles and Woolies actaully pay tax on their earnings.

Brad Banducci came to Australia in 1988, he attened university in Australia and worked for Woolies group from 2011. Pretty sure he…

Not sure what the difference is, if you have equity you can borrow against that equity to buy shares and negtive gear those shares the same…

Can anyone show a side by side comparision of like goods bought at Aldi vs Woolies? Not the ones that show brand name purchased at Woolies…

Common you think they are actaully apportioning private vs business use. I always found it odd that working in IT I could not claim 100%…

The argument could also go that more disposable income means more money spent means more employment created means more tax collected.

Are you suggesting that tweaking minor ingrediants in a supply chain is not easy, modifying the spices would be very simple, potatos and…

If its important to keep a stable reliable service and the service has been good then perhaps the $10 increase is worth it? Plus you can…