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Feeling obligation to say I'm not a fan of Musk or Trump. But where are you when China slapped tariffs on Australian wines, coal, etc... a…

Food. Leftover food from work. They would throw it away anyway so there was one time I brought home a tray of wings and drumsticks, lol.

Care to share the sources ?

Interesting... when I vote, I vote for a party, esp the party's ideology, not a person. The big gov concept never sits well with me…

The explosive increase in public jobs under Albo is actually because he's converting contractors and labor hire people to per employee. So…

What you are saying is purely conjecture. It might or might not happen when cutting publix jobs. In fact, if gov becomes "economic…

The question now is if minority gov better or worse (than now) ?

That one bad example but is it the norm? I'm in tech and we have lots of capable permanent employees. But for areas we do not have…

To be fair: removing a toxic+unproductive permanent employee is a PITA and cost as much (if not more) than contractors. It's actually…

So why don't we have independent entity to audit government spending like a listed company ?

Btw, there are more than 41000 public servants receiving pensions of more than 75k per annum

When a private enterprise wants to survive, if they reduce the headcount, they need innovation to work more effective. In public sector,…

Budget reply is often vague no matter which party is the opposition. People often vote for opposition not often because they are better,…

Streamio, but I missed the recommendation from Netflix...so tempt to get Netflix with ads ... I'm a casual watcher. If a show catches my…

Interesting, any sources ?

And if the gov manages to restrict the growth rate to 8% . It's 730 bil over the next decade.

23-24 NDIS growth rate is 18.9%. and if this number won't go down, over the decade, we have to spend $1405 bil for NDIS, may be it will be…

Happen in my local shopping mall as well (not Westfield), all are gone ( a clothing store, a shoe store, a carpet store ? ). Ironically,…

NDIS is such a sensitive topic. Everyone knows you have to control the cost but given one single legitimate case is mistreated, your…

Location matters , does his shop get a lot of foot traffic? is it it in the area where demographic like to eat Indian cuisine and/or afford…

I notice the skin on salmon is always cheaper than the non -skin. I love the skin as it is so crispy in air fryer but wonder if it's…

Real income is probably calculated on pre-tax amount . If we factor in bracket creep, we are actually worse off.

I'm waiting deals on the Fold one but hardly see one (missed them on Black Friday and Christmas) ...Does anyone know why ?

"real income per person is actually slightly lower than it was one year ago and only 1.5 per cent higher than it was a decade ago" That's…

I have an elective surgery on Sunday (Sydney CBD). Should I cancel it ? Should I be worried about heavy rain, flood, and falling trees...…

Tesla sale in Europe is failing fast (40%). Elon is talking with the Afd, the German far right party and considered Nazi by many German.I…

What stop someone from buying holiday houses overseas but undeclare and receiving age pensions so they can live 6 months in Australia and 6…

38 ? At the age of giving a flying f.. Abt what people think. Just smile 😂

10K a year is cheap. Rent out half of your kid room to cover the fee.

Do you need to do anything to get "redundant" ? Asking for a friend 😁