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I have no doubt that car warranties that last only 3 or 5 years on expensive cars are insufficient under the ACL. It depends on the nature…

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"All the wealthy people I know are very interested in their communities and sharing the good fortune they benefitted from." I will be FIREd…

Wrong. Australian Consumer Law states that goods must be of acceptable quality. If they are not, and the defect was such that the consumer…

500GB is two days of heavy downloads. If I buy a new computer I'll do 500GB in two days re-downloading all my games and software. It's…

"I am guessing your personal priorities of gaining wealth make it hard for you to consider there are options that are better for many…

"It is cheaper if nobody has smoke alarms, but the long term costs are higher." You're still not seeing the point. Adding dental to…

> I'm simply pointing out that you won't need to pay dental insurance as well as income tax if dental is covered by Medicare. Yes, so I…

Holy shit. How disingenuous can you be. If we include dental in medicare, it will cost billions. The Greens have a plan to do so, at the…

"If the government was paying your dental, why would you continue to pay for dental insurance?" Probably because the medicare surcharge…

I pay for private health insurance which covers my dental care. In that sense, I already pay for it. You are proposing a system where my…

"If Medicare covered dental, you would have coverage too, and cheaper private insurance/out if pocket expenses." You'd also have higher…

That's not really equivalent though is it. It'd be more like we make any politician supporting AUKUS have to pay for his or her own dental…

It's not really the nanny state. It's the fact that you could sue them for selling goods past their use-by date if you then get sick. It's…

Your ATAR determines what course you get into, but if you do well in the first year of that course, it's not hard to transfer into a…

I believe it's covered for under 18s Once you're an adult you're on your own. The government's pool of money is not unlimited.

Yes. The loan now pertains to an income-generating asset so you can write off the interest on it. Offset moneys (which have nothing to do…

Next you will tell me that someone who can barely read and who gambles on Sportsbet all day is just a victim of bad luck infecting all his…

"Nah, I'm not going to waste more time replying to you when you can't reply to every point I make when I've done that for you. Stop…

So it's selfish for me to choose to take out a $1800 a year private health policy instead of paying $5,500 a year in penalty tax Meanwhile…

"One day when someone smarter than you comes to this country they'll outdo you," News flash. Smarter people than me are all around. Unlike…

I pay for Spotify. Won't pay for anything else. Youtube - you can get a complete ad-free experience with uBlock origin. For newspapers -…

If I don't take out the policy I pay a lot more in tax, for nothing in return. Do you consider that a good choice?

What's wrong with a GP requesting you to pay a gap? A GP clinic bulk billing on Medicare only earns $43 per 15 minutes which is less than…

The price you've quoted for Medibank Basic includes the rebate, which doesn't apply to everyone. Without the rebate it's $1,700 per year.…

"I mean nobody is forcing you to pay for health insurance, you've just made a decision to buy it because it might be financially beneficial…

According to this https://www.choice.com.au/money/insurance/health/articles/cheap-health-cover-to-avoid-extra-tax The cheapest bare-bones…

My family doctor has always bulk billed though there is a wait each time of around 30-45 mins to see a doctor since the clinic is popular.…

If they really cared, they could donate the money themselves, or match customers' donations.