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That's how it works, your premium is based on a number of factors not just your claim history.

Have you seen how the cost of trade and materials have gone up? Its also relative to your area if there have been an increase in break-ins,…

Are you complaining about to much choice? If you object to plastic buy the bunch and be done with it.

Yes it is fair in most instances. One person may have spent 10+ years studying or training while the other maybe did nothing. On the other…

What if they often have the grandkids over, looking after them while the parents are at work? They now have a community round them, their…

Those same companied rely heavily on infrastructure built by public tax dollars to create their profit yet do not want to contribute to it.

Correct the government loves the classes fighting it takes the pressure of them. !00% the price of property is influenced by supply/demand.…

What percentage of the population own 30 investment properties?

There is a cost to handling cash, you have a risk of theft, time taken to go to the bank etc.

How many of these brands going to be around in 3 let alone 7 years. BYD which would be the most likely to survive is apparently cutting…

Doubt it, Haval feel like a cheap car. Totally different markets as well. People considering Toyota would not consider Haval.

That is until you need some elective surgery and the wait list is forever.

Taxing emissions would be the same it would increase the cost of power across the board and every one would be paying the "same rate", or…

Trusts are only viable if you have sufficient income producing assets to protect, are a business owner wating to distribute income across…

The sweet spot is between 190 and around 235. Arguably under that you mat be better looking at other investment options.

Its not the interest per say that is the issue, claiming deductions is perfectly fine, if you borrow money to start a business that should…

Understand that but Australia already has a form of inheritance tax. And if they did introduce this no doubt the super wealthy have a means…

There already is inheritance tax, its on super if the beneficiaries are not dependants, which children are not if they are over 18 \15% for…

Who would assign the value? And if I am a pensioner and own my inner city house valued at 3Million that I bought 50 years ago do I pay the…

Perhaps they could go after multi nationals that shift profit around the place. Exon, Ikea, Aldi, Apple etc.

Super is only a good tax deduction for those on around 135K to 250K Once your adjusted income goes over 250K super contributions are taxed…

Sure if they consumed exactly the same but typically wealthier people consume more, and consume higher cost goods.

Perhaps they had none of the $6 eggs to restock. Just remember supermarkets don't really have a large receiving area to store stuff they…

Makes sense as we are apparently in the top 10 minimum and average wages.

You could say to the nbn guy you want the NTD in the garage, then have a rack witht the NTD and the router in the garage and have the…

They must not get much use. Ozito fine for smaller infrequent jobs, I used to purchase these cheaper tools and yes they work but I always…

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…