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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…

You can deduct whatever you like till you get audited. Then you have to prove your deductions are valid.

Half CGT was brought in when CPI indexing of returns was removed. Removing both would remove the incentive to invest post tax $ as your…

Negative gearing has been around since the 80s and it was not an issue, the issue is supply an demand, to many buyers not enough property.…

Lobbying likely from the trade industry has probably resulted in them not being added to the shortage list. Paying off that new fully…

Let me rephrase that for you. Businesses could not get staff that were willing to work for less then the award. There were plently people…

Why would interest rates drop if someone sold there rental and put that money in the bank? The net flow of money is zero and as such it has…

That can be said for anything, just look at what it costs to produce some life savings medicine like insulin, epipen etc and the retail…

Capital gains tax concession applies to any asset and was put inplace when indexing was removed. Either indexing has to be reinstated or…

And make the 310K people that work for woolies and coles homeless to? How do you plug the gap in gov revenue of around 800 milion from 2…

From what I understand its not Cole/Woolworths that is the issue its the excise levy, apparently the excise has t be paid upfront as in as…

We need to grab the middle elements of both parties to make one and then leave the far left and far right to fend for themselves. This is…

Not it QLD at least not for power, for water yes.

Is that you Steven Miles?

Dont like either of the main parties but you may need to check your facts on QLD asset sales Labor has sold many public assets.

The only economists that would disagree are those working for the QLD government.

I am not sure how you can say this is deflationary, reducing the cost of an item from a rebate is not deflationary. If this was a genuine…

BS, Australian oil and gas are taxed on the lower end globally yet our gas prices are one of the highest. The coal that is being taxed is…

Agree and they should be taxed more, its ludicrous how little miners are charged in royalties on resources, particularly oil and gas in…

Are you an ecomomist for the QLD gov? This is not a reduciton in price its a rebate only available to households, I dont see anywhere that…

I'm not gonna knock back the $1k, but the point being made is this is effectivly cash in hand as you have extra cash in your pocket due to…

did the removal of those 14k jobs result in any real loss of service. Just asking as I dont recall any real changes during that period. I'm…

Negative gearing is allowed on any investment, so by you thinking investing in shares would also not be as attractive, therefore levelling…

You honestly think that if they had removed negative gearing in 2019 that there would not be a housing and rental shortage now? There are…

Excluding R&D costs, which are lilkey not that high given the minor software upgrades that have occured and spread out on a per device…

These Chinese cars sort of remind me of the old Hyunda Excel in the 90's, lots of them around when they came out few years later they were…

You have drive a Haval? By far the worst car I have driven in a long time.