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poll Boo'ing in Sport

So the lunatics in the media are out again because imho they got nothing better to write about as the media is filled with talentless hacks, for some reason boo'ing Buddy Franklin is being …

poll AFL 19th Team in TAS Yah or Nah

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/tasmania-afl-team-live-stre… https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-30/afl-hobart-stadium-fe… So Tassie are 'finally' getting an AFL team - as AFL fan i …

What Things Are Just Not Worth The Money?

Was chatting to a Rich old bloke today who owns a Ferreri he is in his 70s and has had this car in his man cave for decade that essentially he never drives, he admits the car is over a decade old …

poll Thoughts on 4-Day Working Week [POLL]

To clarify you would be working 4-days 7-8 hours a day but getting paid 'as if' you were full time working. There has been a pilot completed in the UK - which I have titled and linked …

Reserve Bank of Australia

poll RBA Rises Rates for The 9th Time in a Row

The RBA have announced its 9th consecutive rate rise in a row https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/interest-rates/rba-i... Interest rates a ~4x higher then they were pre-pandemic in December …

Netflix

poll Streaming Giants to Be Required to Make Australian Content [Poll]

Streaming giants — such as Netflix, Disney and Amazon Prime — will be required to invest in making local Australian content under new rules set to be imposed on the industry. From mid-2024, the …

poll Do You Always Return Your Trolly for The Dollar

Here as Ozbargain we discuss the real issues…. I have noticed at my local supermarket people are just leaving their trolly wherever and leaving them with 1 and 2 dollar coins in …

poll Public Holiday Surcharge Yeh or Nah

These surcharges are fairly common at local cafe's and restaurants however what thing i have started to ask the staff is 'do they get paid more money' to my surprise a few of the staff …

poll [POLL] Aus Open Should The Balls Kids Be Paid

Based on this article: Australian Open rocked by 'appalling' new controversy over ball kids The total prize pool for the Australian $76.5m to get knocked out in the first round a player …

poll [VIC] Does The Long Surgery Waitlist Worry You

The AMA’s analysis shows Victoria makes up the largest percentage of the backlog (134,950 patients, or 44 per cent of the backlog) together with New South Wales (77,845 patients, or 25 per cent …

Visit Victoria

poll Visit Victoria to Sponsor Netball Australia

So Dan Andrews ALP has announced that 'Visit Victoria' will be sponsoring Netball Australia after the Hancock controversy. How do people feel about the Victorian tax payers footing the …

poll Thoughts on Netball Australia and Hancock Situation

Hancock withdraws 15m sponsorship deal with netball Australia due to player backlash and players refusing to wear the Hancock …

Help Me Buy a New Laptop - Budget $1200

Hello OzBargain, I am in need for the expert advice from the tech-Wizards here. I need a new Laptop ideally light weight 13-14'' for work (Physiotherapy Business) Has to run - word, Excel …

poll Is Wayne Carey The Worst Bloke in Australian Media

Guy slept with his mates misses… Has a history of abusing his partner… (pretty she he smashed a glass over his misses head) Also after his first wife took him back, cheated on her …

Services Australia

poll Should Maternity Leave Be Paid for 12 Months?

Now I'm not a 'believer in a Gender pay gap but I do believe there is a life time 'earnings gap' between the two sexes which probably could be 'better' managed in …

poll Unpopular Opinion High Income Earners Pay too Much Tax

"3.6 per cent of Aussies account for more than 31 per cent of tax revenue. The majority of tax revenue comes from those earning $90,001-$180,000 - which makes up 36.8 per cent of tax …

Inflation 6.1% 'Good News'?

https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/a... this is actually good news? i feel like the interest rate hikes are slowing down inflation and the 'fear' of a housing …

poll Major Australian Airports Could Face Further Delays as Baggage Handlers Threaten Strike

'The Transport Workers Union (TWU) said about 700 baggage and ramp operations staff at global aviation company Dnata will apply to the Fair Work Commission on Tuesday to hold a vote on …

poll Mandatory Super Contributions What Should It Be?

Mandatory Superannuation was introduced in 1992 it was set at 3 percent which was incredibly low. on July 1 2022 it has ticked over to 10.5 percent and will be slowly increased to 12 percent by July …

poll AFL Crowds at 27 Year Lows

Fans are staying away from AFL games in droves due to a wide range of issues including controversial new rules and the high cost of taking a family to the footy, a wide-ranging survey has …

poll House prices to drop 20%, repayments to rise by 40% are you worried?

"House prices could fall by a whopping 20 per cent across Australia in the next 18 months, experts have warned." “In our view, this surge in fixed rate expiries is likely to see many …

poll Do You Care What AFL Players Do off The Field

So between Steven May getting busted up by Melksham and Baily Smith on the illicit substances the media has being 'dominated' by footballers behaving 'poorly' but do people really …

Labor Calls for Coal-Fired Power Stations to Come Back Online

An energy crisis gripping Australia’s east coast could trigger an emergency response to ease soaring demand and prices. Coal-fired power plants have been begged to come back online as …

ANZ Predicts The Cash Rate to Rise by 40points This Week

https://www.mortgagebusiness.com.au/economy/16851-anz-tips-4... Economists from ANZ have joined Westpac in betting the Reserve Bank will make a sharp rise in the cash rate next week, to clamp down …

poll Are Childcare Workers 'really' Underpaid

So had a request for this one so I thought I'd do it - I know some people are not happy I'm posting these but to those individuals your welcome to 'scroll on' or simply ignore …

poll Are Politicians 'Really' Underpaid

Looks like the general consensus was Nurses are well-underpaid teachers was more a mixed bag from polls being well in favor that they're 'fairly paid' i had some requests for MPs so i …

poll Are Nurses 'really' Underpaid

So bit of a follow on, from the theme of traditionally advertised as under-paid jobs - i got some interesting discussion from the teachers thread so i thought i'd look into …

poll Are Teachers 'really' Underpaid

I hear this a lot i got 3 friends that are teachers and the biggest complaint they have is they have to 'do extra' work planning and they feel they dont get paid 'enough' - from …

metricon.com.au

poll Metricon Going Bust: Should They Be Bailed out?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-19/metricon-denies-insol... Looks like the Victorian Government is meeting with Metricon to 'sort out' the situation in which it is on the verge of …

Anyone Here Get Burnt on Luna

So for all the 'cool' stories of Randoms getting rich off crypto this would be the anthesis of that. Luna one of the large crypto currencies which had a market cap over 18bn which uses some …

poll Should RBA Governor Lowe Resign?

Less then a year ago Dr Lowe publicly announced interest rises wouldn't rise any earlier then 2024- this clearly would of influenced a number of peoples decisions to take out loans - This …

Albo Not Knowing The Cash Rate or Unemployment Rate Is Worrying

https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/anthony-al... how the hell can this guy be the leader of the opposition? literally the 2 big issues us Australians are facing are employment/under …

poll Wendy Lovell Comments on Social Housing?

Victorian Liberal MP Wendy Lovell chastised for saying children in social housing ‘cannot mix’ in wealthy areas Thoughts?

poll This Thursday Powerballs Jackpot Is 120m Do You Have a Ticket

So it is that time of year again when the lotto thread of fools and dreamers (myself included) comes around - simple poll do you have a ticket? If you have a ticket list the first 5 things you are …

Sydney House Prices Record Slight Fall

Sydney house prices have fallen by 0.2 per cent over the past four weeks, reversing the small gain recorded during January amid a surge in listings and weakening demand from buyers, CoreLogic data …

poll Dan to Add 1.75% Levy on Some New Builds in Victoria

Estimated to cost 1st home buyers 20k more on new developments. Will affect around d 30% of all new developments Thoughts? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/18/victo...

ABC - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Government Announces ABC’s New Billion Dollar Funding Package

Since OzBargain loves the ABC I thought this would be interesting. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-07/abc-federal-governmen... https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/government-an...

Kia EV6 Thoughts?

New Electric car hitting the market in the 'green revolution' the world is going though. I reckon the next car i get will be an EV personally i think the 'cost' of point of sale …

Book of Boba Fett Is It Just Me or Is It Boring Af

'possible' SPOLIER WARNING I really enjoyed the Mandalorian S1 and S2 but i just finished watching episode 4 Book of BF and literally im bored. In all 4 episodes i've felt the story …

SocialGood

Is Social Good a Scam?

I know most crypto is a scam but how on earth can you long term give 50-100% crypto back on certain stores like eBay plus give up 15% staking rewards? Is it simply a scam in which the 'social …

Tesla

Teslas 2nd Last for Reliability

I'm going to start by saying this, I think what Elon and Tesla has done is speed up the electric car evolution and it is commendable and I personally believe the future of motoring is via …

poll Do You Take a Dump at Work and if Not Why?

I dont know how some people can work 40 hours + a week and not knock out at least sometimes during office hours

poll Next Gen Consoles - This Is Getting Ridiculous

So this November will mark 1 year since the release of the Xbox Serie X and The PS5 and there still ISNT any in stock for longer then a few minutes. I know there is a semi-conductor shortage but …

Optus

Anyone Got Any Optus Deals?

So my 24-month contract on my Samsung 10e ended 10 days ago and i am happy to keep the same phone and the 'cheapest' sim only plan is $45, i mean I know they are a big provider but $45 a …

poll Are The Sports Betting Ads Getting out of Hand?

Im watching the Brownlow and literally every 2 rounds a break will happen in which the odds and 'special' offers are being advertised by sportsbet. Every sport talks about the odds, …

Does Anyone Install Solar on Asphalt Shingles?

Just thought i'd ask….? If so can you let me know if they install Solar in Victoria?

How Much Do You Pay for nbn?

Got a month left on my current contract with Internode paying $80 a month for 50mbps - Unlimited (got a free month for the 6 month contract so it wasn't a bad deal at the time) Service wise I …

poll Do You Pay More for Branded Medicine?

I will never understand how 100 tablets of Panadol can cost ~$13 when 100 tables of Panamax can cost you ~$3 when they both have the same active ingredient of 500mg of paracetamol? Other than if you …

poll Should Stamp Duty Be in a Property Advertised Price?

Should Stamp duty be in a property advertised price? Once again prices of real estate is going up and up and with that comes increased government revenue from ‘stamp duty’ For those who don’t …

Do You Envy Those Who Got Rich on Bitcoin?

By envy i mean i am happy for them but i have a massive regret feeling of why da faq didnt i jump on this earlier Bitcoin is now worth ~$40,000 USD (~$51,000 AUD) - I cant help but feel like a …