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> Okay everyone. No murders, assaults or kidnappings. Today we close out the scratched cars. Let's go! Maybe 30% rather than "everyone"?…

^ This. Plus the negative impact of a claim on your rating means that I wouldn't even want to pursue a low value claim. Might as well set…

Not keen for more taxes, but I'm more than happy for them to cut down on the various government marketing departments, or other similarly…

> prioritise a scratched car over a woman being beaten If they've already visited / dealt with that four times this month, with no impact,…

I recommend the best Michelin in whichever size is on your official tyre placard fitted to the car. Personally in the event of a collision…

This. Happy with my Michelins

Pretty sure it's a twin turbo? The wagon looks especially good (obviously except the front end though), but unfortunately you can't have it…

Well that's one reason why not to use them. I'm far from a cyber security expert, and sometimes prefer banking on my PC, but I'm still with…

> technically unable to identify Maybe not able with complete certainty, but they could use recent transaction data to make a very very…

> why not? No internet banking on the website

> the next day he had stacked them up outside my house on the ground Sounds more than reasonable to me. Use your own bin. Next time they…

A. IMO the same cohort have been a front-row beneficiary of mass immigration, technological development and globalisation, with…

> it's incredible difficult to define what is reasonable Fine, but I've defined what's reasonable in my opinion: Where there's a retiree…

> Yes, you can shield your wealth Hit the nail on the head - this shouldn't be possible, and it's outrageous it's been allowed to continue…

https://csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/docs/2019/11/CSRM_Research_Note_Pensioner_house_values_v1.01.pdf Looks like over 250,000…

> IF someone has an estate, they die and leave to their pension age children making them ineligible for pension The smart / logicaly…

Absolutely agreed on all of htat. Personally I think the royalties from resource extractjion should be distributed to citizens individually…

Fantastic reasoning for why a pension isn't needed / primary home shouldn't be excluded from the assets test.

> paid higher taxes to receive one Higher than what exactly? And did overall net taxes reduce (and stay down) since superannuation was…

Yes they can feel free to not have an estate if it puts them out so much. Obviously there would need to be limits on gifting and asset…

> There is also a fair argument that many receiving an age pension have contributed to it through a life of taxes. I don't see any…

Technically already axed, just that many people (myself included) have one already set up prior to the fees coming into effect

If you were running a business and paying your employees their base salary, wouldn't it be nice for them to have an extra bonus funded by…

Almost, yes - and automatic cars are great for people missing limbs, those with no coordination, and the people who enjoy various types of…

Maybe the govt is hoping Toyota will sell fewer LC300s and more of something like [this?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Noah)…

My least-favourite insurance - nothing to prevent adverse selection opportunists, and then the peope who have no need for a policy get…

If the $43k+ price on the Ranger wasn't enough to make them look at other options, would another couple of thousand on top really make any…

F150 Raptor rather than the more common Ranger Raptor?

I'm yet to hear a good reason for that focus, unfortunately. The best course of action IMO is to keep current vehicles in service as long…

If the aim is to reduce emissions, I support a tax which appropriarely considers that - a new car buyer going from a Yaris into a Kia EV9…