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This one doesn't work on Switch, right? Why are the names so confusing??

Well I didn't buy it new, but my Atto 3 easily gets our family wherever we need to go daily, and we have an ICE for extra space/flexibility…

You really need to get out more, that's not even slightly difficult to imagine

Seems like your options are cancel or wait? If you're happy to wait, then don't cancel the order

I think maybe you are confusing income with capital gain? So maybe there will be income tax owing, but not capital gains tax. As others…

Governments are notoriously bad/slow at communicating with each other. They all have seperate IT systems that don't talk to each other at…

Isn't CGT only payable when you sell the shares?

I thought we had already agreed it wasn't going to happen. The federal government, certainly, has no interest in delivering services. I…

Well we would hope the migrants have children here, or bring them in. But yes, we don't need to pay for child care or education for the…

You're talking about a pretty small proportion of the population in most of those examples. Yes, less population growth will lead to less…

Well, we have a progressive tax system (more income = higher tax rate). So tax deductions, inversely, benefit higher income earners more…

Maybe, but as well as being politically unpopular that approach takes skilled workers from countries that need them more than we do; those…

I guess 'lifestyle choice' is one way to look at it. Not sure most would consider having children comparable to wanting to live at the…

It's nice to think that everyone can choose to stay home and care for their children themselves, unfortunately reality is far more…

Yes, we can and should do much better for children in the out of home care system. State and Territory Governments should prioritise…

Sadly no, very much still a problem along with declining fertility rates.…

Well, I believe in supporting workforce participation for those that want to work, so probably up to 50/60 hours per week, as we have now.…

Sure, but we don't have enough natural population growth. Our population is ageing, costs are increasing, it's a pyramid scheme and we need…

The liberals have been in government for most of the last 30 years mate

There is definitely a friction between improving the quality of care and better regulation/oversight, and keeping fees down. The problem…

Pretty accurate, workforce participation is top priority. To be fair though, can you imagine the reaction from the "your kids, you pay for…

Well, we need to keep importing young tax payers to fund the pension, health system, aged care, NDIS, etc etc for our ageing population. Is…

Yes, we should properly fund and provide all those things, for the betterment of society

Well ok, I will concede school funding is targeted to families with school aged children. How is it excessive though? Do you think the…

Govt owned and controlled providers would mean government provided services, wouldn't it? So are you recommending we do nationalise child…

Notionally, sure. But in reality, the age pension is funded directly by the taxes currently being collected.

Your numbers are way off, I think because of including temporary visas. Out current population is 27.9.million (source: ABS population…

It is very relevant to the discussion of subsiding families with young children. Other than child care, which is primarily subsidised to…

Was replying to @Checkmate3023, I have zero clue how these reply tags do (or mostly don't) work

You are failing to understand the difference between services that are publicly funded and privately provided, like aged care, child care…