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Yeah, that's the thing about the police and the judiciary, they're really worried about being cancelled by the public because they weren't…

[This you?](https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/16430801/redir) Can't even remember their own arguments. Sounds like you've been partaking…

Thankfully I don't know enough about his domestic arrangements to come to that sort of conclusion, I only have the sorry experience of…

This isn't his first rodeo (or even his second) at trying to understand the connection between negative gearing and property demand on…

This isn't a magic spell where if you wilfully misunderstand how something works for long enough then reality shifts and suddenly you get…

> Still waiting for that 20% off my mortgage If you're trying to convince me a 20% discount on education holds no value for you, you're…

The sample size is too small to be meaningful to the discussion we were having, but I appreciate you sharing your thoughts all the same…

What % of uni graduates would you estimate refuse to get a job and instead spend over a decade living at their parents place?

Luckily for everyone else, your inability to understand the purpose of art is not a good argument for whether or not it should receive…

> We might end up with more qualified uni-grads looking for jobs that aren't there. On the other hand, jobs require less qualifications…

It gives the same benefit any study of the arts does, I suppose? Develops the mind, cultivates a sense of society, explores philosophy, all…

Bad faith garbage, from Brendan???? (Disbelief, shock) How about science bro, did science exist before science degrees? Does that affect…

Yeah, I think you will find everyone who signed up to pay back whenever their help loan was will indeed be bound to pay back whatever their…

> I'm The Decider who decides the value given to society by degrees and the arts degrees are just money makers for Unis taken by people who…

Not sure what this "agree to it if they choose" nonsense you're pulling out of your hat is, but I think we can safely assume the people who…

But the people who paid the full price for their doctor and nursing degrees did the right thing, Brendan, doesn't this new "oh the…

> The instability (is that the word I used??) is because no one knows what other rules are going to change. Maybe they'll increase the…

> People need to have all the rules before they make a decision, whether to undertake a course, buy an investment property or establish a…

> Okay, we're getting there. It's not about length of notice, so much as not applying to any transactions that have already taken place. >…

> No, that's the opposite of what I'm saying. Sorry, we will try this again, I really want to understand this. What aspect of the…

> This is a terrible move. It makes the government look unstable and untrustworthy. Before you invest in your education, you now need to…

Okay so we have acknowledged every government sometimes applies rule changes that are instant and/or retrospective. And now you're saying…

Yeah ok, can you name for me a government that hasn't made an announcement that applied immediately or retrospectively?

> "I might have chosen to spend several years studying if I was going to get a 20% discount in a few years" Seems a bit multiverse, but…

> The difference being that the arts degree student can't get a job that relates to their degree, that's why they are a barista. Plenty of…

> The people paying (the taxpayer) should benefit. Everyone benefits from having firefighters. No one benefits from my barista having an…

> The people paying (the taxpayer) should benefit. Everyone benefits from having firefighters. No one benefits from my barista having an…

> People chose to take these debts on. They can repay them Sure, but then you have to extend that argument to R and D grants and all the…

> Oh, so.it doesn't come from thin air? I'm having to pay for a baristas arts degree, or a 20% reduction of some career students $100k+…

> People that paid off their debts before this 20% reduction, have had to pay more money than people who did not pay off their debts before…