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The super tax debate is divorced from reality – and more proof that Australia’s tax system is built for the rich | Greg Jericho The proposal will affect only 0.5% of people with superannuation and yet you would think the government is about to seize the means of production

Taxing the very rich is very hard. They get very loud, very cross and very disingenuous.
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Chart showing that even if someone starts work today aged 18 on $106,000 and gets a 3.7% pay rise every ever, they will still only have $2.1m in super when they retire

Worried you might one day have more than $3m in super and then might get less of a tax break?

First off, seriously, you are worried about having $3m in super??

Secondly, as @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes, stop worrying you are not going to ever have $3m
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Must be right incantation however.

Magical ward against failing.

Joh for Canberra - Wikipedia

For those wondering, the last time the federal Coalition split was in 1987, under pressure from the Qld nationals during the failed Joh for Canberra push. The Hawke govt went on to win Labor's biggest HOR majority (until 2025).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joh_for... #auspol #qldpol #ozhist

Ok. I think we’ve had enough “why did the Libs lose” articles.

Let’s move on to things that matter, rather than the trivial inner workings of a minor party.

Overhaul the tax system you say? OK. End the Capital Gains Tax discount... improve the PRRT... bring in a wealth tax.... also a broad super profits tax.

Cheers, thanks for the suggestion.

Handing over academic institutional leadership to a roving class of elite administrators, none remaining in place long, just climbing ladders and cashing checks … was a mistake,

partially eaten breakfast taco with egg and kimchi bits. droplets of salsa are splattered against a white plate

dropped my egg & kimchi breakfast taco and accidentally made a michelin star plating?

We get Albo the Musical now right?

We just got the trifecta.

Good.

Good.

Come on over!

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Bingo card for you! Drink responsibly x

Al gore is pissed off and I’m here for it

EVs to cost more under a Coalition government, after Dutton’s apparent backflip on popular tax break Polestar says Dutton’s move shows ‘a complete lack of understanding of the significant cost-of-living, climate and health benefits of EVs’

"Electric vehicles would cost more under a Coalition government, after Peter Dutton confirmed he would scrap a popular tax break for EV drivers in an apparent backflip that has caused confusion and anger among clean car advocates."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

David Brooks is Communist Manifesto posting, Harvard is antifascist now, Bill Kristol is a Bernie Bro now, SCOTUS is releasing emergency panic judgments, Frank fucking Luntz is in the NYT today extolling the virtues of empathy.

The era of Finding Out is a trip

New York City.
Keep protesting! Keep marching in the streets!

This is the quote of the debate.

Australia Institute Live: Day 19 of the 2025 election campaign It's the half way point of the campaign and the second leaders' debate. Join us for all the campaign days' events, and fact checks, as it happens.

If you missed the debate - catch up on @amyremeikis.bsky.social, @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social and my commentary
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Rutgers Senate Proposes Big Ten 'Mutual Defense Compact' to Block Trump's Campus Attacks | Common Dreams Rutgers University Senate takes a stand against Trump's attacks on First Amendment rights, forming a mutual defense compact with other Big Ten schools. Will this bold move inspire other institutions t...

Princeton also told them to kick rocks, along with a coalition with Rutgers. www.commondreams.org/news/rutgers...

MIT following Harvard's lead here

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Still disgusted I cannot watch our federal political debates on the ABC.

Turns out the laws of physics cannot be revoked or overruled.

i’m of the view that it would be genuinely idiotic for the white house to invoke the insurrection act if it wants to stay in power. if you are going to call out troops to confront throngs of protesters, you need to be extremely confident that they will obey every order given to them.

Who Will Care for Infants With H.I.V. Overseas? The consequences of mother-to-child transmission can be enormous, a new study suggests. But the U.S. has dismissed experts working to solve the problem.

The Trump administration has dismissed the few remaining health officials who oversaw care for some of the world’s most vulnerable people: more than 500,000 children and more than 600,000 pregnant women with HIV in low-income countries.