Why isn’t Albo more popular?
“I remember well the huge relief when Scott Morrison lost the election. I also remember the shock and disappointment when, five minutes after winning the election, Albanese attended Kyle Sandilands' wedding and also an all-male shindig for Lindsay Fox. After the earthquake that was the me-too movement and the tone-deaf nonsense from Morrison, I had hoped for a cultural shift. Instead, we got weasel words. Since then, we have seen little done to act on climate change, a government that seems to shut down dissent/diversity, and now the NDIS has devastating cutbacks at the same time as a massive increase in defence spending.”
Jane Davis, Naarm/Melbourne VIC

Taxes on investment properties
"The government is softening us up to the idea of reducing capital gain tax benefits. For them this is simply a money grab to prop up catastrophic government debt caused by profligate government money printing. They have for a long time wanted to extract even more from housing. It cost Bill Shorten an election. They are betting that it may now be acceptable to enough of the voting public. It is lazy policy. The effect of more taxes on housing suppliers will be higher housing costs and increased rental costs. The current housing crisis is caused by a lack of housing supply. Additional taxes will make already critically tight housing supply even tighter. Renters beware. Owners start saving. Costs are about to go up more sharply!"
Gundars Simsons, Sandy Bay TAS

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