David Ryder
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ParticipantYes but much less so than it used to be. Racism these days is more to be found in some individuals rather than institutions and I don’t expect that to change.
ParticipantSocial media is a growing problem because of the way many kids have become addicted to it and the often false or misleading content on offer.
Real world social, cultural and sporting activities are all taking a back seat to online activities and IMO individuals and society will be worse off as these activities decline.
Most schools have now banned mobile phone use during school hours with mixed results and I think the same would apply to any attempt at wider bans.
I don’t know what should be done on this one other than parents should ensure that their kids understand that most of the content on social media is not real.ParticipantI can but only if I can get the wheel nuts off which have been done up by a tyre fitter using an air rattle gun. If I can’t crack them then I call the RACQ.
ParticipantYes they have been around for a while but to any intelligent viewer are obviously fake.
Unfortunately there are people who will think they are real, and they vote!ParticipantMy first wife was 17 and pregnant when we married in Queensland.
She was certainly not a child.
A century ago marriage at 14 or 15 was common enough although IMO that’s a bit too young.ParticipantSpot on Jan.
ParticipantI intend to leave my kids my possessions including the house. As to money well there may or may not be much of that. I don’t have a plan.
ParticipantNo, but they don’t seem to be working. The two vape shops in the town where I live continue to do a roaring trade with teenagers as the biggest customers. The shelves are fully stocked.
My daughter tells me that at least half the kids at her high school vape and the vapes get handed around.
So there is no point to this article.
ParticipantI would begin fixing the structural deficit in the budget. First things to do would be restrict negative gearing to new builds and crack down on multinational tax avoidance.
Next would be a crack down on overservicing and fraud in the medical professions and the NDIS.
On the spending side no cash handouts but get dentistry onto Medicare and remove or lower interest charged on HECS debts.
ParticipantAll savage dogs need putting down. They are a menace to the community.
Participant1) Reduce immigration.
2) Restrict negative gearing to new builds only.
3) Remove or reduce the capital gains tax concession.
4) Foreigners not to own Australian real estate.
5) Train more skilled construction workers.
6) Build more public housing.ParticipantWhile governments are good at wasteful spending another reason for the slow progress might be a lack of skilled workers and materials. There are big shortages of both in Australia.
ParticipantThe BOM get it right more than they get it wrong but sometimes they get it spectacularly wrong like forecasting a poor wet season for 2023/24.
ParticipantOnly an egotistical moron would fall for the sovereign citizen rubbish that makes them believe they are special.
9 April 2024 at 8:47 am in reply to: Where does Australia rank among the world’s most promiscuous countries? #1830485ParticipantI would not trust the accuracy of those figures. Not saying they are wrong but how on Earth were they collected? Could only be by asking people and getting honest answers which I doubt would happen.
ParticipantThe entire bill is way beyond what most of us could afford to pay for a meal.
ParticipantNobody I know wants to live anywhere near a nuclear reactor and neither do I.
They are uneconomic and very expensive to construct as this article points out.
There is also the highly toxic waste to dispose of.
I don’t know why the Coalition has taken up this silly, vote losing policy idea.ParticipantMy wife is Filipino and she and her friends get all their dental work done on visits back home.
The service and materials are the same as in Australia, the care is good, the surgeries they use are modern and up to date.
The cost is around 80% less than you pay for the same treatment here. eg a procedure such as a filling costs around $200 in Australia and around $40 there.ParticipantIt’s tricky because not all private schools are wealthy. The Catholic sector operate a private system with often low fees which are affordable for the people wanting to use them.
Maybe the solution to the inequity is a needs based system, basically with means testing as with pensions.
Meaning full payments to government schools and means tested payments to private schools resulting in the low fee private schools retaining full payments and the high fee ones receiving less.Participant1kg Smitten cat food went from $3 to $5 in three months.
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