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@ACT-Crusader said in Aussie Politics:
@voodoo said in Aussie Politics:
can it cost $2.7bn to UPGRADE a stadium??!!!!
FYI, the original upgrade was costed at $1bn in 2021....
I got your back…
I’ve belonged to 2 unions in my life, the CFMEU was hopefully the last . Bunch of crooks and bullies .
My favourite memory of them was the local union head forcing management to tell the boys to down tools for an emergency meeting. Then this clown explained to us the sharemarket was crashing and spent the next 45 minutes thrashwanking about the evils of capitalism and if it wasn’t for them our bosses would treat us like slaves . He went on and on until someone put up their hand and he said ,
“ do you have a question brother?”
“ yeah mate , you said the sharemarket has gone to shit. Is any of the CBUS money invested in it?
Awkward silenceMore awkward silence
Clears throat
“ um ..,,,, yeah some of it is ……”
Cue arrested development theme song .
I wouldn’t have joined but to force us into joining they kept shutting down the site for reasons like a toasted sandwich maker not having an electrical safety tag until we gave in and joined .
The next site I went to I asked the foreman what the situation was like with the CFMEU and he said they’d been pricks at the start of the job until the boss asked how much it would cost to keep them away and he got the $10000 they wanted and we never saw them again .But yeah they totally had our backs.
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@antipodean said in Aussie Politics:
@voodoo said in Aussie Politics:
@antipodean said in Aussie Politics:
@voodoo said in Aussie Politics:
@antipodean said in Aussie Politics:
@voodoo said in Aussie Politics:
Our resident Queenslanders and Australian brothers are today laughing at the little Cantab peasants who complained about their Government and the cost of their shiny new stadium.
In case you missed it, a $7bn agreement was reached today between the QLD State Gov and the Feds for about 50/50 spend on:
- a $2.7bn upgrade to the Gabba;
Rebuild. Like SFS was rebuilt.
- A new $2.5bn 15,000 seat "arena; and
17,000 seats, which means each seat now costs less than $150,000 each.
- $2.3bn for "various" other projects
How. The. Fuck. can it cost $2.7bn to UPGRADE a stadium??!!!!
FYI, the original upgrade was costed at $1bn in 2021....
Easy to spend other people's money on vanity projects.
I get that 2023 isn’t 2019, and a stadium isn’t an arena, but Parra Stadium seats 30k and cost $300m
That’s some serious demo costs and inflation to get to 2.5bn for 17k
You're confusing two different things. The rebuild of the Gabba (50,000 seats) is not the new Arena over the railway station at Roma Street.
that's true but they're both stupidly expensive - the Gaba should not cost $2.7bn to knock down and rebuild and a new 17k arena sure as fck shouldn't cost $2.5bn
I don't disagree, but given the cost blowouts of any public infrastructure in Australia, perhaps these are the first to show their true cost?
Under promise, over deliver
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So now the terrible superannuation situation in Australia has gotten worse as the Treasurer, the entirely unqualified Jim Chalmers has identified an opportunity: To legislate that superannuation funds need to fulfil certain requirements; namely investing in the white elephant projects dreamed up by the government of the day.
Not specifying that funds needs to maximise returns for members, or that funds are for retirement. No, that wouldn't satisfy their penchant for public policy prescription. Namely that we should be a collective working to a grand design as determined by a political elite.
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Now we've got further detail, the government wants to tax unrealised gains. That's the collective intellect of Labor; bereft of detail on a simple element of taxation policy, they're unable to explain how a paper gain in illiquid assets can be dealt with.
I'm pleased I didn't drink from the Kool-Aid and invested outside of super, even accounting for the tax benefits as they were at the time.
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@booboo said in Aussie Politics:
@voodoo said in Aussie Politics:
I’ve always been very careful to keep my super balance below $3m just in case something like this came up
Would be delighted if I had that option ...
@voodoo incested in sarcasm shares. Profits are unrealised.
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@NTA said in Aussie Politics:
@booboo said in Aussie Politics:
@voodoo said in Aussie Politics:
I’ve always been very careful to keep my super balance below $3m just in case something like this came up
Would be delighted if I had that option ...
@voodoo incested in sarcasm shares. Profits are unrealised.
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@voodoo said in Aussie Politics:
@booboo I’m hoping he meant invested, but I can’t be sure
You are from Palmy
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he's grade A fuckwit but what's he done now?
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@voodoo said in Aussie Politics:
@booboo said in Aussie Politics:
So, don't get drunk and tweet.
Exhibt A:
I had the same thought, then I saw that he sent it at 10:13am…
My point stands ...
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Politics:
he's grade A fuckwit but what's he done now?
One of the few websites that quote his tweet...
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lol fuck. Imagine how hard you have to fuck up for Pauline Hanson to call you out?
Has Latham been checked for a tumour or something? His general behaviour borders on deranged.
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@mariner4life said in Aussie Politics:
he's grade A fuckwit but what's he done now?
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