Alex H @hod_stuff

Sport & Punting Joined March 2011

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Ben Davison @Ben_Davison1

5 months ago

2% of GDP was what Labor & Dutton’s Coalition committed to spending ANNUALLY on defence That amounts to $45,600,000,000 in 2024 (rising as GDP grows) Dutton’s coalition has now promised to lift that to 3% over the next decade That’s an EXTRA $25,000,000,000/YEAR During peace?

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Stephen Koukoulas @TheKouk

8 months ago

I've had a look, but can't find a time when a Coalition govt delivered, simultaneously, 4% unemployment, with 2.5% inflation, 3.5% wages growth, a record high on the ASX & consecutive budget surpluses - as we have now. This is using a data base that goes back to the late 1960s.

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue

9 months ago

When the track records and respective economic policies of Labor and the Coalition are compared, there is no doubt that Labor offers the better prospect of successfully bringing inflation down and reducing the cost of living. #auspol johnmenadue.com/which-party-is…

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Usman Khawaja @Uz_Khawaja

2 years ago

All Lives are Equal. Freedom is a Human right. I'm raising my voice for human rights. For a humanitarian appeal. If you see it any other way. That's on you...

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Rhys Muldoon @rhysam

2 years ago

A simple way to test the logic of the Voice: Reverse it. If white Australians were in the minority. Had the highest incarceration rate. Were dying in custody. Died younger. Serious poverty etc. And you ask if “could we at least advise on matters affecting us?” This isn’t hard.

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Kos Samaras @KosSamaras

2 years ago

A Budget shaped by empathy. It’s been decades since we have seen this. No. It does not fix everything but it places the Labor government firmly into the corner of caring and trying to help. That’s all voters want. They don’t expect miracles but they do want and demand empathy.…

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Sally McManus @sallymcmanus

3 years ago

How out of touch is Peter Dutton and all those commentators decrying people with over $3mil in super paying their fair share of tax? People are struggling to pay rent, mortgages and groceries, yet all their focus is on the few who have none of these concerns.

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Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute

3 years ago

Treasury has released information on who wins and who misses out on some enormous tax concessions, including capital gains, super, and negative gearing. Let's look at who is getting the benefit from 6 legal tax loopholes. Thread 🧵 (Hint: 💰💰) #auspol

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Ben Phillips @BenPhillips_ANU

3 years ago

23/24FY Retiree couple $3m super say $150k income 0 tax paid + health care card + possible excess Franking Credits. Working age couple w kids $150k incomes ~$33k tax no $ benefits + considerably greater GST

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Solo Monk @JJKALE2

3 years ago

Katharine Murphy: "If we can’t agree that generous super tax concessions provide disproportionate benefits to people who really don’t need help, while depriving the budget of funds for services that we all need and value, then things are really cooked." #TheGuardian

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Gareth Hutchens @grhutchens

3 years ago

Adam Smith: “In reality, high profits tend much more to raise the price of work than high wages." Also Adam Smith:

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Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute

3 years ago

“You’ve got to say @sallymcmanus has a pretty good point here when you look at the figures” @David_Speers talking about our research on the Profit-Price Spiral and why Phil Lowe is wrong to talk about a so-called “wage-price” spiral

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Media Analyst @MediaAnalystOz

3 years ago

@smh Costello and Murdoch media keep ignoring Labor's huge achievements. Here's a better summary of 2022: capturedstates.substack.com/p/six

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Australian Unions @unionsaustralia

3 years ago

CEO pay UP 40% Profits UP 26% But workers are getting less than 1%.

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Jane Caro @JaneCaro

3 years ago

So, just looking at the countries which most wholeheartedly embraced Thatcherism & Reaganomics, otherwise known as neo-liberalism, can we agree it’s been, not just an abject failure, but an actual existential disaster? Can we change course? Like, immediately?