@retrobike_c16 @UstaNajjar @taipan168 A genuine question needs to be raised of why we should be funding private and faith based schools though.

@fgx195 @UstaNajjar @taipan168 I reckon there’s a fairly simple fix here: you can keep your government funding, if your fees are capped at <arbitrary figure> per year Thereby retaining funding for faith schools & similar that come in to the picture And not for the $45K a year silvertail joints

@UstaNajjar @retrobike_c16 The parents are not loaded, yet they could come up with $125m to build a world class aquatic centre. Okie dokie.

@OzzyAussieOtty Inclined to agree......

@UstaNajjar @retrobike_c16 @taipan168 Yeah nah, $125 million aquatic centres isn't "sacrificing to get a better education" like your average suburban private schools I get you can make that argument for but you just can't for these top tier elitist places.

@UstaNajjar @taipan168 At Cranbrook? No, I don’t think I do. Not all private schools are the same

@retrobike_c16 @taipan168 I think you underestimate how many parents are not "loaded" and sacrifice a lot to get their kids access to a better education. Some are struggling to make ends meet still. They just value education as something worth sacrificing other things for.

@UstaNajjar @taipan168 I kinda think Taipan’s point is that these schools don’t need government funding at all, with which I agree. Even though it would cost me personally. Quite a lot 😂

@retrobike_c16 @Dura_Ace that they had the hide to ask though. jeez.

@retrobike_c16 @CadburyAU That’s the only reason I noticed. I never buy full price. They used to be 99c half price and then I picked a bar up and went, hang on, these used to be bigger as well. Gone from 60gr to 50gr and gone up 25%. Like I said, stopped me buying it though. 🤷‍♂️

@shaunst_au @KenHenryStan @Dura_Ace Sure. There can’t be many left with such schemes. Numbers retiring with those will be reducing quite sharply I guess

@Dura_Ace At least they don’t expect the pension, all good from me

Just bought some new shoes online, have gone back in to check a coupe of items on spec and they've run out in my size now. A tiny thing I find stupidly pleasing 🙂

@retrobike_c16 @119glory @hot_rails This is the slow train crash we're living in. Will we stop shoveling coal into the train engine or not? You may be right, but fatalism is self fulfilling.

@jh_price @Jontafkasi Lol 🤔

@hot_rails @retrobike_c16 "Live simply so others may simply live" is how I remember the old Left, not abundance in a consumer sense.

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@retrobike_c16 c) smarter use and reuse of materials can reduce energy use, the need to extract more materials and solve waste problems for less cost. Many are pushing a, b & c without suggesting going without materials. Looking at climate trajectories however, one does look toward degrowth

@RangaRunner @CadburyAU Not if it’s always sold at half price 😃

@retrobike_c16 @CadburyAU That’s a 50% price increase on a unit basis - from $3.33/100gr to $5.00/100gr. That’s a pisstake. #inflation