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Ellyfromoz
@ellyfromoz.bsky.social
Mother, runner, enjoys cooking, politics, shopping, talking about tax, and legal education. Required to think about Gen AI. Lives on never been ceded Dharawal lands. Voted and campaigned for Yes both referendums. She/Her
Taxing the very rich is very hard. They get very loud, very cross and very disingenuous.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
The super tax debate is divorced from reality – and more proof that Australia’s tax system is built for the rich | Greg Jericho
The proposal will affect only 0.5% of people with superannuation and yet you would think the government is about to seize the means of production
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Worried you might one day have more than $3m in super and then might get less of a tax break?

First off, seriously, you are worried about having $3m in super??

Secondly, as @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes, stop worrying you are not going to ever have $3m
australiainstitute.org.au/post/dont-be...
May 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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For those wondering, the last time the federal Coalition split was in 1987, under pressure from the Qld nationals during the failed Joh for Canberra push. The Hawke govt went on to win Labor's biggest HOR majority (until 2025).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joh_for... #auspol #qldpol #ozhist
Joh for Canberra - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
May 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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$70 a month to read a paper (Australian Financial Review) that sneers at free GP visits, free TAFE, cheaper childcare, and support for aged care as if these are handouts for the unwashed. The AFR isn’t journalism. It’s a $70 insult to every working-class voter in the country #auspol
May 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Ok. I think we’ve had enough “why did the Libs lose” articles.

Let’s move on to things that matter, rather than the trivial inner workings of a minor party.
May 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Overhaul the tax system you say? OK. End the Capital Gains Tax discount... improve the PRRT... bring in a wealth tax.... also a broad super profits tax.

Cheers, thanks for the suggestion.
"Business chiefs called on Labor to prioritise a productivity agenda which included unwinding or relaxing its industrial relations agenda from the first term, overhauling the tax system and removing regulatory barriers."

Seriously. Get stuffed.
May 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Handing over academic institutional leadership to a roving class of elite administrators, none remaining in place long, just climbing ladders and cashing checks … was a mistake,
May 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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dropped my egg & kimchi breakfast taco and accidentally made a michelin star plating?
May 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We get Albo the Musical now right?
May 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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We just got the trifecta.
May 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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May 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Bingo card for you! Drink responsibly x
May 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Al gore is pissed off and I’m here for it
April 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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"Electric vehicles would cost more under a Coalition government, after Peter Dutton confirmed he would scrap a popular tax break for EV drivers in an apparent backflip that has caused confusion and anger among clean car advocates."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
EVs to cost more under a Coalition government, after Dutton’s apparent backflip on popular tax break
Polestar says Dutton’s move shows ‘a complete lack of understanding of the significant cost-of-living, climate and health benefits of EVs’
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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David Brooks is Communist Manifesto posting, Harvard is antifascist now, Bill Kristol is a Bernie Bro now, SCOTUS is releasing emergency panic judgments, Frank fucking Luntz is in the NYT today extolling the virtues of empathy.

The era of Finding Out is a trip
Hard to shake the feeling that a lot of enablers are finally arriving at the "oh shit what did we do" stage of things
This is an unusual order for several reasons, suggesting the majority thought it necessary. This was issued:
• after midnight
• before the government even responded (perhaps most irregular)
• while a Fifth Circuit request remains pending &
• before a dissenting justice could finish their statement.
April 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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New York City.
Keep protesting! Keep marching in the streets!
April 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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April 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This is the quote of the debate.
Albo — we need more things that go *bang* #abcleadersdebate
April 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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MIT following Harvard's lead here
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Still disgusted I cannot watch our federal political debates on the ABC.
April 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM