DavidDoesLemmy

It rubs in and becomes invisible.

The government should be working with these people help them do it better, instead of just opposing them.

They say the best sunscreen is the cheapest one, because people aren't stingy when they apply it. Apply a thick layer, it helps.

It's tricky how we value things. That is the key determinate of wealth. In any given year, maybe 1 in 30 dwellings get sold. Yet we assume all other dwellings are priced the same as those.

My partner came home later than expected and I felt anxious. By this definition, my partner was committing intimate partner violence? What?

Cars are in most places in Australia. They'll f you up. Trains are less common and more predictable, but they f you up too if you get on the wrong side of them

Sounds like a pain in the ass

Drop-bears are probably the biggest risk he'll have to deal with. Tell him to be careful walking under any tree as you never know when they'll attack.

"Queensland LNG projects delivered $310.1bn total income for gas companies but they paid just $966m in company tax – or just 0.3% of total income (and all of that was paid by just one company)." You can't compare revenue to tax paid. Tax is paid on profits, not revenue. For many businesses COGS is a very large percent of revenue.

Cars kill way more people and they're not suggesting we ban cars.

It also smells a bit that politicians are exempt.

They should index it to inflation. Otherwise it is an underhanded way to start taxing most people in the future.