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Port Headland doesn't have anywhere near enough water to support a major population. They're already looking at borefields and desalination as options to meet current projected population growth there. That's overlooking the fact that it would need major infrastructure upgrades.

Cool, how long ago was this?

A couple of years ago at a University Open Day.

Isolation.

We are very far from anywhere. The nearest major city is over 2,000km and that only gives you Adelaide. Next nearest are another 1,000+ km further still.

It's such a contrast from Sydney, where 2,000km gives you Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra (ok that one isn't very major), Hobart, Adelaide - even Auckland.

I have tried a tiny sample of what was meant to be a hamburger pattie/mince thing. It was not big enough to really judge - but it gave an idea.

It tasted different, the texture was definitely different to what you know. But it wasn't bad. I think we'd get used to it. They said they were nowhere near making a steak be similar.

Also interesting that Australia's population is now 28 Million. Which is a lot, but still doesn't put us in the top-50 nations by population.

After a threshold. You don't want to tax some poor pensioner who has lived in the same 2-bedroom cottage in Carlton for 60 years, simply because that location is now worth $2Million.

And now it's complicated. How do you find that threshold?
If it's per-person, you'll find rich people divvying up their portfolios to family members to distribute this tax benefit.
If you grandfather it in so it only affects future property purchases, you disincentivise retirees from downsizing to a smaller place, freeing up some 4-bedroom house.

Taxation policies are hard.

Sorry Willie, you can't upload a video to YouTube and then say it was a private setting.

I doubt you'd get away with calling the lecture private even if it weren't broadcast.

The problem is I love all three publications and would struggle to choose one name.

/c/NotBetootaShovelChaser ?

Remember that whole thing 15-20 years ago about "Occupy" and taxing the 1% etc?

This whole thing affects the top 0.3% of the population. 99.7% of us won't be affected by it. There should be very wide popular support for this.

Hell, I wish I were affected by this policy. This is an awesome problem to have!

It will be interesting to see how popular this line is. It has to mainly be for people along the line to connect to the city lines, right?

Unless you are a teenager, you'll be retiring far sooner than 50 years. Less than 20, for me (hopefully).

Every Saturday is much the same: Hockey, Shopping, Extra thing.

The kid lost hockey to the team on top of the ladder, but still scored a goal. Shopping was mostly a success, I need to go back for more stuff soon.

Not sure what Extra thing will be at this stage, but it's my wife's birthday soon, might take the kids shopping for that.