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With a bit of luck he wont cowtow to the overpaid loonies in the media.
With a bit of luck he wont cowtow to the overpaid loonies in the media.I will be saving my fulsomeness(sic) for a few months in if warranted.
Listening to QandA last night, there was no evidence of this new magnanimity from the minions
I will be saving my fulsomeness(sic) for a few months in if warranted.
Listening to QandA last night, there was no evidence of this new magnanimity from the minions
He wasn't the one I wanted to punch in the face.Glad that arrogant twit Downer isn't still in Parliament though.
He wasn't the one I wanted to punch in the face.
Let's put it this way, I was brought up to never hit girls, and I fully embrace and live that.So who was it ?
Let's put it this way, I was brought up to never hit girls, and I fully embrace and live that.
Google is trash. Hope they tax them into the dirt.It will be good to see this crap sorted out, at last.
Google Australia’s tax bill just $85 million despite profit rise
Search giant Google paid $85 million in tax in 2021 despite earning more than $7 billion from the local economy, shifting the majority of earnings to an international subsidiary.www.theage.com.au
Search giant Google paid $85 million in tax in 2021 despite earning more than $7 billion from the local economy, shifting the majority of earnings to an international subsidiary which reduced the size of its profits.
Financial accounts lodged on Thursday with the corporate regulator for the 2021 calendar and financial year show Google’s gross revenue in Australia grew 38 per cent to $7.2 billion in 2021, a major increase and a fresh high. Advertising revenue hit $6.1 billion, up from $4.4 billion the previous year.
As far as Im concerned, you can throw facebook and twitter into the same trash can, along with most of the media which is competing in the race to the bottom of the cess pit IMO.Google is trash. Hope they tax them into the dirt.
As far as Im concerned, you can throw facebook and twitter into the same trash can, along with most of the media which is competing in the race to the bottom of the cess pit IMO.
The problem is, having a nice platform where most comments are positive, doesnt drive repeat postings, only negative nasty $hit drives emotion and breeds ongoing combat.
So what do all these forms of interactive media promote?
Only FW's partake IMO.
If there's one thing really missing at present in mainstream society it's sensible, intellectual discussion.As far as Im concerned, you can throw facebook and twitter into the same trash can, along with most of the media which is competing in the race to the bottom of the cess pit IMO.
If there's one thing really missing at present in mainstream society it's sensible, intellectual discussion.
Look at the overall standard of debate in recent times, on any subject, and to be blunt it's a fair way below what would've been considered acceptable at even a high school debating exercise sort of level in the past.
It's at the point now where those who actually could make a strong contribution, on any subject, have simply walked away. Pick any subject and just observe not what's being said but who's saying it and what their credentials are. Those with academic qualifications, practical experience or other real, actual knowledge have largely walked away and left the masses to keep yelling at each other.
Just pick a subject and take a look. It's no longer Professor X from the University of 123, it's no longer Mr Y expert who's been doing something for 30 years, it's no longer Ms Z the CEO of big company whose entire business revolves around the subject being discussed. Those people have gone and now it's at best someone who's educated in a completely unrelated field, at worst it's someone who failed grade 10. But hey, they're an instant expert on everything from zoology to traffic engineering to Aboriginal art and they're armed with the full transcript of a 10 minute YouTube video that taught them all they know on the subject.
Of all things the new PM could achieve, raising the standard of public discussion, at least making it polite enough to bring back those with real knowledge, would be a good one.
That industry and many others.Yes, we have politicians designing power grids now instead of engineers.
Yes there would be a lot of businesses salivating on that gravy train, once it's Govt it's a license to print money, "but minister", "just pay it I don't want any problems, it isn't as though it's our money". ?90 kilometres ? Hehehe... how about $50billion + inflation + delays + blowouts ?
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