by accident or unintentional suicide ( walking in front of the vehicle you just waved through ( have seen a couple of near misses like that with driver and controller snapping into 'automatic' modeHow many get run over , cause this is more than I got going into mines.
This is a joke .this country is out of wack with real world and we are all going to be hurt badly
I spent some time in the Bowen basin so am appreciative, it is not fun but can be done with no degree, hardly any literacy, no physical strength..you sweat but you do not need muscle or brain effort ,Most of them work on roadside construction, I've heard it all before mate aye. I worked on construction in MT Isa and had to dog cranes all day in full sunlight in construction attire. A lot of people who think they can do it usually collapse in the first 3 days of sunstroke.
I don't think you'll see any big falls or corrections in any markets until you see large job losses, there's just too much spare money floating around.No idea where to post this , so....
Finance guy Roger Montgomery is back for 2024 with last night's ABC Radio podcast now available . ( 50 minutes ) Interesting thoughts on where he thinks the share market is headed this year and callers ( those baby boomers , again ! ) telling us where they're actually spending all their loot . ...( What recession ? )
and here i was buying 1 kg containers of honey for the last two years ( and stock-piling them )Shortage of bee stock. Varroa mite tearing through stock. Qld apparently the last hold out. But there is not enough to replenish before winter.
They drive them on semis to pollinate crops as well. Not sure how big of an impact.and here i was buying 1 kg containers of honey for the last two years ( and stock-piling them )
don't i feel foolish now ??
It is certainly looking like a very sick sector, even the real estate sector are starting to mention what @Smurf1976 and others have been saying is a fundamental society issue brewing, something has to give.another building company
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A privately owned building company that has operated in NSW and the ACT for 30 years has gone into voluntary…the-riotact.com
my daughter got in early and bought in a "desirable" established suburb, with trees and shops and buses and etc.It is certainly looking like a very sick sector, even the real estate sector are starting to mention what @Smurf1976 and others have been saying is a fundamental society issue brewing, something has to give.
What it is, that is the question, because there will be money to be made and money to be lost, when it finally does give.
From the article:‘Just broken’: How much you need to earn to buy a house
The average income of people who manage to buy a home has jumped over the past four years. Will rate cuts help?www.smh.com.au
“It’s a situation where there’s a real split down wealth and income lines. It’s becoming a case where the average household can no longer buy the average home.”
Cacho said if the trend continued, it could do fatal damage to national myths about the value of hard work.
“It reduces social cohesion. It was generally seen if you tried and really applied yourself you can achieve it, no matter your starting point. But now unless you come from a family who owns a home or has some wealth, it’s really hard to buy a home.”
AMP chief economist Dr Shane Oliver agreed the trend was concerning. “It’s an unfortunate reflection of where the property market is at present,” he said. “To some degree it’s self-evident because we’ve seen a rise in average loan sizes. So it can’t be lower incomes getting in.
The nation’s biggest plastics maker Qenos is preparing plans to close its Australian manufacturing plants by the end of the year, sources say, with the potential loss of hundreds of jobs heaping pressure on the Albanese government amid a wave of industry and construction company collapses.
The Australian understands Qenos has not formally told its workforce of any closure planning, and declined to comment on Thursday over its financial position or the direction of any review of its operations.
But sources say a leaked email, recently circulated among some staff, suggested Qenos could close its operations by the end of the year as a result of ongoing losses at the plastics manufacturer.
Qenos runs major plants in Melbourne’s Altona and Sydney’s Botany Bay. The company’s Sydney plant was hit by the near-collapse of its cooling towers in February 2023, with the facilities out of action for much of the year.
Any closure of its plants could have a major knock-on impact to other Australian manufacturers, given the polyethylene produced by the company is used in food packaging and moulded plastic products such as water tanks, wheelie bins and in a range of other industries.
Almost 1650 manufacturing and construction businesses have plunged into insolvency in just six months, with thousands of jobs under threat as companies move offshore and shut operations in response to rising power prices, supply chain pressures, labour shortages and high inflation.
Qenos, owned by China National Chemical, booked a $79.7m loss in 2022, according to the most recent financial statements filed to ASIC by the company, following a massive $320.4m loss the previous year – which came partly as the result of the company’s closure of a number of its Victorian manufacturing lines in 2021 .
Many in my trade have given up on apprentices partly for the above reasons.Huge amount of trade apprentices are quitting in droves. A lot are third year and are sick of the hours, pay and hard work.
I don't blame them as it sucks in summer and you wreck your body. It's also hard to transition to a different line of work for many that stay too long in the job.
Hence the importation of "qualified" tradies from overseas.Many in my trade have given up on apprentices partly for the above reasons.
There is a critical shortage of qualified people, so it is not a good situation.
Roger Montgomery is an idiot. His opinions are worthless.No idea where to post this , so....
Finance guy Roger Montgomery is back for 2024 with last night's ABC Radio podcast now available . ( 50 minutes ) Interesting thoughts on where he thinks the share market and Bitcoin ETF's are headed this year and callers ( those baby boomers , again ! ) telling us where they're actually spending all their loot . ...( What recession ? )
From Evil Murdoch Press
Almost 1650 manufacturing and construction businesses have plunged into insolvency in just six months, with thousands of jobs under threat as companies move offshore and shut operations in response to rising power prices, supply chain pressures, labour shortages and high inflation.
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