Flat rates no security no benefits welcome to labour hire land!
Remember before covid how flat the economy was the above is a big part of the problem
Flat rates no security no benefits welcome to labour hire land!Public sector wages, benefits et al are well above private now trawler. Public sector gigs are now plum jobs given to people with power and/or connections, usually a parent that's already a high ranking public servant.
The only other way to get your foot in the door is if you meet some kind of diversity criteria. Competence has virtually nothing to do with it, not any more.
You don't need to tell me what scumbags are running society. I am all too aware.Flat rates no security no benefits welcome to labour hire land!
Remember before covid how flat the economy was the above is a big part of the problem
That becomes difficult Bas, when the high paying jobs are in places far away from Sydney and Melbourne, how you share the wealth is take the money off the workers and give it to those who want to live in Sydney and Melbourne.Excellent story on ABC about the rising fortunes of Australia mineral exports.
Not just iron ore although that is the big one. Real question might be how does this huge increase in national income get spread across the broader economy ?
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Iron ore juggernaut hauls Australia into a current account surplus that's set to stay
For the first time since the early 1970s, Australia is consistently earning more from the rest of the world than it pays out, and a leading economist says that will set the nation in good stead to withstand any bumps in the pandemic recovery.www.abc.net.au
It's probably not so noticeable in big cities but having lived in smaller places it was always very noticeable when whatever the big driver of wealth was wasn't going well or vice versa.Real question might be how does this huge increase in national income get spread across the broader economy ?
Not just iron ore although that is the big one. Real question might be how does this huge increase in national income get spread across the broader economy ?
0% probability.We need a mining export tax if we are going to get anywhere near paying off the debt.
0% probability.
They'll cut spending on everything long before they raise taxes.
The government already charges a royalty on mined products + minings companies pay income tax + miners pay income tax + shareholders pay income tax + many more taxes through out the supply chain.We need a mining export tax if we are going to get anywhere near paying off the debt.
how much of every $1 of revenue do you think the government deserves
One interesting note (among many others) was how privately "owned coal" was vested back to the Crown in 1981.This paper sets out a history of mineral and petroleum ownership and royalties in NSW as a background to the debate concerning recent changes to State royalties and Federal mining tax regimes. The timelines provided start at 1906, the point at which the first consolidated mining legislation was introduced.
While the majority of the paper focuses on the changes in royalty rates that have occurred between 1906 and 2012, where possible, the paper identifies the reasons why changes to the NSW royalty regime were made.
That’s what the exisiting royalties that are paid are for.The government is us, and we own the stuff in the ground so we can set the return we want.
They will be.Yes they will.
Unless they are not the government.
There is nothing to say that the current royalty system can't be modified as circumstances change, and they have changed very much.That’s what the exisiting royalties that are paid are for.
Circumstances haven’t really changed.There is nothing to say that the current royalty system can't be modified as circumstances change, and they have changed very much.
Circumstances haven’t really changed.
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