Rajesh Koothrappali
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- Oct 15, 2013
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- Melbourne
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It's in the news, people just don't care.
Where is the corruption reported "in the news" specifically? I am certain people would care significantly about corruption. Please be specific.
On the local level quirk kept selling public land to donors below value without public tender.
I assume you have evidence of this so could you please share it? Or the source of the information.
For state government newman snuck in a last minute change in a water bill to retroactively legalise quarrying activities of a major donor who was being charged. His illegal activities eroded a lot of land from other people. SEQ water also said it washed tonnes of sediment into Wivenhoe dam which increased water treatment costs by over 1 million a year and reduced the capacity of the dam. They also over wrote the local council to let the same donor expand a quarry in mt cotton where evidence of intentional waterway contamination was presented but they chose not to investigate it. They also renewed the lease on a controversial sand mine against the wishes of the local custodians after receiving a large political donation. So yeah, for me lnp is summed up by nepotism, bullying and corruption.
Once again, I assume you have evidence of this so could you please share it? Or the source of the information. I would be interested to read the evidence as I am sure would a LOT of other people, including the authorities who take significant interest in illegal activities regardless of people's positions or status.
Unfortunately I haven't seen any evidence of anything you've mentioned that would be illegal activity. Just because something might be morally questionable doesn't make it illegal or corruption. People like that don't last long anyway. I
In terms of alp i liked gonski, FTTP and negative gearing changes although i think foreign investment is a bigger cause of housing inflation.
Gonski is a person. You like him? Cool. I'm sure a lot of people do. He isn't a policy however. He did head a review into taxation that included a lot of recommendations, none of which form any policy for either party. FTTP is cool technology - I know as I have it connected to my house. However it's a technology and not a policy. What do you like about negative gearing changes? Do you mean you like a policy that would essentially mean the rental property market all but dries up? Where do you suppose renters live? Why do you think housing is inflated beyond regular economic supply and demand? I still don't get why people think there is some sort of "bubble". It's economics 101... When there isn't enough supply to meet demand, prices go up. When demand is equal to supply, prices stabilise. When supply outstrips demand, prices fall. The fact there are more people wanting property than there is property means prices are high. But not everywhere. The thing all commentators fail to include in their sensationalist "journalism" is that there is plenty of very affordable property when you go out of the cities. Head out to the suburbs or rural and you'll find countless choices. Trouble is, everyone wants to be within spitting distance of the CBDs. I just don't understand that. I'll take my semi-rural (with a view to 10+ acres withi 5 years even further out) and a commute of up to an hour ANY DAY over living in a shoe box in an overcrowded, noisy, dirty high density area.