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Originally Posted by multiweb
Well a mum who clocks $150Gs a year pays enough taxes for the system to cover her maternity leave. Good on her. I have no problem with that.
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Does she? How many will be the partner of a business owner who becomes an executive assistant for whatever the minimum service period will be? If there is a minimum service period, who knows? We know SFA about the new government's policies because they weren't shown to us until just before the election, if at all. Not that the other side was any better, there was no real political debate in this country, just a popularity contest, much like most of the crap TV "reality" shows.
It looks like I'll be means tested out of a 30% private health insurance rebate, which a previous LNP government essentially forced me to take out (the private health insurance, I was happy to pay more to Medicare, but no I have to prop up some private health insurance company). Now someone can get paid parental leave without any sort of means testing?
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Originally Posted by multiweb
Electricity is an essential service such as water, sewerage to some extent. Fast(er) internet is far from it.
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I think that the point Gary was trying to make is that when electrical connections were in their infancy, the connection of electricity was not considered essential in much the same way that high speed internet is not considered essential now, but may be in the future. Oh and we're coming around to disconnect your sewerage as you don't think it's essential.
Cheers
Stuart