Well spotted. I was trying to work out what to add for SA, and then I wondered "What's more ignored than saying somebody is forgotten?". So I left SA out XD
No offence to SAers -or the various other states above- it's just a jab at how the various governments treat us.
For real! And get some proper insulation - both weather/temperature and noise.
It's easy to live in denser housing when you don't alternately bake or freeze, and you can't hear every neighbour in all 6 directions.
NSW will give their share straight to property developers.
Vic will give their share as a negative gearing special rebate.
Qld will give their share as a first home buyers deposit. It will instantly raise the prices of all real estate by that same amount, ensuring that you can never be a first home buyer.
Tassie will probably spend theirs on a footy stadium, with a granny flat in the carpark to make sure it qualifies
ACT gets 1.5 billion of this to go to housing on submarines.
For some reason, WA won't get anything.
And NT is forgotten altogether.
I hang around on various sports sites, communities, discussion boards etc.
One thing that bugs the hell out of me is the insidious insertion of betting into sports discussions. These range from "Put $500 on X to score", "Need this team to lose for my multi", to the more subtle "Who is your favourite this season for MVP/Brownlow/DallyM?" Which of course sends a bunch of people to gambling sites to quote the odds, tell you which gambling site gives you the best odds and tell you how much they put on.
Half the time I can't tell if they are astroturfing for betting companies.
Irrespective of the laws, could we take a more proactive stance on discouraging gambling, eg on a community based lemmy server?
Copying a post I did earlier in the week:
That 4 corners report was a bit of an eye opener.
I hadn't realised that eg, Football Australia had signed contracts with sports betting related companies, and that they actually get a cut of each bet. And "The NRL earnt 50 million dollars last year from this agreement. It takes a 1-point-2 per cent commission from every bet in Australia on its games, more for riskier bets and gambling on big games like the State of Origin and finals. On some bets … the NRL can take 17.5 per cent of a bookmaker's profit."
They won't want to do anything to reduce gambling. They are incentivised to increase gambling !!
FIRST POST!!
Ahh dammit! I'm too late!
But I too like it a bit slower. And the lack of trolls and bots is nice too. They haven't made it here. Yet.