u/dannydb

Auto-save of draft comments when switching from a post to a search results feed and back to the post would be such a cool feature on mobile.

Here’s the scenario… on mobile, run a search, then from the search results feed, go to a post, start typing a comment, don’t hit publish, swipe away from the post / navigate back to the search results feed, then go back to the post you were previously on, go back to the comment field…

What would be nice… your draft comment was still there.

What I’ve seen happen: the text of the draft comment is gone.

I experienced this by accident, it was very uncool.

Upcoming changes to taxation policy around negative gearing and CGT discount will open a new chapter in Australian housing markets.

I’m pondering what types of changes and how much these changes might make over the years ahead.

Anyone care to join me on talking through the models, variables, etc. just for the fun of it? ie nerdy conversations purely about the economics?

I’ll start…

Putting aside goals of fixing inter-generational fairness, increasing revenue, etc.

It appears one of the goals of the changes was to reduce incentive for speculators to invest in existing properties while keeping the existing incentives to invest in new stock.

Will a proportion of investors switch from old/existing stock to new? Will current investors of new builds continue on? Will first-time investors keep turning up but focus now on new builds? Will the number of people that do this meaningfully change? Will we see relatively more people investing in new builds in the years ahead, or less, or about the same? Will we see a shift in the demand for purchase of new builds?

What about supply side? How does new-build developer behaviour change as a result? What are the speccy-builders going to do? What about the larger property developers?

With less people investing in existing stock, will we see demand for renovations change? Will this cause the demand for builders and other trades-people services to shift?

Depending on the demand for renovation of existing properties, I wonder if there will be a meaningful change in demand for materials? Enough to change prices? Or, will this just be picked up in new builds instead?

What about finance? We’ve already seen lending terms / capacity change. Will we see a shift in the supply of funding for new bullds? What’s the impact of this?

What else changes here. In what direction? What changes are shifts in curves vs movements along curves?

Thanks in advance to anyone that wants to join in.

Edit: I acknowledge there are lots of questions in this post.

We don’t have to answer them all though. Perhaps we just explore some of them, hypothetically, out of interest?

I’m more interested in brainstorming what might be possible for the sake of it, that’s all.

Auto-save of draft comments when switching from a post to a main feed and back to the post would be such a cool feature on mobile.

Here’s the scenario… on mobile, go to a post, start typing a comment, don’t hit publish, swipe away from the post / navigate back to a main feed, go back to the post you were previously on, go back to the comment field…

What would be nice… your draft comment was still there.

What I’ve seen happen: the text of the draft comment is gone.

From the ABC News article...

>Have you ever looked at a flower up close? 
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>Or wondered how plants are pollinated?
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>Many of us know that for seeds to be made, pollen “lands on a flower” but what happens next?

So we’ve been seeing various news articles lately about yet another failure or controversy in corporate governance in Australia.

It got me wondering just how wide-scale the issue is, so I ran a few searches and compiled a list of recent publicly reported issues related to problems of governance and leadership. As you’ll see below, the results are pretty shocking.

Scan over this list and you get the feeling that there is a pattern of bad behaviour. This isn’t just a short mention of few issues here and there. This is a bloody long list.

Clearly, there seems to be some sort of behavioural tension where, occasionally, a few people get appointed to governance roles and don’t *want* to do the right thing. They want to take some other position and they just dig in.

So, it begs the questions…

• WTF is going on with Corporate and Organisational Governance in Australia lately?

and

• What can be done about it?

Somewhat related to this, if we were to expand this list to include international issues, it would just be ridiculously huge.

What's going on with the current generation of leaders in Australia (and around the world) at the moment? Is it just that my eyes are opening up to something that has always been there, or are we in some sort of era of people just feeling like morals and socially accepted behaviours just don't apply to them?

At the risk of sounding like a hippy, while I sit here on a Sunday sipping on my oat-milk chai latte, why can't we all just chill out a bit and be cool to each other.

Peace ✌

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Apologies for the long list but I think the fact that it is so long is what prompted me to write the article here.

Organisation	Controversy
University of Sydney	Pro-Palestinian protest handling and academic freedom controversies
University of Sydney	Wage underpayment and governance failures
University of Melbourne	Wage theft scandal and governance criticism
University of Queensland	Research governance and workplace culture concerns
Monash University	Governance disputes over campus protests and speech policies
Australian National University	Governance crisis, secrecy allegations, restructuring backlash, leadership resignations
Queensland University of Technology	Academic freedom and governance disputes over race and speech controversies
Canberra Institute of Technology	CEO recruitment disclosure controversy and governance inquiry
Football Australia	Governance instability and factional disputes
Rugby Australia	High profile player sacking saga created governance and cultural
Cricket Australia	“Sandpapergate” governance collapse and leadership overhaul
Basketball Australia	Governance instability and leadership conflict
Hawthorn Football Club	Racism allegations and governance inquiry
West Coast Eagles	Drug culture and governance criticism
Swimming Australia	Leadership instability and athlete welfare controversies
Gymnastics Australia	Abuse allegations and systemic governance failures
Australian Olympic Committee	Transparency and governance disputes
Surf Life Saving NSW	Financial governance and leadership disputes
Australian Rugby Union	Historical governance turmoil and leadership instability
Returned and Services League (RSL NSW)	Branch corruption, factionalism, and governance breakdowns
St Basil’s Homes for the Aged	COVID governance failures in aged care
Returned and Services League of Australia	Branch corruption and governance disputes
Hillsong Church	Financial transparency, misconduct allegations, and concentration of authority
Catholic Church Australia	Institutional abuse cover-ups and systemic governance failures
St John Ambulance WA	Governance and workplace culture controversy
Adelaide Writers’ Week	Board accused of censorship after disinviting Randa Abdel-Fattah, triggering mass writer boycott and full festival collapse
Adelaide Festival	Entire board resigned amid governance backlash and political interference allegations
Bendigo Writers Festival	Festival controversy over cancellation and free-speech disputes involving politically contentious speakers
Sydney Festival	Boycotts over Israeli embassy sponsorship and accusations of politicisation
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra	Cancellation of pianist Jayson Gillham performance sparked censorship and governance criticism
State Library Victoria	Leadership controversy over workplace culture and governance complaints
National Gallery of Australia	Governance scrutiny over sponsorships, restitution, and leadership decisions
Creative Australia	Venice Biennale artist controversy and accusations of political interference
Screen Australia	Criticism over funding governance, diversity policy, and political pressure
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)	Political interference allegations, managing director controversies, and editorial independence disputes
SBS	Editorial independence and governance criticism around Middle East coverage
Nine Entertainment	Toxic culture allegations and governance criticism following reviews into newsroom behaviour
Seven West Media	Workplace culture scandals and executive misconduct allegations
Network Ten	Leadership instability and editorial governance criticism
Crikey	Defamation battle with Lachlan Murdoch raised questions about media governance and risk management
PwC Australia	Tax leaks scandal and collapse of public trust in consulting governance
KPMG Australia	Conflict-of-interest and independence controversies
Deloitte Australia	Consulting ethics and procurement scrutiny
EY Australia	Audit independence and consulting governance concerns
Crown Resorts	Royal commissions uncovered systemic governance and money laundering failures
Star Entertainment Group	Casino governance collapse and regulatory intervention
AMP	Fees-for-no-service scandal and governance failures exposed by Royal Commission
Commonwealth Bank	AUSTRAC money laundering scandal and compliance failures
Westpac	Anti-money laundering breaches and governance failures
National Australia Bank	Banking misconduct and fee scandals
ANZ	Banking Royal Commission misconduct findings
Optus	Massive outage and cybersecurity governance criticism
Telstra	Privacy and governance scrutiny over customer handling
Medibank	Data breach and governance failure over cyber preparedness
Latitude Financial	Data breach exposing governance and risk-management weaknesses
RAMS Financial Group	ASIC action over systemic governance and supervision failures
iSignthis	ASX suspension, disclosure breaches, and ASIC penalties
Blue Sky Alternative Investments	Valuation concerns and collapse following governance scrutiny
Greensill Capital	Collapse linked to risk management and governance failures
Freedom Foods	Accounting irregularities and governance breakdown
Mayne Pharma	Executive departures and governance concerns
Statewide Super	Former executives charged with dishonesty offences
ASX Limited	CHESS replacement disaster and board oversight failures
Nuix	IPO governance controversy and shareholder litigation
WiseTech Global	Founder conduct allegations and board independence crisis
Mineral Resources	Related-party dealings and whistleblower governance concerns
Rio Tinto	Juukan Gorge destruction and governance failure over Indigenous heritage
BHP	Workplace culture and sexual harassment governance scrutiny
Fortescue	Leadership culture and governance criticism
Wiluna Mining Corporation	Misleading capital raising disclosures and collapse into administration
Qantas	“Ghost flights”, customer treatment, and executive accountability backlash
Virgin Australia	Leadership turmoil and failed governance during administration
Rex Airlines	Financial collapse and governance scrutiny
7-Eleven Australia	Wage theft scandal and franchise governance failures
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises	Underpayment allegations and workplace governance scrutiny
Woolworths Group	Workplace surveillance and pricing controversy
Coles Group	Supplier treatment and pricing governance criticism
Harvey Norman	JobKeeper controversy and executive remuneration criticism
Super Retail Group	CEO dismissed over undisclosed relationship and whistleblower allegations
Aristocrat Leisure	Gambling harm and governance criticism
New Hope Corporation	Environmental governance and political influence concerns
Worley	Corruption investigations and compliance concerns
Mighty Craft	Financial distress and governance failures
Panoramic Resources	Operational collapse and governance scrutiny
CFMEU	Alleged corruption, organised crime infiltration, and administration intervention
CSIRO	Workplace culture investigations and executive governance criticism
Australian War Memorial	Sponsorship controversy involving weapons manufacturers
Museums Victoria	Governance criticism over Indigenous representation and board decisions
Australia Post	Cartier watches scandal and executive spending controversy
RoboDebt Scheme	Illegal debt recovery program and catastrophic public-sector governance failure
PwC Government Contracts	Conflict-of-interest concerns across federal procurement systems
Robodebt Royal Commission	Findings of systemic failures in public administration and accountability
Australian Submarine Program (AUKUS / Collins)	Procurement governance and transparency concerns
NDIS Administration	Fraud, oversight, and governance capability criticism
SafeWork SA	Governance scrutiny following workplace safety controversies
Teal Independent Campaign Funding Structures	Transparency and governance concerns regarding political donations
NSW ICAC controversies	Political corruption investigations exposing governance failures across public institutions