r/OpenAussie

Unpopular opinion coming through

Most comparable developed countries have inheritance taxes at high minimum estate values. Because they are widely viewed as the most fair and equitable form of taxation - not taxing you for your hard work or intelligent decisions, just purely for winning the lottery of being born into a wealthy family.

Having zero inheritance taxes is simply laying out the red carpet for entrenched, generational wealth and class differences.

Is this too much of a political hot potato to be touched? "Every worker in the country takes a massive income tax cut, but we balance it with a new 20% inheritance tax on estates worth over $3mil" type of thing.

What is it about Australia in particular that dislikes inheritance taxes whereas many comparable countries don't have such a strong reaction?

Edit: Some of the replies are missing the point. Let's assume that the revenue from the inheritance tax was used to decrease other taxes such as income tax. Reducing the tax burden on workers. Of course you could argue that is unrealistic - but that's a different issue.

Support for One Nation has now declined by 9% points over the last two weeks after hitting a high of 31.5% when Pauline Hanson addressed the National Press Club for the first time. Hanson’s comments on ‘monoculturalism’ in the address have been heavily scrutinised and publicised in the media.

Analysis of the data by State and Region shows over the last two weeks support for One Nation has dropped by at least 10% points in the Capital Cities, and the three largest States of New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland.
If a Federal Election were held now the ALP would win a clear majority against either One Nation or the L-NP Coalition

Unpopular opinion maybe but reasonable accidental damage in a rental should be counted as fair wear and tear

How is it humanly possible to live somewhere for years and never have an accident. I'm not talking about major obviously intentional damage but for example grazing a wall, chipping a tile etc.

>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese office has released a statement, apologising for the PM's comments on a podcast.

>The PM was asked on a podcast with Nikki Osborne who he would "shag, marry, date" out of Kylie Minogue, Nicole Kidman and Rhonda Burchmore.

>He initially refused to answer the question, but when pressed on who, if his marriage broke down, he replied: "Oh, Kylie clearly."

>But this morning, the PM's office released a statement, apologising for the remarks.

>If you spent your time on the websites of the Bureau of Statistics, the Reserve Bank (RBA) and the ASX, you'd think things were going fine.

>Economic growth is a solid if unexciting 2.5 per cent, job growth is reasonably strong and unemployment is down. Inflation is coming down, consumer spending is growing and while the share market is not booming this year, it is holding the 33 per cent gain of 2023 to 2025.

>In fact, the economy is doing so well the Reserve Bank has been raising interest rates to slow it down.

>But consumer sentiment is rock bottom and Australians are as pessimistic about the economy and as pissed off as they have ever been, so much so they are turning to Pauline Hanson, an inhabitant of the Australian political fringe for 30 years and not someone who springs to mind as the best manager of a complex economy.

Australia crush England by seven wickets at Lord's with Beth Mooney named player of the final for rapid fifty in record chase

Australia are back on top of the world, with Sophie Molineux lifting the T20 World Cup trophy just six months into her tenure as captain after her team stormed to a seven-wicket win over England at Lord's.

The Aussies had scarcely been challenged on their unbeaten run to the final and they saved the best for last, restricting England's star-studded batting line-up to 4-150 and chasing it with 17 balls to spare.

After surrendering both the 20- and 50-over titles over the past two years, Australia reasserted themselves as the world's best team, securing their 14th white-ball title.

Australia win by 7 wickets

England 4-150 (20.0)

Australia 3-153 (17.1)

Since resuscitating relations with China from a low point a few years ago, the Australian Government has relied on an oft-repeated mantra to ‘cooperate where we can, disagree where we must’. SYDNEY — Since resuscitating relations with China from a low point a few years ago, the Australian government has relied on an oft-repeated mantra to “cooperate where we can, disagree where we must.”

Albo's met Modi nine times already. This'll be the tenth. I guess the housing market must be turning down. All the gaslighting on here by Albo's keyboard warriors about how he's allegedly slashed immigration is at least a confession that they know how unpopular the policy is. Let's see how they spin this visit. I doubt Modi's coming for the steak BBQ sizzle.

Can anyone remember the time that Eric Andre came to Australia and accused the airport staff of being racist because they interviewed him or pulled him aside when he arrived. I can’t remember the exact details but I remember a series of videos of him complaining how racist the country is.

I travel a lot within Australia at a stage. I was on a plane 2 to 4 times a week. Half the time I would be taken aside for random security checks. I am a longtime fan of Eric, still am, but this did leave a little bit of a sour taste in my mouth. I’m just curious as to what everyone thought of this if anyone even remembers it.