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As I said, it is legal. Some people actually believe that paying relatively small amounts of tax on earnings, as the super changes are, is the price of living in a community. It isn't taking away what they have already amassed. If everybody arranged their affairs to minimise tax, who would pay...

Nice try! Are you seriously saying that they do it out of the goodness of their hearts? Who knew there were so many people keen to help their fellow citizens by 'subsidising' their accommodation? No, they are not only reducing their taxable income, but ending up with an asset from which they...

There is a difference between "being envious" and believing that we all SHOULD have an ethical attitude to the society around us. Taxes, rates, and other levies pay for all the infrastructure and services we have available to us - roads, health care, police, education. The taxes which these...

Does not mean they hadn't used NG separately to their SMSF!

I worked in Aged and Disability residential care for many years. Part of the problem is lack of training and staffing levels. Another significant factor is the employment of people who are not suited to the work. I understand that there are huge problems in recruiting sufficient staff, but this...

The issue this raised for me was just how many of the generous ways to minimise tax they have likely already used in achieving this wealth. Negative gearing, CGT concessions etc. Notable that their super is in SMSF, not a standard super fund. There is an identifiable profile of people who will...

Having spent a fair chunk of my nursing career in both Aged Care and Disability settings,, the first failure here was her being able to access the knife. Second was the staff not being able to de-escalate the situation and calling the police in. Third was the apparent automatic reaction to the...

Yes, the disparity is unfortunate. The real scandal is the comparison between even her salary and that of those who care for the most vulnerable in our society.

Hardly a "pantry essential".

She was asked whether she knew, and the follow-up question was whether the baby's gender was going to be a surprise. She answered both questions politely. Where you draw the inference that she was in some way avoiding answering the questions is a mystery to me.

Sure, if this was the type of meal served every night there would be a problem. Seriously though, for an occasional offering, what's the problem? Especially these days, everybody has times where grabbing something quick and no fuss is required. Yes, adding veggies would be better, but many would...

I guess at least he was upfront about it. Many years ago, after my landlord became aware that my husband and I had split up, I had an unexpected visit from him offering to discount my rent in return for sex. Unsavoury behaviour has always been around.

Pensioners, of whom I am one, already get a significantly higher rate. Many (possibly up to 20% according to recent reports) people on Jobseeker are disabled or suffer chronic illnesses and should be on DSP, but it has become so difficult to get that they are on Jobseeker instead. When...