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Which leads to the question of insurance. One should make sure it's paid up. Nothing to do with storing the car, but peace of mind should something happen to the car. I agree. The vehicle is getting the bare minimum use to stop things deteriorating, and in a secure space. Well worth the money.

Not just for those on a part pension. https://www.ato.gov.au/individuals-and-families/income-deductions-offsets-and-records/income-you-must-declare/government-payments-and-allowances Taxable pensions, payments and allowancesYou must include taxable Australian Government pensions, payments and allowances in your tax return. Taxable government payments, pensions and allowances include: age pension carer payment Austudy payment Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) – available from 1 July 2025 JobSeeker payment Youth allowance veteran payment invalidity service pension, if you are age-pension age or over disability support pension, if you are age-pension age or over income support supplement parenting payment (partnered) disaster recovery allowance. This is not an exhaustive list, for a full list of Australian Government payments, pensions and allowances, see: Australian Government allowances and payments

Are you referring to the deceased Russian, or the Russians that killed him?

Ok. I get it. I didn't claim not to have seen the post. I actually didn't see it. Sometimes I don't read every post if I join a thread and it's 10 pages in. Also, sometimes Mods remove a post after some people have seen it, but not all. "The claim is that Jews want to exterminate all non Jews." Well, I disagree with this statement. Do you see this statement as anti semetic, or anti Israeli? Most Israeli's tend to simply say they are Jewish, like, that automatically means they are from Israel, but there are American Jews, Australian Jews etc etc. How is one to know? It's a religion, not a nationality. I'm interested in the red line between offending the Jewish religion, thus being anti semetic, and offending Israeli's, thus being racist. Can you be one and not the other? It would be funny for an antisemite to meet a stranger, and to inform them they are from Israel, so the antisemite abuses them, only for the stranger to tell the antisemite "I am Christian Israeli." Would the antisemite say, "Oh. Sorry. That's ok then." 🙂 I would be interested in your view?

Interesting. I wonder if there was any bottle dancing at the party in Pai that's mentioned in another thread. 🙂 I could ask Nick, but I'm sure he'll read this post anyway. Was the law passed for compulsory military service for orthodox Jews?

Really?

What criteria are you basing your opinion on? 🙂

Which part? The body, or where it was discovered, twice? 🙂

You said the protests where about orthodox Jews against national service. I agreed, there were protests about that, but some time ago. The current protests are anti government / anti Netanyahu. Many Israeli's don't want the war to continue in their name.

No idea what I am looking at there. Is that just some fun, or some type of religious celebration?

Huh????

If it was a murder, the motive would be interesting.

We are all winners in the game of life. 🙂

Interesting. What is the hierarchy of emojis AN? I have no idea. Which emoji shows a member's most agreement, happiness, etc with a post, and which emoji shows the opposite? Eg. "agree" v "thumbs up"

You added this as an edit, otherwise I would have replied to it in the same post. The answer to your question is simple, and one I have answered many times before, yet you refuse to even consider the proposed changes to legislation. The current laws are 90 years old and based on "intent" and "domicile." The proposed changes do away with intent and domicile and are based on a physical presence and time based model. You already have the link from the ATO showing you that as a non resident for tax purposes, and as someone who receives a pension, you need to submit a tax return. You are still thinking like you live in Australia. You don't. You live in Thailand, full time, and are a non resident for tax purposes, and that's a different game to living in Australia. Now, we have all got away with paying non resident tax because of intent and domicile. That will change to outside of Australia for 183 days = non resident for tax purposes. No reviews. No appeals. Black and White. Non resident for tax purposes. This will happen to EVERY Aussie living overseas because immigration knows it, and will disseminate this to other government agencies. Think, outside Australia 6 weeks, lose pension supplements. So, once again, given the aged pension is deemed an income, and you are living in Thailand full time, how can you possibly argue you are still a tax resident of Australia, thus availing yourself of the tax free threshold, and not paying non resident tax rates? It's not so much that they have changed the law, it's about them changing their ability to enforce the law. As a side note, I have just read how quick, and how harsh Albo has pushed through gun laws in Australia. It just shows how quick things can change, and how they can have a big impact on average Australians.

Posted again for the ostriches. 🤣 https://www.ato.gov.au/individuals-and-families/coming-to-australia-or-going-overseas/your-tax-residency/foreign-and-temporary-residents "Foreign residents If you're a foreign resident for tax purposes you must declare on your tax return any income earned in Australia, including: employment income rental income Australian pensions and annuities capital gains on taxable Australian property."

Not down. I would say the Mods put you on their "Ignore" list in relation to my posts. 🤣

Yes, if only we could all be Australian residents for tax purposes, whilst living in Thailand full time. 🤣

Yawn. Snookered yourself as usual. 🤣

Oh, dear. You still believe the aged pension is covered under Articles 18 and 19 of the Australia / Thailand DTA. It's not. Australia has primary taxing rights on the aged pension. We've been through this. Once again, it's Australia that will tax the aged pension because the aged pension is deemed an income, and the non resident tax brackets start at 30% for $0 to $120,000. Thai taxation is the least of an Aussie pensioner's problems. As I have posted before, I don't pay non resident tax, and I should be. Aussie pensioners use the same loopholes. Why do you think the current loopholes will last forever, despite legislation being proposed to close them?

You posted that the most recent protests in Israel were from orthodox Jews protesting against nation service. They did protest, but that was a long time ago. The youtube video I posted of a large protest was not about orthodox Jews and national service. Indeed, when you look at the crowd, I didn't see any overtly orthodox Jews. So, in my opinion, you are wrong. The current protests, and that youtube video is now only 2 days old, a day old when I posted it, is not about orthodox Jews and national service. Do you claim that it is?

I thought that was clear. Did you watch it?

Well, I've never seen a post like that, but that's possibly because it's been deleted by the Mods before I have had a chance to comment. If I did see a post like that, I would post that I disagree, but in relation to Gaza, for the record, that does not mean I am pro Israel and anti Palestinian. In my opinion, the way Netanyahu has prosecuted the war in Gaza, it has set back Jewry decades. It's a little like Putin when he took Crimea, with the west putting sanctions on Russia. Putin effectively put the average Russian back behind the iron curtain. Netanyahu has caused a global flare up of anti sematism. Of course, his argument will be it's always been there, and in relation to the Middle East, certainly, but there has been a sharp rise in anti Israel sentiment in the latter part of the war. Notice I said anti Israel, not anti semitism. Basically, people protesting the war, not the Jewish faith.

The point I am making is, unless the Thai elite, with business interests in beverage, move into the cannabis industry, they will see cannabis as competition to their product, thus, a threat to their profits. It has nothing to do with their ethical or moral or health stance on cannabis. It's simply about the money for them. I take your point that the next generation may see the financial benefits in investing in cannabis, but being from the elite, they have never considered and agricultural product to be worthy of investment. Farming has always been for the rural poor, in their view. Interesting times ahead, with lobbying and back room power plays, especially at election time. A lot of competing vested interests at play.

Fail.