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11 minutes ago, Kiwiken said:
With the ever growing disparities in Australia and the discrimination against older Citizens. With a Central Government that has little regard for the populace at large where do you think there is Hyperbole? My statement was simple neither of your major parties really listens to the view of the Public. Businesses and minority pressure Groups dictate direction and Policy or do you wear Blinkers to make the days rosier.
Good grief. Which part of Australia are you familiar with? Certainly not any part I can recognize ...
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On climate change, the firm response from Nth Queensland needs to be absorbed: All politics is local, and noone - not you, not me, not anyone - is going to vote to have their own job abolished, with no workable alternative, for the sake of saving the planet.
And having the spoiled brats of the bourgeoisie come to lecture the workers of the outer suburbs or the mining towns on morality doesn't go down too well.
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In relation to One Nation & Palmer's UAP: Without their preferences the Libs would not have won.
There is a lesson in this: When you have a closely-fought battle with preferential voting, the only way you're going to win is if you have 1 or 2 client or sympathetic minor parties who can attract locals on primary vote & then pass on their preferences to 'their' major party. This was the function of ONP & UAP this time round for the Coalition, as the Greens were for the ALP, and as the DLP was for the Libs from 1956 to 1983.
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Yes, from the depths of rural Thailand it was nice to watch a civilized democracy at work. A pleasant reminder of human possibilities.
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1 hour ago, Lacessit said:
This is sad. Climate change and inequitable distribution of wealth are major issues in Australia. In re-electing the Coalition, the majority of Australians opted for the status quo. Multinationals will continue to profit shift and avoid their fair share of taxation. The Adani mine will go ahead. A big chance to be the premier exporter of renewable energy will go begging.
What's happened to Australia? We used to be bold and inventive. Now the majority of Australians are fearful and timid.
I really fear the decision by the majority of Australians yesterday will haunt them for decades, as we drift into irrelevance.
I think that ScoMo will now move on climate change. Nothing could happen before while he lacked the authority he has gained overnight, and while Tony Rabbit (as my b/f calls him) was still in the Parliament. The issue is not whether to address climate change but how to & at what speed, noting the degree to which coal currently contributes to Australia's remarkable continuing prosperity.
As to 'inequitable distribution of wealth' the OECD regularly has Oz in the top half-dozen countries for redistribution from rich to poor ... Certainly a world away from Outback Thailand, with its determined autocracy, rigid social hierarchy & b/s 'democracy'.
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It was nice to spend several hours this afternoon & evening watching a REAL democracy at work - egalitarian & law-abiding in spirit, with courteous call from the defeated party leader to the continuing PM with congratulations & best wishes.
The people were presented with a real choice between the 2 main parties and their choice, at the national level, was pretty clear. Final results for the House should be in by Monday or Tuesday, the Senate shortly after. Then the new government sworn in & back to work.
An example some other countries could learn from ...
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1 hour ago, Paul Robson said:My only hope is that a Labor Govt would help the Aussie dollar heading back in the right direction .
Um, and ever-bigger Government + more & more taxes + more & more Government expenditure is going to help?
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Interesting how interpretations of the usual ambiguous & confusing Thai announcement quickly turn a 'likely' or 'probable' intention into a dead cert.
Patience, everyone, patience!
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Some people seem to spend 20 hours in every 24 trying to construct shonky workarounds for anything a bureaucrat might possibly come up with.
Why not just await the details of the new 'scheme' before leaping thru assorted improbable hoops?
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The death of Bob Hawke reminds us that there was once a high-quality Labor government in Oz that understood Economics 101 and knew how to bring the people - not to mention the trade unions - along on major reform (including the most important decision any Oz government has made since WW2, namely the float of the dollar).
Makes the current pollies, of both sides, look pathetic by comparison. The effect - if any - on the election outcome tomorrow is unpredictable. Reminder of past glories might just push Little Billy over the line. But the comparison with now might have the opposite effect ...
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8 hours ago, pegman said:
Very commendable what he and the other Commonwealth leaders, except for despicable Thatcher, did to end South Africa's apartheid regime.
Malcolm Fraser actually, in Australia's case.
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Everyone should watch the video. Nice to listen to a Thai leader who is intelligent, rational, well-informed, has sensible ideas for Thailand's future, and speaks understandable English.
Well, we can all dream.
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Noone knows but the response to (1) is: Possibly. And to (2): Quite likely.
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As I have commented before re Australian migration policy, the deal is: As long as you - The Government - keep control over our borders, with good selection for skills required by our economy & society, then we - The People - will consent to a high level of migration every year.
If, however, you lose control over our borders - as the wunnerful Labor Party did when in office a few years ago (yes, the same Labor Party that will likely win the Federal election this Saturday), then all bets are off.
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39 minutes ago, bobinkolat said:
Been in Thailand for over 11 years 2 years ago changed fro non o to retirement visa I AM 73 years old & find it near impossible to get medical insurance, as are many of My mates on long stay visas
Don't worry, the wunnerful Thai administrators will think of a way.
If it is mandatory for, say, a 90-year-old living 'permanently' in Thailand to have health insurance (as it should be), it will be mandatory for Thai insurance companies - or at least those who wish to partake of the profits - to offer cover. The question will be, as always: What's the cover & what's the cost? It would be nice to think that competition between insurance providers might be helpful to customers ...
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29 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:
Should have gone in and dealt it to the Iranians the day they declared war on the US by invading US territory.
He did, as I recall. But the post-Vietnam US army screwed up. Remember helicopters in the desert?
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Not a great President, but a decent human being. Not obvious that the two things are entirely compatible in any case.
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People need to keep things in perspective. The WHOLE of Australian politics - left, centre & right - would, in Usofa, fit comfortably in the middle and leftwing of the Democratic Party, along with the Bernie Sandersites.
I remember visiting Usofa for only the second time in 2004 and my Aussie friends on postings in DC said to me (considered a 'rightwinger' in Oz): "You're about to discover just how leftwing you really are."
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7 minutes ago, WorriedNoodle said:
The health insurance in the news article does not mention extensions - just visas and visa renewals!?
>According to Nattawuth, the new rule applies to both new applicants for the non-immigrant visa (O-A), which offers a stay of up to one year, and those wishing to renew their visa.
And the difference between a 'visa renewal' and a 'visa extension' is?
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2 minutes ago, BestB said:for all those worried, maybe even look at accident insurance as payout amount required is very low.
Interesting point. For those of us who are fit & healthy, accident insurance is in this country rather more relevant than health insurance.
As usual, the wunnerful Thai administration (I thought we were in between governments at this point?) has really thought thru every angle and got it all tied up.
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Clearly an expert on corruption & misconduct.
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3 hours ago, webfact said:The insurance policy must offer up to Bt40,000 coverage for outpatient treatment and up to Bt400,000 for inpatient treatment.
An interesting sentence, presumably badly translated from the Thai.
Taken literally, 1฿ of cover should suffice. I guess they mean 'a minimum of'???
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Almost always chokka now, compared to, say, 5 years ago.
The price of success. And of failure to continue investing & upgrading.
Modernity continues to evade Thailand's best efforts ...
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Oh dear, I thought it was going to be about the 'election' outcome & the formation of a 'new' government.
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Australia's conservative government on course for "miracle" election victory
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Yes, I agree will all of that. 2 comments:
- The teenager tendency of the Left & the Greens: All or nothing. If you won't give me 100% of what I ask, I'll I'll I'll I won't vote for you. Or sumpthink. The underlying attitudes are all too often anti-democratic. The authoritarianism of the Greens is little different in that regard from the fascist instincts of the various 'new' & extreme Rights in Europe. The issue is how a modern liberal democracy is to make, over time, the massive changes of economy & lifestyles that climate change requires of us. There is no easy answer. Our modern globalized & multicultural world is hugely complex & becoming more so.
- The ALP seems to regard anyone who earns, from whatever source, more than, say, AUD80,000pa as 'the big end of town'. In the Australia of 2019 where the average salary is around 80K, that's simply ridiculous.