Guessing that on average, immigrants are more likely to be happy theyāre in Australia at all if they have come from a country with lower living standards. Young people born in Australia are probably comparing the Australia they grew up in to the one they see today and think, āitās only getting worse from here, whatās the point?ā
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State and Federal Governments dropped the ball on vocational education. Itās only now that it is being redressed.
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For all their class inequalities I respect those Continental European countries that place value on the artisan class .
(And were tertiary qualifications as an engineer are in higher esteem than Law)
Itās amazing how many things are being āleakedā about Higgins, things that a lot of people are not allowed to leak. Yet nothing, and i mean nothing, gets leaked about Lehrmann.
Truly amazingā¦
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I donāt think it will matter greatly. Although Iām sure it would upset BT family and friends. The publicās minds have been made and I believe they have moved on. Heāll always be known as the person who raped Britney Higgins.*
And no generation in history is paying more for their house than the current.
When rent in Sydney is 1200 a week for a dog box itās gone mad.
The boomers set up the future generations to fail. They got free uni. Has anyone else?
Where are the blue collar manufacturing jobs, that you could still buy a house on one income?
Gone we couldnāt even make our own clothes if we had a war.
Howardās home buyers grant and negative gearing sent this country into something that will never be reversed.
Why because they donāt want the backlash from the boomers who are already the richest generation in history
An average house use to be 3 times the annual income . Itās now ten plus.
And if anyone brings up 18% interest rates . Yeah it was tough. But nothing like now due to the higher mortgage needed
The country hasnāt built any public housing of note since the ten pound poms. Except we know accept more migrants than ever .
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25k dinner you mean
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boomers and gen x buy their kids consoles, and hand over ipads because its easier than parenting.
i cannot believe my kids want to keep doing that
???
an aside: gen x are the great betrayers, theyāre doing the actual leg work of offshoring australian jobs
I agree ā¦.but Lehrrnan most likely wasnāt war gaming with Walkley award winning journos figuring out how to bring down the PM and government ā¦.the journos are now feeding on the leaked texts because they sniff a bigger story here (probably no story in Lehman texts/leaks)ā¦ā¦I think this has a long way to run. Maybe the stories about Kimberly Kitching were right. Whatās interesting is that BH abd DS havenāt come out and said the texts arenāt real. More importantly where are these texts coming from ?
University fees were abolished in 1974. Not all boomers had access and it still required a pass at year 12 level. The school leaving age was 13yo. Not correct to state that all boomers had access to free university. Women were particularly disadvantaged because of restrictions on jobs for married women, pay inequality. And compulsory super didnāt come in until Hawke/Keating.
Home ownership was not within the reach of all their parents, some supported their parents.
Many grew up in modest circumstances, nothing like the lifestyles and possessions of todayās childhood, no luxury holidays, no overseas travel. It wasnāt until the late sixties that average lives moved on from the frugal.
Many are asset rich because of the rise in house prices, cash poor. The house is an asset that might get them into a decent residential retirement home, they canāt expect their families to put time aside to care for them.
Check with some of the boomers in your family on the differences between your lifestyles and theirs at the same age.
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Weāre not all betrayers!
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You have no sense of history at all.
It was out of the question for most people to own a house pre WW2, and after WW2, home ownership was only possible either through War Service Loans or Housing Commission.
My generation, yup us Boomers, only managed to buy houses because Gough was elected, wages went up and we saved our pennies. Bank did not lend easily and while house prices as a percentage of income was much, much lower, we didnāt build MacMansions, and had second-hand furniture and one car, usually an old Holden or Ford.
As @bigallan points out, most of us Boomers did not have free University and in my case only got to University by accepting a Teaching Studentship which forced me to teach for three years.
Comparing generations is as foolhardy as comparing footballers in 1960 to those of today. Ken Fraser was a champion CHF and premiership captain who was 187 cm and 80 kg.
Most of your comments is pure BS, including āThe boomers set up the future generations to fail.ā
We made mistakes but we also started to do something about them. Our biggest mistake was to not install our work ethic and that of our parents into our children. I reckon that our Grandkids will straighten that out.
House prices are a massive issue, and the home Mrs Fox and I purchased in Bacchus Marsh 20 years ago for $300,000 is now allegedly worth $1,600,000. Problem is, if we sell it, then buying another place will cost us just as much, so how does that make us wealthy ?
And the fact is, that the house is only worth what some younger person will pay for it, not a Boomer generated problem.
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With all due respect, your comment about work ethic is ā ā ā ā ā ā ā bullshit.
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Maybe harsh, but my experience in my field.
blaming your kids for not wanting to walk 50km to work when you had to walk 500m is such a boomer take
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Finding efficiencies and innovation donāt translate to poor work ethic.
Iām gen X, work 12 hour days 6 days a week. Itās common in my line of work across multiple generations.
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Tax freeeeeeeeeeee gains too ā¦ā¦ā¦nice work
Iām Gen X ā¦ā¦.we work harder than those Boomers ever did
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I actually hate trying to compare work ethic across generations. Itās bullshit. Most people work hard.
My good financial position is mostly due to luck. Great, supportive parents who encouraged education, HECS debt that was manageable, job where I was paid good money, could rent and save a deposit because house prices were fairly reasonable.
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