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- Originally posted by Yorker:
None for sale, doubt there are any left guys. As for you Richmond, hardly worth my time, isn’t the point of this Forum to assist others in their investing pursuits? Wouldn’t isolating one of the few remaining regions to purchase Positively geared property be of some help/use? Do you have any better options?
Easy to criticise, however I don’t see you giving any spots out?
clearly you haven’t been around here for all that long then.
r
more to the point, how many has he got for sale?
yorker
please get your hand off it
r
for newer people, be very careful about rosebery, yorker has been talking it up for some time, but I would do plenty of research before even considering investing there.
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rIs it really all that hard to lead in times when a culture of fear is so strongly sold to the public? ie terrorism and national security? History shows Australians don’t like changing leaders in times of fear/war…
The best thing that happened for Howard last time was the Tampa (culture of fear/the refugees are queue jumping) this time it’s the Jakarta bombing (culture of fear/more attacks are likely) Doesn’t give Latham much room to move does it? Attack Howard on national security and it’ll be in bad taste, the other option is to just offer bipartisan support which hands the reins of leadership to the PM unchallenged.
I don’t however think Howard will take the Dick Cheney line in the US: A vote for John Kerry is a vote for the terrorists.
As for the “interest rates will go up under Labor” line that the Libs have been selling, what a load of crap, they’ll go up under whoever is in government… and if both sides go nuts with big spending promises courtesy of the huge budget surplus, that could lead to higher inflation, which will lead to interest rates going even higher..
my two cents
rHello all,
Well, an interesting read, even though IMHO, some contributors are in danger of disappearing up their own arse with such patronising undertones that come through at times.
How some can assume to know so much about others simply through reading a post on a web forum is beyond me. But, horses for courses, and if those people want to be the Obi Wan Kenobi of PI.Com, so be it and good luck to them.For what it’s worth, athletes can only go so fast until they need artificial help. When I was working mainly as a sports journalist, I was mixing with some of Australia’s top sprinters… some walked away from athletics because teh use of performance enhancing drugs was so widespread on the global scene, and even here at home… some friends of mine (one of them a Commonwealth Games silver medallist) reckon 90% of top sprinters are on “something” illegal. Sorry to be realistic…
I’m a pretty simple bloke, I’m just out there having a crack, working hard and doing the best I can. I treat others well and with respect, while also calling a spade a spade when I see the need. I’m quite certain my approach to life is helping to slowly make me wealthy … I’m happier than I’ve ever been, even if I’m not as rich as Bill Gates, and I know that when I think I have “enough”, I won’t think of myself as mediocre because I didn’t strive for “more”.
At the same time, I think that while money isn’t everything, we would all acknowledge that it’s helpful in assisting us towards certain goals, otherwise we wouldn’t be on a property investing website would we?
My only philosophical thing to contribute is “Do or do not do… there is no try.” That’s from Yoda in a Star Wars flick.
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rdon’t you mean proposed “tollway” Felicity?
ps get your hot chooks later in the night, they’re usually half price
Originally posted by kay henry:I think voters generally look at what they believe or what they want a society to be, and vote for the Party that suits their ideology. If the main (social) issues for Australia might be: health, education, employment, environment, etc etc etc … then one looks at those issues, checks the policies of each party, and votes for the party that suits.
Howdy Kay,
I would love to think the Australian electorate was as sophisticated as that with a “big picture” view, but I don’t think it’s necessarily the case, a lot of voters get sucked in by the most basic of things/lies. They can’t see the forest for the trees. If you asked the average voter what they thought of policy “X” of Labor or Liberal, I doubt you would elicit much information.
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rI live in a rural zone… bank lent 70% LVR… normal residential rates though… that’s through Bank of Melb.
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remcdonald…. different mindset??? er, um, to quote Pauline Hanson “Please explain?”
line of credit ain’t bad, but you have to use it for the right things… don’t blow it on trinkets and spur of the moment stuff (ie big screen TVs)… use it to invest and you’ll be okay…
have you checked out http://www.westpoint.com.au ? sounds like it could be them
Yorker, what’s your point of difference to what’s already in the market place? There’s already quite a few mobs offering reports, of varying quality.
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rIf you notice I said redeem “slightly”… also, Paul Barry is not quite the journo he makes himself out to be…
oh, good point, I’m clearly an absent minded fool hehehe…
okay then, so I can save some face… what about Bondy when he appeared “mentally ill” at his trials? I guess at least Bondy stayed and went to prison though, so maybe that redeems him slightly… mind you, he’s flying again these days and is making millions again…
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rYeah except I think Rivkin is genuinely ill… I doubt Skase was.
I have to agree with monopoly… I encourage secretgnome to get out and have a crack, but it’s good to rip the sugar off the coating and be given a dose of reality at times from people who have been around for a while.
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rbeing conservative and boring, I would say pay off the credit card through a combination of salary and selling your boat and start saving as much as you can… clearly you’ve got some bad savings habits, and those habits are always some of the best ones to break…
also don’t be in too much of a hurry to get into property at the moment… take your time and be patient… for most people it’s get rich slowly instead of quickly, but good on you for visiting the forum and asking a question… it’s more than most people do…
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rHello
I work at Channel 9, pm me if you like and I’ll put you in touch with A Current Affair (I work in news… separate office altogether)
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ryeah but she refuses to give me mouth to mouth on request, oh well…
My wife’s a paramedic, so I’m biased, but they are definitely heroes (or heroines)…
