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Yeah ... Predicting the death of a 96 year old. Amazing!

Just my opinion and we know were ALL entitled to yours . Where's My lack of Courage been on show? Nev

Have the courage to handle it in an intelligent way.

"Full blown boots and all" from Down east as 7th Post seems like a Troll. Nev.

Yeah sadly though China's only a small part of it. These absolute morons, have let in a million and a half immigrants in their 4yrs, when we were a million houses short, but eh, so they've plus added 50% and went 1.5. To top that off, only 7% of those 1.5mill, were trades and skills we're actually also short of, the rest, God knows, they reckon family members and extras and all sorts. Butttt, apparently that's only part of it, they've also geared everything to investors and wealthy and literally sabotaged what little progress in new housing we could've made as well as reopened the door to China and their cases full of cash. Apparently, "everything " , they've done, only pushes house prices up and lines wealthy pockets. l can't pretend to even understand half of it but the immigrants and Chinese alone, more than screwed our own people especially our young. Makes me sick to the stomach but so 4yrs later we're in a worser state than ever. There's a dozen other things they've done to in real reports- can't even wrap my head around. But yep you bet rg, always a parent and yaknow, if my d wasn't to get married well she's gonna need help so l'm gonna be doing everything l can on the side. Got a small investment for her to which is suppose to go off well, if l get that lucky really hoping that can help her to by then. But yeah saw Perth rg l think they said is leading the pack this yr, must be bloody mad, feel so bad for young people there , everywhere but gees, crazy shyt over there, qld to. Somem like my place here onetrack , mine was a bit more though and closer to the coast and a really nice town but yeah worth about 130 now so nothing compared to even better town stuff let alone city but it's still 500% plus it's been rented out 18yrs to and that's paid for it 4 times over on top . Just a shame it's such small money for the market now most places better or we'd be sitting pretty eh.

Doesn't seem like much of a prophet. He allows himself plenty of wriggle room to adjust his prophesies to match what actually happens.

Echo chambers are boring. I prefer reading diverse opinions. Echo chambers make those doing the echoing feel better about themselves, but that's about all it achieves.

That's what's good about Australia. We managed to conduct elections in 1914, 1917, 1940 and 1943 during world-wide wars. We even held elections during the era of the Vietnam war.

Craig Hamilton-Parker, a psychic known as the “Prophet of Doom” and hailed by some as the “new Nostradamus,” has issued a series of startling predictions for 2026. Parker, whose previous forecasts included the Queen’s death and the Covid-19 pandemic, has built a global following for his detailed visions of political, environmental, and social upheaval. A third term for Donald Trump One viewer on Parker's YouTube channel recently asked him about the possibility of Donald Trump seeking a third or even fourth term. Parker, who first predicted this during Trump’s second term, warned that the next U.S. election could coincide with global crises that might make standard constitutional processes impossible. “To reiterate what I said at the time, I felt there would be some big global conflict, possibly involving Taiwan,” Parker explained. “Looking at it now, it could be any global conflict. I know a lot of people have criticised this, saying you cannot have a third term because it is written in the Constitution—but who knows? Things have changed so much in the world.” He cited recent international developments to illustrate how unlikely scenarios have become reality. “Who would have imagined the possibility of invading Greenland, or kidnapping a country’s leader, as has happened in Venezuela? The world is changing rapidly,” he said. Parker predicts that emergency powers could be invoked in 2026, potentially allowing Trump to remain in office if the global situation is deemed too dangerous for a standard election. “Something will occur that overturns the existing rules, and that period will be a time of great conflict,” he said. He also drew on the Nadi oracles from India, which he has studied for years. According to Parker, these ancient readings suggest an alignment between China and Russia against the United States—a scenario he first foresaw in 2015. “At the time, it seemed impossible because they were certainly not friendly,” Parker said. “Yet I saw them joining together in conflict with the USA. So could that be what I’m seeing now? Or could it involve Iran instead? My feeling is that around that period, we will see many conflicts emerging in 2026.”

Some funds have costs that eat into your investment. The industry funds are the Best there.. Nev

Make it low risk for a start. And don't be fooled by superannuation's 8%, there's too many takers. Also superannuation needs to be monitored for fluctuations and volatility which may not be fully understood by young adults. As an ordinary worker, I lost ten years of gains in the 2008 crash, I was back to square one. I couldn't draw the money out because I had not yet retired, so I moved it to the Cash portfolio and left it there. Cash is like term deposits, and you don't lose any of it. I also had bank accounts and bank term deposits which I salary sacrificed into, a small amount each week. This built up and the returns started to overtake my Super returns. In the end Super was insignificant and my Bank account strategy paid off, beating my Super by hundreds of thousands of dollars, even after paying tax on my earnings. After retirement I was in a position to pay cash for a residential property to max $250k, with funds left over. And I didn't start early, I started late in the day. There was no bank fees, just continuous interest three months at a time, heaps of it, it left my Super in it's dust, regardless of what my Super portfolios were.

the rules on super have relaxed a bit in recent years , my advise ,put into their super i think from memory 30k is a 1 off a year

You like Facts and Truth? Try using them then. Your Idol, Trump, doesn't either. Nev

Typical house and land prices in Perth have gone through the roof. Up around 40-50% in just the last 2-3 years. I was talking to a real estate agent last week. He sold a house near mine for $1.1m about 18 months ago. He said he would list it today at $1.5m. One of my daughters is renting and there’s no way she can afford to buy now. Three years ago she could probably have managed a mortgage but not now. Our other kids are reasonably secure but I worry about her. Once a parent, always a parent!

Probably the same reason I joined ... to provide some opposition to the excessive far-left viewpoints that distort facts and truth.

Hmm. Strong words from someone who's been on this site for 2 days. Without wanting to seem unwelcoming, Down East, what causes an American to join a site named Social Australia?

I was lucky to buy a bare 2000 sq m block of industrial land in a wheatbelt tiny country town, about 130kms NNE of Perth, in 2019. I paid $10,000 for it, because the seller was retiring and selling up all his assets. In the 6-1/2 years that I've owned it, the value of the block has gone from $10,000 to $110,000. The land/property pricing "bubble" must burst in due course. I really feel for the young people starting off, buying a house must only be a dream for them. SWMBO has a friend who has 2 sons and daughter. The daughter married several years ago and both she and her hubby are on good money, and they managed to buy an old timber-framed house in an average Eastern suburb for $780,000. But the middle son isn't married and is working on the mines to try and get enough to buy a house. He proudly told his Mum recently, he'd saved up $50,000 towards the house. But he goes to look at a building block in the far northern suburbs, about 70kms from the City, and they want $500,000 for a tiny bare patch of sandy limestone. So then he finds a reasonable sort of house for sale nearby for just $800,000. He calls the agent, and the agent floors him with the words, "I'm sorry, I've already had 2 offers for the property in excess of $1,000,000!! This is the standard story around trying to buy a house today, Chinese buyers roll up carrying suitcases full of banknotes, explaining they have the cash to pay for the property, right now! AUSTRAC cash payments reporting is only being extended to real estate agents from July 1st this year. It's way too late, it should have been done 15 or 20 years ago. The flood of Chinese black money has ruined our real estate purchasing ability.

You're full of it. The USA wasn't the only country offering assurances to Ukraine during the Budapest agreement. The UK, France, and China also offered their own assurances.......so where are they now? Do you want Russia lobbing nukes to appease your nonsense of the USA going to war with Russia. Europe smugly broke their own promises with NATO by not honoring the agreed proportions of military spending to GDP. The USA can only use European bases at the invite of their governments. Coups? Britain initiated the 1953 coup in Iran for economic reasons...................... and the US assisted due to the Big Red Scare that was sweeping the Europe and the USA. The stuff you are throwing out would be kind of funny if it wasn't so sad, but please, keep running off at the mouth with a half assed understanding of world events.

Talking to ex just the other night actually. As l said she's a good woman to things weren't all her fault and we still get along v well. But even she said the other night man, keep that place , she's paying 500pwk rent and has no chance of getting something, she's 55, says at least this is something and only 30mins from beautiful coast and a great town. l didn't ask her she just came out with that as we were talking. Back when we broke up , we talked about keeping our house man, wish we bloody did now tell you what, especially for her. That one was a helluva lot of work though. Wasn't just grass on one ac, 70ft cypress all over the place some of them fallen down, massive trees, all over grown , old sheds and crap all through it. House was solid but old too , she could've managed it in the end paying for some work but she didn't wanna take it on and l didn't want it so we sold it. As l say though not much money back then and 50 50 so, think l drank my share. She paid debts with hers.

Yeah l bet wd, just feel bloody grateful that l at least have this place tell you what. Thx to a divorce totally screwing us both financially and so then later a bad deal l did just to get into another house on my own that went south, if not for at least having this l'd be totally stuffed. That's why all this , coupled with age and then prices now, is such a big thing for me andddd l probably couldn't even get finance now if l was starting from scratch, let alone the amount you need. Use to be cheap as blocks everywhere in areas l'd choose only 3-5 yrs ago, now they've effg tripled in just that time. Same with houses. That house l bought, 9yrs ago now, well l went nto it with someone else but thx to them it just sold for 3 times what we paid for it, 3 times x in only 9 yrs- wish l got the money but bc of the deal going bad, the banks got that. This one l have now, l've had 18 yrs. Almost embarrassing what l pad for this back then ha, gone are those days though tell you what, it's madness. Although land is still very cheap out here compared to most places , this one is still 500% now, on what l paid for this 18 yrs ago. l could probably still manage to get a place like this now in an area like this, if l was starting from scratch again bc it's still at least very cheap here but from what l've been scanning, areas like this sadly will be the only way now for a lot of young couples and stuff. Only reason l got to keep this later on when we got divorced was we agreed if l pay off our credit card debt we had, l'd keep this. We made a little bit of money selling out house, but then that was split 50 50 and all long gone now, it wasn't much to now prices, nothin. Our house that we sold would also cost 3x what we paid for it , to buy again now just 10yrs later. That was an old renovator on 1 ac. l feel so badly for ex w now , the divorce wasn't really her fault she's a good woman , but the poor things paying 500 a wk right now, just to rent something, bc she never managed to get into her own place again after we split back then. My main thing now is sort out wtf l'm gonna do , with this one or whatever else, and thn to help my daughter later get her own place one day, she's 23 and thankfully has no interest in buying a house any time soon so gives me time to get ahead in whatever l do and hopefully be in a position to help her in the door later on.

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The USA is no longer a dependable ally. From threatening to take over Greenland (leaving Denmark in the unenviable position of having to prepare to defend their territory from both Russia and the US), to invading Venezuela after destroying boats and killing survivors without any sort of due process, to unilaterally attacking Iran, to incarcerating visitors even from traditional allied countries without cause. Jerry ask yourself - if Australia were attacked and made a request for US assistance, is it likely they would? My feeling is that unless there was profit for their god-king, the answer would be no.

Hi All, both of my kids, Caitlin (27 years old) and Lachlan (24 years old), have received $50,000 each from my mother in law's estate but I am so scared how to advise them on what to do. They both want to invest at the best return/risk ratio to get the best out of the money to buy their own nome in years to come. I spoke to the bank and all they offered was Term Deposit at around the low 4% when superannuation investments are getting around 8% by highly respected companies. Both of my kids are working full time. So any advice would be helpful as I am very confused on how to best help them. (PM me if you like to keep it private) I acknowlege that any ideas are not financial advice, I just want some advice to steer me a direction that might help or help to educate me as I know nothing other than a bank

America's civil war left 600,00 dead, which is far more than the current skirmish in Iran. Although England and France remained neutral, they supported the south. There must be a lingering political memory of all that.

Well, those countries that are bound are also bound to arrest someone who is charged or wanted for an international war crime if that person steps in their country. Would be interesting to see a charge brought against Chump and he then visit (pick any country) and see if that country would arrest him. Even Net may pose a problem for them.