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Way down upon the Swanee River. Nev

Correct.

Old time rock and roll

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You can see examples all over the World. China is in the best Position with a Large Population able to afford stuff. No one can Match them. Nev

No one can ever say what the size of our population would have to be before we stop saying it's too low for mass production industries. Would it have to be 50million?, 100 million?, 1 billion?, before we think it's high enough to start making things?

I rest my case, M'Lord.

Our population is too Low to support mass production Industries. We would rely massively on exporting it. We are also a long way from most Markets and transport costs are rising and are more risky. Nev

Murdoch Monopoly Press,TV and Radio, LIES constantly about all this to achieve his self interested Aim . I call that FRAUD.. In Queensland, his coverage is by far the Highest. being almost total. Most of the ABC staff are ex Murdoch Employees. Nev

Primary Industries and Mining really don't do much to make a Nation economically strong. While both those industries generate income, they only generate service jobs for the rest of the community. Look at teh nations which became great, starting with Britain, then Europe and the USA and now China and India. Greatness came from making stuff from raw materials, not simply providing the raw materials.

Compare it to other countries and you will get a better Picture. How much is in Infrastructure and Defence? Population is Also growing. Money into Houses rather than Factories. Still retaining the AAA rating is significant as that affects the Interest rate Gov't have to Pay on Borrowings. Nev

Yep and the LNP continued to grow it at the same rate from 2013 to 2019.. switch looks very different to what the curve looks like since Albo came to power.. But that was my point.. Albo's government in real terms has flat lined debt - actually reduced it; yet the press are blaming him for the high debt levels caused by previous governments both LNP and ALP

If you ignore the covid era hump in the line, it's almost a straight upward trending line from about one year into the first Rudd government to where we are now.

Australia is actually doing alright but you won't see that expressed often here.. Nev

Ahhh.. Blame the current bloke for the previous guy's failings. In the current value of money, here is Australia's debt curve... Adjusted for inflation of course.. So, the total debt in today's money has reduced slightly since 2022 not long after Albo had taken over. The graph steadily increases since the previous ALP government, continues during the LNP (we'll excuse the rate of increase over the 2 year COVID period).. Albo gets in and it steadily reduces, with a slight increase but still below the levels he took over. Yep, I agree.. with pollies, it's other people's money. But it clearly isn't Albo's debt - it is the previous guys.. the ones a lot of people think are the safe pair of hands with the economy because that's what the media owners want them to think. He could do his bit to reduce the debt further - property tax gas exports, reduce corporate welfare, etc. But the press don't like that.

Probably Rembrandt Square.. Nev

Aren't those Christmas lights in a certain section of Amsterdam?

Interesting assessment of the likely rationale behind Musk deciding to spend nearly half a billion dollars on the election and what the Republican loss may be costing him.

Ball and socket joint

Too subtle for my TDS brain I'm afraid, OME. It's beyond recovery.

A lot of that was done during the Depression The cost today would be incredible. Nev

You missed the sarcasm of my post.

My opinioon, from my experience, but not in road construction, is that it is the geology that makes constructing roads for heavy weights the problem. Over nearly all of the continent, the ground is sedimentary material. Very few places have the surface close to bedrock. That results in great difficulty building a sound base layer upon whihc to build a road. Also, the way we seal the surface of our roads is a compromise between cost and results. That's why we have our roads sealed with bitumen sprayed over gravel. Where the roads are made opf concrete, the failure rate os a lot less, but the cost per kilometre is much more.