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Ive watched one take a smallish kangaroo on the run - way more pointy sharp bits there than on a goose.

I think the complaint is about paying ongoing fees for the certification and where that money goes

I think maybe risks in self managed super are poorly understood by many going that path If you are sitting in a $700 K house, why shouldnt it be used as funds for your retirement? Otherwise its a form of super gifted to your heirs upon departure.

Agree, I do think super/pension needs to be considered together including exemptions, tax and allowances. I know of several retirees who spent all their super and savings on a very elaborate house, and still claim pension.....not fair in many eyes. The tax changes they are proposing are removing exemptions which encourage extra investment into super. At worst its the same as you would have paid were it income. A real issue is the seeming constant changing of the system, people make plans based on the rules then they change and there is winners and loosers.

El Al have armed security on every flight, and missile counter measures installed, Specific routes avoiding risky airspace too. And serious security before each flight, think belts, shoes off and without much prompting everything else. Laptops dissasembled or simply taken away and returned later. Lots of questions and plenty of wrong answers You have to get your luggage and personally present to Security who open it and go through the lot. The marks and age of your passport adds to risk and odds of further attention. Israeli's have been dealing with serious terrorisim for some decades, we could learn a bit from them as we catch up. Everyones had a stint in the army so comfortable with weapon around.

Got an echidna lives in our yard too, sends dogs apoplectic. Know hes around because they come back bleeding from nose. Pretty confident critter, will wander around whole yard. Wont see him for months then turns up again. "Eric" does cause similar damage to a large group of feral pigs rooting around in ground for food once he finds a good spot.

I agree re roadside lights, flashing lights at night, blind and confuse and really do constitute a safety issue. Try working in the dark around a few machines with them on. Maybe there should be a light intensity controller posted to remotely turn on and off lights so as jut enough and the right colour are going. Each emergency vehicle can, while signing on to site, supply the frequency for their vehicle so the controller can take over control. Maybe automatic intensity control on lights or some sort of engineering shade controlled by satttelite comms, in all road vehicles to prevent this problem. An annual inspection should ensure these shades work and retract properly. Maybe a back to base alarm and recording system. The possibilities are endless Ive sat through meetings where this type of rubbish is leigitamately thrown around. No one is brave enough to say "its going to cost too much" lest they be branded as having poor safety culture or attitude.

Bit too much focus on hi vis, in most cases staff are supplied uniform shirts in any case, if having them yellow and orange helps at all its not such a big deal. They do get expensive with night reflective gear Problem comes as it becomes normal and it pushes into every task and every business. Anyone trained in WHS knows PPE is the last choice and least effective way to mitigate a risky activity. The idea that its management fault, whatever an accident, does lead to excessive proceedures. Especially in big companies where management arent necessarily too interested in productivity or businesss are highly profitable. This may slow as things get tougher in mining.

Change a few names and issue here and we could be discussing CaSA and over regulation in aviation At aome point those involved loose respect and adhereance to rules and the actual safety improvement slows or can reverse. The costs are exponential as incidences reach certain level

We have a resident echidna.......where he apends time looks like a mine site Also get black, brown and used to get inland taipans, very agressive little feckers those ones. Change colour and can look like black or brown. Niece bitten by brown at front steps, nearly didnt make it to hospital. Just try to tell us how endangered they are.

Yes just a few weeks of fuel reserves and little process capacity, it has been reveiwed nd not considered worth doing anything about........... When things are good, populations and govt ignore some obvious things

Diesel works if you run big km trips New models mostly feature DPF and some include adblue injection These emmission control methods raise costs of ownership on modern diesels Late model territory is a pretty good vehicle, earlier had some issues with front end and horrible fuel use. Diesel i know of has happy owners. Terrotory hasnt excelled in sales stakes and as a result sees discounting. Good value for purchase but pretty sure this will hurt values but your looking at long ownership. Some issue re tyre sizing on them havig few options and expensive too. Running several diesels I can say the last few years have seen petrols cheper fuel wise with diesel price well above ULP Personally i strongly push AWD models , safety benefits are worh the costs LPG has reducing excise program so wont be cheap for much longer

Isnt federal politics the ultimate committee? Even worse, its directed by constant popularity polls. Your going to end up with a lot of camels when horses are needed

The balls will be several thick when level is down, probably single when its full. As others have said floating covers and tiles arent a new idea, not too many cost effective unless water VERY expensive Black is the carbon black used to resist UV degradation, at best they are likely to last 15 yrs before breaking down slowly over the next decade Wind will most definitely move them if not water filled. If they are then growth on outside could make them sink. Absurd cost All evaloration reduction reloes on very expensive water, like treated town water. All water has a value, plenty think its higher than it is. Saw something recommending using these to fix Broken Hill water issues and covering Menindee lakes, would be cheaper to relocate the town. California does lead the world in spending money to save percieved environmental problms.

Its 60kmh because the rural road which is Bathurst racetrack is normally a two way road, including entrances to houses and properties. Some blind corners at the top too Pretty regularly there someone using both lanes running a hot lap like they see on TV. For some reason there always seems to be someone trying a race lap backwards