You would obviously have exceptions for renovations, subject to reasonable proof that renovations are actually taking place (or planning approval is being sought for said renovations). Ditto for make-safe work if the house is deemed unsafe to live in.

I can't really think of any other valid reasons.

As long as it’s cheaper to have somebody living in a house than just hoarding as much land as possible

Not necessarily. Some people just can't be bothered with the hassle of figuring out renting it out. I've heard this is especially common with Chinese buyers since housing in China is viewed even more as an asset than it is here.

If someone buys it as an asset just meant to appreciate in value, the dividends from renting it out may be viewed as less important.

It also prevents the use of a house as a rarely-used holiday home. If someone spends a handful of weeks per year in a house, that is pretty much just as wasteful as leaving it empty full-time, as far as the housing market is concerned. Maybe that levy could be decreased proportional to how much time it actually is being used.

I don't get it. I'm Australian and while I'm too young to have ever seen this ad, these don't look like any product I've ever seen. Are these like...buns? Like what you'd serve a burger on? They certainly don't look like biscuits.

I'mma differ slightly and say that yes, they should be "allowed" to. But there should be a levy imposed on them if they do choose that. And the levy should be large enough that it vastly outstrips expected capital gains.

Thanks for sharing this. It's really interesting.

Very minor (possible?) correction. I think the English word you want for "dodoi" might be "boo-boo". "boo-hoo" is a representation of crying. Usually used sarcastically. ("Oh, you didn't like that? Boo-hoo. Get over it.") Whereas "a boo-boo" is a childish term for a minor injury.

Out of interest, is Amon a common/fairly normal Portuguese pet name, or did you name him after the Avatar character? (Or something else?)

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Yellow and green easy. Never would've got purple in a million years.

I hope the NSW govt doesn't do the same limp thing the Qld govt did and allow one of the "grounds" to be "end of fixed lease". That completely weakens the law to the point it's nearly entirely useless.

I suspect it probably would. But shouldn't that be the user's choice to make?

Damn autocorrect. Imma leave that up, it's too funny.

Cos wasn't coined for anything even remotely related to sex or gender. It's just the Latin opposite of trans. Which honestly just makes whinging about the term from reactionaries like Musty all the more ridiculous.

He's a soccer player and he disagrees with the ref's decision. What more context do you need?

Soccer players are infamously fucking divas.

But MMP does that. I don't understand how that description differs from regular MMP.

I have often wondered why MMP is always done using FPTP for the local component. Why not IRV + proportional top-ups?

I don't really understand AMS as well as MMP, but I think the same question could be applied.