First things first Darren – are you going to be providing advice and are you licenced too?

The biggest hurdle you will face would be credibility. As you probably know, as a group, RE agents aren’t held in the highest esteem, and most people would run a mile before looking for investment advice from one.

Are you a successful investor or is it…[Read more]

C@34 – didn’t ask why. Most places offer discounts on some of their new stock so I didn’t find it extraordinary pricing.

Have just been to Borders in Sydney’s Pitt St mall to re-check the price and it is without a doubt $21.95

Must be a special price at the Pitt St Sydney store. They even had special stickers on them last week when I checked. I’ll check again today and let you know.

Sorry – meant to say $21.95 at Borders

*****From Admin on 5/10/04…

We edited your original post thinking it was an error as we rang Broders to check your stated low price as it sounded unusual. They confirmed that the price they are selling it for is $29.95.

Hi – saw it yesterday at Borders (Sydney) for 29.95

Broders are selling the new book for 29.95 in Pitt St mall from memory.

Knowing how Yorker loves research

Median price for Rosebery was 25k in Dec 03, but by Mar 04 had reached 39k and 42k in June 04. A rise of 68% in 6 months – mainly attributable to mainland investment.

Now being a Tasmanian, I can tell you there is nothing attractive about Rosebery.

As for mining there only appears to be Zinc being mined there…[Read more]

It can put you in trouble when there are lurking Taswegians like me around

Could be worse I suppose – I could be a Kiwi ))

Originally posted by kay henry:
Anubis,

Yeah, I know we’re on the same page here :o) We just have different opinions on things- remember, I’ve always complimented you on your posts on property… it’s your posts on politics where we differ

kay henry

And our views on Tasmanians

No crossed wires, I just thought Kay’s quotes were hardly a fair comparison.

Quote “Did you know that 100% of state government funding for primary and secondary schools goes to the two thirds of government school students and 0% to the one third of non-government school students” – Anubis Sept 9, 2004

Yes but the implication was the non-govt schools receive more funding than govt schools which is untrue and the uni fact is not comparing on a fair basis – it’s like saying that education funding in the USA is more than in Australia, it’s true, but they have a higher population. It’s a play on words

Forgot to add that private school funding from the Fed Govt is based on Socio Economic Status.

Quote “Schools which draw students from areas of predominantly low SES receive Australian Government funding of up to 70% of total public expenditure provided to a student in a State government school. Schools drawing students from the wealthiest areas…[Read more]

Kay,

Nice twist. Yes proportionally FEDERAL GOVT spending is higher on non government schools. The Fed Govt provides about 12% of total government school funding – as they are run by and the responsibility of STATE GOVT, the state provides 88% of total funding. The state Govt commits no funding to non-government schools.

On top of the $2.5…[Read more]

If all schools were public schools, and a whole smogasboard of different types of schools were available, then all children would have a choice. It’s not like they are pushed into a school where they don’t want to be. They have many choices.
Schools would have equal value in the eyes of parents, and in a community.
It would be more a choice of…[Read more]

Originally posted by kay henry:
Abolition? Yes, we are certainly a product of our environment and schooling :o)

Last year, there was more spent on private schools than there were public Universities :o(( Now, private Universities (Notre Dame and a bunch of others) are increasingly getting public funding. Notre Dame is starting up two new campuses…[Read more]

Luckyone – why is that so? Parents of private school kids pay taxes too – does not some of that tax money deserve to go to their school, private or not?

BTW many catholic schools are private in name only – they charge nominal school fees, and if parents cannot afford the fees ut still want their kids to have a catholic education other agreements…[Read more]

Can’t agree I’m sorry. If parents wish to send their children to an institution that means something to them, i.e. they attended themsleves, or wish to provide better perceived options post high school via a perceived ‘old boys’ network, that is their perogative.

True, not all of us could afford to send children to a private school but living in…[Read more]

Allan,

Think you may be confusing things a bit. It’s a long bow to suggest the FHOG caused the property boom – more like speculative investors and the FHOG was introduced as compensation for GST increasing housing prices.

It was the NSW govt who introduced the investors tax no the federal govt.

I think the rules were tightened rather than…[Read more]

Have to agree with Kay – if all you care about is impact on property investing I think you need some perspective.

Agree with Kay again about our political system -when you can win the primary vote but lose on preferences, you know it’s not a fair system.

Personally I’ll stick with Howard and Cozzie. Labour has a history of being reckless with…[Read more]