I can't remember the last time I went to a game and saw standing water on the G. Apparently 10ml in an hour!
Hawthorn's positioning, toughness and adaptability was streets ahead of ours. Losing Hewitt didn't help, but Acres would have been handy. Not sure about our tactic of bombing it into the forward line. Didn't seem to work very well.
The 50m penalty - enough has been said, but it energised Hawks and deflated us. Result wouldn't have been different, but it becomes a different game.
Good result for our son's mate who came along, but that was about it. Even the Hot Jam Donut after the game had cold jam in it - so disappointing.
Great team effort - everyone contributed in some way - although I paid about scant attention after the long break.
Pleasing that we won every quarter and that when WC got to ~20 points in the third, we improved and fought back. Amazing what happens when there is confidence within the team.
Don't get too carried away - while you can only beat your opposition, it was only WC - although nice to have a 9 goal win.
Currently the Vic State House of Reps is: 56 ALP - 34 held by <10% 29 - Coalition - 20 LP/9 Nats - 23<10% 3 Greens - 1<10% 1 Independent
There are currently 17 sitting members not re-contesting.
There is one endorsed candidate for One Nation (didn't win the Nepean By-election). As State and Federal governments have different responsibilities (eg education, health, state levies/taxes, transport), different policies are required.
I have had a quick look at the health policy. It states that there could be a 100k nurse shortfall in Australia by 2025! and 123k by 2030, then goes to talk about a few strategies for Victoria. It doesn't say what the Vic nursing shortfall is likely to be - so doesn't address the Vic issue. Does bring up an interesting question, though as it talks about having discussions between Vic ON and Unis to make nursing a more attractive degree - as the funding is federal for Unis, does this type of conversation happen a lot?
A read of the education policy is a bit scary.
No preventative measures for tackling crime.
From the "Looking after our environment" policy: protecting iconic native flora like koalas from the expansion of wind and solar farms.
As the ON leader doesn't know what the monoculture policy is - last I saw she answered a question on it by saying 'Howard and Abbott didn't think that multiculturalism works"
You're right, but it gets tricky with many things requiring continuous help or concurrent singular events requiring a decision (eg fires in Vic v floods in Qld) as to which one person's limited funds can go to - am I better off giving $100 to one or $50 to two?
Thanks Paul - a good read. I could only really find pdfs, so can't link - just do a search.
Essentially, "if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it." He uses the 1970s Bengal Famine as an example.
Maybe try reading Peter Winneke's book - Give while you live. You can take or leave the ego of what do I want my legacy to be...
'I can't give - I don't have enough' will mean that it is less likely that you will meaningfully. (not a personal comment)
A few contemplations for planned donation giving - some of these change depending on fonation size: - how much each year will I give (% of income, $amount) - how many charity's will I donate to - over what time period (eg 1 year, 10 years) - is it a cause/field I'm interested in - what do I know about the charity - how is the donation being used - what accountability will the charity give me eg reports - is the charity's basic governance up to date - can the charity cope with the donation
And yes, Hamilton's team will have gone through all that & more...
Thry - I understand tax deductible donations. Your original premise was about: - the motivation behind donations and your cynical take - and then how easy it is to give away money when you're wealthy
I think thats a different discussion and argument but given donations are capable of being tax deductible (the not for profit thing you mentioned is largely irrelevant) you may find an incentive exists for people to give more away, than pay it to the government for a net even or even greater result for themselves.
This is why it must be viewed with a cynical lens. Philanthropy is easy when you have plenty and the levers suit you to pull them.
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Dunno Thry, but 20+ years in the space might give me an idea or two. Good philanthropy is very hard when you have plenty. Philanthropy is readily available to everyone - and it does make a positive difference.
How would NFPs that don't have DGR1 status survive in Australia if that was the case?
Don't have a view on Gates Foundation, except to say that generally, it is very hard to donate money properly and effectively if you have lot to give away. Also the rules in US are different to ours...
Of course there are strategies to best manage donations, particularly from windfall events - which not only benefit to donor, but the NFPs as well as there becomes more to give away.
Hmm - what a tedious game to sit through! The phone thing they did pre-game was pretty cool - may not have translated to to TV that well.
Being at the game with no commentary or many replays confirms that it is hard to know what is an isn't a free kick - particularly centre square and stand rule.
We went back to long bomb to forward line, or having an unrealistic shot - it was so frustrating. Essendon seemed to take more contested marks, however, we were slightly calmer and less error prone under little pressure.
This was one of the worst games I have seen for a long time and may it stay that way. We got 4 points.
Thanks EB - when discussing discretionary trusts, it is probably important to distinguish them! Without having looked at this, I assume that the recipients of distributions would receive the franking credit?
is that most of the taxes they're bringing in, particularly capital gains, is a tax on money thats already been taxed! [/quote]
How has a capital gain already been taxed?
Discretionary Trusts will be taxed and then a franking credit applied to the recipient. This was first floated in the early 2000s (there was a lot of work preparing for this to come in).
