Qatar’s ghost flights – an open secret within the aviation sector – are “taking the piss” out of Australia’s strict aviation laws, industry sources say, and are occurring despite the Albanese government rejecting the airline’s formal request to increase flights out of concern the extra capacity would go against Australia’s “national interest”.
Honestly, I don’t blame Qatar Airways. Good on them for getting around this protectionist nonsense policy.
Air travel is already quite expense and carbon heavy. Actively blocking routes makes the system less efficient, expensive, and will emit more carbon. Isn’t that also against Australia’s “national interest”?
I’m very glad Hussein is out but I don’t know if Sean Fraser will do a good job. His previous role as immigration minister let the country consistently exceed its immigration targets, which only made the housing crisis worse. He’ll be looking into the consequences of his own actions on housing.
The token has been controversial in Silicon Valley for its ambitious and unorthodox approach to trying to solve two vexing problems: Online identity authentication and income inequality....
Maintain a central registry of who owns what housing and who lives there (necessary for the policies below). This can be used to audit abuses
Raise property taxes on vacant housing
Introduce a new yearly anti-speculation tax that depends on the owner of the unit:
Canadian citizens: 0%.
Permanent residents and people with work permits: 0%.
Companies established in Canada:
Single-family dwelling: 5%.
Dwelling between two and 6 units: 2%
Housing with more units: 0%
All other assumptions: 10% <-- this includes foreign investors
Why all this bureaucracy? We can simply just shift property taxes to land value taxes. Much more equitable and it would disincentivize speculation and incentivize density. You only need to know who owns which parcel of land so its much less bureaucratic.
You are right, land should not be a good investment. A land value tax supports this as it decreases the value of the land, it won’t be seen as an investment. Wealthy people and investors hoarding land will only increase their tax burden and thus will not be profitable for them.
XZ backdoor in a nutshell (lemmy.zip)
Boris Johnson tasked security force to plan a raid on a vaccine plant in the Netherlands (www.theguardian.com)
The Power of Land: Georgism 101 (www.youtube.com)
**Eisenhower CSG has entered the chat**
https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/cbfa865e-3932-4c22-bda8-bc15c9a088a8.webp
The Duolingo owl is done messing around (i.postimg.cc)
The Housing Crisis Isn’t Going Anywhere Until We Tackle Property Wealth Inequality (jacobin.com)
Russian C++ tutorial (www.tiktok.com)
‘Ghost flights’: Qatar Airways flying near-empty planes in Australia to exploit legal loophole (www.theguardian.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/fj7IK...
Hank Green - The Biggest Science Story of the Week (youtu.be)
Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announce separation (www.cbc.ca)
Seven rookies promoted, most ministers reassigned in major Trudeau cabinet shuffle (www.ctvnews.ca)
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin token to launch Monday (www.semafor.com)
The token has been controversial in Silicon Valley for its ambitious and unorthodox approach to trying to solve two vexing problems: Online identity authentication and income inequality....
Canada pushing ahead with tax on Big Tech opposed by U.S., Freeland says (financialpost.com)
Canada still plans to introduce a digital services tax in 2024 despite U.S. opposition, Chrystia Freeland said.
Bike lane on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge seen as major cause of pollution (www.cbsnews.com)
In no way did my brain consider this to not be satire…
its ok >.<
Brand new movie (lemmy.ml)
Wade Sowders, Seattle City Council Candidate, promoting LVT (www.wadeforseattle.com)
Wisecrack on Georgism (www.youtube.com)
British Columbia’s New Housing Legislation Could Help Ease the Housing Crisis | Jacobin.com (jacobin.com)
A friend said he warned Stockton Rush about possible defects on the Titan in 2019 after hearing 'cracking' noises (www.businessinsider.com)
Putin will address the nation soon, Kremlin says (twitter.com)
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