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We've been doing this nice guy shtick for a while now. So far it's gotten us nobody of note. Geelong, known BODEs every year get some of the top talent nominating them. Someone don't think us being nice works. Two things do, prospect of success and money. In competitive sports environment...

A strategy which hasn't really worked for us

With Bailey Smith being one of the originals of this era to do that in his draft year

I like most here am pretty nervous with this trade period that we don't give up the rare rnd 1 picks that we have/will get. We have been gifted 0 afl compo and inflated FA picks to date and have very little currency beyond TB. Agree to judge on trades and pray the rumours are wrong re Baker...

agreed, it has to be a token pick back, if anything given the circumstances and the fact that Hawks with TB will be top 4. so two mid/late teen picks is hardly a kings ransom

Very disappointing that the conservatives have imploded and Starmer is what Labour have to offer

very true

https://www.education.wa.edu.au/teacher-salaries I was actually surprised at how relatively high teachers salaries can be that's not to say I think they are well paid for the important work that they do. For those that don't want to click on the link a senior teacher in WA can make around...

That's the problem with no preferential voting.

We're a younger club now so hubs less of an issue. Also that was a unique circumstance with covid and the unknown. If you know you're going on a 2 week work trip every year you could plan with your family accordingly. Id actually go one further and say that we should do one up the East Coast...

The different mechanics take a while but once you've figured things out, it'll make sense. I can't remember the trick but I do remember struggling with lock picking at first It's a hard game! Combat takes a lot of time too to get the hang of...

It's an excellent game

You have to face off against these big corporates. I don't think this is the topic to do it on, I'd much rather it was over taxes/income earnt from Aus operations but can't let them bully nations. While they might be able to pull out of aus (or more likely geo block aus) to make a statement...

From that time until now and probably for the foreseeable future

What's funny is that Alabama still has the death penalty which is a position that should be very difficult to support if you truly believe all of that Somehow I don't think the people of Alabama would agree

Thanks for taking your time on such a detailed reply. As an outsider looking in, it's hard to disagree with your assessment. I'd probably like to throw in one last variable which is the impact of Communism on US culture. From religion to its modern relationship with guns I think some of these...

Genuine question: When you mention freedom fighting and pioneering are you referring to the American Revolution and the wild west era? I can't think of more recent/any examples of freedom fighting (maybe the civil war?) but nothing from the mid 19th century onwards. Interesting if the way that...

Maybe not Gina but she owns her company. Do the senior leaders of the listed major mining companies, I can assure you that even the CEO would if he was acting like Barnaby in board meetings. Politicians don't own this country and we should probably stop acting like they do. I can't imagine...

Surely parliament needs drug and alcohol testing. No different to the mining industry except if you're off your rocker inside parliament house you have the ability to influence the fate of the nation

I think it's much more likely they go further to the right than bring in someone from the Liberal Left (who is genuinely left?) Libs will rely on the huge rusted on plus enough people annoyed with Labor to get back into power eventually. Particularly given the last few elections have been won...

You don't need an ID to vote in Australia

They've lost the debt and deficit lever so this is the one of the only ones left

Baz is far from liked across Perth although he definitely has name recognition. You'd think he'll do well running in a traditionally blue ribbon seat and strong brand with the 70+ crowd.

Hate to break it to you but you're not comparing apples with apples. This analysis is comparing all tax payers for which bracket creep is a big issue. The analysis is also looking at the delta in total taxes collected (which includes all tax paying Australians) vs those with a mortgage on a...

Whilst bracket creep is sizeable the 4% rise in interest rates over the last 2 years is equivalent to $20,000 on a $500,000 mortgage which absolutely dwarfs that. How many high earners would have a mortgage smaller than that? Particularly in Sydney and Melbourne.

Rules and engineers are 80% of the sport these days but that's the sport, part man part machine. One team. used to be closer to 50/50 back in the olden times but now the machine is more important. As an aside I'd like to see each team have to release all their technical info at the end of...

Pfft way too simple. How am I going to justify my job and all the fully catered working group meetings on this topic. Plus a simple and fair process is not what we are after!

Yes but disagree entirely with this thought for a couple of key reasons. 1) elite talent is less about total population and more about junior participation and funding . The junior pathways for other sports is catching up to afl. 2) if you look at international sports the gap between the...

It's an interesting question. The latest TV rights deal is worth $640m / yr. There are 207 regular season games (23 * 9) + 9 finals. That means that extra game is a little over 10% of the total number of games. Maximum value of that extra game is $64m/yr significantly more than $9m but as we...

Definitely think 30 or maybe even 40 given the shorter season and the shorter career length (at this stage) Men still at 100?