The election thread - Two middle-late aged white men trying to be blokey and convincing..., same old shit, FFS.

Who will you vote for?

  • Liberals

    Votes: 1 1.5%

  • Labor

    Votes: 21 30.9%

  • Nationals

    Votes: 1 1.5%

  • Greens

    Votes: 21 30.9%

  • Independant

    Votes: 15 22.1%

  • The Clive Palmer shit show

    Votes: 4 5.9%

  • Shooters and Fishers Party

    Votes: 1 1.5%

  • One Nation

    Votes: 1 1.5%

  • Donkey/Invalid vote

    Votes: 3 4.4%
  • Total voters
    68
Haakon said:
In the last department i was working in they had a healthy lifestyle bonus thingy which was nice. A couple of hundred a year for gym membership etc, that I invariably spent at Wiggle!
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The last time I was a commonwealth employee there was a health and fitness bonus (about $300) at the time. You had to request it from your supervisor and after that there was no need to substantiate a purchase etc. Many nonconventional purchases on my behalf, and in true public service style people who didn't think it was a good thing to receive.
 
rockmoose said:
That's a lot of bootstraps that people are pulling themselves up by.
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I tried to walk while holding on to mine and fell flat on my face.
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rockmoose said:
Yes. No doubt it would be a bureaucratic dumpster fire, with just the right loopholes for the grifters to make plenty of bank, while squandering any chance of actually implementing benefits for the masses.
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Isn't that what our politicians are paid (by their donors) for?
 
rockmoose said:
The whole gym industry is full of scams, crooks, and bodgy dealings. If this goes through, do we also get to claim subsidies for our bike related purchases?

www.abc.net.au

Tax-deductible gym memberships? This group reckons it's a no-brainer

Rent rises and cost-of-living pressures have seen more people cancelling their gym memberships. One fitness group thinks making gym sessions tax-deductible will keep more Australians healthy and is lobbying the government to get on board.
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
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Dumb idea, it will just push up the cost and also cost way more to administer than any benefit.
GYMs sell good intentions in the form of memberships and the people that already go value the membership already.
You would also need to define a gym and all the other activities that look like a gym as in or out. Before you know it a work out you get in a whore house will be considered gym tax worthy.

GYMs were also one of the first placed to get shut down during covid when they should have remained open for people to stay heathy. How times change in only a few short years.

I do think e bikes should be available on salary sacrifice if you can commute to work on them. it would be dam easy to share your strava as a record commute vs personal use.
 
Haakon said:
In the last department i was working in they had a healthy lifestyle bonus thingy which was nice. A couple of hundred a year for gym membership etc, that I invariably spent at Wiggle!
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Kathmandu is where its at, the APS Kathmandu Puffer and next year the RM Williams Boots for the 'urban explorer' look.
 
Halo1 said:
Dumb idea, it will just push up the cost and also cost way more to administer than any benefit.
GYMs sell good intentions in the form of memberships and the people that already go value the membership already.
You would also need to define a gym and all the other activities that look like a gym as in or out. Before you know it a work out you get in a whore house will be considered gym tax worthy.

GYMs were also one of the first placed to get shut down during covid when they should have remained open for people to stay heathy. How times change in only a few short years.

I do think e bikes should be available on salary sacrifice if you can commute to work on them. it would be dam easy to share your strava as a record commute vs personal use.
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According to many apartment developers, a gym is a treadmill, a few hand weights and an exercise bike and then sell it as a gym and share it between 100+ apartment dwellers. (I bought an exercise bike from one of these places upgrading, the 'upgrade' was a wholey white Kogan bike to replace a yellow and grey $300 bike)
 
God forbid thay actually improve active transport infrastructure. People would happily buy bikes and ride more if they did.
 
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