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Are there issues specific to Blackrock? I notice that investment company SOL shares (which I don't own but is on my watchlist) has been surprisingly unaffected by the war. (adding: even though their underlying assets would have dropped)

Fair enough "commissions" might not be the correct term now. Perhaps the potentially illegal "upfront fees and marketing payments" to use ASICs terminology in regards to First Guardian and Shield, and granted not all went to advisors. I don't mean to be generally derogatory about advisors they...

But no advice is better than bad advice. Saw an advisor once and only once, was in my 40s when my gov employer became a statutory authority. Advisor recommended I withdraw my Defined Benefit balance and put it in to retail super fund of his recommendation. Massaged figures showing how I'd be...

I'm not aware that the UAE, or any arab state, is undertaking any offensive operations against Iran. So I don't know what Iran wants or could get from UAE

Good on them, I wish my parents had spent more on themselves. My parents worked hard and spent a lot on raising us, and deserved to have spent all they had in retirement on themselves. (btw you might want to check your maths there).

And it's not a new problem that suddenly arose, I know personally that it was an issue 20 years ago at Brisbane's flagship RBH.

I thought it was optional, with reduced gov subsidies. The RAD at Greenwich Place Sydney can be >$3m although there are cheap rooms for not much more than $1m. If pensioners get those, I'm going on the pension!

Agree, soon after leaving home and fending for myself I went into the butcher, looked around and asked for some "mi-nute" steak. Didn't know why he was laughing, minute steak was on the sign.

Thanks. Haven't done it yet, Wise generated a scam alert, I'll just ponder that for a bit

Has anyone used Wise to make NI payments to HM Revenue? Any issues?

The last sentence is typical; urgency marketing. So common in scams, perhaps that's where booking com gets it from.

Buy her a world globe and a piece of string

UAE tanker been airborne for 8½ hours with its transponder on. UAE to Iran about the same distance as Sydney to Newcastle.. Sending a message maybe

Now going to MEL. I suppose then just a short flight to get the pax back to SYD tomorrow morning as no hope of getting to the ME for quite a while. Adding, Thought they might have got a curfew exemption though.

Coles Group company tax paid <3% of revenue, yet dividends fully franked. Company tax (and generally the value of it shares) is levied on profit (potential profit), not revenue. Obviously.

Absolutely wrong, Qld now collects $billions in gas royalties. And there is no shortage of domestic gas in Qld, just a shortage of what other states want Qld to increase supply. And why should it when the southern states have plentiful. There is no shortage of gas in NSW or Vic, just a shortage...

I don't think your comparison to "beer excise" has anything to do with export either.

Don't they pay state taxes/royalties as well? (For our qld 50c train fares).

Possible alternative, leave it in a locker (bne apt or elsewhere) if you're planning on returning there soon.

We depart syd to auh on EY451 on a Tuesday which arr at 00:05, expect to check-in at about 1am. Onward flight from auh is Thursday. I confirmed that it would be a free 2 night stopover when booking (direct with Etihad on the phone). After advising Etihad of hotel preferences was told it would...