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The rort is about to step up a notch or ten - so much so that Macquarie Bank is getting in on the act. And these will have no warning signs, just Got-You-Sucker! signs after the fact. From an earlier article: If that's the impact of improved driver behaviour, then give me bad drivers any day...

If a private company has accumulated franking credits at a tax rate of 30% and then wants to issue franked dividends after the company tax rate drops to 28%, can it still frank the dividends at 30% since it has sufficient credits available? If not, how can the shareholder (who controls the...

A great rendition of Toto's old song on YouTube, starting with an interesting thunderstorm. GP

The The Impotence of Proofreading (YouTube video) GP

I'm sure complaints departments everywhere wished they got more like this. GP

Just what every Aussie bloke wanted to hear! GP

Anyone familiar with the IT courses offered by Express IT? One of the kids is considering doing their course and I don't know anything about them. Apparently it costs about $5K up-front for a 4 month course but they supposedly guarantee a job shortly afterwards. Anyone have any experiences...

Does anyone know the best way to cut a hole (about 45mm circle) in the side of an established terracotta pipe stormwater drain without wrecking the pipe? I have such an underground pipe between our house and separate garage and want to join some 40mm-odd PVC pipe into the side of it. The PVC...

This is just a curiousity question really. Does someone earning less than $6K a year, and thus on a 0% marginal tax rate, still have to lodge a tax return and pay the 1.5% Medicare levy on their income? Assume it's just basic employer PAYG income, not due to a pile of tax deductions...

FTSE currently up 9.4% and climbing, with the US looking to open big as well. HBOS and Lloyds TSB up about 37% each (RBS still down though for some reason). Good luck to holders of bank stocks come Monday. Hope the joy reaches these shores (however short a time it might last). GP

Our trust deed, from MGS, prohibits distributing to family members on means-tested Centrelink benefits. My wife's neice (I know, the last time we'll possibly be able to distribute to a neice under the new rules) gets Family Tax Benefits parts A & B for her young daughter. From the Centrelink...

Rumours the BoE might have to step in to help HBOS - or rather, denial of those rumours. Remember, HBOS owns BankWest. An unpleasant spike on the share chart (a drop of about 18% after open), but quickly recovered half of that. GP

QBE: share price down 11% today so far. ABC Learning Centres (ABS): share price down 49% today so far. Tip toe, through the mine field... Cheers, GP

This would be kinda cool to see somewhere. GP

http://www.frontlinethoughts.com You need to enter an email address to read the full article. GP

Anyone holding Bradken shares today? Down 38.5% as I write... :eek: I've been watching them for a while, but don't have any fortunately. GP

It can sometimes be alarming what little rules you come across searching through the ATO legal database. Some time ago, while generally researching family trust elections, I happened to come across ID 2005/173 which stated that step-children are no longer considered part of the family of the...

If any Japanese speaker might be able to help, I'm having difficulty getting information about a ferry ticket. The company has a Japanese-only website, and I've figured out enough to get the timetable and fares, but am trying to find out about booking tickets (which seems to only be possible by...

For those who don't get or watch The Sideshow on the ABC, here's an amusing Kevin 07 political campaign song by Eddie Perfect. Funny, and some nice piano playing to boot. Cheers, GP

Gold sharply up, US market down. Hmm... is this the beginning of the end? :D Sept 11 anniversary on Tuesday, and apparently Sept 12 is 55 days from the last main high of the current trend (Dow I think). Apparently the 1929 and 1987 crashes both occurred 55 days from their recent peaks. I...