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Wasn't inner city like Richmond and Fitzroy absolute cheap dumps in the 60s Marc?

Indeed it is subjective but the only objective measure is price.

No it's not an insult (numbers are numbers) but with a growing population, vast wealth and a very popular destination for living, I don't see how this result can be anything but expected. People can easily get onto the property ladder still, even young people. You can still buy houses in...

Who cares about the average wage? The average wage earner can't afford to buy in good areas of capital cities. The 'average' suburb 20 years ago isn't the 'average' suburb today. Australians are by-and-large very wealthy - and the house prices reflect this.

If it was as simple as that then we wouldn't have employment lawyers. Grey areas all the time.

To be fair, there is no real concrete definition of an employee vs a contractor. I did employment law and it's the question that is never answered with certainty.

Taking a private phone call is very different from sending porn. Let's look at the facts.

Not really surprised given the kind of people who are stacked in these tribunals.

This is a common theme from those who have worked with Unions on construction sites - and this is why the Union (and the ALP) dismantled the ABCC because union corruption, bribes and extortion are rife in the construction sector. Now they are getting away with murder again.

I think dan has identified the crux of it. The entire income tax system is predicated on employees paying their PAYG tax upfront, and only claiming a refund afterwards. If everyone was self-employed - then the ATO would have a severe cashflow crisis and would have to spend half its time...

The question (or dichotomy) of employee vs independent contractor is a difficult one to answer. The common law position is that 'it depends on the facts' - which isn't very helpful. So it's entirely plausible for Workcover to determine that one person is an employee even if the ATO holds a...