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Sophia Gold Member Offline Posts: 9224	Oh to be happy and rich like Norway! Nov 5^th, 2025 at 8:33am Wouldn’t it be grand…if Australia could be too! What can Australia learn from Norway's approach to taxing resources? https://apple.news/Aswi4RqXYSDajnmt5leAg9A
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 114007 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Oh to be happy and rich like Norway! Reply #1 - Nov 5^th, 2025 at 9:51am In Australia we have given our resouces away at bargain prices with far less taxes than other countries. Meanwhile the tax Dept. will go after mum and dad workers with ruthless vigour. 1/3rd of our largest companies pay no tax.
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 77890 Gender:	Re: Oh to be happy and rich like Norway! Reply #2 - Nov 5^th, 2025 at 12:13pm The problem is that if we did that, many of the political donations would dry up
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 114007 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Oh to be happy and rich like Norway! Reply #3 - Nov 5^th, 2025 at 3:07pm John Smith wrote on Nov 5^th, 2025 at 12:13pm: The problem is that if we did that, many of the political donations would dry up So it's bribery?
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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 19590 Gender:	Re: Oh to be happy and rich like Norway! Reply #4 - Nov 5^th, 2025 at 4:19pm So wealth makes for happiness? Who knew? The politicians keeping people poor?
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Sophia

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Re: Oh to be happy and rich like Norway!
Reply #5 - Nov 6^th, 2025 at 9:59am

lee wrote on Nov 5^th, 2025 at 4:19pm:

So wealth makes for happiness? Who knew? The politicians keeping people poor? Roll Eyes

As the article highlights….

“Norway is renowned for ranking among the happiest and wealthiest countries around the globe — a standard of living partially bankrolled by the world's largest sovereign wealth fund.”

I’m not happy Jan today! Yea to do with money.
We just received our home insurance and it’s gone from $2,800 last year, up to $4,000 this year.
We’ve made no claims, and pushed our excess to $5,000 to keep the cost of insurance lower.
Didn’t seem to work for long.
I hate to think what the premium is if excess was the usual $700 to $1,000

We’ve got our council rates over $5,000 and insurance over $4,000
$180 per week not counting any other living expenses.
No wonder crime rate in Melbourne is going crazy.
Victoria is not the (nicest) place to be anymore as the stupid vehicle registration plates state.
And certainly not as happy as other states in Oz.

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 53522 Gender:	Re: Oh to be happy and rich like Norway! Reply #6 - Nov 6^th, 2025 at 10:03am Well I did say during COVID, that we would have a Great Inflation era after it.
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Re: Oh to be happy and rich like Norway!
Reply #7 - Nov 6^th, 2025 at 10:08am

Sophia wrote on Nov 6^th, 2025 at 9:59am:

lee wrote on Nov 5^th, 2025 at 4:19pm:

So wealth makes for happiness? Who knew? The politicians keeping people poor? Roll Eyes

As the article highlights….

“Norway is renowned for ranking among the happiest and wealthiest countries around the globe — a standard of living partially bankrolled by the world's largest sovereign wealth fund.”

I’m not happy Jan today! Yea to do with money.
We just received our home insurance and it’s gone from $2,800 last year, up to $4,000 this year.
We’ve made no claims, and pushed our excess to $5,000 to keep the cost of insurance lower.
Didn’t seem to work for long.
I hate to think what the premium is if excess was the usual $700 to $1,000

We’ve got our council rates over $5,000 and insurance over $4,000
$180 per week not counting any other living expenses.
No wonder crime rate in Melbourne is going crazy.
Victoria is not the (nicest) place to be anymore as the stupid vehicle registration plates state.
And certainly not as happy as other states in Oz.

I blame the Labor party.

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Sir Eoin O Fada Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3153 New England, NSW Gender:	Re: Oh to be happy and rich like Norway! Reply #8 - Yesterday at 8:25pm Norway has a Muslim problem.
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 53522 Gender:	Re: Oh to be happy and rich like Norway! Reply #9 - Yesterday at 8:39pm Europe has a Moslem, Jew and Christian problem - it all came from the Middle-East.
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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26569 Australia	Re: Oh to be happy and rich like Norway! Reply #10 - Today at 4:03am Sir Eoin O Fada wrote Yesterday at 8:25pm: Norway has a Muslim problem. What is their muslim problem? I havent heard of any terrorist attacks there? Are they just not on our news? Spot
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