Australian Politics Forum - $8.80 a day, or $3,200 a year, for free to air TV

Hung Uncut Black Muslim Jew Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1293 Gender:	Re: $8.80 a day, or $3,200 a year, for free to air TV Reply #15 - Oct 15^th, 2026 at 6:14pm Nope. AI will kill us all, or reverse aging and extend lifespans.
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Captain Nemo Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 17018 Melbourne Gender:	Re: $8.80 a day, or $3,200 a year, for free to air TV Reply #16 - Oct 15^th, 2026 at 10:21pm Bobby. wrote on Oct 14^th, 2026 at 9:29pm: Old people are bled of all their money - even if they are millionaires - they take it all. They take 85% of their pension as it is! As someone on FB noted ... even prisoners get TV for free.
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Reply #17 - Oct 16^th, 2026 at 4:13am

Carl D wrote on Oct 14^th, 2026 at 6:44pm:

$8.80 a day, or $3,200 a year for "Free-to-air" TV?

Could only happen in Australia.

I wouldn't let them pay me $8.80 a day to watch the rubbish on FTA TV these days.

The most time I have spent in an aged care facility is about 2 weeks. What I found in that short amount of time is that aged care residents are fascinated by what they see on television. It is what they have known for the last 50 years, at least.

Whatever is costing $3000 a year is too much. I bought a high-definition television that hooked into the entire network of channels about 2 years ago. The television cost me $450. It does not cost $3000 to have your television hooked up to an antenna.

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Reply #18 - Oct 16^th, 2026 at 4:57am

UnSubRocky wrote on Oct 16^th, 2026 at 4:13am:

Carl D wrote on Oct 14^th, 2026 at 6:44pm:

$8.80 a day, or $3,200 a year for "Free-to-air" TV?

Could only happen in Australia.

I wouldn't let them pay me $8.80 a day to watch the rubbish on FTA TV these days.

The most time I have spent in an aged care facility is about 2 weeks. What I found in that short amount of time is that aged care residents are fascinated by what they see on television. It is what they have known for the last 50 years, at least.

Whatever is costing $3000 a year is too much. I bought a high-definition television that hooked into the entire network of channels about 2 years ago. The television cost me $450. It does not cost $3000 to have your television hooked up to an antenna.

In many parts of Melbourne TV will work with rabbit ears antennas -
no external antenna required.

It's just wolves going after easy prey - old people -
and taking everything they've got without mercy.

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Reply #19 - Oct 16^th, 2026 at 5:03am

I live in Rockhampton. 36 years ago, we got 4 channels. 5 if you could get some sort of specialised antenna for getting sbs. Two years ago, I got a television that could hook up to the internet and link into all kinds of television channels. I cannot imagine Melbourne being so backwards that you cannot hook into at least 30 channels.

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Reply #20 - Oct 16^th, 2026 at 5:07am

UnSubRocky wrote on Oct 16^th, 2026 at 5:03am:

I live in Rockhampton. 36 years ago, we got 4 channels. 5 if you could get some sort of specialised antenna for getting sbs. Two years ago, I got a television that could hook up to the internet and link into all kinds of television channels. I cannot imagine Melbourne being so backwards that you cannot hook into at least 30 channels.

We have over 25 free to air TV channels in Melbourne.

Most of them are crap - I don't watch much TV.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline In your damn fate Posts: 26561 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: $8.80 a day, or $3,200 a year, for free to air TV Reply #21 - Oct 16^th, 2026 at 5:13am I installed a couple of new internet-based channels last night. Not really a problem when it comes to hooking up to free-to-air. Why any old person wants to hook up to many channels when their attention spans lack more than a few options per day, is beyond me.
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Reply #22 - Oct 16^th, 2026 at 5:13am

https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02/how-john-howard-reshaped-australia-not-for-...

Howard’s policies made for great inequality and intergenerational unfairness.

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On the other side of the coin, was Howard’s contraction of government help to those who needed it most – the aged (kerosene baths in privatised nursing homes), toddlers (privatised, poorly regulated childcare), the sick (trashed Medicare), the unemployed (frozen benefits), students (huge funding boosts for elite private schools and higher HECS debts), and consumers (regulators defanged).

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Howard was the worst Prime Minister in Australia’s history. At least Billy McMahon had the ineptitude to do nothing, rather than using astute political artistry to dress up policies as favouring “battlers”, but in reality, making life easier for the wealthy by imposing on the broad mass of the Australian people the rotten fruits of a malignant ideology.

It's 100% the fault of all the voters who voted the Howard mob.

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Reply #23 - Oct 16^th, 2026 at 5:20am

UnSubRocky wrote on Oct 16^th, 2026 at 5:13am:

I installed a couple of new internet-based channels last night. Not really a problem when it comes to hooking up to free-to-air. Why any old person wants to hook up to many channels when their attention spans lack more than a few options per day, is beyond me.

TV is good for watching sports free to air -

especially international Rugby, Rugby League, soccer and cricket.

ABC 24 news is a reasonable channel to catch up on the news.

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lee Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21681 Gender:	Re: $8.80 a day, or $3,200 a year, for free to air TV Reply #24 - Oct 16^th, 2026 at 1:11pm Hung Uncut Black Muslim Jew wrote on Oct 16^th, 2026 at 5:13am: https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02/how-john-howard-reshaped-au stralia-not-for-... And not even remotely connected to TV's in any form.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 122704 Melbourne Gender:	Re: $8.80 a day, or $3,200 a year, for free to air TV Reply #25 - Oct 16^th, 2026 at 1:14pm lee wrote on Oct 16^th, 2026 at 1:11pm: Hung Uncut Black Muslim Jew wrote on Oct 16^th, 2026 at 5:13am: https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02/how-john-howard-reshaped-au stralia-not-for-... And not even remotely connected to TV's in any form. Yes - I suppose we shouldn't respond to trolls.
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Reply #26 - Yesterday at 10:53am

Hung Uncut Black Muslim Jew wrote on Oct 14^th, 2026 at 9:38pm:

Old right wingers, didn't they opposed voluntary euthanasia. If they hadn't, they could of had cash when they exited. Now it's pauper’s graves for them all.

Poor poor old people. They voted election after election, for a harder, colder world ... and they got it.

Still, they are not happy.

I hope you don't get old.

Take that as you wish ya POS.

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