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More than 50% of Australian voters now rely on government for their main income

https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/culture-of-dependency-lifts-spending-to-highest-level-since-wwii-20250722-p5mgu0
19•cwwc•6h ago

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PaulHoule•6h ago
https://archive.ph/Hm6wj
kbelder•4h ago
Easy solution: Don't let them vote.

I kid, I kid. Just channeling my inner Heinlein. There is a conversation to be had about perverse incentives, though.

jesterson•16m ago
They shouldn't be voting indeed. And I am not kidding at all.

All they can vote for is proliferation of government policies and limiting freedoms of people who are actually creating value.

billy99k•3h ago
If you were in this situation, why would you ever vote to give yourself less money?
photon_rancher•1h ago
There’s always the risk of economic collapse lol
tomhow•2h ago
[stub for offtopicness]
theamk•6h ago
Note: this is for Australia
throwaway81523•3h ago
Australia, please update the title.
cwwc•3h ago
Sorry - tried to update too late
usr1106•2h ago
Why? I immediately thought: Which country and starting to read the article gives the answer.

Americans seem to assume that there is only one country and abroad is an exception needing extra disclaimers.

Edit: The article also says the study is by a right of center thinktank. Would that also be needed to be mentioned in the title? Of course it would the context. But the rule is not to editorilize, we can read and think ourselves.

owenversteeg•1h ago
From TFA, it appears the trend is actually rapidly accelerating, including this interesting fact:

>Four in five jobs created in the past two years have been in the non-market sector, which are occupations in industries heavily influenced by government spending and regulation.

Portal Explorer

https://optozorax.github.io/portal/
1•Trung0246•59s ago•0 comments

The unsolved tension at the heart of AI

https://tushardadlani.com/the-unsolved-tension-at-the-heart-of-ai-what-scales-vs-what-matters
1•tush726•4m ago•0 comments

What Makes SQL Special?

https://technicaldeft.com/posts/what-makes-sql-special
1•elza_1111•5m ago•0 comments

Make a Fish

http://makea.fish
1•novia•8m ago•0 comments

Improving KAN with CDF normalization to quantiles

https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13393
1•jarekd•9m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Is Tensorflow.js Dead?

3•fouronnes3•12m ago•1 comments

Aging Clock Unveils Compounds That Rejuvenate Brain Cells

https://neurosciencenews.com/aging-clock-neurogenesis-29510/
2•lentoutcry•15m ago•0 comments

Stargate advances with 4.5 GW partnership with Oracle

https://openai.com/index/stargate-advances-with-partnership-with-oracle/
1•taubek•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built a site to help new dog owners pick a boy dog name fast

https://boydognames.net
1•droidHZ•19m ago•0 comments

Capturing anesthetic gases could prevent global warming, new study shows

https://phys.org/news/2025-07-capturing-anesthetic-gases-global.html
2•PaulHoule•24m ago•0 comments

Rescuing two PDP-11s in UK from a former BT underground shelter, central London

https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/rescuing-two-pdp-11-systems-in-uk-from-a-former-big-british-telecom-underground-shelter-in-central-london.1244723/page-2
2•mhh__•25m ago•0 comments

Extending Emacs with Fennel

https://andreyor.st/posts/2024-12-20-extending-emacs-with-fennel/
2•Bogdanp•33m ago•0 comments

Making Sense of Hanlon's Razor

https://domofutu.substack.com/p/making-sense-of-hanlons-razor
1•wjb3•55m ago•0 comments

Is the Interstellar Object 3I/Atlas Alien Technology?

https://avi-loeb.medium.com/is-the-interstellar-object-3i-atlas-alien-technology-b59ccc17b2e3
2•greesil•57m ago•3 comments

Tamiya chairman Shunsaku Tamiya dies at 90

https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/263013/tamiya-chairman-shunsaku-tamiya-dies-at-90/
1•mbrd•1h ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Programmable, affordable developer toys similar to DeskHog?

2•adarshd•1h ago•0 comments

When Is WebAssembly Going to Get DOM Support?

https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3746174
2•jazzypants•1h ago•0 comments

Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?

23•helloworlddd•1h ago•30 comments

How HN: Vivezia – A Wellness Tracker with Privacy in Mind

https://www.vivezia.com
1•rmagrare•1h ago•0 comments

Private equity firms flip assets to themselves in record numbers

https://www.ft.com/content/88a4e3e3-cefb-48d8-ab81-75cf85039b83
2•cwwc•1h ago•0 comments

Whom Do We Trust? How AI Is (Re)Shaping Our Interactions Today (Gillian Tett) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVXnBLh9tWY
1•maartenscholl•1h ago•0 comments

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1•guangzhengli•1h ago•0 comments

The benefits of trunk-based development

https://thinkinglabs.io/articles/2025/07/21/on-the-benefits-of-trunk-based-development.html
28•gpi•1h ago•24 comments

In Ukraine's bombed out reservoir a forest has grown

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/22/in-a-bombed-out-reservoir-ukraine-huge-forest-grown-a-return-to-life-or-toxic-timebomb
6•NewJazz•1h ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Looking for Research Ideas in Cybersecurity (Graduate Student)

1•hogexmox•1h ago•0 comments

Automatic Linux migration tool for windows [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMoXClh8emw
1•Jotalea•1h ago•2 comments

Show HN: Coder.ninja – Best Projects and Coders

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1•ethx64•1h ago•0 comments

Photo editing is dead. Long live prompt editing

https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/prompt-pic-prompt-edit-photos/id6747992467
1•flixing•1h ago•0 comments

Italy drags Meta, X, LinkedIn into €1B+ VAT showdown: free sign‑ups now taxable?

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/meta-x-linkedin-appeal-unprecedented-vat-claim-by-italy-2025-07-21/
9•napolux•1h ago•0 comments

Project Lyra – Exploring Interstellar Objects

https://i4is.org/what-we-do/technical/project-lyra/
2•andsoitis•1h ago•0 comments