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Victoria's electric vehicle road tax emerges as a new Robodebt fiasco

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It seems that the Victorian ‘debate’ on Road User Fees (RUC) has been described by the Victorian Government as one of two positions – those who support the RUC, and those who are painted as fully accepting the need for it and how it works, and those who complain and are painted as ‘ tax evader’. Unfortunately, this reminds me of the bad past of previous federal governments targeting beneficiaries for savings through automated (and disabled) benefit accounting systems, while characterizing recipients and advocacy groups as ‘money crooks’ or their supporters. That puts me in an awkward position, because I’m both: support RUC in general and its transition to a new form to include electric vehicles (EVs) when the EV Transition itself occurs (after all, we already paid for it based on distance traveled via a gasoline per liter tax – which will disappear as fossil fuel sales decline) and both from personal experience (and reports coming in from readers of TheDriven), find RUC Victoria’s curr

New wine market emerges but can't make up for China's decline

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Wine exports to mainland China are scraping the bottom of the barrel, with just six million liters exported in the last financial year, worth $24.6 million. Key points: Wine exports to mainland China have fallen from 120 million liters per year to six million liters The US is now Australia’s largest export market by value Exports to countries other than China rose five percent to $2.06 billion That’s a big drop from the end of the financial year in 2020, when exports to mainland China totaled 120.7 million liters and were worth $1.1 billion over the 12-month period to June 30. That was before China imposed import tariffs of around 220 per cent on bottled Australian wine imports later that year. Overall it has been a difficult financial year for Australian wine producers with exports down 10 percent in volume to 625 million liters and down 19 percent in value to $2.08 billion in the year ended 30 June. Australian Wine market insight manager Peter Bailey said China’s results were expect

Kim Kardashian emerges from a self-care session at Epione skincare clinic in LA

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Kim Kardashian is trying to keep a low profile in a black zip-up hoodie after visiting her longtime cosmetic dermatologist Simon Ourian at the Epione skincare clinic. After her pampering session on Thursday, the reality star, 42, stepped out of the doctor’s office fresh-faced under sunglasses while sipping an iced coffee. Walking back to her car with a security guard, who led her to the passenger seat, the mother-of-four’s platinum blonde bob looked bouncy and full. Self-care: Kim Kardashian tries to keep a low profile in a black zip-up hoodie after visiting her longtime cosmetic dermatologist Simon Ourian at the Epione skincare clinic Kylie Jenner’s sister flaunts a shimmer of sunshine, which she got from a recent trip to Far North Queensland to visit her boyfriend Pete Davidson over the weekend. Olivia Pierson, who appeared on the reality series WAGS between 2015 and 2017, was also spotted at the skin care clinic as well as her cousin, Natalie Halcro. The duo are friends with

'It's horrifying, but also like, I won': The male thirst trap emerges - ABC Everyday

In 2022, TikTok is inundated with a wave of lip-smacking, smoldering videos with completely different eyes, and this one stars straight men looking for female followers. Load This might be a shirtless grind and lip sync, a POV where she’s role-playing the morning after you get home together, or if you’re lucky, a short motivational speech about how you’re the best girl in the world. The whole thing was weird enough that Leia Jospe felt inspired to collect the best of the genre and repost it on her Instagram account, favetiktoks420. “I see the trend going on on TikTok. All these young men peacock into the camera in a way I’ve never seen before, that I’ve always been associated with femininity and being a woman,” she said. I just think they’re not only cute but [also] very representative of the changing culture of young people.” Who’s in the men’s thirst trap zoo? There are several different sub-genres of male traps that Leia and her friends have noticed, who are also eyeing this corner