Hopefully the backlash to Labor living up to being liberal lite isn’t a swing to full fat liberal
It will be, it always is… sigh
Labor’s doing a pretty shitty job but just imagine what new heights ole corrupt Queensland cop “he’s not a monster” Dutton might be able to achieve in the shitty job department
My guess is labor themselves would rather the electorate swung to liberal than a variety of independents / minors.
My hope is that more independents and minors get in. The majors only seem to look after the 1% when it comes to economic policy.
That’s how I’ll be voting this coming election.
to be blunt, he could achieve world peace or cure the flu but if I’m still taking it up the ass every time I go to coles or woolies then hes failed on one of the more important issues facing aussies today.
Yes, I think that is how the whole world is voting… But I’m worried that the solution we’re all voting for is a bigger dick, so that what we’re experiencing today will seem pleasurable by comparison.
Isn’t labor tackling that though?
at the same pace they are tackling climate change, yes.
So way ahead of the liberal party but not as fast as the economy destroying greens?
I mean sounds good to me?
as in not fast enough. And TBH not convinced the greens would be that much faster given we are yet to see them wield any real power yet.
The centre is completely failing to meet the material needs of the working class. Cost of living, housing, healthcare, climate change, equity of GDP. People are mad because Labor has failed to recognise or act on the massive shifts that need to happen to solve any one of those challenges. They continue to tinker with the balance sheet as if it’s the 90s.
Easy to say… What should they do? Genuine question.
Cost of living - Introduce divestiture powers and use them on the monopolies. Reintroduce competition or nationalise that’s the only two options left when it comes to Australia’s consumer markets. The current situation benefits nobody.
Housing -> build public housing. Not affordable housing. Not social housing. It’s not a demand problem, it’s a supply problem. Use the Singapore HBD model and start building to get us back above the 10% minimum public housing stock.
Healthcare -> Move to a fully funded GP model. The hybrid has failed and a fully private system makes healthcare even more unaffordable. Clear out emergency rooms by putting a huge emphasis on publicly funded preventative care.
Climate change -> Fund the sovereign resources fund to the level of Norway’s, introduce mandatory royalties on all natural resources so that the majority of our natural gas doesn’t go oversees uncharged like it does now. Use that money to fund the transition to renewables, build rail AND investigations into the legalisation of nuclear.
Equity of GDP -> Create tax benefits for forming cooperatives like we used to have back in the pre-war period. The Liberals emphasis on ‘small businesses’ only serves the lucky few with enough capital to take advantage of poorer workers. Labor’s emphasis on unionising a shrinking number of very large national businesses is failing to change the status quo. Historically Australia’s cooperatives created a huge amount of shared wealth but they’re too often choked out by foreign capital with no returns for the majority of Australians. Wesfarmers, Bega, SPC, Murray Goulburn, all traded in intergenerational equity for a short-term cash windfall.
Well thought out.
Royalties on all forms of mining need to be expanded significantly. Australia should have a sovereign wealth fund that dwarfs Norways.
I don’t have a problem with Nuclear as a concept - we should have. developed it in the 50s and 60s It’s just too expensive to be developing now in Australia and is basically just a kite waving exercise to delay renewable roll out.
Agreed on nuclear, my view would be to fund the creation of policies that would allow for the construction of nuclear were it to become more cost effective in the future.
Nuclear is unnecessary, why fund policy for some imaginary future where nuclear is cost effective.
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Fair point.
Invest in TAFE too. Start cranking out tradies and other skilled laborers by the armful.
I think this is already under way. The problem is that nobody’s material conditions will improve if they’re incentivised to exploit less well off and poorer workers. The number of dodgy builders who burn through their tradies because they want to make a buck is unsustainable.
And is there anyone to vote for that would do any or at least some of these things. I’d vote for this on a drop of a hat!
Eh, they’ve not been too bad. They’ve generally got things done. Haven’t been massive reformers, (tried but failed and backed off the Voice reform). But they’ve put in place a lot of slow burn policies and projects that will probably be more valued in years to come than they are now.
I think the voters of Australia themselves need to wake up. We need to vote in our collective best interests if we want big change. Instead it seems a scare campaign about an issue no further than the end of noses sinks a government these days. There seems little big picture thinking by our well educated nation’s people.
Also the Reserve bank really needs to start copping it harder, i question whether they are abrogating their 3rd duty to use their powers to contribute to the economic prosperity and welfare of the people of Australia. Their decisions lately enrich some people, (the already wealthy and asset rich), to impoverish the rest of the people.
The stresses caused by this cost of living crisis are definitely contributing to the lack of big picture thinking. How can you look at the horizon when your face is in the mud? Problem is, the longer this problem and its societal and institutional reactions goes on, the more time and opportunity is lost.
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I don’t think Australians actually want big change though. I think the vocal minority who follow politics and make a lot of noise…
Yeah, thats kinda what i’s nodding towards with my comment about the voters being responsible for pushing a stronger reform agenda as well.
Might be about to hit? Freight trains use tracks, so where do these tracks lead?
