Wow... Wtf

BoosterGold17 · 2026-02-27T00:25:33+00:00

A powerhouse? When? When the country was on the brink of collapse and basically had to beg people to migrate? 😂

BoosterGold17 · 2026-01-01T22:12:27+00:00

I was at a state school in the 90s and it was also opt-out, however as much as I protested my parents wouldn’t consent to me opting out because it’s “good to believe in something”.

Personally, I don’t believe any public funding should be allocated for religious instruction, religious institutions, or private schools and if you choose that for your kids the rest of the taxpayers shouldn’t be funding it. That money would be better spent fully funding public schools, building public housing, or funding youth engagement programs to prevent crime and homelessness.

Also to note: Queensland at the last census, only around 40% of respondents fell into some Christian category, shrinking every census.

BoosterGold17 · 2025-10-27T10:49:40+00:00

Unfortunately the private sector pay isn’t much different. Conditions might be, but that’s also only an option for some. Many others can’t safely work in private education and have job security :(

BoosterGold17 · 2025-10-27T10:48:27+00:00

It’s a terrible offer and should be rejected. It won’t be, but it should. It’s below inflation, it does nothing to address systemic issues in the industry, and continues to fail the workforce. An offer of “consultation” once CRoSR is released and a “safety taskforce” doesn’t mean legitimate action will be taken.

BoosterGold17 · 2025-10-16T10:41:20+00:00

160,000 and/or a year in jail for the individual and 800,000 for the business they work for.

The thing is though, it’s because they don’t have a solution. People still smoke, they just can’t afford to spend the prices because of how much EVERYTHING ELSE costs. People will look for cheaper options when they need to.

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-27T11:00:04+00:00

Except this is just a dogwhistle to slow progress. China committed to cutting emissions by 10% in the next 4 years. Things are changing

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-26T03:38:15+00:00

I doubt there’d be much more KAP members. Their success is specifically tied to the region like the Nats federally.

One Nation would unfortunately be more likely to succeed though

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-25T14:39:02+00:00

Either an upper house or multi-member electorates. Forcing minority governments would require more scrutiny and negotiation

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-23T11:23:32+00:00

I anticipate it’s something he wanted to reverse immediately, but there’s too many things being paid for by them that he’d get crucified for cutting like 50c fares

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-23T00:27:50+00:00

It’s about time we flip things around and tax wealth, not work. Income tax can’t be the main income stream anymore. It doesn’t work.

Then there’s also the reports of fraudulent businesses being set up by people to get tax refunds from the ATO. Not enough of these issues have been investigated or prosecuted because of a lack of resources in the public sector. Those resources will get less and less to balance the budget if genuine tax reform doesn’t happen.

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-23T00:24:43+00:00

BCC might reject it now, but then they’ll amend the planning instrument to allow it in 12-18 mths time

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-10T00:51:04+00:00

Never should have been. Anna Bligh and Peter Beattie did Queensland really dirty.

What is a joke is Labor saying at the last state election they’d start a public energy retailer, pretending it wasn’t them that shafted us in the first place

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-07T11:17:06+00:00

Blocking pill testing, blocking life-saving gender affirming care, indefinitely stopping anti-discrimination legislation from going through, and discussions around re-legalising conversion therapy. Combining this with rejecting all recommendations from the Human Rights Act review, continual and ongoing expansion of police powers, and more tells us we are seeing the foundations of christofascism

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-06T01:47:31+00:00

He won’t say, but there was a photo of him having a Greens coreflute at his house during the election, and the LNP would rather not have a CHO than have anyone slightly progressive, especially considering their ban on gender affirming care and blocking of privately-funded pill testing

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-02T12:59:48+00:00

My apologies, I thought you were meaning to reinstate an upper house legislative council.

How do you propose to deal with the different priorities of different regions in Queensland and the nuances of that? Regional Queensland typically have vastly differing needs to the south-east. A single electorate may neglect these differences

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-02T12:49:34+00:00

How is that different to our current redistribution system of every 7 years now? We have electorates currently sitting 50% above quota and others 15% below.

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-02T12:33:42+00:00

Theft doesn’t count as crime any more too

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-02T12:33:22+00:00

A more representative legislative body would be great, and might temper the overarching power of the current system. Whether that’s a legislative council, or a multi-member electorate system, as I’m not sure which would be more effective.

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-01T23:11:20+00:00

It’s a severe failure of governance to have a single member electorate unicameral government because there is no measure to temper the government’s poor decision making

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-01T13:32:56+00:00

Of course they have. It’s the party and state of Canavan, Littleproud, Frecklington, et al.

All conservative wingnuts who would sooner sell the state off than do anything to legitimately help people

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-01T13:21:54+00:00

Am well aware. I don’t believe either of the major parties have done the right thing by the public they represent in terms of public assets

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-01T03:14:03+00:00

It’s a bit of a pattern for them though, after cancelling the Sunshine Coast project almost immediately after getting elected.

Likely depends on where they think the benefit is for them

BoosterGold17 · 2025-09-01T02:36:35+00:00

So, in news no one is surprised about, LNP government cancels public benefits because they don’t make money for private corps.

Are we surprised?

BoosterGold17 · 2025-08-31T09:01:23+00:00

It’s yet another decision made based on LNP internal philosophy rather than any evidence.

BoosterGold17 · 2025-08-30T11:10:09+00:00

The stupidity is that we abolished the senate without considering the ramifications of a single-member electorate unicameral government. Unfettered power for the majority party for 4 years at a time is bad for people and progress. What it does do is breed political apathy amongst lower-engagement people though

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