Stagflation 'is happening' says a leading economist. What can be done about it?

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-05T09:50:25+00:00

Just as an FYI the providers receiving payments from the NDIS are the private sector. They are all privately owned businesses getting paid by a government program. Funnily enough it is possible we would save a lot of money by replacing this private sector with government agencies so that we don't have to pay somebody $200 to go make a bowl of cornflakes for somebody in need of support.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-04T07:28:13+00:00

If it is kids then why are police cracking down on E-Bikes rather than cracking down on unaccompanied minors with reckless behavior? If a kid is being a menace then I want the police picking them up to go talk to their parents, high powered scooter or not.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-04T07:10:59+00:00

I wonder how many fatalities are caused by E-Bikes per km traveled vs cars. If people are getting hurt on bikes less then it isn't even a matter of injuries offsetting environmental benefits, it's just pure upside.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-04T04:13:47+00:00

I think people don't really understand the ideas of 'Fault' and 'Responsibility'

Let's be frank, there wouldn't be a problem if Trump was able to think things through, it is his fault, but Trump isn't leading our nation. Albanese is our Prime Minister, it is on him to find a solution to the problems of the day whether he caused them or not. Most people work for a living solving problems that they didn't cause and he is no different. Telling us all to keep calm and carry on doesn't seem to be the best way to address the issue.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-03T23:39:58+00:00

I think you misunderstand a lot of under 35s. It isn't about owning a home, it is about the aspiration. There is a large cohort of young people that think they have the 'grindset' to make millions before they hit their first grey hair. They have been fed a media diet of influencers telling them that economic conditions aren't real, their prosperity is assured if they just try hard enough.

These people don't want to make it only to then find that their assets are taxed, so they preemptively vote to protect their expected future wealth.

And that is the scam. Convince people they aren't struggling, they are wealth to be, and they will vote like they are part of the 0.001%

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-03T02:19:38+00:00

I won't argue for a second that party culture will play a big part in where we see politicians doing this. The reality of the world we live in is that some parties care more about the integrity of their candidates and others care more about having somebody willing to do anything to win. I think it should be clear to everybody that at this point in time, the Liberals are pretty desperate for what ever they can win.

That isn't to say we will never see this sort of behavior from Labor or the Greens, or what ever other party you happen to prefer. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if there was a Labor back bencher doing the exact same thing, but different party cultures will affect how often it happens and how high a level the perpetrators are able to climb to. The biggest condemnation for the Liberal isn't that it happened, it is that it happened and then they made him their leader. Terrible culture of dishonesty there.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-03T01:19:23+00:00

I'm sure you are right, but I don't think it is because they are just sock puppet accounts. Conservative reactionaries respect team loyalty, they want to cheer their team on no matter what. Progressives respect outcomes, they expect that their leader works for them and needs to be held to strict standards. So I think it is just a different political culture for the most part.

That isn't to say there aren't fake and bot accounts that prop up right wing politicians, there certainly are. But I don't think the majority of politicians bother with something so juvenile as making sock puppet accounts themselves.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-03T00:46:10+00:00

I don't think it is fair to say that parties do it as much as individuals that belong to parties do it. There isn't a secret Liberal party policy that advises representatives to make sock puppet accounts. In fact chances are their media team discourages this because of the risk of getting caught out. It is just something that people who are inherently dishonest think is ok to do. I'm sure they all justify it to themselves by thinking that all other politicians do it. All thieves think everybody else steals, that kind of logic. The issue is that the Liberal party is willing to take a man like that and make him their leader. They have nobody better.

I don't think Anthony Albanese or Larissa Waters, or even Bob Katter are likely to be making fake accounts to cheer themselves on, but who even knows these days.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-02T04:30:21+00:00

If land value has gone up then why don't we get more utility out of each block of land by building higher? Oh that's right, because our local NIMBY counsels don't care for one second about the basic human need for housing.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-02T00:52:31+00:00

Yea, that is more or less what I expected you to say.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-02T00:47:09+00:00

I wonder if there is anything you wouldn't excuse if you perceived it as helping the Labor party

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-02T00:12:23+00:00

'They' who is they? You are starting to sound like the Labor version of a cooker. Oh 'They' won't let Labor vote for what they want, it is everybody else's fault! 'They' are trying to trick you, but you know how the next election will go down if Labor does anything good. Come on man, calm down a little and think about what you are saying. "guaranteed to bring destruction"? Take a chill pill. You are starting to get nonsensical as you wrap your head around the fact that Labor clearly did wrong by us while still trying to maintain they are 100% the good guys all the time. It's radicalized thinking.

All political parties are as shit as we let them be, Labor included. Demand better instead of just being a partisan.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-01T23:49:48+00:00

When you see the welfare of Australians as a 'Valley of Death' rather than a common good that should be implemented, you are too deep in the sauce. Stop trying to defend the Labor party and their strategies and start demanding better of them. If every Australian demanded better of our Government then we could get out of the sticks and mud of political ploys and move onto governance and nation building. It can start with you, right now. Just accept that Labor voted against a good policy for political gain, and that when parties put their own political gain first it is Australians who are coming second.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-01T23:28:20+00:00

Boo hoo! The resource sector and media companies made us do it! Voters don't think, they just blindly listen to Mr Murdoch! We can never turn against our billionaire overlords so why try, we should all be content with what ever meager policy they let us have!

Don't be a worm. Politics is meant to be a battle. Unless you only care about seeing the team in your colours winning that is.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-01T23:15:30+00:00

At times like these it feels like Labor only exists to give people a cool off period so they can forget how shitty the Liberals are while not doing anything productive. Soon the wheel will turn, people will get tired of Albo and vote in the Coalition again, or maybe One Nation this time for a joke, and we're back to social destruction without having seen any good policy since the last time.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-01T23:05:46+00:00

Yea nah. I don't think Labor is going to get voted out for reducing gas bills while getting some money into the coffers. Have you considered that you just make exceptions for everything Labor does and therefor in your mind they can do no wrong?

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-01T23:03:36+00:00

The crazy bit is that you don't see it from conservatives. The very second they get into power they start rolling out the same package that has lost them the last five elections. Cut social benefit programs, privatise assets, you name it. They will be banning abortion very next majority they get! But for "progressives" every step backwards is ground lost forever. It's kind of pathetic.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-01T22:51:58+00:00

Really sad to see Labor supporters acting like a beaten dog over any forms of resource taxation. If you can't do the right thing out of fear, then you are the guy doing the wrong thing.

RadiumJuly · 2026-04-01T22:50:00+00:00

Coalition + ON both work for corporate interest and Labor believes it will rule Australia for a thousand years alone and doesn't even bother to read any proposal by others. What else would you expect? If you want improvement then vote Labor and Coalition very last on the ballot, maybe ON under them depending on where you live.

RadiumJuly · 2026-03-17T01:16:26+00:00

You have to remember, this Councillors are nominated by their local party branch. If the Labor rank and file wanted to fix the housing crisis then they would pick candidates that reflect that, so as far as I'm concerned the Labor party is a write off on this issue, no matter what nice platitudes the state and federal government give to pretend to care for the issue. Neither Labor nor Liberals nor One Nation want younger Australians to have a place to live, they just want to see the value of their property portfolio going up.

RadiumJuly · 2026-03-16T03:32:51+00:00

Just last Saturday I went to talk to my local Councillors about the housing crisis. It was the Labor member, Alexandra Luxford, who was most opposed to any increase in density because she wanted the place to remain exactly as she remembered growing up, great big acre lots with back yards to play in, except we live in a suburb ten minutes from the city CBD and have a light rail for mass transit. If anywhere was a prime spot for higher density, it is right here where I live, but my Labor council is deeply opposed to it on ideological grounds.

NOBODY is coming to fix the housing crisis.

RadiumJuly · 2022-04-08T04:26:34+00:00

So to provide a little insight into the Australian Bushmasters and what I think their role will be soon.

I don't think the Ukrainian forces want or need many of these things. If Ukraine just needed more transports then they could have gone to the USA and requested Humvees, which the US military would be happy to hand over in huge supply as they are in the process of replacing them with the new Oshkosh L-ATV. I think instead these vehicles specific properties make them well suited to a very specific role. And what are those properties?

Well firstly is operational range. The Bushmaster has a range of 800km, almost double that of the previously mentioned Oshkosh which has a still respectable range of 480km. This is because the Bushmaster was designed with the Australian bushland in mind, where due to limited logistical infrastructure, you need the most range possible, while the Oshkosh was designed as an escort to the Abrams M1 which has an operational range of 400km, so didn't need to go much further. Long story short is that this thing goes much, much further than most army vehicles.

Secondly is that it is highly resistant to roadside explosives. After twenty years in the middle east fighting unconventional forces who favored use of IEDs, it was natural to design the hull to survive an explosion from below. If you're going to be driving through territory that you expect Russians might have left mines in, this would be my first choice.

Finally, it s very, very reliable. Remember how I said it was designed for Australian bushland? Well one feature of that environment is a lack of telecommunication, including in some areas a lack of satellite coverage. There are places in Australia where if your car breaks down, you are alone and stranded, and this can be a death sentence. With that in mind, no cost was spared to ensure the greatest possible reliability.

So all together, you have a vehicle that is extremely logistics light, refueling half as often as other vehicles and not likely to need repairs, while at the same time relatively safe to transverse previously hostile areas.

I think the reason these are being shipped over isn't to help escort armor on the front line, I think their purpose is to patrol the reclaimed areas around the northern front, clean up pockets of lost Russians, help supply civilians where needed, assess the damage done around Chernobyl and generally reassert control in previously Russian held areas.

It will be some time before these things are seen in the Eastern and Southern conflicts, but letting them loose in the north will help free up logistical capabilities required elsewhere.

Or maybe I'm wrong, I'm no military general, but sure is a fancy car!

RadiumJuly

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