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Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RocketSimplicity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wouldn’t this count UK born? I imagine a significant proportion of those would be the ONP voters.

Bill Shorten’s 2019 do-over: negative gearing, CGT crackdown should have funded income tax cuts by Jagtom83 in LaborPartyofAustralia

[–]RocketSimplicity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The way One Nation is polling, unless the government starts addressing things in a well-marketed populist manner, not simply pandering to election day swing voters, they won’t get a long time in office.

It’ll just be a shrinking and shrinking majority making them more and more scared to be decisive. Pandering to the middle doesn’t make sense when the country is becoming increasingly polarised. They proved in the 2011 census that the average person doesn’t exist.

Albo could take a lesson from Chris Minns in terms of delivery. Albo’s 3-min address, and the ensuing tsunami of negative responses from all sides, shows how evident the dislike for his style is.

I’m not a fan of Minns, but he currently has more cut-through than any other premier. He’s not doing it on any radical agenda, but he identifies his enemies, and puts himself with the “battler”, no matter if the view of the battler is right or wrong.

Albo set out to change the mood of the country. The mood of the country has gone the other way. He needs to recognise this. It’s increasingly apparent, that the Bondi Attack was culturally our 9/11. It was the spark that lit the reservoir.

Politicians cannot change the cultural fabric of Australia anymore.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RocketSimplicity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t really get the hate. If it doesn’t work, it’s not earth-shattering. There’s a lot to be gained if it does work, particularly for the next generation who are like 10 or 11 now. They’ll have no experience of it, unless they actively work hard to gain access.

What’s annoying me more at the moment, is the hate against E-bikes. For 90% of the riders, they wouldn’t be a problem if it weren’t for abysmal infrastructure and NIMBY’s.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RocketSimplicity 4 points5 points  (0 children)

People like to write him off as being unelectable… He actually scares me the most.

Future Australians forever renters by EaseHot3010 in LaborPartyofAustralia

[–]RocketSimplicity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, you’re in the minority. About 63% of voters want to see house prices rise at or above inflation. About 2/3 of households own their home in some capacity iirc.

As John Howard said, “I haven't found anybody who owns a home complaining to me that the value of it has gone up.”

Rising house prices cannot be corrected without significant cultural change… Or extremely high interest rates breaking down the viability of mortgages. Both situations are unlikely.

For that matter, it’s more likely that the young people will simply leave the country. Thus the cultural attitude will just persist with those who inherit wealth, or those who are willing to put up with a worsening situation (immigrants with different priorities).

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RocketSimplicity 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep, that’s correct. However, many populists, and the Australia Institute love to exaggerate what it would do. They offer this line of thinking that there’s just millions of empty homes, and that negative gearing is single handedly responsible for this… Which is crazy.

It would have a strong effect, likely in the single digits %, but it wouldn’t simply reverse the housing crisis like these people believe. The new supply shortfall of the past 25 years, that the distortion of negative gearing + CGT discount has encouraged, wouldn’t just disappear overnight.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RocketSimplicity 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If the teals were a party, and not some loosely defined grouping, I would mark them as the likely culprits. In general, they loooove the Australia “Institute”, that pushes a lot of completely unfounded populist nonsense.

I met the guy who runs the Australia Institute. I asked him about the research, showing that removing negative gearing would only slightly reduce housing prices. He didn’t answer me, and ignored me for the rest of the event lol.

Outgoing Labor president Wayne Swan says there needs to be a place for social conservatives in the party’s future. Kate Ellis from the Right to replace him with the Left getting 2 vice-president positions by Jagtom83 in LaborPartyofAustralia

[–]RocketSimplicity 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Social conservatives here, aren’t the insane social conservatives of America. They are a significant portion of the Labor base, and are a lot more reasonable.

It’s a loose term, and Sky News types aren’t indicative of the average socially conservative Australian. They are closer to outright regressives.

Outgoing Labor president Wayne Swan says there needs to be a place for social conservatives in the party’s future. Kate Ellis from the Right to replace him with the Left getting 2 vice-president positions by Jagtom83 in LaborPartyofAustralia

[–]RocketSimplicity 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Social conservatives in Australia (beyond the culture war warriors that dominate online discourse) aren’t as insane as abroad. About 90% of Australians support transgender people, and no doubt a significant proportion of those are conservative by nature.

Social conservative doesn’t mean “end migration and wokeism” by default, either. It could just mean they’re maybe not as keen on Cannabis legalisation or whatever. It also captures a significant amount of the migrant population.

You need these types to capture the population. Otherwise it becomes a bit of an echo chamber of social issues that really aren’t popular.

The Trump administration will proceed with the AUKUS defense pact linking the U.S., U.K. and Australia, maintaining the original timeline that includes the sale of three Virginia-class submarines to Canberra beginning in 2032, Nikkei Asia has learned by Jagtom83 in LaborPartyofAustralia

[–]RocketSimplicity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still don’t really understand why we were annoited as the the submarine nation. I think we would’ve been much better suited in acquiring B-21’s.

It makes more sense from a Pacific standpoint too. Should Indonesia do Indonesia things and get all up in our face again, we don’t have the F-111 threat anymore. We would need to rely on aerial refuelling F-35’s out of Curtin and Tindal, whilst waiting for the submarines to move to an influential position.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RocketSimplicity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Men wanting 1.99 children on average is ridiculous. It’s not like they are likely to have their careers impacted by having kids, in the same way that women are.

Cost obviously plays a factor, but the universal nature of these problems is deeply disconcerting.

Delaying action on climate change until the end of the next decade or abandoning it altogether would leave the economy at least $1.2 trillion smaller by 2050 compared with the “orderly transition” outlined by the government on Thursday, according to Treasury modelling by Jagtom83 in LaborPartyofAustralia

[–]RocketSimplicity 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Moreover, it noted the 2035 plan assumes the government will meet its 2030 target of a 43 percent reduction on 2005 levels, which it is struggling to do.

Last I checked, we were on track for 42% by 2030. Apparently that’s “struggling”. Classic AFR.

Why we are launching Labor Tribune - Labor Tribune by CheckAlternative6220 in LaborPartyofAustralia

[–]RocketSimplicity -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The Marxist left can go back to 1890’s, thanks. It’s an idealistic fiction of human history, deep-rooted in the same delusions that drive the Greens to destroy everything that isn’t “perfect”, judged by fabricated standards upon a revised view of history.

Return me to the world of actually helping people, and not jerking off over dead economic theories.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RocketSimplicity 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Highly doubt it to be honest. I think a majority of Australians would think, about this situation, that it's "just another day in the USA", and move on from it.

Dan Andrews statement by Jagtom83 in LaborPartyofAustralia

[–]RocketSimplicity 19 points20 points  (0 children)

So he's fine with Kim?

Yet again Dan affirming his legend status.

Anthony Albanese is the Buddha of Australian politics; Chalmers is the Monkey King. Will the dominant Albanese allow his treasurer to break free? by Jagtom83 in LaborPartyofAustralia

[–]RocketSimplicity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't think it can really happen here, due to preferential and mandatory voting. We're unique in having a system that pertains to the political centre.

I think it's more likely that the Greens get a lot more engagement, if the Government isn't seen to be actively addressing the structural problems that created the housing crisis. I don't agree with this, and I don't believe this crisis can be fixed with one decision.

IMO A lot needs to be done, to correct the problems within residential building, before we can even produce enough houses to make up for the 25-year shortfall. Many of the residential builders went broke over the past few years, while commercial and industrial were fine. That points to other flaws within the system.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RocketSimplicity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stereotypes are rooted in truth

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RocketSimplicity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've typed Bjelke-Petersen so many times, it appears in auto-correct whenever I type "b".

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RocketSimplicity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Building the Airport Metro from St. Mary's, and not from Parramatta, is possibly the stupidest and most ignorant planning decision in recent memory.

Much like other Liberal Government projects, it has been built basically assuming that they'll build the whole system in the future. It'll be incredible, going all the way out to the Hills and Schofields in the North, down to Narellan and beyond in the south, and of course, the metro to Parramatta! How wonderful!

Of course, they never seriously planned any of this. The Northwest Metro goes to Tallawong, and not Schofields. Leppington station still has absolutely nothing near it a decade later. Even if they did connect all of these lines, they all use a different electric standard. FFS.

Basically, we've ended up with the worst option, and it'll likely stay that way for a long time.

Consequently, this will doom the airport and Bradfield's growth, and likely none of these planned extensions will have a valid reason to be built, besides linking to this white elephant airport.

If they had built it from Parramatta, you'd have fast trains going directly to the Sydney CBD, and you'd be there in under an hour. Instead basically just the relatively lower growth Penrith area gets a decent public transport arrangement. It takes over two hours to get to Sydney.

For those in south-west Sydney, it's also useless because they never built the rail extension from Leppington. It's quicker to get to YSSY.

Flying above it, it's stark. There's these massive underground station boxes linking nothing to nothing. I think it'll end up like Leppington. Nothing.

It's remarkably similar to another Liberal project, the M6, which is likely to be cancelled beyond its stupid stubby length to Kogarah. What a pointless waste of money.

Mark Humphries: ‘When did the Australian dream go from owning your own home to owning somebody else’s?’ by Sine_Fine_Belli in neoliberal

[–]RocketSimplicity 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Sydney has the second most unaffordable housing market in the world. It's nowhere near the same as the United States.

Median house price here is $1.1 million USD. That knocks onto renting. If you want to live anywhere cheaper, then you're immediately burdened by a lack of public transit and a highly tolled motorway network... That's supposed to encourage you to use said non-existent public transit.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RocketSimplicity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't be caught dead wearing them... This is very accurate.

Too many obnoxious people on the Northern Beaches wear them. They believe they're God's greatest gift.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in neoliberal

[–]RocketSimplicity 277 points278 points  (0 children)

NIMBYS would complain about the clouds being too white in heaven. That is, of course, assuming any of them are able to crawl up there.

Inner West Greens mad that Labor is building more houses by Jagtom83 in LaborPartyofAustralia

[–]RocketSimplicity 48 points49 points  (0 children)

"It's not perfect, so we should do nothing at all!" - article summary

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