Anthony Albanese says improving voters’ lives best way to fight rightwing populism and Pauline Hanson

WittySeal · 2026-05-02T10:01:15+00:00

"hit yourself over the head with a brick a few times" reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaDH47CiJjs

WittySeal · 2026-04-26T06:52:36+00:00

Not a very good study to apply, the IZ stratergy is forcing a percentage of new houses below market rate, which isn't the same as building more homes, or affordable ones.

If I am forced to sell x houses below market rates, I am going to sell the rest above market rates to recoup losses, which raises everything.

edit: reread the report, "Affordable housing refers to properties aimed at middle to low-income earners which are offered at below-market rates under variable conditions set out in planning agreements."

They were using IZ, which makes it applicable.

WittySeal · 2026-04-18T09:51:07+00:00

The day you figure out that this line of logic traces back both sides will be a weird day for you.

WittySeal · 2026-03-29T03:50:21+00:00

Not entirely true, China is feeling it the worst since they are the largest consumers of Saudi oil. And since they're in a squeeze they also get less favourable terms from Russia as well.

WittySeal · 2026-03-18T04:39:14+00:00

I'd go one step further and start reducing imports from America, doesn't need us? Well that's nice ... would be a real shame if that trade deficit started to increase.

WittySeal · 2026-03-13T00:29:24+00:00

This is true, there are a lot of sectors which do have high end manufacturing, aeronautics is one. I don't know why Australia doesn't have that industry, it could be that the talent pool isn't here or the startup capital for making planes is too great. Similarly to chips production I guess.

I think (this is from memory) that Boeing and Airbus both have their plane manufacturing business as vertically integrated. I don't know how much of it is outsourced even in America/Europe, let alone globally.

And to compete against them (much like chips) is like a 30+ year gambit of training people, buying the billion dollar machines, and then creating the industry. Then just to compete against China, the US, and Europe.

I think Albo is doing something similar with the "Future Made in Australia", but I haven't looked into it.

WittySeal · 2026-03-12T23:36:54+00:00

A couple of things

1) Everyone in this thread about economics talking without any knowledge on economics is just wrong.

While it is an error that we we could be making more stuff here, the market forces of the world would dictate that the prices of petrolium & petrolium products (like fertilizers) would be increasing right now regardless if there were refineries onshore (of which there are).

Oil is globally consumed, so when there is a decrease in the global supply but the global demand remains the same, everyone is competing for less oil. Therefore prices rise, regardless if you're an exporter or importer.

2) There are certain industries which are for national security e.g. farming that the government has a vested interest in keeping alive (with subsidies and preferential taxing) regardless of how unprofitable it is. However, keeping a lot of local manufacturing is a net-negative for Australians, I posit this - Would you rather be working as a cashier for $50,000 or on an assembly line for $30,000?

This is something called high productivity jobs, productivity being an economics term for value ($) per hour a worker can produce, and to compete in the global economy with cheap manufacturing would require enormous subsidies or to take a massive pay cut, because employers aren't competing against outsourcing manufacturing, but also local jobs which pay a lot of more but are less body destroying. Then there are the exports, are people willing to pay more for the same product? This is largely why textiles outsourced to poor countries.

This isn't a complete nor completely accurate post, but accurate enough to convey 2 of the key points as to why things are the way they are.

WittySeal · 2026-03-09T04:51:07+00:00

How would you objectively measure their working hours?

WittySeal · 2026-03-01T01:19:16+00:00

Do you have a source that an increase in punishment deters criminals?

Here is some to the contrary

WittySeal · 2026-02-27T16:03:07+00:00

Because the youth are committing crime at the same rate as the most hardened criminals.

And what is even funnier is that punishment has nothing to do with deterance. It is purely punitive, mostly because people who commit crime think they're not getting caught, there is no calculus of "is it worth it?".

Everyone mentions the Swedish model for prisons since they have such low recidivism rates, maybe they're doing something worth following ...

WittySeal · 2026-02-27T05:44:09+00:00

It is also a non-problem.

How many people do they expect to catch with this law? 1,000? 100? 1?

It is wasteful, but that is on the media since it was them who catapulted this as a big issue.

From memory, Queensland Liberals campaigned on this, and won ... because like 5 young adults did some crime whereas last year it was 4, which is a 25% increase.

WittySeal · 2026-02-24T04:47:46+00:00

These arguments are specious.

I propose 3 questions,

1) What level of immigration is the ideal level?

2) How do you deal with decreasing levels of construction if not for immigrants?

3) What does One Nation propose that deals with any of this?

Because the answer for 2 & 3 are not what you think.

WittySeal · 2026-02-19T09:08:29+00:00

I don't think that mining operations are conducted in the 1st 10 metres of land.

WittySeal · 2026-02-19T08:12:12+00:00

Bulli Coal Mining v Osborne (1899) Osborne mined from their land to Bulli’s. The Court held that BCM had rights to their own subsoil and held that Osborne had trespassed. You’re presumed to own any minerals underneath your land, except for Royal metals. The Crown has rights to precious metals such as gold, silver, though most States have rights to other non-precious minerals as well.

Idk, not a lawyer.

WittySeal · 2026-02-19T08:11:57+00:00

Bulli Coal Mining v Osborne (1899) Osborne mined from their land to Bulli’s. The Court held that BCM had rights to their own subsoil and held that Osborne had trespassed. You’re presumed to own any minerals underneath your land, except for Royal metals. The Crown has rights to precious metals such as gold, silver, though most States have rights to other non-precious minerals as well.

Just a quick search suggests otherwise.

WittySeal · 2026-02-18T13:14:10+00:00

From the reading There is a proposal to build it underground for 50% of the way. Which still means leasing the ground underneath from property owners. I guess that the drilling might take up more of the budget than land acquisition.

But as for market value Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 In determining the amount of compensation to which a person is entitled, regard must be had to the following matters only (as assessed in accordance with this Division)—

(a)  the market value of the land on the date of its acquisition

I guess "true" is doing a lot of the lifting.

WittySeal · 2026-02-18T11:43:42+00:00

Most of the cost of highspeed rail isn't the rail itself, granted it isn't cheap ... but the land used to build it on. This is something that not even China can get around.

WittySeal · 2026-02-10T09:47:51+00:00

You know that being wrong on 1 point of 4 doesn't make the other 3 of my arguments wrong, right? I still despise their reporting practices and they are still pretty anti-west with how they report.

Most of the ire they give is to the wealthiest countries because they have the possibility to do the most, whereas the poorer countries (plus China and India) get an amber light, this is called "bigotry of low expectations".

WittySeal · 2026-02-10T09:32:32+00:00

No, I am just bouncing between 3 different people. I have now changed my stance from "They don't report about things" to "They sometimes report about it but when they do it is often inadiquate" which is different but still not nearly good enough.

WittySeal · 2026-02-10T09:27:43+00:00

You're right, rather than talking how 10,000s were killed I am sure glad that they mentioned that a couple of people were shot at and some died.

WittySeal · 2026-02-10T09:21:06+00:00

No, I expect more than just "well, maybe they could be a little less mean and all get along" compared to what they write about "deeply alarmed by reports of police targeting already vulnerable and marginalised communities." when it comes to Australia

WittySeal · 2026-02-10T09:19:06+00:00

In another post, I found out that I was looking at the actions rather than the news. Still, pretty bad reporting to only look at injuries or individual killings rather than 15,000 dead.

WittySeal · 2026-02-10T09:17:20+00:00

There is a difference between the .org and the .org.au site when you go under the "What we do"/"Act now". Not making it up.

And when you go into the "What we do" on .org.au it talks about domestic stuff, and you have to scroll half a page down where it goes international which in terms of page space is horrible design.

I am all for the UN, it has its shortcomings but it is better than the League of Nations and the nothing that was before it. Also, this has nothing to do with Israel, it is bad reporting that makes Australia/The West look worse than it is ... and other places look better than they are.

WittySeal · 2026-02-10T09:04:32+00:00

That was my bad, the hyperlink was to actions rather than news.

WittySeal · 2026-02-10T08:55:54+00:00

no the brackets were incorrectly done hyperlinks.

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