Jono, pls.
That’d be about 6 people, 7 tops.
Albo the Lefty ? He’s nothing of the sort. All he is is a Class A1 LNP-style shyte, greasing the palms of his billionaire mates. Time to move him on, before he loses Labor the next election.
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He seems to be digging his way to oblivion one way or another
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Nah.
David Richardson said so.
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David “Barcelona” Richardson?
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No. David “boundary rider” Richardson.
I wax worried it might be the famous Doctor Who fan David J Richardson (the one from the UK; the other one who won the Double Gamma awards for Best Australian Editor and Fanzine is but a speck compared to him).
You get the sense there might’ve been a pandemic in there somewhere.
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yeah it’s where that big spike in the middle of 2020 is
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He’s been a hopeless PM. A real disappointment.
Can you expand on your disappointments?
I think that’s following the jobseeker stuff. It’s the cliff afterwards that’ll have Albo worried. That’s a gigantic drop off in real wages growth resulting in a massive fall in disposable incomes. Australia’s fall in disposable income is the worst in the developed world. That’s not good
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Maybe they could be doing better, but they do have a long list of achievements after being handed a total crap sandwich from Morrison et al.
Here is a list, probably missed many things
Industrial Relations:
- Multi Employer bargaining - Allows unions to negotiate more effectively
- Same job, same pay - end labour hire rorts
- Wage theft and industrial manslaughter criminalised
- Increased minimum wage
Cost of Living:
- $300 energy bill rebate
International relations:
- Fixed China relationship (tariffs ended)
Environment
- Legislated emissions reduction target - Climate Change Minister must update parliament annually on progress towards target.
- Safeguard mechanism (Reducing big companies carbon pollution)
- Capacity investment scheme - direct govt investment in renewables
- Environmental Protection agency established (In progress - before parliament) - independent from government and makes decisions on development - can regulate state decisions - can increase restrictions on native logging.
- Investment to double Australian recycling capacity
- Massive areas of ocean designated as Marine Parks which bans fishing. This is the biggest contribution to ocean conservation by area for two years in a row - 2023 and 2024.
Finance / Economics
- Double tax on superannuation above $3m.
- Bigger tax cuts for low and mid income earners (stage three tax cuts). Higher taxes for high income earners. Resetting of Morrison’s tax bracket flattening for high income earners.
- 2023 budget delivered Australia’s largest budget surplus. 2024 surplus the first consecutive surplus in an Australian federal budget since 2007-08.
- Multinational minumum corporate tax rate reforms
- Halved inflation.
Healthcare
- Medicare Urgent Care Clinics - Bulk billed
- Medicines on PBS cheaper by 30%
- Fixing aged care (Nurse in every nursing home)
- Fixing NDIS rorts (in progress)
Integrity:
- National Anti Corruption Commission
Immigration:
- Limiting international students
- The government has promised to halve migration in two years, from a record high of 528,000 in 2022-23, when borders reopened after the pandemic, to 260,000 by 2024-25.
Arts
- National Culture Policy (more funding, different priorities)
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The biggest fall in disposable income in the developed world. We are the world champs
Yes: These are subjective and my views which obviously aren’t shared by all but I think are accurate to a large degree.
Interest rates higher for longer, home grown factors driving this (per RBA Bullock - immigration levels mismanaged). Housing rents, housing affordability.
Divided the country over the voice campaign. Distracted govt away from focussing on economy and cost of living.
Fostered a decline in social cohesion by not being strong enough denouncing anti Israel sympathisers post Oct 7. Leadership is weak
Broken promises from last ejection - energy prices didn’t fall by $275 (cost of living again)
Putting mates (Alan Joyce) / Qantas interests ahead of fostering completion in airfares, cost of living again
Not sacking poor performing ministers soon enough: Andrew Giles, Claire O’Neil, Linda Burney who all mismanaged portfolios.
Isn’t this the cost of high inflation?
Either a rise in Unemployment or decline in wages. So they’re actually doing their job.
I mean, aside from all your other points which are pretty weak sauce or carry overs from the last utterly disastrous and corrupt mob, this is just total bullshit. Just my subjective opinion but one that I think is massively correct.
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you cant seriously list this as an achievement Bacchus.
It’s actually not hard to control the numbers. Set an intake maximum per month equal to your total annual immigration target, and here’s the hard part, divided by 12.
The fact the Albanese Government can’t even do this shows why they’re failing on housing.
International students Australia: Labor could use legal loophole to cap immigration numbers