Nah, they’re corrupt……. Allegedly!
Ill ask you again, rather than just repeat newscorp and liberal talking points how much has government policy and which poilicies and what spending needs to be cut? And when they do that, how long would it take for inflation to go down and by how much?
If you are so sure its a major factor, it should be pretty easy to identify the soultion
Well that’s because our GDP is higher than almost every other country in the developed world (ie. higher than almost all of the EU countries , Britain, Canada + Japan).
Australia’s unemployment is lower than almost all of the EU countries, Britain, Canada, Sweden, Norway and China.
Further, Australia’s budget balance is significantly lower than US, China, Britain, Canada, all of the EU countries (except Greece) and most of the asia pacific countries except Taiwan and Singapore.
Look it up for yourself.
Source The economist
https://www.economist.com/economic-and-financial-indicators/2026/10/29/economic-data-commodities-and-markets
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So then why hasn’t anyone thought of privatising the miners so this kind of system can be implemented without them privately buying out the policy makers? Has anyone ever tried that here and not suddenly vanished in a constitutional crisis?
I’ll give you beauracrats
Labour has put on between 38000 to 40000 since winning the election
And currently employ 28 each day
Now if you work it out at say 100000 per employed that how many billion added
As for gdp gov is now spending 28% of gdp whe it only receives how much tax in gdp
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But that doesn’t fit the Libs talking points
No, because you cant agree with “taxing the rich” without coming up with a way of how to “tax the rich”.
And how rich? Anyone earning over $200k a year or corporates pocketing $bn?
I have zero problem with making those who earn millions and avoid paying tax through off-shore schemes and loopholes pay their fair share.
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You clearly do
No, but come up with a way rather than just announcing it and lsavinf it at that like Pulford has.
When you saying “privatising the miners”, do you in fact mean “nationalising the miners” as they’re already private companies?
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The “mechanics” of taxing “the rich” shouldn’t be difficult…the parliament writes some new legislation which then manages to pass both houses and “voila” you’re “taxing the rich”
That’s not the issue here.
As I repeatedly say, the problem of taxing the rich, the mining companies, the fossil fuel companies and the big multi-nationals lies with the insipid and cowardly people that we elect…the mainstream parties are too beholden to the aforementioned groups to ever try and take them on.
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Ugh. Yes I did. Monday brain.
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In that case, given how inherently conservative we are as a country, any such calls would immediately race the spectre of “Communism/Socialism” and would have the media in mass panic…which would then cause the vast majority of the electorate to also panic and vote that party out of office at the very next election.
Our mainstream politicians just want to keep getting elected so that they can keep their noses in the trough. 
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Firstly, yes I farking can. Secondly you just blatantly shifted the goalpoasts from 5 million in property to $200k. And dodged my question by referring specifically to deliberate tax avoidance.
Bang on. But it’s fun to bash Greens and indies for calling the wretched pig a wretched pig
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Feel free to post Chip’s full article and any other context it may contain.
The most likely explanation is that it had already been identified that the other options were insanely more expensive. Pesky Labor refusing to spend big.
Disclosure: as part of my work I’d have preferred the option extending the train line from Flemington Racecourse with stops at Highpoint and (at least) Milleara Shopping Centre before reaching the at-least-we-got-the “Keillor East” station. Obviously massively more ambitious/expensive.
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Barracking for the RBA to go hard again cos polls. When will we start hearing the phrases “adults in the room” and “only responsible economic managers” courtesy of the propaganda outlets of the serially terrible economic managers at the LNP?
You simply cannot compare the rate rise decisions of the RBA to other countries.
Many countries have a fixed rate for a decade or more. While others have parameters they must abide by.
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Go back and read my posts from a few days ago. I went into some detail on the areas of our economy that are driving inflation and how the government has failed the test in averting inflationary pressures that have materialised. Here’s a hint. Net migration, construction industry, housing, energy.