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Tenderizer@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

The HAFF was passed unamended, after being delayed for 6 months and the actual housing it was supposed to build was delayed further by the uncertainty. The Greens blocked it with ridiculous demands like increasing the funding to address housing stress instead of the homelessness it was supposed to, an unconstitutional national rent-freeze, or reforms to capital gains and negative gearing that lost Labor two elections before they promised not to change it.

The Greens see Labor’s pragmatism as evil. They see Labor as fundamentally evil just like the LNP.

As for Palestine. Yes it was popular and yes it was just symbolic, but it has the potential to piss off the Americans and doing that consumes a lot of domestic political capital (because of American influence in Australia). Australia is more subordinate to America than most thanks to the LNP being willing and eager to sell out our sovereignty, we can’t really break rank alone on Israel, never mind how many time’s Labor has had to publicly condemn Hamas making cutting off military aid to Israel a domestic political nightmare.

Once Ireland stops arms trade with Israel, then Australia could plausibly consider doing it. Until then it would 100% get Labor couped.

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