Comment on A freight train of voter anger might be about to hit Albanese

• CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Cost of living - Introduce divestiture powers and use them on the monopolies. Reintroduce competition or nationalise that’s the only two options left when it comes to Australia’s consumer markets. The current situation benefits nobody.

  Housing -> build public housing. Not affordable housing. Not social housing. It’s not a demand problem, it’s a supply problem. Use the Singapore HBD model and start building to get us back above the 10% minimum public housing stock at a minimum.

  Healthcare -> Move to a fully funded GP model. The hybrid has failed and a fully private system makes healthcare even more unaffordable. Clear out emergency rooms by putting a huge emphasis on publicly funded preventative care.

  Climate change -> Fund the sovereign resources fund to the level of Norway’s, introduce mandatory royalties on all natural resources so that the majority of our natural gas doesn’t go oversees uncharged like it does not. Use that money to fund renewables AND investigations into the legalisation of nuclear.

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  • Minarble@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well thought out.

    Royalties on all forms of mining need to be expanded significantly. Australia should have a sovereign wealth fund that dwarfs Norways.

    I don’t have a problem with Nuclear as a concept - we should have. developed it in the 50s and 60s It’s just too expensive to be developing now in Australia and is basically just a kite waving exercise to delay renewable roll out.

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    • CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Agreed on nuclear, my view would be to fund the creation of policies that would allow for the construction of nuclear were it to become more cost effective in the future.

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      • maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Nuclear is unnecessary, why fund policy for some imaginary ‘nuclear is cost effective so let’s build it’ future.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Invest in TAFE too. Start cranking out tradies and other skilled laborers by the armful.

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    • CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I think this is already under way. The problem is that nobody’s material conditions will improve if they’re incentivised to exploit less well off tradies. The number of dodgy builders who burn through their tradies because they want to make a buck is unsustainable.

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  • Fashtas@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    And is there anyone to vote for that would do any or at least some of these things. I’d vote for this on a drop of a hat!

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