to be blunt, he could achieve world peace or cure the flu but if I’m still taking it up the ass every time I go to coles or woolies then hes failed on one of the more important issues facing aussies today.
A freight train of voter anger might be about to hit Albanese
Submitted 2 weeks ago by maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to australianpolitics@aussie.zone
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-02/new-survey-australians-dissatisfied/104666872
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TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
mranachi@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Yes, I think that is how the whole world is voting… But I’m worried that the solution we’re all voting for is a bigger dick, so that what we’re experiencing today will seem pleasurable by comparison.
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Isn’t labor tacking that though?
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
at the same pace they are tackling climate change, yes.
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
The centre is completely failing to meet the material needs of the working class. Cost of living, housing, healthcare, climate change, equity of GDP. People are mad because Labor has failed to recognise or act on the massive shifts that need to happen to solve any one of those challenges. They continue to tinker with the balance sheet as if it’s the 90s.
Minarble@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Easy to say… What should they do? Genuine question.
CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 2 weeks 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.
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Eh, they’ve not been too bad. They’ve generally got things done. Haven’t been massive reformers, (tried but failed and backed off the Voice reform). But they’ve put in place a lot of slow burn policies and projects that will probably be more valued in years to come than they are now.
I think the voters of Australia themselves need to wake up. We need to vote in our collective best interests if we want big change. Instead it seems a scare campaign about an issue no further than the end of noses sinks a government these days. There seems little big picture thinking by our well educated nation’s people.
Also the Reserve bank really needs to start copping it harder, i question whether they are abrogating their 3rd duty to use their powers to contribute to the economic prosperity and welfare of the people of Australia. Their decisions lately enrich some people, (the already wealthy and asset rich), to impoverish the rest of the people.
The stresses caused by this cost of living crisis are definitely contributing to the lack of big picture thinking. How can you look at the horizon when your face is in the mud? Problem is, the longer this problem and its societal and institutional reactions goes on, the more time and opportunity is lost.
Ilandar@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I broadly agree with what you said, particularly on Labor’s performance which hasn’t been that bad. They have disappointed me too, but I acknowledge that there have been small improvements in many areas which just simply wouldn’t have happened under a Coalition government. I don’t think Australians actually want big change though. I think the vocal minority who follow politics and make a lot of noise about it online can sometimes distract us from the fact that most people don’t care and aren’t thinking deeply about what they want from their government.
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I don’t think Australians actually want big change though. I think the vocal minority who follow politics and make a lot of noise…
Yeah, thats kinda what i’s nodding towards with my comment about the voters being responsible for pushing a stronger reform agenda as well.
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Might be about to hit? Freight trains use tracks, so where do these tracks lead?
Lodespawn@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Hopefully the backlash to Labor living up to being liberal lite isn’t a swing to full fat liberal
Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
It will be, it always is… sigh
Lodespawn@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Labor’s doing a pretty shitty job but just imagine what new heights ole corrupt Queensland cop “he’s not a monster” Dutton might be able to achieve in the shitty job department
Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
My guess is labor themselves would rather the electorate swung to liberal than a variety of independents / minors.
My hope is that more independents and minors get in. The majors only seem to look after the 1% when it comes to economic policy.
Lodespawn@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
That’s how I’ll be voting this coming election.