Gina Rinehart urges Liberal party to stick with Trump-like policies in the wake of election loss

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• unbanshee@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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• Salvo@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The Greens and Labour also hope the Right-Wing Parties also continue following Gina’s instructions. It will make it so much easier to acquire more seats in the next election.

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  • Ilandar@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No, this is bad for The Greens if their ambition is to win lower house seats. It’s Teal independents (AKA moderate Liberals) who will find it easier, The Greens are too far to the left to benefit from an increase in first preferences or preference flow. It’s also not a great thing for the health of the country to have more extremists on the right. How quickly we all forget the hatred and violence the opposition was able to generate during the Voice referendum or on the issue of Gaza.

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• Almacca@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You do that, Gina. Make them even more unelectable.

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• eureka@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  To an audience that included three former prime ministers – John Howard, Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison – along with Dutton and the defence minister, Richard Marles, Rinehart said Australia needed to lift its defence spending to at least 5% of GDP and invest in an Israeli-style Iron Dome defence system.

  Oh good, this will intercept all those missile attacks Australia has been constantly bombarded with. Finally, some common sense ideas!

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  • BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m completely fine with increasing defence spending, let’s introduce a wealth tax and close all those tax loopholes to pay for it. And then all the leftover money can go towards societal improvements.

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  • TassieTosser@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The Iron Dome wouldn’t even defend against the kind of missiles Australia could be bombarded with. We’d need US Patriots.

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    • eureka@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      We’ve already got too many US patriots.

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• null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Let’s not confuse wealth with merit. She gets a vote like everyone else.

  Her comments aren’t based on research or analysis, she just vibes with trumpism.

  Her interests do not align with those of Australians, why would her political views have any credibility.

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  • LavaPlanet@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    We don’t, but she certainly does, hey.

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• UnfortunateDoorHinge@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think what the media and Gina get confused with Trump is that sure he’s right wing, but he portrays himself as an outsider and anti establishment. He says “the system is rigged”, and calls out the hypocrisy of career politicians who take the status quo for granted. That really gets traction with disenfranchised people.

  I would say though that Trump is the exception to the norm. Candidates typically don’t win through campaigning for austerity, and they don’t win through surrounding themselves with smooth brained billionaires. Trump won, but at the same time, the Democrats lost badly. I don’t see Albo making that mistake.

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  • Ilandar@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    She also doesn’t understand that Australia is far less conservative than America, and that over a third of estimated eligible Americans don’t vote.

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    • eureka@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I don’t know about less conservative (I actually don’t know) but even the concepts of “conservative” and “right-wing” are different in the US. We don’t have much of that ingrained proudly-capitalist red scare rhetoric that’s normal in the US, comments like “free healthcare is socialist” would make most politically-aware Australians laugh, and make unaware Australians consider looking into socialism. We nationally don’t have a good opinion of the US, as far as I’ve seen, despite them being cultural and geopolitical allies to our government. We’re less prone to dynasties (Bush family, Clinton family) and electing actors (Reagan, Schwarzenegger, Trump), we have some expectation of professionalism.

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  • Geobloke@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I heard someone say about Trump is that he has the wrong answer to the right questions, which is probably the kindest thing I could say about him

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  • Reddfugee42@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Trump lost the popular vote. Three times in a row.

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    • hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Well using logic, only 34% percent of Australians voted Labor. The vast majority of Australian’s didnt want Albo as PM ether.

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• thisnameisnottolong@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  … and everyone sang, “no way, get fucked, fuck off Gina.”

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• Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  i dont think gina is trumps type.

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• naught101@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Wow. Her writing is as horrendous as everything else about her…

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  • prex@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I vaguely remember some terrible, terrible poetry.

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• Baggie@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  All the money in the world can’t buy an once of self reflection. I genuinely hope the worst for her.

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• LavaPlanet@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Captain should go down with the ship, I say!

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