The Victorian Greens are taking a page from Mamdani’s policy playbook. Can they combat rising rightwing populism?

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• Nath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It is only because I am perpetually online that I recognise the name “Mamdami” and know who he is. Politically in Australia, the new(ish) mayor of New York is not a figure. I can only assume this headline is trying to get attention - even international engagement.

  Rather than hanging the potential policy on a foreign name, let’s outline what the actual plan is.

  … a new land tax bracket on investment property holdings worth more than $5m, with the proceeds helping to fund a doubling of public housing and the scrapping of stamp duty for first home buyers.

  Under the plan, from 1 January 2027, affected properties would face a base charge of $100,000 plus a 5.3% rate on land value above the threshold. The policy, costed by the Victorian Parliamentary Budget Office, would raise about $1.46bn by 2028/29 or $6.4bn over a decade.

  As the Greens are not in power, and don’t have the ability to pass such a bill, this is all just a pipe-dream. Even should the Greens win the state election in November, there is 0% chance of getting such a policy in-place by Jan 1.

  They’re much easier to support when they have realistic goals.

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  • budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I can only assume this headline is trying to get attention - even international engagement. Rather than hanging the potential policy on a foreign name,…

    The headline is purely a product of the article’s author and/or Guardian editorial staff. Most of the article isn’t even about the Greens investment property tax, it’s about worldwide politics.

    The Greens have an alphabetically sorted list for all their policies at https://greens.org.au/vic/policies - the described plan seems to be a more specific Victorian version of part of their Finance and Public Administration Policy - "3. Replace stamp duties with land value tax. "

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    • MisterFrog@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Thanks for sharing. Not a greens supporter, but we absolutely should replace stamp duty with a land value tax.

      Stamp duty penalises people for moving/downsizing, and is also (obviously) a tax.

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  well if they actually came with policy and action rather than backbiting, purity politicking and protecting homophobes I’d vote for it.

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  • blind3rdeye@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They have a lot of policies and I’d dare say that their polices the kinds of things that a lot of people are asking for. Here is a link to their policies page for you to see for yourself: greens.org.au/vic/policies

    It is difficult for The Greens to get any kind of positive media attention in our current media landscape, which is why we mostly just hear about their stunts and complaints rather than policies and actions. The polices and actions do exist though.

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m amused that you think my only exposure to the party is mainstream media

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  • maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Protecting homophobes?

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Anab Mohamud springs immediately to mind. Got into a brawl outside a drag club and started slinging around F-slurs. Then cried and played victim

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