The Australian reports the latest Newspoll has Labor’s lead at 55-45, out from 54-46 three weeks ago, despite a two-point drop on the primary vote to 36%. The primary votes overall suggest the two-party movement can’t have amounted to much before rounding, with the Coalition down one to 34%, the Greens up one to 12% and One Nation up one to 7%. Anthony Albanese is steady on 52% approval and down one on disapproval to 41%, while Peter Dutton is down two on approval to 36% and steady on disapproval at 49%. Albanese’s lead on preferred prime minister widens from 52-32 to 54-29. The poll was conducted Wednesday to Saturday from a sample of 1570.
UPDATE: Newspoll also has a question on the Indigenous Voice which finds support down two since three weeks ago to 41% and opposition up one to 48%, with undecided up one to 11%.
In a fight with only a binary win/loss outcome, calling on your opponent to “give up” is a sign of desperation, perhaps even fear. And for that opponent to acquiesce would be a sign of weakness, in that it cements expectations for the next fight. And there will be a next one. Far better to lose a fight honourably than lose the will to fight at all. So I doubt Albanese will call off the referendum, whatever the polls say.
But putting that aside, the clever bit in demanding that the referendum be abandoned is that it draws on the guilt and resentment some voters have in being forced to think about an uncomfortable topic and being forced to make what for that cohort amounts to a difficult decision about themselves. An angry voter is a negative voter.
I expect the call to abandon the referendum will be made on a regular basis.
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Mattsays:
Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 11:22 pm
@Been There:
It’s a confluence of multiple factors:
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2) Australians’ current precarity in their own circumstances making us less inclined to be generous/nice to others (It’s a lot easier to be magnanimous when your own situation is secure, after all);
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I disagree with this assertion. Generally people on lower incomes are more generous and magnanimous. Most of the rich people if they are generous and magnanimous it is because they want to look that.
This referendum has nothing to do with your financial situation. It is about recognising the First Nations people.
“ @Socrates: My problem with AUKUS is the sheer bill. $384bn….even over a 40-year development & operational lifespan, that’s still $9bn+ p.a. – or a 20% boost to the Defence budget. ”
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Matt, it is worse than that. That money (I think the estimate is a range of $258-368 billion, but no breakdown in costs has been provided as of yet: and if C@t disagrees, perhaps she can be useful for once and provide us all with the costings) only takes us through to 2055 at the latest. After that there will be at least 3, probably 5 SSN-AUKUS boats still to be built and another 40 years of sustainment to pay for.
Factor in the declining value of money over time on account of inflation and the ‘turned out costs’ of the program are likely to approach, perhaps even exceed one trillion dollars by the turn of the century. My own ‘back of an envelope’ incls costings for a fleet of ten nuclear barracuda submarines (so including all phases of the build and acquisition, plus sustainment until after 2080) comes in with a range of around $235 to $350 billion: so about one third of the AUKUS bill.
Good morning Dawn Patrollers
Popular support for Labor has fallen to its lowest level nationally since the 2022 election as the cost-of-living crisis begins to bite electorally for the government and voters swing to independents and minor parties, writes a vigorously turd-polishing Simon Benson about a Newspoll showing Labor at 55/45 and Dutton’s numbers going backwards.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/newspoll-labor-support-takes-a-hippocket-hit-falls-to-postelection-low/news-story/730d09aa5eec8487bf9eef70569179e3?amp
Peter Dutton will take a byelection win to try to persuade the public and his colleagues that the Liberals are on the right track with him as leader after all, writes Jennifer Hewett.
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/fadden-win-gives-dutton-much-needed-leadership-vindication-20230716-p5dojb
Sean Kelly writes that hearing Albanese and Chalmers praise Lowe these past few days, having just refused to renew his contract, insisting their decision was all about the future not the past, gave the impression of a government trying to have its cake and eat it too.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-politics-of-luck-and-timing-phil-lowe-s-lessons-for-albanese-20230716-p5dolc.html
Jim Chalmers has defended remarks by the incoming Reserve Bank of Australia governor that more workers will have to lose their jobs before the economy becomes more “sustainable”, amid a renewed political debate over how best to tame inflation. However, writes Angus Thompson, However, Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus said the central bank had tolerated the unemployment rate at too high a level in the past, and that the drivers of inflation needed to be properly identified.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/unemployment-not-the-answer-to-inflation-union-warns-new-rba-boss-20230716-p5dojc.html
“Bullock is the safe choice for RBA governor, but is that what we need?”, asks Ross Gittins who says the real world keeps changing under the feet of economists, and we need central bankers capable of changing their views.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/bullock-is-the-safe-choice-for-rba-governor-but-is-that-what-we-need-20230716-p5dokf.html
Alan Kohler says that the RBA’s in-house agent of change Michele Bullock has been set up to succeed.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2023/07/17/rba-michele-bullock-good-omens/
The Guardian tells us that real government funding to private schools has increased almost twice as much as funding to public schools in the decade since the landmark Gonski review recommended changes designed to fund Australian schools according to need. Disgusting!
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jul/17/gonski-review-government-funding-private-public-schools
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has warned the Coalition not to “go soft” on big tech as it prepares to fight the government’s proposed misinformation laws, insisting that a beefed-up media regulator would have no role in determining the truth of online content, reports Lisa Visentin.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/laws-no-ministry-of-truth-minister-defends-proposed-misinformation-laws-20230714-p5docy.html
Super funds are not being properly scrutinised as they build up huge portfolios of illiquid unlisted assets, putting Australians’ retirement savings at risk, the authority that oversees financial regulators has warned.
https://www.afr.com/policy/tax-and-super/delayed-deprioritised-apra-fails-on-unlisted-super-risks-20230714-p5do7v
The Albanese Government’s future popularity may rest on the action it takes against the architects of the Robodebt scheme, writes Michael Galvin.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/albanese-government-must-take-action-on-robodebt-masterminds,17722
The referendum for an Indigenous voice to parliament has suffered a collapse in support among women voters and in the regions as the referendum heads toward defeat, with just 41 per cent of voters now saying they will vote yes, says Simon Benson.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/women-regional-voters-lead-rebellion-on-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-newspoll/news-story/d3ca1abea8a004a5cd3b1bb220e63d88?amp
The no campaign in the referendum on an Indigenous voice to parliament is targeting migrant communities and parts of Sydney that voted strongly against marriage equality in the 2017 postal vote, Warren Mundine has said. The campaign believes there is a cohort of religious and socially conservative voters who are open to its messaging on implications of the voice.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/17/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-no-campaign-targets-sydney-migrant-communities-marriage-equality
The Canberra Times urges the Department of Defence to break its Kathryn Campbell silence.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8271221/defence-should-break-deafening-silence-on-kathryn-campbell/?cs=27763
Power grid operator AusNet is confident a vast expansion of the transmission network can be delivered in time to connect enough wind and solar farms to compensate for coal-fired power plants’ closures, even as intense community opposition looms as a major obstacle, explains Nick Toscano.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/ausnet-chief-confident-grid-will-be-ready-for-coal-s-exit-20230716-p5dolj.html
The reforms announced by Dan Andrews on yesterday – including mandatory precommitments cards, slowing the rate at which people can spend their money in poker machines and enforcing closing times for venues – could go a long way, provided they are well implemented, writes Josh Gordon.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/andrews-sweeping-pokies-reforms-aim-to-level-a-lopsided-approach-20230716-p5domq.html
The number of people applying for strata scheme mediation has surged by 45 per cent in five years as owners clash with owners corporations over building defects and repairs. Amber Schultz tells us that the average wait time for parties to meet with a mediator was three months, NSW Fair Trading confirmed, while it takes another four months on average for a resolution for those who escalated the issue to the NSW Civil Administrative Tribunal.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-extra-obstacle-for-owners-clashing-with-body-corporates-over-building-defects-20230713-p5do1u.html
Every year more than 100 midwives stop working in the field in NSW, as births, medical intervention and allegations of abuse by mothers in maternity wards increase. Bloody hell!
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/running-between-rooms-midwife-shortage-causing-trauma-and-burnout-20230713-p5do31.html
More than 100 million people, around a third of Americans, were under extreme heat advisories this weekend and that record-breaking heat was expected to continue into the new week. There were advisories from coast to coast, with the south-west and parts of the west hard hit and officials warning that conditions could get worse in Arizona, California and Nevada.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/16/us-extreme-weather-record-heat
Paul Keating is wrong, says Lavina Lee who tells us why NATO matters to Australia and Asia.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/paul-keating-is-wrong-here-s-why-nato-matters-to-australia-and-asia-20230716-p5dolg.html
Europe is surging rightwards. But, as Britain has shown, the populist tide will start to ebb, writes Will Hutton.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/16/europe-surging-rightwards-but-populist-tide-start-to-ebb
Cartoon Corner
David Rowe
Jim Pavlidis
Mark Knight
Peter Broelman
Badiucao
Leak
From the US
Thanks BK. Brilliant Rowe as usual.
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Kirsdarkesays:
Monday, July 17, 2023 at 12:51 am
I really have to ask at this point, how in the world did the 1967 referendum on Indigenous Australians pass with over 90% voting yes?
If this is the state of the electorate 56 years later, what kind of stars and planets aligned from back then that made over 90% of the country vote in that way as opposed to now where it seems more than half are furiously fighting against what seems to be a similar goal?
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kirsdarke
I guess Howard, Abbott and Morrison happened to this country.
The people not just in Australia but in many other countries have become more greedy and selfish.
Look at Australia’s foreign aid. It is a reflection of Australian government to other countries.
Am I going to hell for thinking Leak’s cartoon this time is actually pretty good for once?
Did the Boomers front up while the youf piked in Fadden? Does this mask the real picture? Or is electoral piking the new black?
Interesting piece by Michael Paton, though it suffers in trying to build a complex framework of separate ideas within which it then presents the main idea.
https://johnmenadue.com/indigenous-australia-and-southern-culture/
Woohoo Carlos Alcaraz!
Way to go
Thanks as always BK:
from the dawn patrol.
“ Paul Keating is wrong, says Lavina Lee who tells us why NATO matters to Australia and Asia.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/paul-keating-is-wrong-here-s-why-nato-matters-to-australia-and-asia-20230716-p5dolg.html
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Lavina Lee. RED ALERT! One of the ‘five experts’ that Hartcher and Knott “went to”, to persuade us all we are five years away from war with China. This should be acknowledged in every article she writes for the SMH so we van all know that she is sus and unbridled war monger.
She spends most of the article piling onto the one sentence where Keating made a mistake in his Statement (see last week’s discussion, I wont repeat it for the sake of brevity), and the rest a hagiography of NATO and the virtue in standing up to China.
No thanks. NATO is being wilfully used as an American C@t’s paw: we are to get European meddling from them – at the behest of the Biden Administration – without any of the ‘mutual defence’ aspects that may make a ‘global NATO’ worth it.
The defence of Taiwan is not our strategic concern.
In point of fact, Tthe defence of Taiwan is best served by going the opposite way than this chest thumping. Biden knows that, but that’s the last thing he wants.
Militarily, the defence of Taiwan is best secured by it having hundreds of air defence systems and thousands and thousands of missiles – both land based and on ships (naval and merchant marine alike). Backed up by a fleet of short range SSKs with AIP systems (so relatively cheap – the type 212CD under development now for Norway and Germany would be ideal). But spare us all the humbug of ‘Red Alert’ and the beating of the war drums. I note that on all these things Taiwan and its no.1 protector, the US have been noticeably dragging their feet on, even in the last decade when – apparently – “China Changed”. FMD!
so if dutton is calling to call off the referendum it shows he is woried abbout it succeding thats whiy the aponents of gay maridge did not actualy want the plebersight to happin it was just a delaying tacdick from Abbott as he new it would pas
The referendum for an Indigenous voice to parliament has suffered a collapse in support among women voters and in the regions as the referendum heads toward defeat, with just 41 per cent of voters now saying they will vote yes, says Simon Benson.
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Ha! I told y’all not to get too worried about the referendum. If Bensen cries “collapse!” things are still OK.
Arky,
Say hi to Satan for us…
Russia has officially seized control of shares belonging to French food giant Danone and Danish brewer Carlsberg.
It’s fairly cold here this morning!
@kirsdarke: firstly, the 1967 referendum was called by the Libs and was bipartisan; secondly it didn’t take anything away from white people to a) give the Federal Government power to make laws about Indigenous people, actually many of the racists probably thought that was going to work out well for them; and b) to count Indigenous people in the census. And I guess 3, there was a clear unambiguous rationale for it that doesn’t rely on stuff like deciding X indigenous people represent the majority and Y are an unrepresentative minority.
Q: Am I going to hell for thinking Leak’s cartoon this time is actually pretty good for once?
HATE to admit it, but it made me laugh a little.
Of course the LNP designated North Sydney Pool a project of Rural and Regional significance….so who knows where the country starts now 🙂
This years referendum doesn’t ” take anything away from white people”.
Morning all. Thanks for the roundup BK. I hope you are keeping warm!
Despite ranting of those hoping for an end to the Albanese honeymoon the trend does not seem to have changed. I’d prefer to focus on the governing.
The Guardian article over school funding should be a scandal. Over ten years it probably involves a larger amount of money than Robodebt.
On climate change, with an El Nino a long hot summer for Australia is baked in. I hope the government is ordering water bombing aircraft now. We will need them soon. Scomo failed to listen to early resource requests in 2019 and we all know where that led. Apologies for the cynicism but the first heatwave will be an excellent time to announce the vehicle emissions policy.
Dutton obviously appeals to the voters of Fadden.
Interesting One Nation vote up also.
Greens vote down seriously; not so sure aiming to be the renters party with policies that disadvantage renters is working.
Labor down,but I am not sure being raciest or adopting economically silly policies is the way to go for the rest of the country.
How can you vote for the Voice when you don’t even know what it is? The vagueness of the proposal is the main problem; a lot of voters really don’t trust politicians. Plus the PM needs to lead the campaign.
The 1967 referendum on Aboriginal rights worked because it was seen as removing outdated parts of the constitution. There was nothing vague about it. This referendum is quite open ended and open ended referendums have not previously got up.
If the question had been asked as two questions – one about recognising Indigenous people were here first and the 2nd about the voice body – the first part would have gotten up easily and the 2nd would have struggled. By combining the two parts it was being set up to fail.
The recognition part is the part that most advocates are most passionate about but it is legally inconsequently. It could have been place as Clause Zero in the constitution before everything else and that would have been a very symbolic gesture.
The Voice body part is dragging the whole thing down. It is really just an advisory body but creates fears in parts of the community because there is a lack of genuine detail on how it would operate. The government could have created the body by legalisation before trying to enshrine it in the constitution but that would have shown that it was not necessary to be included in the referendum.
Historyintime
It’s a Lobby group recognized in the constipation. Big deal.
I see that the No trolls are trailing their tawdry coats.
The AEC would know who did and did not vote in Fadden. If this was a low turnout election, would they also know which demographic turned up in greater or lesser numbers, say, by age or gender? And, who might have access to that information? Conversely, how large a poll would you need to uncover the did-not-vote cohort(s) in Fadden with a useful degree of accuracy?
(idle speculation)
I’m calling it, the referendum will not get up. Just had dinner with a mate who has a very supportive attitude towards indigenous culture and he reckons that nobody he speaks to is supportive and that he has given up trying to argue the Yes case. It is NOT resonating. If a person as supportive as him is dejected…well. The NO case seems to be rusted on, but the Yes case is very soft. The campaign has been a disaster. Labor needs to shift Burney out now, or the result will become an embarrassment!
frednk, I’m smiling the Freudian auto-correct.
@Torchbearer: I agree with you but unlike 1967 the outcome of Yes here gives Indigenous people something white people don’t get, and that opens the door for the argument. We can argue until we’re blue in the face that it’s about redressing an existing inequality – to some people it’s “Indigenous people get something and I don’t”. This was not an issue in 1967.
“Jim Chalmers has defended remarks by the incoming Reserve Bank of Australia governor that more workers will have to lose their jobs before the economy becomes more “sustainable”, amid a renewed political debate over how best to tame inflation. However, writes Angus Thompson, However, Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Sally McManus said the central bank had tolerated the unemployment rate at too high a level in the past, and that the drivers of inflation needed to be properly identified.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/unemployment-not-the-answer-to-inflation-union-warns-new-rba-boss-20230716-p5dojc.html”
Ok, something needs to be understood about Bullock’s remark.
She’s saying (I think), “we do monetary policy; monetary policy works like this; so if you want to curtain inflation with monetary policy, be aware that we expect to see higher unemployment before it begins to work; ceteris paribus.” I.e. you have given us a hammer and a set of riding instructions, and we will use it if we have to, but, ah, you know it’s hammer?
It is also important to remember that when Chalmers doesn’t loosen the purse strings in response to an unexpected extra budget surplus, he’s thinking about the monetary policy response to increased inflation, and the consequences this might have for employment.
US sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings
Associated Press, author
by Associated Press
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/16/2181190/-US-sets-a-grim-milestone-with-new-record-for-the-deadliest-six-months-of-mass-killings
From the article:
“This year’s unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass killings recorded since at least 2006.
From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns. The death toll rose just about every week, a constant cycle of violence and grief.
Six months. 181 days. 28 mass killings. 140 victims. One country.”
Frednk…you are right the Greens primary vote was down in the Fadden by election last Saturday. However, the Legalise Canabis one issue candidate polled somewhat more than the Greens candidate. I think it is highly possible some “soft” Greens voters opted to vote 1 to support legalisation of cannabis use. There was also an Australian Democrats candidate who polled less than 1% of the primary vote last Saturday. The kind of person who votes for such a candidate may well in different circumstances vote for the Greens candidate if there was no Australian Democrats candidate. We don’t know the demographics of who voted in the Fadden by-election. If the under 34 age group were less engaged in last Saturday’s by-election that would also probably be a factor in the smaller Greens vote. The opinion polls on demographic age groups have support for the Greens in the 18-34 age group in the low/mid 20s and close to the percentage of the Liberals.
Frednk…you are right the Greens primary vote was down in the Fadden by election last Saturday. However, the Legalise Canabis one issue candidate polled somewhat more than the Greens candidate. I think it is highly possible some “soft” Greens voters opted to vote 1 to support legalisation of cannabis use. There was also an Australian Democrats candidate who polled less than 1% of the primary vote last Saturday. The kind of person who votes for such a candidate may well in different circumstances vote for the Greens candidate if there was no Australian Democrats candidate. We don’t know the demographics of who voted in the Fadden by-election. If the under 34 age group were less engaged in last Saturday’s by-election that would also probably be a factor in the smaller Greens vote. The opinion polls on demographic age groups have support for the Greens in the 18-34 age group in the low/mid 20s and close to the percentage of the Liberals.
RE: Arky
The quote was “taking away from white people’ and you are arguing about ‘gives Indigenous people something white people don’t get”….two different things….
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The Canberra Times urges the Department of Defence to break its Kathryn Campbell silence.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8271221/defence-should-break-deafening-silence-on-kathryn-campbell/?cs=27763
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What is wrong with DOD? They gave AUKUS deal. Now they are giving us silence on Kathryn Campbell.
Angus Campbell should resign ASAP.
@Fairman: “The Voice body part is dragging the whole thing down. It is really just an advisory body but creates fears in parts of the community because there is a lack of genuine detail on how it would operate. The government could have created the body by legalisation before trying to enshrine it in the constitution but that would have shown that it was not necessary to be included in the referendum. ”
Yes.
As I’ve said a dozen times, the one and only reason to do it this way and the only good justification for it was always – this is what Indigenous people (through the Uluru Statement) asked for. This is why the high profile Indigenous opponents of the Voice have been so effective, by undermining that rationale.
Just doing constitutional recognition of Indigenous people would probably get up but there would be a lot more and more justified “why are we doing this token shit that achieves nothing but letting soft progressive voters feel good about themselves ?” type pushback from the left and Indigenous groups if a referendum was proposed to only do something so small. I mean, the Voice itself is pretty small. As I’ve also said a number of times, I absolutely disagree with Lidia Thorpe’s opposition to the Voice tactically because I think the Voice going down makes it harder not easier to do more – but she’s never been wrong that it’s not a big thing. It’s like climate action though, the activists holding out for bigger change to start with held back the incremental improvements we could have had over a decade, the Voice could be the start of incremental improvements leading to a treaty – going direct to treaty might take another 30 years.
The Australian has outdone itself in reporting this result. Labor up in TPP, but all headlines blaring labor suffering lowest primary vote since the election. They are beyond satire.
The Greens sordid politics of blocking housing construction during a housing shortage crisis and the Greens greensanting the Yes, both complicit with Dutton, might be having an electoral cost.
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The reforms announced by Dan Andrews on yesterday – including mandatory precommitments cards, slowing the rate at which people can spend their money in poker machines and enforcing closing times for venues – could go a long way, provided they are well implemented, writes Josh Gordon.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/andrews-sweeping-pokies-reforms-aim-to-level-a-lopsided-approach-20230716-p5domq.html
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Taylormade
Andrews did not announce any of these “reforms ” during 2022 election campaign. Is he breaking his promise about not saying anything about gambling reforms
How can he implement them if he did not announce them during election campaign?
FUD generally beats hope.
GOP senator’s tantrum endangers military readiness and risks U.S. national security
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/14/2181239/-GOP-senator-s-tantrum-endangers-military-readiness-and-risks-U-S-national-security
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From the article:
“After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and abortions became less accessible for millions of Americans in several states, the Pentagon enacted new policies to allow troops to access reproductive health care—including covering travel expenses for servicemembers who have to go out of state to obtain an abortion.
In response, Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville has stalled all high-level military promotions for months, promising to continue his tantrum unless the policies are reversed. Now, as the U.S. supplies cluster bombs to Ukraine, the Marine Corps is without a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time since 1859. If Tuberville doesn’t knock it off soon, the Army, Navy, and Joint Chiefs will also be without confirmed leadership.”
Some people keep blaming us on PB for what is happening in US.
@Torchbearer: “The quote was “taking away from white people’ and you are arguing about ‘gives Indigenous people something white people don’t get”….two different things….”
The relevant voters don’t see it that way
I’m reminded of the surveys that were done in the Cold War showing Americans would prefer a situation where they lost 5% GDP but the Soviets lost 10% to them gaining 5% but the Soviets gaining 10%
It’s about relative positions – thinking that if they gain more than you, you lost. Very common way of thinking.
Ven:
Governments can and do regularly implement policies that weren’t advertised during an election campaign. If they attempted to anticipate every little thing they will be doing in the next 3-4 years, the policy document would longer than Stephen King’s entire body of work and would inevitably lead to a bunch of broken promises as reality rears its head throughout the term.
Sometimes governments just have to govern.
Oops.
No sane person here is doing that.
Have any Labor members raised the question in their branches as to why the government is still running the LNP work for the dole programs. This is after Labor supported inquiries into how shitty it was and even promised to scrap it?
B.S. Fairman @ #73 Monday, July 17th, 2023 – 9:09 am
With respect, the Statement From The Heart did not ask for a ‘symbolic gesture’, no matter how easily it might have been given.
The Uluru statement said very plainly “We call for the establishment of a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution.”
What would be the point of a referendum for anything less?
…other than to say to First Nations people …’no, you’re wrong … symbolic recognition will do for now ‘.
Stephen Koukoulas, a former economic adviser to former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd, said it was a harsh reality that tens of thousands of job losses was “the price you have to pay” to help cool the economy.
Just who is the “you” that has to pay the price.. I’m convinced you need an empathy bypass to be an economist.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/unemployment-not-the-answer-to-inflation-union-warns-new-rba-boss-20230716-p5dojc.html
Taylormade
“Andrews did not announce any of these “reforms ” during 2022 election campaign. Is he breaking his promise about not saying anything about gambling reforms
How can he implement them if he did not announce them during election campaign?”
It’s about trust , which Andrews and Labor have in truck loads.
The Liberal Party both in Victoria and Federally are bereft of any trust whatsoever due to their adversarial bullshit, denial of their own failings, denial of climate change, deprecation of women, lack of transparency, dishonesty and corruption.
Thank goodness only about 20% of Victorian are flat earthers and vote Liberal, a sunset political party, badly named, badly managed and badly behaved.
Torchbearer @ #84 Monday, July 17th, 2023 – 9:29 am
How about “giving Indigenous people something for free that white people have to pay for”?