In an ominous sign for the government, new research shows dissatisfaction with the direction of the country is at the same level as it was just before the Morrison government lost the election.
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.
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.
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 now. Use that money to fund the transition to renewables, build rail AND investigations into the legalisation of nuclear.
Equity of GDP -> Create tax benefits for forming cooperatives like we used to have back in the pre-war period. The Liberals emphasis on ‘small businesses’ only serves the lucky few with enough capital to take advantage of poorer workers. Labor’s emphasis on unionising a shrinking number of very large national businesses is failing to change the status quo. Historically Australia’s cooperatives created a huge amount of shared wealth but they’re too often choked out by foreign capital with no returns for the majority of Australians. Wesfarmers, Bega, SPC, Murray Goulburn, all traded in intergenerational equity for a short-term cash windfall.
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.
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.
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 and poorer workers. The number of dodgy builders who burn through their tradies because they want to make a buck is unsustainable.
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.
Easy to say… What should they do? Genuine question.
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.
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 now. Use that money to fund the transition to renewables, build rail AND investigations into the legalisation of nuclear.
Equity of GDP -> Create tax benefits for forming cooperatives like we used to have back in the pre-war period. The Liberals emphasis on ‘small businesses’ only serves the lucky few with enough capital to take advantage of poorer workers. Labor’s emphasis on unionising a shrinking number of very large national businesses is failing to change the status quo. Historically Australia’s cooperatives created a huge amount of shared wealth but they’re too often choked out by foreign capital with no returns for the majority of Australians. Wesfarmers, Bega, SPC, Murray Goulburn, all traded in intergenerational equity for a short-term cash windfall.
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.
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.
Nuclear is unnecessary, why fund policy for some imaginary future where nuclear is cost effective.
Edited for clarity.
Fair point.
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!
Invest in TAFE too. Start cranking out tradies and other skilled laborers by the armful.
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 and poorer workers. The number of dodgy builders who burn through their tradies because they want to make a buck is unsustainable.