The election thread - Two middle-late aged white men trying to be blokey and convincing..., same old shit, FFS.

Who will you vote for?

  • Liberals

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Labor

    Votes: 21 31.8%

  • Nationals

    Votes: 1 1.5%

  • Greens

    Votes: 21 31.8%

  • Independant

    Votes: 15 22.7%

  • The Clive Palmer shit show

    Votes: 4 6.1%

  • Shooters and Fishers Party

    Votes: 1 1.5%

  • One Nation

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Donkey/Invalid vote

    Votes: 3 4.5%
  • Total voters
    66
rockmoose

rockmoose

his flabber is totally gastered
Asininedrivel said:
I think the immigration bonanza isn't playing well. I get why they're doing it given we're an economy that's masked GDP growth with importing more people for years and the one off surge is to make up for the population deficit during COVID, but to the average person who doesn't have time to read analysis of policy it's never going to pass the pub test when cost of living pressures are crazy and there are no houses.
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The whole system relying on constant growth is a ponzi scheme that can only fail. It is not a matter of if, but when.
 
dirtdad

dirtdad

Wants to be special but is too shy
Freediver said:
You then have lot's of people like my Mum, she spent her last dozen years living alone in a 4 bedroom house with a large garden that was nothing more than a pain because she couldn't look after it herself.
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Even if people do want to move - selling and buying houses is expensive. Stamp duty, agents fees - it’s a massive disincentive to the mobility of labour and for people to downsize in later life.

Land tax instead of stamp duty is on the way right? Or already implemented? IDK, whatever. Just make it easy for people to move house as well as building houses and increasing density.
 
mike14

mike14

Likes Bikes and Dirt
Freediver said:
I'll throw this in as well.
I've bought bit of land to do the seachange thing. The town I've bought in a has a shocking shortage of workers. Houses that were once rented out to families now make the owners as much money on the Airbnb holiday market as they did on the rental housing market but when it's on airbnb they get to use it a bit through the year.
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We were up around Cairns/Port Douglas last year and this is absolutely killing them up there. Lack of backpackers wanting seasonal work, plus the fact that all the properties were Airbnb or hideously expensive to rent, meant that there's a shortage of hospo workers to make everything run 'cos they can't afford to live there
 
Flow-Rider

Flow-Rider

Burner
pink poodle said:
The last census fell during lockdown, which may make that a little more accurate than usual. I had not been on a census as an adult prior, my house was always empty on "census night".

The shortage may be on areas of high competition for accommodation.

Around here there is a lot of empty apartments along the waterfront. A few friends of mine that live in there propose that their neighbours are generally older and wealthy people spending most of their spare time on vacation, mostly overseas or cruise.
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Are you going to open up the poodle abode to strangers?
 
beeb

beeb

Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
pink poodle said:
Strangers are always welcome! As long as they understand that I need to get up early for work, so they either have to leave about 530am when I get up or not sleep over. Either is fine for me.
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Can I stay inside after you go to work if I promise not to pee on the floor?
 
pink poodle

pink poodle

気が狂っている男
beeb said:
Can I stay inside after you go to work if I promise not to pee on the floor?
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Sorry there is no way in or out without a key and I only have one key which I am taking with me to work. So you'll have to go.

Also peeing happens before bed time. There is a mat...



I once let a person stay after I went to work. She bathed my dogs, cleaned the kitchen (very thoroughly), vacuumed, tidied up the book case, and stayed for about a week. Then she disappeared.
 
Asininedrivel

Asininedrivel

caviar connoisseur
Litenbror said:
So this was the payment for AUKUS sub deal. Was wondering when we would find out what he got for signing us up to that.
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Wow look at that, someone actually benefits from that deal.

Get ready for another by-election! Wonder if the Liberals can lose this one too, will be fun watching Dutton squirm if / when they do.
 
The Dude

The Dude

Wasn't asking to be banned
Halo1 said:
I think politicians should be forced to give up their generous pensions if they take on paid roles after their time in parliament. So many conflicts on interest when they are in Key roles connected back to government friends and frenemies
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Exactly!
At the next election after their "retirement", have their constituents vote on their effectiveness - this "approval rating" then decides their pension
20% approval rating:20% of the pension
 
LPG

LPG

likes thicc birds
The Dude said:
Exactly!
At the next election after their "retirement", have their constituents vote on their effectiveness - this "approval rating" then decides their pension
20% approval rating:20% of the pension
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Can we have negative and have them pay back for the damage they have done through negligent mismanagement? Obviously too hopeful considering how corruption is currently dealt with.
 
pink poodle

pink poodle

気が狂っている男
Yeah it ould seem a pretty clear cut "you fucked us to feather your own nest!!!" Scenario. Of course if he was involved in legal proceedings as a result of what could be seen as corrupt actions he wouldn't be able to leave. If only there was an independent body for reviewing such things...
 
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