Well a debate does have to have two sides, and as for the value of the decision, we will find out in a couple of years.
Actually I haven't been banging on about Labour, they haven't really been seen since the election, but I do agree the Libs really haven't lit anyones light up yet either.
I think the problem there is that the average Australian is fed up with being taken for a fool.Why Labour have lost so much of their support base and how a two term, three leader, inept Government beat them to get a third term.
I vote for the Centre Alliance.I think the problem there is that the average Australian is fed up with being taken for a fool.
They've heard a few times too many the promises from some lobby group, politician or professor someone or other that if we do x then it'll only cost the average household $1 a month or whatever. They've seen it too many times now - we go along with it, we do whatever the grand idea is and the end result is their power bill doubles or they see ambulances ramped outside hospitals or they see workers put out of a job etc in stark contrast to what was promised.
Which brings us to a point where the ordinary person, those not in politics or "elite" occupations or of high wealth, have simply lost confidence in pretty much every institution.
Anything connected with finance, politics or the church is bottom of the pile these days so far as trust is concerned. Gone, shot to pieces, kaput.
The justice system, public utilities and so on are tarnished at best, the former through too may stories about criminals getting away with it and the latter since they largely no longer exist. Education at all levels is similarly tarnished with standards seemingly in decline at all levels from kindergarten to university. Likewise the mainstream media is another institution whose standing has taken a battering.
What's still held in high regard and always has been? Front line health workers, fire and other emergency services personnel and the one that came up in in a recent offline discussion - Australia Post. Yep, the good ole post office is one of the few things that's been around forever and at the end of 2019 is still there, doing what it has always done, with its reputation intact apart from the odd relatively minor glitch here and there.
Then there's those in no man's land and in that group is pretty much the entire workforce that's not in any of the tarnished industries. They've risen in standing in relative terms since whilst your average garbage truck driver or architect may not know a great deal about fiscal policy, they do at least get the bins emptied and the plans drawn up reliably. Same with every other worker doing something practical either physically or in an office - there's something to be said for those who at least deliver on what they've promised to do regardless of what that actually is.
As for the Coalition versus Labor, well if the perception is that either side is only going to do more bad things then rationally you'd pick whoever seems laziest and least likely to do anything at all. There's Labor's problem - as an opposition they need to promise change from the status quo but the public simply doesn't trust that change, from anyone, is going to be better than the past decade's worth of "change" which has generally been to make things worse not better regardless of which party was in power at the time.
It is getting to the point, that anything is better than what is being served up by the Libs and Labour, if ever there was a need for a party with vision, now is that time.
I think the problem there is that the average Australian is fed up with being taken for a fool.
They've heard a few times too many the promises from some lobby group, politician or professor someone or other that if we do x then it'll only cost the average household $1 a month or whatever. They've seen it too many times now - we go along with it, we do whatever the grand idea is and the end result is their power bill doubles or they see ambulances ramped outside hospitals or they see workers put out of a job etc in stark contrast to what was promised.
Which brings us to a point where the ordinary person, those not in politics or "elite" occupations or of high wealth, have simply lost confidence in pretty much every institution.
Anything connected with finance, politics or the church is bottom of the pile these days so far as trust is concerned. Gone, shot to pieces, kaput.
The justice system, public utilities and so on are tarnished at best, the former through too may stories about criminals getting away with it and the latter since they largely no longer exist. Education at all levels is similarly tarnished with standards seemingly in decline at all levels from kindergarten to university. Likewise the mainstream media is another institution whose standing has taken a battering.
What's still held in high regard and always has been? Front line health workers, fire and other emergency services personnel and the one that came up in in a recent offline discussion - Australia Post. Yep, the good ole post office is one of the few things that's been around forever and at the end of 2019 is still there, doing what it has always done, with its reputation intact apart from the odd relatively minor glitch here and there.
Then there's those in no man's land and in that group is pretty much the entire workforce that's not in any of the tarnished industries. They've risen in standing in relative terms since whilst your average garbage truck driver or architect may not know a great deal about fiscal policy, they do at least get the bins emptied and the plans drawn up reliably. Same with every other worker doing something practical either physically or in an office - there's something to be said for those who at least deliver on what they've promised to do regardless of what that actually is.
As for the Coalition versus Labor, well if the perception is that either side is only going to do more bad things then rationally you'd pick whoever seems laziest and least likely to do anything at all. There's Labor's problem - as an opposition they need to promise change from the status quo but the public simply doesn't trust that change, from anyone, is going to be better than the past decade's worth of "change" which has generally been to make things worse not better regardless of which party was in power at the time.
Thats very true, the only issue is how to generate more income fairly and that is what both sides are missing the point on.
That we have a decline in public hospitals for example is ultimately tied to the loss of wealth creating industry.
Well the yank kids can dream of something else than welfare, swinging a hammer or playing AFL as a matter of personal success.
I agree with your sentiment, but we can only afford free health care until we run out of money, ala Argentina, Chili, Spain, Portugal etc.
Why Labour have lost so much of their support base and how a two term, three leader, inept Government beat them to get a third term.
I know someone who’s an actual member of the ALP and they’re decidedly unimpressed with the criticism.
Not enamoured with the US but..
I think the point being missed is that Australia has lost its competitiveness and tied its future to coal, iron ore and gas far too heavily.
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