Australia, you have until tomorrow to tell the Senate why the CGT tax changes will stifle growth and investment in our country and make us all worse off. Get a submission in ⬇️
I fear a tsunami is coming and it will sweep away the Labor government and possibly remove the Greens from balance of power position and many on the left will scratch their heads and say “why”? That’s an awful the lack of self-awareness. It is not limited to the Greens; Labor and the Libs are also prone to the same blindness. The tsunami is the resentment and alienation felt by so many, especially the working class. It is not fascism. Many people, especially those in outer suburbs and regional areas are suffering financial hardship, lack of services and bureaucratic authoritarianism. They could probably put up with all this but, on top of that, they perceive that an elite - the professional/managerial class - has all the economic and political clout that they lack and a woke culture they despise. There are probably other aspects to this uprising I haven’t mentioned and that a political sociologist should investigate but those factors I have mentioned, on their own, go a long way to explaining why One Nation, on 31% is the most popular party in the country. Dissatisfied Australians are flocking out of the major parties to One Nation, not the Greens. Why is that? It is not Gina Reinhardt and Murdoch. One Nation has been the repository of every major resentment in the country and I fear their rise hasn’t finished yet. After this is all over the left of politics is going to have to do some serious reflection.
NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane on the federal budget.
In this conversation, we discuss how New South Wales has gone from the nation's top-performing economy to the bottom of the pack.
Kellie shares her journey from country journalism to opposition leadership, her experience during the Bondi terror attack, and her strategy for defeating a first-term government.
She also addresses federal-state tensions within Labor, the importance of assimilation in modern Australia, and why authenticity matters more than ever in contemporary politics.
New polling reveals what Australians really think about the government’s flagship housing policy, and the numbers are deeply uncomfortable for Labor. https://t.co/KSbsegsZrE
Two separately commissioned surveys show apprehension among investors, including younger people the government was hoping to win over. https://t.co/lfAeKTUOh1