@CynicalPublius Disagree. Trump foolishly thought the Iran war would be a cakewalk like Venezuela and he would transform the Middle East, win a Nobel Peace Price, sweep the midterms, cementing his MAGA legacy and his place in history. Bad advice, hubris or whatever, he made the decisions.
@AvidCommentator Labor has an opportunity but is unlikely to make a successful course correction
If I was them, Iβd have Albo fall on his sword admitting it was his small target incrementalism that held transformational policy back and heβs now stepping down to pass the baton to the reformers.
@NickBryantNY@farrm51 If Trump decides to bomb Iran, will JD resign in protest and say he was against the war from day one and he warned of the consequences?
@TMFScottP@Dazzaat The RBA cut rates three times in 2025 total 75bps with inflation landing at 3.8% for the calendar year so plently of blame to go around on both monetary and fiscal policy.
@TMFScottP@Greatest_Fails So you don't think the companies doing this work are not committing their own capital to ramp up hiring and production to fulfill their contracts while they wait for progress payments from the government?
@TMFScottP@Greatest_Fails Itβs far from not nothing, with substantial amounts of $ in the pipeline, and itβs being spent here, so your premise of all the money going overseas with no impact here is still false.
@TMFScottP@Greatest_Fails Not true, billions are currently being spent on upgrades to Osborne Naval Shipyard in SA and the HMAS Stirling & Henderson Defense Precinct in WA.