Anthony Albanese - How long? -2-

[Ghost Patrol]

I really do need to add that vomit emoji.

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[MarcMaverick]

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Or just go: Blargh!

 

[Gralin]

I really do need to add that vomit emoji.

There's a vomit react floating around

 

[aCunningPlan]

Budget surpluses and deficits mean very little to those in the know, but to those a little less in the know, they can absolutely be weaponised (debt and deficit disaster, anyone?). If Labor had run two deficits, I don't think they would have stood a chance even if the money was used to offset cost of living because at the end of the day, the individual benefits still would have seemed minor against the global issues it had created. Hopefully those surpluses can be used on an agenda that will provide some relief, which seems to be the case with the initial education announcements.

Now, it's obviously frustrating that they wait until an election campaign to promise relief, but we are locked in to a three-year cycle that brings elections around far too quickly so every decision is made with them in mind. We really could do with four-year terms.

Labor will pump the stage three tax cuts message over and over next election, and let's be honest it's a bloody good argument. The vast majority got real money in their pocket that Dutton kicked and screamed about every step of the way, wanting to save the tax cuts for his donors.

Labor will just say they are the party of fair tax cuts and budget surpluses...sneak an interest rate cut in there and they will have a very potent economic argument.

As far an immigration goes, I absolutely hate it but they are going to sacrifice the university sector's sustainability to say, "hey we had the guts to cut international students" when the Liberals incentivised more and more coming overseas by buiding it into the uni business model. I just hope Labor have the good sense to make up the funding shortfall their international student caps will inflict upon regional unis in particular. Stuff the Group of Eight.

 

[peetoo]

Labor will pump the stage three tax cuts message over and over next election, and let's be honest it's a bloody good argument. The vast majority got real money in their pocket that Dutton kicked and screamed about every step of the way, wanting to save the tax cuts for his donors.

Labor will just say they are the party of fair tax cuts and budget surpluses...sneak an interest rate cut in there and they will have a very potent economic argument.

As far an immigration goes, I absolutely hate it but they are going to sacrifice the university sector's sustainability to say, "hey we had the guts to cut international students" when the Liberals incentivised more and more coming overseas by buiding it into the uni business model. I just hope Labor have the good sense to make up the funding shortfall their international student caps will inflict upon regional unis in particular. Stuff the Group of Eight.

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Most of the cut University sector was rorts anyway. Back door immigration. Dutton is quoted as agreeing. But labor actuallyfixed it

 

[peetoo]

of course that is what you would take out of this

last ACCC report doesn't show a downward trend

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we're on the downward part of the cycle currently but its going to go back up again

Hasn’t recent discussion been about how people ‘feel’ rather than facts. Its fluctuating up to 2.00 rather than up to 2.40 before

 

[Rob R]

Labor will pump the stage three tax cuts message over and over next election, and let's be honest it's a bloody good argument. The vast majority got real money in their pocket that Dutton kicked and screamed about every step of the way, wanting to save the tax cuts for his donors.

Labor will just say they are the party of fair tax cuts and budget surpluses...sneak an interest rate cut in there and they will have a very potent economic argument.

As far an immigration goes, I absolutely hate it but they are going to sacrifice the university sector's sustainability to say, "hey we had the guts to cut international students" when the Liberals incentivised more and more coming overseas by buiding it into the uni business model. I just hope Labor have the good sense to make up the funding shortfall their international student caps will inflict upon regional unis in particular. Stuff the Group of Eight.

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Tax cut changes were good but too long ago now to have much influence, ALP will certainly try talk about them though even if they have to use their own money at election time rather than the tens of millions of taxpayer dollars they spent on advertising earlier this year.

They made good progress on cutting the immigration rorts the unis were running thanks to Dutton but have a lot more rorts to close out.

Way better than Libs but still failing on housing, health (liked the prescription change), infrastructure, environment (on fence), defence (more bureaucracy, less capability, too gutless to scrap Hunter so made a worse call), border security (failure to deport criminals as they wont deal with the refoulement protections), foreign affairs (talk a lot smarter but deliver nothing to our neighbours and just spineless with Israel and Xi's worsening behaviour)

Minority ALP government with teal support seems most likely outcome

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[Pakenhamsaint]

Labor will pump the stage three tax cuts message over and over next election, and let's be honest it's a bloody good argument. The vast majority got real money in their pocket that Dutton kicked and screamed about every step of the way, wanting to save the tax cuts for his donors.

The problem will be is that tax cut basically got gobbled up by CoL

 

[Gralin]

Hasn’t recent discussion been about how people ‘feel’ rather than facts. Its fluctuating up to 2.00 rather than up to 2.40 before

i mean it was up around 2.40 here a couple of weeks ago

i really have no idea what point you are trying to make with this fixation on petrol prices

prices are not going down, we're not going back to pre inflation pricing that isn't how it works

 

[Rotayjay]

So if the RBA is warning Labot against splashing money before the election, but political reality says that would buy votes, will Labor tell the RBA to **** off even if that risks rates staying on hold?

What's going to win more votes? Some headline-grabbing cost-of-living relief from government, or rate cuts? Those fabled rate cuts may never materialise before the election.

Before election? Nah too soon to cut rates, we can't be seen as political. After election where Dutton gets in? Rate cuts straight away!

 

[MarcMaverick]

i mean it was up around 2.40 here a couple of weeks ago

i really have no idea what point you are trying to make with this fixation on petrol prices

prices are not going down, we're not going back to pre inflation pricing that isn't how it works

100%

First rule of acquisition(Ferengi): Once you take their money, you never give it back

 

[Saint]

The problem will be is that tax cut basically got gobbled up by CoL

Yep, nobody's feeling like the tax cuts have improved their lives, just prevented it from being even worse.

If the Government is upset at the RBA for not cutting rates, then they can just cut taxes on the lower classes and raise them on the upper (or corporate tax rates). It'll reverse the impacts of interest rate rises and is simple to do.

But they won't because of personal self-interest and the crippling desire to never upset anybody.

The Government has soooo many more levers to make people's lives better than the RBA does, but pretend they don't so they can blame others for their own inaction on CoL impacts on the middle and lower classes. That's where they'll lose votes, just like in the UK, US, Canada, NZ, everywhere. Not sure why the ALP think they're different.

 

[Nuggets73]

Beyond disappointing … I hope people vote this tyrant out at the next election. We’re going down the same track as Canada, a totalitarian state.

 

[Gralin]

Beyond disappointing … I hope people vote this tyrant out at the next election. We’re going down the same track as Canada, a totalitarian state.

Canada are not a totalitarian state if you're going to use big words use them correctly

 

[Festerz]

. We’re going down the same track as Canada, a totalitarian state.

That sentence tells us two things.

1. You have a limited grasp of English; and

2. You have never been to and have no understanding of Canada and most likely anything happening outside your little world.

 

[JackOutback]

So if the RBA is warning Labot against splashing money before the election, but political reality says that would buy votes, will Labor tell the RBA to **** off even if that risks rates staying on hold?

What's going to win more votes? Some headline-grabbing cost-of-living relief from government, or rate cuts? Those fabled rate cuts may never materialise before the election.

Before election? Nah too soon to cut rates, we can't be seen as political. After election where Dutton gets in? Rate cuts straight away!

A rate cut would be hugely beneficial for Labor but they can't guarantee the RBA will do it. So they will simply make the promises they think will win them the election. Rate cuts are also no help for a large percentage of the population, such as renters.

 

[faible]

Canada are not a totalitarian state if you're going to use big words use them correctly

That sentence tells us two things.

1. You have a limited grasp of English; and

2. You have never been to and have no understanding of Canada and most likely anything happening outside your little world.

I assumed this one was a joke, too obvious.

 

[Festerz]

I assumed this one was a joke, too obvious.

I think you're right.

 

[Rob R]

I assumed this one was a joke, too obvious.

You never know these days with so many cookers around. Perversely they are calling western counties fascist dictatorships after being encouraged to do so online by bots working for actual fascist dictators like Xi and Putin.

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[peetoo]

i mean it was up around 2.40 here a couple of weeks ago

i really have no idea what point you are trying to make with this fixation on petrol prices

prices are not going down, we're not going back to pre inflation pricing that isn't how it works

Sorry I thought we were talking feels not facts. Maybe not you actually

 

[peetoo]

A rate cut would be hugely beneficial for Labor but they can't guarantee the RBA will do it. So they will simply make the promises they think will win them the election. Rate cuts are also no help for a large percentage of the population, such as renters.

New RBA is massive disappointment. Seems to want to talk about everything apart from her job

UK pension fund crisis shows super risk to markets in Australia: RBA

It is the third time in as many months that Australia’s mammoth superannuation sector has been labelled a risk to the financial system.

www.afr.com

 

[adogsfan5]

Pretty much. 1984/North Korea/China/Hermit Kingdom/Gilded Cage etc.When you control the mail you control information.

And the denizens are sleepwalking into it. Because that's what Aussies do.

Single handedly gifting a win to Dutton. Imagine being that out of touch.
Cost of living crisis and interest rates, hmmm na more ID to use social media and choosing what’s misinformation on social media.

 

[peetoo]

Single handedly gifting a win to Dutton. Imagine being that out of touch.
Cost of living crisis and interest rates, hmmm na more ID to use social media and choosing what’s disinformation on social media.

You must have been overjoyed when this cost of living crisis was developing when scomo and Dutton shut parliament for months ONLY opening to debate religious discrimination.

I’d like to say governments can handle many issue at once, but that government deliberately didn’t.

 

[adogsfan5]

You must have been overjoyed when this cost of living crisis was developing when scomo and Dutton shut parliament for months ONLY opening to debate religious discrimination.

I’d like to say governments can handle many issue at once, but that government deliberately didn’t.

Why would I be overjoyed about a cost of living crisis that also affects me?

Do you want to try that question again?

Whataboutism, it’s also getting very boring.

 

[peetoo]

Why would I be overjoyed about a cost of living crisis that also affects me?

Do you want to try that question again?

Whataboutism, it’s also getting very boring.

You implied they were only doing one thing, ignoring the col crisis.. I gave a coalition example where they deliberately did that