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Good political news for a change!
May. 22nd, 2022 08:28 pmHalf of Friday and all day Saturday I had one of those irritating tension headaches that just would not go away whatever I did, and then as soon as Antony Green said that there was no way for the coalition to form majority government, it just ... melted. I guess I'm not surprised that I was tense, but I've never felt such profound physical relief at an election result.
I oppose the LNP for what might politely be termed a metric fuckton of reasons, but on a purely personal level I've spent the last few years worried that everyone on a dole payment is going to be shoved onto the cashless welfare card. In addition to being a terrible policy that only serves to line the pockets of the Liberals' pals over at Indue, this would have been extremely bad for me personally. My landlord doesn't even know I'm on social security (because it's none of his damn business) and private renters are under no obligation to take the card. I have no idea if the ALP will do a review of JobSeeker payments, but I'll settle for still being able to pay my rent and shop wherever I want instead of where Indue thinks poor people should be allowed to shop.
Now if the ALP can just implement the Uluru statement, wrangle together some sensible climate change policies, repair relations with our neighbours in the Pacific, reset the conversation with China, fix the NDIS, cancel those nuclear submarines we don't need, set up a federal ICAC, fund Medicare properly, do something about childcare costs, make sure aged care is safe and fit for purpose and build a real NBN they'll be making a very good start. (Look, after nine years of coalition rule, there is a lot to fix.)
I oppose the LNP for what might politely be termed a metric fuckton of reasons, but on a purely personal level I've spent the last few years worried that everyone on a dole payment is going to be shoved onto the cashless welfare card. In addition to being a terrible policy that only serves to line the pockets of the Liberals' pals over at Indue, this would have been extremely bad for me personally. My landlord doesn't even know I'm on social security (because it's none of his damn business) and private renters are under no obligation to take the card. I have no idea if the ALP will do a review of JobSeeker payments, but I'll settle for still being able to pay my rent and shop wherever I want instead of where Indue thinks poor people should be allowed to shop.
Now if the ALP can just implement the Uluru statement, wrangle together some sensible climate change policies, repair relations with our neighbours in the Pacific, reset the conversation with China, fix the NDIS, cancel those nuclear submarines we don't need, set up a federal ICAC, fund Medicare properly, do something about childcare costs, make sure aged care is safe and fit for purpose and build a real NBN they'll be making a very good start. (Look, after nine years of coalition rule, there is a lot to fix.)
