“We have political leaders who insist that mining & forestry underwrite Australian prosperity. Those who believe this nonsense cannot be trusted with the wellbeing of future generations.”
“Mining & native forest logging industries, collectively, employ only ~2% of the labour force."
– Ken Henry
“Mining & native forest logging industries, collectively, employ only ~2% of the labour force."
– Ken Henry
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But that is just me & my quirks.
#auspol
Trump is moving to full blown fascism, neofeudalism.
If Dutton wins 2025 federal election he will do the same. Gina Rinehart, wolverines will move Aust to Warlord Capitalism. Marles doing good job at that right now.
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#auspol
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/22/neoliberalism-is-dead-so-why-havent-australias-leaders-got-the-message pop
The share market democracy of Thatcher's has led to the decline of western democracies.
Putin's Russia has been practising crony capitalism since he became president. Now the US. Dutton will as well - Gina Rinehart. His gov owned nuclear is bull💩.
Learn more:
https://percapita.org.au/community-tax-summit-2025/
“You simply can’t achieve something like that by accident. Reckless indifference, perhaps. Wilful acts of bastardry, more likely. Accident, no,” he said.
Great piece from Shane Wright.
Forestry is a loss-making industry. We all know about the mining industry by now...
Ken Henry: “This is how democracy works if those accorded right to vote choose merely to look after themselves, with no codes, charters, transparency guarantees to protect public interest.” ➡️
The ALP ignores a large part of the electorate, thinking their votes aren’t important. Minority government is their best future.
The duopoly a big concern. Labor’s actions on critical issues like NACC, climate change, housing, AUKUS, Israel, are in lockstep with coalition, and a major concern.
Wombling free
The cock Wombles of mining Australia are we.
It's been a lie from day one. I am sorry for the 2%, but there are other jobs, you can work elsewhere, there will always be flow on employment from any other work.