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We’ve done it, we got rid of another soulless right wing politician!
Peter Dutton first made his party lose this election and now also lost his own seat much like Pierre Pullover
We’ve still got a government that green-lit new coal power plants in it’s last term, screwed over the Aboriginal community with a poorly run referendum, and still doesn’t give a shit about climate change, but baby steps hey.
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This forward progress to the human race is brought to you by the color ORANGE.
We proudly demonstrated to the world the proper direction to go.
Our loss is your gain.
It must be stated that the Labor party here are anything but progressive. They are centre-right by the most recent assessment of their values and support a variety of cunts in toxic industries who fund their campaigns.
The libs (our very right wing major party) ran an exceptionally incompetent campaign, with Dutton as a key soulless idiot who can’t admit to mistakes when it hits him in the face. They had a bit of headwind from the global anti Trump sentiment, but it wasn’t like we were in the same situation like Canada.
Regionally we already ARE the 51st state of the USA, because we provide them with much needed Southern Hemisphere intelligence bases which Australians have no right to visit, and they are our protector against any major military threat in the region.
It’s a minor victory for any progressive minded person, as any mention of action on the climate emergency was stupifyingly absent from the entire campaign.
It must be stated that the Labor party here are anything but progressive
I’m not sure how any of these things scream right wing:
- Nine out of 10 GP visits to be bulk-billed
- A rebate on household and small business power bills of $150
- First home buyers access to 5 per cent mortgage deposits
- Cutting a further 20 per cent off all student loans
- Delivering two “modest” tax cuts on July 1, 2026
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-28/election-2025-key-promises-labor-coalition/104717394
I’m not sure how support for universal healthcare, renewables and the party having a gender quota is ‘anything but progressive’ but sure, they’re centre right if your definition of right wing is anything right of the greens
- Nine out of 10 GP visits to be bulk-billed
Working in a GP practice. The deal they are offering to GP’s are pretty bad and the only ones taking the offer is the 5minute doctors
- Delivering two “modest” tax cuts on July 1, 2026
Lets hope it is not just to the wealthy
Happy to have a bit of a debate over that. You can put them dead centre if that makes you feel better.
They certainly have some positives for the general public, and more so than the $.25 rebate promised by LNP. However, the majority of stuff they offer are stopgaps, instead of fixing the real underlying issues. High power bills aren’t going to go down with one off rebates. First home buyers 5% isn’t fixing the housing supply, or over demand, nor is it a solution to anyone over 40 who still hasn’t been able to buy, because a 5% deposit means you’ll pay for forever and then some. Same with tax cuts. Also Tax Cuts are right wing, though they are usually for the wealthy.
They are still all for really terrible corporate developments, they are still cosy with the coal lobby, they’re just smart enough to not bring a big beautiful lump of coal into parliament anymore. They won’t tax mega corporations fairly, they won’t do anything for the climate emergency, just boost green energy, without any serious international commitments or plans to reduce or go net zero in this term of this new government. None of that anywhere.
They tried one terribly worded referendum which probably blew the Aboriginal community a chance at some form of reconciliation for the next half a century, and there’s no more follow up. They have no solid plan for the housing crisis, just a few hand outs.
It’s not screaming right wing, and I didn’t say it was, and it certainly isn’t Trumpism, and our democracy is bar none one of the best and most secure in the world, but it isn’t progressive or left at all. It is fairly competent centrism, maintaining the status quo for corporate Australia, while minimally appeasing the plebeians, because thank fuck, it could have been so much worse. it is a shameful far cry from what we needed in order to really respond to the situation we’re in on the global timeline.
I’m a kiwi, so I only hear about Australia’s most significant developments, but even then, some of the claims you’re making are wrong.
the majority of stuff they offer are stopgaps, instead of fixing the real underlying issues.
They’re probably putting in stopgaps to make it less painful while the fixes to the underlying issues gain steam.
High power bills […]
This will probably be solved (or stop getting worse) as a side effect of Future Made in Australia investing in the Australian manufacture of renewable energy technologies, as Australian made versions are likely to be cheaper than global competitors (at least in Australia). It’s also important to note that rising energy prices is not just an Australian problem, considering NZ’s wholesale electricity price has risen >30% despite 80% of our electricity coming from renewables (and doesn’t have variable running costs).
[…] housing supply, or over demand, […]
This will probably be mitigated by the Housing Australia Future Fund as it is set up to be able to spend $500 million per year on housing in perpetuity without any additional funding. This means they could technically “sell” something like 2000 houses a year for free forever. On a more realistic note they could take a $50k loss on 10000 houses per year to help mitigate the housing supply problem.
[…] tax cuts.
It is technically possible to have tax cuts that benefit only those who are not already rolling in it, but those kinds of tax cuts are so uncommon you’re likely to see a unicorn before they happen. The tax cuts are probably going to be something like the tax cuts we saw over here where the only ones that benefit are the already very wealthy.
[…] they are still cosy with the coal lobby, […]
I was under the impression that they were majorly funded by the unions. Considering this winge piece complains about the mining industry paying 5x more in tax than they used to and makes the misleading insinuation that it is paying the majority of Australia’s tax share, I’d say that they’re probably not funded by the mining lobby. (Values from the Australian Treasury suggest that they’re paying <10% of the total tax income)
[…] they won’t do anything for the climate emergency [and they don’t have any] plans to reduce or go net zero in this term of this new government.
They appear to have this net zero plan I found on a .gov.au website? I notice it doesn’t target net zero within the next 3 years because that’s simply impossible. The climate action tracker suggests that Australia is doing better than NZ in terms of climate policy, especially considering our action is considered “highly insufficient.”
You make the claim that it isn’t progressive, but over here it certainly would be. Either way, we can still celebrate that it isn’t Trumpism.
ty mate, amazing response
We’re in the land of Democrats sucking on billionaires’ toes and Republican Nazis. There are very few things that aren’t left of our politics.
Albo himself is fairly progressive, but has been pushed further to the right by Labor.
Labor’s policies over time have become increasingly more conservative. Yes, they still have some progressive policies, but all of the things you’ve listed are a direct response to one issue that a lot of voters are struggling with - cost of living.
Telling people that they’ll be more financially secure is a no-brainer for any political party, regardless of ideology.
For more on Labor’s shift to the right: https://socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/labor-partys-shift-to-right/
Also is on the right, he’s part of the Right faction within labor and was one of the ‘faceless men’ that removed our best PM in living memory, Kevin Rudd.
I’m a huge Rudd fan but you have to admit he wasn’t progressive. The man ran on a technocrat platform and was just as in favour of the status quo’s policies as Gillard. He wasn’t exactly a Burnie firebrand
- First home buyers access to 5 per cent mortgage deposits
Damn. This one is pretty good. I wish Canada did this.
Australian housing market is possibly even more fucked up than ours is FYI
Ah yes that old chestnut. The ALP isn’t perfect so we shouldn’t vote at all. You do realise that we have to vote here in Australia so vibe based voter suppression techniques don’t really work here. The perfect shouldn’t be the enemy of the good.
it’s okay to criticise… i saw noting anywhere about anyone saying we shouldn’t vote, or even vote for ALP
Easy tiger. I voted yesterday. Pipe it down a notch.
The ALP are hardly Whitlam-style socialists, but they’re somewhat more progressive than UK Labour, in that they at least purport to be progressive, rather than banking their capital, rewarding donors and distracting the public with culture wars inherited from the Tories.
Mind you, they do most of that when the Greens hold their feet to the fire. With Labor having a lower house majority, it will depend on the Senate to force them to do the right thing.
It must be stated that the Labor party here are anything but progressive.
Coming from a Lemming this means less than nothing.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot mate?!?
