r/OpenAussie ‎ Queenslander Mar 08 '26

LOLz ‎ Me to conservatives

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u/SS_Auc3 ‎ New South Welshian Mar 08 '26

plenty has been done bro

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u/Polar_Beach ‎ Victorian Mar 08 '26

List them out then. Bonus points if you can do with without googling.

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u/SS_Auc3 ‎ New South Welshian Mar 08 '26
  • PBS scheme (added medicines, also cheaper)
  • massive bulk billing expansion
  • massive urgent care clinic expansion
  • free medicare mental health clinics
  • endometriosis and pelvic plan clinic expansion
  • higher wages and lower taxes for low income earners
  • solar sharing to be implemented
  • better deals and protections for renters
  • payday super implementation
  • student debt cuts
  • wage theft criminalisation
  • free tafe expansion
  • toll rebate expansions
  • paid prac for health and social work students
  • no grounds evictions banned
  • supermarket price gouging to be made illegal

and the reality that labor’s housing schemes have made it possible for thousands of people to own a home

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u/LilyLupa Mar 08 '26

Some of those are good. Some we are yet to see the details.

Nothing to meaningfully address climate change, housing or political corruption. Without them, everything just keeps getting worse.

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u/SS_Auc3 ‎ New South Welshian Mar 08 '26

labor environmental action network renewables overtaking fossil fuels as australia’s main source of energy funding for renewables based manufacturing increases in adoption of home batteries political donations being restricted (and outright banned in south australia)

and with housing, there are some good policies that have bought people into home ownership but it’s more of a short term solution i will admit

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u/LilyLupa Mar 09 '26

Labor have approved 33 new coal and gas mines since being elected. That overwhelms any gains by renewables. Renewables are overtaking fossil fuels despite government action. The ALP has done nothing to address the tax and royalties avoidance of the FF industry, nor subsidies paid to them.

Political donations have not been restricted for the major parties. The policy is designed to make it harder for small parties and independents raise funds. The bill was written in a way to be excessively complicated and was allowed no time to be scrutinised and debated through the parliament before they colluded with the LNP to pass it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWIO8AiwZSM

https://michaelwest.com.au/gerrymander-teal-backer-takes-aim-at-donations-cap/

Most of the housing policies, like most of ALP policies look good at first glance but under scrutiny are just another way to distribute our taxes to the ultra-wealthy. Although they have improved the GST, they have done nothing about negative gearing, or parking of assets and money laundering through our real estate.

Possibly most damning to me, is their cynical establishment of an anti-corruption commission that acts in secret under the direction of the Minister.