Comment on Albanese is crying poor, but we’re losing billions a year from untaxed gas
Seditious_Delicious@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You voted for this… don’t cry now!!!
When are people going to learn that the business of politics in not about the people… it’s about staying in power and getting into power. There are no statesmen left in the world.
You voted for this… don’t cry now!!!
What would I be crying about? Besides the massive NDIS rorting that went on unchecked for a decade, things are pretty alright from my pov
I just wish they’d stfu up about gaza when the Battle for Pokrovsk is getting incredibly close :(
One of our local candidates was exposed as a NDIS fraud leading up to the election. He didn’t get in, but that electorate had always been a safe Labor seat.
Even after the exposé, his party still decided to run with him because the didn’t have anyone more honest that they could put up
that’s shocking:/
timmytbt@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
And how should I have voted? Which party would ensure that these entities pay their dues?
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 week ago
While not many options, there are some you could have preferenced above Labor. Though, I will grant none are perfect options. Voting further left does put pressure on all parties to adopt more left-leaning policies.
Christ, when the Tasmanian Liberal party went to the state election proposing a government owned and operated insurance company I was shocked, but very pleased to see.
What makes me super hopeful about the federal Libs demise is pushing politics further to the left.
You could preference (opinions based on my vibes)
There are a couple of other minor parties with vaguely left wing platforms.
All one need do though, in my opinion, is preference all the right wing parties below the others.
I don’t like the Greens, because there’s no perfect political party, and it’s run undemocratically, top-down, but I still recommend voting for them above Labor because it lights a fire under Labor’s arse, and maybe, eventually, they’ll get rid of thr Labor Right faction which is a stupid oxymoron*.
Victorian (Australian?) Socialists have a much more democratic party constitution, for what it’s worth.
*(I am not super well-versed with the Labor factional system because I’m not a member of any political party)
timmytbt@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
And that’s mostly how I did vote recognising that those preferences likely flow to labor. Lot of good it did.
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 week ago
The preferences flow to Labor because you (and others) preferenced them above the Liberals and other candidates at high enough rates for them to be declared the winner.
The system is working exactly as intended, and while not perfect, is probably one of the best in the world. The parties you voted for didn’t gain enough votes to win, so your vote went to the next preference.
It’s important to note, you preferencing parties that didn’t win doesn’t do nothing.
www.aec.gov.au/…/index.htm
This is particularly important as you only receive funding if you receive at least 4% of the vote in the electorate (which I personally think is too high a threshold and should pay out at lower numbers than that). So make sure you preference your favourite first.
Now, in practice, it’s not working perfectly. But really, we keep electing Labor (and historically more so the LNP) because people keep preferencing them, not because the voting system doesn’t work well. It works great.
The voting system isn’t at fault there, it’s that we have a corporate media landscape, mostly owned by a far right foreign national (Murdoch), and lobbying like crazy.
What we can be hopeful for, though, is that we’re not handicapped in our voting system.
I get you, it feels like you can make little difference, but it’s not the voting system that’s to blame for this.