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Inside the voter shift: Can One Nation ride its poll surge to parliament? (www.sbs.com.au)

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[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well the greens are also not leadership material, some of their economic policies are just short of insanity

But people still preference them first to push labour further left

[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I shouldn’t entertain the off topic trolls but, hey I’m bored, let’s go. Which of their policy’s is the most insane do you think? And why?

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I actually went over their policies in depth like a decade ago when they wanted to cut all lng and coal exports essentially crippling our economy overnight with no real plan for what to fill in the hundreds of billions of dollars worth of exports with

The most recent bout of brain damage was when they wanted

Greens demand hostile takeover of RBA

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-23/greens-demand-rba-intervention/104378646

this is insanity, the central bank is independent for a reason, if the government takes it over what is the point of the central bank??? 🤯

The Greens demand puts them in the same company as Donald Trump, who last month said the US president should have a say in setting Federal Reserve interest rates that determine the cost of mortgages, credit cards and commercial loans.

[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So that’s not a policy, it was political posturing for a populist ideal. I.e demand something that has no chance of happening in the current political landscape to highlight the failures of the current government. There must be a million examples where Labor and Liberal have done similar

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

There must be a million examples where Labor and Liberal have done similar

I cannot think of any as insane as suggesting a Trump-esk style take over of Australia's central bank

If you can think of anything close that Labor have suggested I'd love to hear it