• NaevaTheRat [she/her]@vegantheoryclub.org
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    1 day ago

    Dirty to pull this out now. If it works, if there really is a smoking gun then this is masterful politicking. If it backfires it’ll be another classic second term labor foot-gun.

    The LNP under “90s Queensland police are too kind and understanding to aboriginal kids” kipfler can’t be handed the reigns of government. Australia will take decades to recover if it ever does.

  • mtpender@aussie.zone
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    I’ll be voting all minor parties across the board with the major parties right at the bottom. If the major parties want people to vote for them, they should try listening to the people and fixing the housing crisis and cost-of-living crisis.

    Remove negative gearing, remove capital gains tax concessions, implement net-zero immigration, outlaw AirBnB, make foreign investment into residential property illegal, introduce a vacancy tax, punish developers who conduct “land-banking” and invest in TAFE to train the people we need locally.

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      1 day ago

      You no longer have to vote for the majors at all. We can now withhold votes completely.

      • vividspecter@lemm.eeOP
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        That’s a wasted vote, and not an option in the federal elections. It’s just as important to keep the extreme right-wing Liberal and National parties from power, as it is to preference the better minor parties (make sure to investigate as some minors and independents are extreme right-wing nutbags).

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            Yes, and abstaining only gives them a larger proportion of the votes.

            Find the left wing candidates (the senate has some even if your local ballot doesn’t) and preference them, if you want to help keep out Lib and Lab.

            • Deceptichum@quokk.au
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              We’ve had zero left wing, so wouldn’t have a fucking clue what you’re on about mate.