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ALP (Party) AUSPol

Labor’s Promises to Casual Workers

#AusPol #Recession #Election2019 Bill Shorten is making promises to casual workers to provide them with a smoother pathway to permanent positions. Sounds great but might end up hurting more than helping. I would prefer more support for small businesses or addressing the issues of labour-hire companies. Where people employed are de-facto employees of a third […]

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AUSPol

Australia’s Impending Recession

£AusPol #Recession #Election2019 Australia’s inflation rate was 0 for the last quarter and our GDP growth was only 0.2% and is trending down. It looks like Australia is heading for a recession, so why isn’t this the biggest issue of the election? Why are we worried about electric cars and political gender quotas? Will this […]

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AUSPol Property

Property Developer Political Donations – Reference

#Development #Property #RealEstate I discuss a recent article in the Syndey Morning Herald which attempts to paint a narrative about developer donation resulting in 600 additional units for a developer. Naturally failing to mention the significant additional infrastructure spending required by the developer. I also briefing discuss the concept of Transit Orientated Development, TODs, and […]

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Greens (Party)

Jonathan Sri and the Park from Hell – References

Gabba #Park #Brisbane I look at a call to action from Greens Councillor Jonathan Sri for a new park next to eight lanes of traffic. Given the location, it would be a terrible, noisy and unsafe location to have a park and Cr Sri should be leading with his public housing idea and not the […]