Post #2423131

2026-05-11 22:47 UTC

#GreensSenator #AusPol #TheAustraliaInstitute 🗞️📰 &quot;Our tax system is written so that professional property investors can accumulate homes like a dragon sitting on a pile of gold and they get taxpayer subsidies to do that,” said Senator Waters. “[It] makes it easier for a professional property investor to buy their 60th house than it does for someone to buy their first, and that is so obscene.” She said the Greens would support Labor pursuing reforms through Parliament, pointing out the government already had the numbers with Greens backing in the Senate. “The only barrier is the government’s desire to be better,” she said. “In the Senate, if they choose to work with the Greens, we can pass things as quick as a flash.” Senator Waters said the revenue raised could fund expanded public services, including free childcare, free public transport, and dental and mental health care through Medicare. https://thepoint.com.au/news/260512-if-we-dont-act-well-end-up-like-the-us-greens-leader-larissa-waters-calls-for-tax-on-the-1

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@kevinrns@mstdn.social 2026-05-11 22:59

@CaringKinderSociety@aus.social Brilliant, perfect wonderful. Keep reading, studying, dont believe a word rhe billionaires conspiracy has spewed for decades. Supply side economics? Its a recipe for slavery. It would be FAR BETTER to make reducing demand a felony.

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@gonzo_askold@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 01:17

@CaringKinderSociety@aus.social love to see "we need to move or end up as America" to be used as public argument

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@metaning@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 04:32

@CaringKinderSociety@aus.social Yes, but we know that Albo is so thin-skinned, so jealous of his need to be a Great Man Of History, like Gough, that he won't support anything The Greens propose, for fear of giving them the credit of achieving anything. Starving The Greens of any perception of effectiveness is literally his highest priority.

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