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[–] 14 points 2 weeks ago* (4 children)

Australian here, don't be fooled by our governments tokenistic press releases. This legislation sounds good but it'll be another insufficient measure that doesn't actually address the problem. Like the under 16s "ban" this will allow the government and media to talk about social algorithms like it's solved and they were succesful.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    They're token gestures to look like they've done something this term other than pass liberal party tax cuts.

    Remember when Albo was spruiking that he grew up in trust housing? Contrast that with the big fat load of less than nothing Labor has done on housing. Passing the buck at every opportunity, "it's a state issue" followed by "it's a federal issue" followed by "it's a... errr... skills shortage!"

    Vote for a real change, Vote Greens.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    100% this - Don't get excited, whenever it sounds like Australia is about to do something good, it's immediately watered down to a tiny announceable to appease the lobby groups. Most recently example is the 100% renewable energy requirement for datacenters decree that lasted about a week.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Update, that's no longer the most recent example - now the 20% gas reservation policy (that was already the very poor cousin of the 25% gas export tax wanted by regular Australians) has been downgraded to 'up to 20%' - ie probably zero.

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