Wake up Labor! Australia needs you

May 20, 2025

I lived through Gough! He was a Labor leader with a vision. We may not now agree with everything he achieved, but without his leadership we would not have Medicare. (Imagine us like Norway, where we actually owned all our resources!, but I digress.)

I feel Albo needs to grow a backbone. Stewart Sweeney, I feel, is correct to say that Labor needs to grab the bull by the horns and make some real changes. Personally, I feel as well as his list, they should add dental to Medicare. This could be added gradually, with an annual check-up added first, with basic maintenance work covered (fillings and dental hygiene).

My other wish is to get tax income from the multinationals: if nothing else, a small tax on money movements out of Australia (one reasonable idea from Parliament!) This would at least give Australia some income from multinational companies using dodgy tax minimisation techniques.

As far as housing goes, I remember public housing being about 18% of properties. One thing I worry for the future is the illusory notion of allowing developers to sell off rent-controlled housing after 10 years. The government should buy these houses!