He was a brilliant man, and a better statesman. That his premiership overrides in significance a multi-decade long career in the public eye to such an extent that the latter has become so criminally oft-underdiscussed even by his admirers is testament to the volume of accomplishment in his term of office. The scale of his achievements is most apparent when you look back to Australia in the 1970s. Successive governments had relegated what could have been among the great powers in south pacific to little more than the "poor white trash of Asia", to quote Lee Kuan Yew. The fact that any politician could not only remedy such circumstances, but irreversibly redefine the economic landscape of his country for the better while facing off a hesitant public service, lulling a potentially adversarial industrial base and remaining popular with the electorate should strengthen all of your convictions that sharp, charismatic, ambitious technocrats can succeed in democratic environments. So few people love Bob Hawke more than I do. Rest in peace.

"Frontrunner".

I cannot understand the appeal of the Karl Stefanovic show for the life of me.

Prominent economist Saul Eslake demolishes LNP’s ‘aspiration’ myth saying their 1999 CGT discount failed to build a nation of entrepreneurs & shareholders, in fact, those rates only fell since 1999, while “disproportionately favouring richer & older Australians”💥 #auspol

How "The Hawke Aficionado" are you - 🟩 /🟨/🟥 ⬜️- "Run fast and smash things" > "Cautious, incremental reform". ⬜️- Universal Childcare. ⬜️- Free Trade. ⬜️- Most regulatory states are oversized. ⬜️- YIMBY. ⬜️- Re-industrialise the west. ⬜️- Pro-digitisation but with transition plans for workers. ⬜️- Progressive, efficient and non-distortionary taxation. ⬜️- Privatise pension systems. ⬜️- Daniel Patrick Moynihan enjoyer. ⬜️- Bob Hawke admirer.

Those 4 young people participated in an attack on a female police officer which gave her substantial injuries The British Green Party condones violence

On a scale from 0 to 100 (0 being the most left wing and 100 being the most right wing) How would you place me on both an economic, state and social ideological axis? Rank me - and I’ll rank you!

Despising billionaires is a Lefty middle class thing. They hate the system and the establishment, but not all billionaires are automatically included in that, you can be rich and still be a political outsider, as seen with Trump.

PRAY FOR NANCY MACE (On her job search after soon leaving congress)

real centre left politics saved you from anglo-peronism 🙂‍↕️

Guess my: Age Ethnicity Sexual orientation Religion Political stance Political ideologies which I’m subscribed to (could be multiple) Favourite animal Favourite book genre Favourite colour Favourite country of each continent

I love how some people have no problem using contradictory arguments to claim that they should pay less tax. For example, you will see “you can’t tax unrealised capital gains because they aren’t real until an asset sale”. Okay. Fair argument. But then also “capital gains arise over time so taxing them in a single period at the time of a sale is unfair”. Okay. Also a fair argument. But you can’t argue both of these, since each is arguing the opposite point about when capital gains are made. BTW I happen to think that taxing unrealised gains is bad for basic tax administration reasons.

The Muslim diaspora has a homophobia problem. Period. If acknowledging this makes you angry, you aren’t going to make it. If acknowledging this makes you uneasy with yourself, reflect on yourself.

There is a certain kind of Leftist who will construe any behaviour by white people as being "subliminal racism/ microaggessions" but will give muslims who are anti-jew and anti-lgbt the most charitable possible explanations to explain away that ''they aren't ACTUALLY bigoted''

Greens Delenda Est.

Negative gearing is a subsidy.

I am somewhat unconvinced by this rigorous analysis.

BREAKING: New numbers released by the ABS today show private sector investment is soaring under the Albanese Government. Capital expenditure has far exceeded market expectations, with billions more being poured into productive investments. New private capital expenditure (capex) grew very strongly at 6.5% in the March quarter – more than six times the median market expectation. It means capex is up 14.6% through the year. This is good news for Australian businesses and good news for our economy.

✅ Remove obstacles to business growth ✅ Deregulate planning 🟨 Prioritise cheaper energy ❓ Apprenticeships and training ✅ First class infra etc ✅ Welfare reform ✅ NHS reform ✅ Deal with small boats but pro immigrant 🟨 Reorganise gov around tech 🟧 Lower tax and spend