Australian Politics

On Tuesday, Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas announced that the state would expand its Vacant Residential Land Tax from the inner and middle suburbs of Melbourne to the outer suburbs and regions of Victoria effective from January 1, 2025.

Mad King is the energy gaslighter-in-chief: Resources Minister Madeleine King has warned that decreasing gas supply faster than demand will lead to “shortages, supply disruptions and high prices”, while also “worsening poverty and inequality”, launching a strong economic defence for the fuel source’s role in underpinning the nation’s clean energy transition.

Finally, there was a better Voice poll: More Australians intend to vote no than yes in the voice referendum on 14 October, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll.

Pressure continues to build on new Victorian Premier, Jacinta Allan, to cancel former Premier Dan Andrews’ Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) project.

The Queen of the fake left let her petals of wisdom fall on the weekend.

Allegra Spender’s cognitive dissonance as Teal independent MP for Sydney’s upscale seat of Wentworth never ceases to astound. Last year, Spender sought a significant increase in immigration into Australia, claiming that “migration is a priority in Wentworth” (see here and here).

The Canadian-Indian strife is on he move again.

Jacinta Allan was was formally sworn in as Victoria’s 49th premier and only its second female leader on Wednesday evening, after being elected unopposed by Labor’s caucus.

I thought NSW had hit rock bottom in the immigration debate last week when Premier Chris Minns argued that more immigration was the solution to the state’s housing crisis.

As we know, Australia’s rental vacancy rate is the tightest on record, which is driving strong rental price inflation across the capital cities.

If there is one man and one policy that needed an inquiry, it was Dictator Dan locking down Melbourne more than any other city on earth.

Finally the teflon wore off Dictator Dan Andrews: Dan Andrews has announced he is quitting, after nearly nine years as premier and three election wins.

The Jim “Chicken” Chalmers Employment White Paper is not a bad document.

I noted last week how the Coalition was seeking to make immigration a key battleground issue at the next federal election.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese continues to resemble Kevin Rudd, with his and Labor’s popularity plummeting, according to a new AFR/Freshwater Strategy poll.

The gas cartel has returned to its strategy from the good old days.

The Albanese Government launched a two-year competition review in August, with the goal of starting a new wave of competition reform to increase economic dynamism, productivity, and wage growth.

Why are the Australian Labor Party such atrocious liars and gas lighters on immigration?

Call it what you will.

Flying High II (Airplane II), 1982   A couple of pieces made it into the Nine pages on Friday betraying just a touch of nervousness about immigration numbers.

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews this week announced a fantasy plan to build 80,000 homes a year for 10 years.

Morgan Stanley with the note.

Why anybody is surprised by this surprises me: The decision to exempt the states from the long-awaited inquiry into Australia’s pandemic response has been slammed by business, health experts, economists and non-Labor politicians, who say the country will fail to learn the lessons needed for next time.