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Gutless Labor as usual.
Can't quite get behind Friendlyjordies message that Labor is who we need to get anything done. It seems that all they do is take good Greens policy, then dilute it to appease to the Liberals to the point where it's useless, and then whine about the Green sabotaging their policy.
100%
LibLab are both NeoLib garbage, can’t even protest vote against them to send a message. Shit still funnels from Greens to Lab.
Shit still funnels from Greens to Lab.
Spreading that kind of bullshit is why not enough people vote 3rd party. This underlying idea that it’s all rigged anyway.
Your preferences go where you direct them. If you’re ignorant enough to follow any Party’s how to vote card, that’s on your head.
So I've looked it up, 2 election ago they finally allowed for exhausted votes.
You'll have to forgive me for missing the change from Full Preferential Voting to Partial Preferential Voting. This was not the case for the majority of elections I've participated in.
I mean you shouldn't let it exhaust because it makes your vote less powerful. Unless you genuinely think the Liberal party and Labor are exactly the same (which is insanity in my view). Also to be clear it's still full preferential in the lower house. The upper house changed to require a certain minimum of preferences (I think it's 6 off the top of my head) rather than the terrible party preference ATL system that used to exist. You can still do BTL if you can be bothered as well.
I don’t think they’re exactly the same, but I think neither is worth my vote. Lab are welcome to earn it with policies that appeal to me, an opportunity not afforded to a Lib.
They always so offended I won’t take their shit, just to throw it in the bin.
Ugh. Start charging rego by the kilo already. Big vehicles are an inconvenience to absolutely everyone.
More than an inconvenience - they cost hundreds of millions in additional road wear every year which we all pay for.
Straight from the fuckwits page here: https://minister.dcceew.gov.au/bowen/media-releases/joint-media-release-new-vehicle-efficiency-standard-tailored-australia
Recategorising a limited number of 4WDs from passenger car to light commercial vehicle. This acknowledges that some off-road wagons use similar ladder-frame chassis, and need comparable towing capacity above 3 tonnes, to dual cab utes. This includes models such as the Toyota Landcruiser and Nissan Patrol;
Land cruiser and patrol? Oh fuck off. They are primarily used as soccer mum taxis in urban areas.
Apparently Bowen's job title shouldn't be taken as first thought. The "Minister for Climate Change and Energy" actually means the minister for causing further climate change rather than preventing it.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The federal government will water down proposed carbon emissions laws for vehicles, as it seeks to appease auto makers who feared it would push up the price of some cars by thousands of dollars.
And seeking to combat claims it is imposing a "ute tax" on the industry, the government will raise the ceiling on emissions limits for all light commercial vehicles.
"We shouldn't be under any illusions there still remains a very big challenge in achieving these ambitious numbers ... but the reality is we just simply need to get on with it now," Mr Callachor said.
In a pointed rebuke of the campaigning by the Opposition, Mr Callachor also rejected suggestions the scheme amounted to a "ute tax".
The motor industry has advocated for emissions laws to be imposed on them for years, with Australia and Russia the only major economies without an efficiency standard.
That softening accounts for the fact that the government is seeking to catch up to the United States vehicle emissions scheme by 2028, but without using any of the bonus credits car makers can claim overseas.
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