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Originally posted by Fishinnick: ↑

Rivers closing 130 stores, Katies already gone.

Albo doing a good job of sending businesses broke but has a few pet favouirites he likes to bail out like Qantas and private capital behind Rex for example.

In 2023 nearly 1000 businesses a day were going bankrupt. https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/perfect-storm-sees-almost-1000-businesses-collapse-each-day/news-story/cea213b2ba6998b7402942c61636ac76

By the end of 2024 we have 40% more going bust than before Labor won and before Covid levels and thats with all the extra government spending by this Labor Government.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/thousands-of-australian-businesses-collapse-during-2024-amid-rising-costs/news-story/52f69e6271c273227c7cf697c69d4b46

Suicide rates through the roof.

People living in Tents all over the place, camping in public parks.

Massive housing shortage, rental crisis, housing affordability at record lows.

Hospitals haven't been fixed.

Massive taxpayer waste like the near half a billion on the 'Voice" vote which nobody ever wanted.

Higher airfares by design over one Christmas holiday season at least due to Labors policies.

Sky high electric prices with Labors policies and now in some states at some times theres electric rationing, government workers were asked to turn off computers today for example and lets hope if they couldn't do the work they get paid to do then they didn't get paid either otherwise thats just more waste of tax payers money! I doubt very much they went and mowed some parks instead while they were on the taxpayer funded clock.

Massive fall in per-capita GDP, this measure represents Australians standard of living, worst in decades and decades, policy matters people, Labor suck at it.

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Oh it's government fault Rivers and Katies fail.

Have you ever been in a Rivers store? In days gone by they had quality cloths and footwear, it was a brand you were happy to be seen wearing. The quality has gone down hill and their stores are like a second hand Sammy’s or Op Shop but more expensive. Only good thing about them is that I have picked up some discounted leather deck shoes.

Covid messed things up bad, but little to do with Government. Over hear the boating industry went bonkers and thrived doing better than ever, I don't credit government for that just as I don't blame government for business that failed

Supply chain issue was the biggest problem, that was due to the shipping industry getting caught off guard. I went from pay $2k Sea freight to get a 40ft container here and paid just under $13k at one point. Go on tell me it was the government fault.

In a communist country government controls most things, seem that is the sort of country you want. Most democracies have a free market system were supply and demand works to allow for competition were those that do it best thrive without government getting in the way