Labor abandon Job Seeker people AGAIN

Originally posted by pintohoo: ↑

personally I think that all of the budget speak is diverting from the real issues for Oz - as it almost always does

all governments want to avoid what's really needed or in the too hard basket

we know that Oz is so far behind the game on even the basics - housing, feeding, caring for and educating it's population - - so so so so far, that's it's not just tinkering that's required - it's a rip out and rebuild in many areas -

take housing ---------- ok, so the government says - we're going to build more houses - and here's some money for it

yep, sounds good ----------------- how?

If I've got a block of dirt out in the boonies and it's got a fantastic view, it's got water, it's got great ground for building, it's got a heap of choice of building sites -

I've got the bucks - no need to worry about if I want gold plated taps or gold taps - we just go for it ------------- here's the money

but, wait - there are no builders. There are just none. Zip, nada, nobody to call

so - 'how' exactly am I going to build this bloody house? ----------- and there's the problem

Oz not often, but sometimes comes out with some nice sounding ideas - but, as soon as one gets to the 'how' question ------- everyone goes all quiet

All of the very basic things that Oz needs - take years and years to gear up to -

like if you want to put at least one registered nurse in every age care facility ------- that sounds lovely, sounds like a good idea -

but, where is the magic registered nurse tree from which you go out to pick your nurse crop from??

here's the answer --------- there isn't one. There's demand and has been for years for such qualified people - and it's been in short supply for years and greater demand has been growing for years -

the magic trees long ago gave up the fruit - so, you either have to plant a lot more trees - and WAIT - a very long time for fruit ------- or you buy the fruit from other countries -

which brings in a whole lot of new problems - a cascade of intervention - because you have several problems - like - you can't house them, you need to cross their qualifications - you have to ATTRACT them - you could attract plenty from places you wouldn't really want them from, but from places you'd like to see them from - well, that magic tree is out as well - it's thin in fruit

so for Oz - the problem always is - not only 'what' is needed - but, the biggie is 'how'

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I thought the budget was a very responsible one and put money where it's needed. The "made in Australia" focus has to be great direction to take and way overdue. So many other countries are doing a very similar thing by investing in local industry. The obvious result if we didn't do similar was another brain drain of talented people away from our shores, another failure which would be no different to the previous Govt. Tradies are as scarce as rocking horse poop thanks to past Govt being MIA on supporting business to employ and train. Govt employing apprentices directly just doesn't work as it churns out kids who lack basic trade skills and are not ready for the big world. The housing policy was always going to be tough to achieve because of skill shortages, and over 4,500 builders going belly up since Covid began. The only solution is immigration or temp migration, or those homes have no hope of being completed anytime soon. The other option is for councils to relax their rules and allow additional accommodation to be installed on an existing house block. That would be far quicker than land releases and sub divisions, and then building homes by tradies that don;t exist.
Pollies in Oz and elsewhere have lost a very basic skill, and that is the ability to "sell" a good policy to the people and get them to come along with them. It's a lost art, and only leaves opposing political forces to create doubt and fear in same. Look at the Treasurer at the moment, he's got his dial on telly and radio selling his budget to the masses and doing a good job. Why the heck can't Govts do the same with policy and legislation with the same resolve?
By keeping it all to question time and a rare appearence on telly trying to cover a host of issues at once just isn't enough to win the punters over. That means people like Murdoch can fill the void with his propaganda and steal the narative to the detriment of the coiuntry. The whole political scene in this country needs an overhaul.