''So , in general my leftist party would have as its aims , and this list is not exhaustive,
1. taxation at the oecd average
2. ideally , taxation of capital and income from capital , not taxed preferentially over income from labour.
3. universal basic income
4 . public owned housing at between 10 to 15%
5. publicly owned major utilities, power ,water ,transport[roads and mass transit], basic communications.
[ if there is any argument over public vs private ownership , I suggest you look at Thames water vs the WA Water Authority]
6. education secular
7. a recognition that capitalism is necessary , but it needs to be regulated carefully to avoid excesses.
8. on the environment , for everyone's comfort and future care need to be taken with our world.
But the reason we are doing it is for the sake of humans.''
I would have thought that the first thing Australia needs and needed and has not had ----------- is a goal.
A direction - a 'where are we going - or where do we want to go"?
without that - we're going nowhere
Each one of your points requires an entire discussion by itself IMO
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''3. universal basic income''
I find a huge problem -------- that term has just got a life of it's own -
and seems to be accepted as an idea -------------------- yet, for the future ---------
a UBI is a disaster for certain when there is a large percentage of humans who won't have paid employment
why? ------------- because society cannot possibly exist in any way like it is ----------- with a 'universal BASIC income'
if it's 'basic' - then every purchase that is done now with discretionary spending is kaput -
now - that means - no restaurants, no travel, no clothes spending, no consumerism as we know it, no entertainment - no nuttin ------------- just very basic shelter and very basic food
and that compared to what we do atm --------------- is a total disaster
and UBI - is only one point in your list
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