In Lewis Carrol's 1871 novel Alice Through the Looking Glass, the White Queen promises Alice a serving of jam every other day for tuppence a week.
2024 Budget a last chance bid at big-government intervention, whatever the cost for future Australians
It purports to address anxieties about climate change, employment and national security while promising nothing which the Prime Minister would be held accountable for in his political lifetime.The cheaper household electricity bills he promised we'd be receiving by 2025 look like a cruel joke. Australians should expect another massive transfer of wealth from the private to the public sector in Tuesday's Budget that will drag down productivity, stunt wage rises and ensure our grandchildren live a poorer life than they otherwise would have done, writes Nick Cater. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin OllmanYet the short-term focus of politicians makes them the last people we should entrust with the long-term future of our energy supply or long-term anything for that matter.
As the Member for Grayndler, he is acutely aware that Labor needs the support of the small but vocal minority urging him to do more to stop global warming.The imperative is to be seen to be doing something to prevent the looming global catastrophe, whatever that something might be.
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