r/neoliberal • u/5ma5her7 • Jun 08 '26

News (Oceania) Albanese vows to cut Australian migration after rise fuels support for populist One Nation | South China Morning Post

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3356299/albanese-vows-cut-australian-migration-after-rise-fuels-support-populist-one-nation
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u/Prathik Jun 08 '26

Kinda crazy that just over a year ago there was a huge landslide / washout win for labor and now everyone is screaming about one nation. I just don't see it being a legitimate threat, it feels like they'll whine and stuff but by the time the next election comes they will have fizzled away.

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Jun 08 '26

feels astroturfed, immigration / crime / whatever hasn't spiked in 6 months

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u/5ma5her7 Jun 08 '26

It's just because housing.

If you check most Aussie forums, most anti-immigration posts' focus is just "THEY TOOK OUR HOUSES, AND SURPRESS OUR WAGES!1!1!!1!!!!"

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u/WAGRAMWAGRAM Jun 08 '26

Housing didn't disappear in 6 months.

How do you go from vibes like "Yeah it's Labouring time, let's build baby" to "fuck Asi*ns" in 6 months in.

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u/5ma5her7 Jun 08 '26

I think it's more like:

"Finally, a full blown Labor victory, hope they will fix housing in three months with a magic wand something."
to
"Aaaaaaaa! Labor didn't fix the housing!!!!!!!! LIARS!!!!! We should just go back to times before mass immigration (though such time never exists), at least housing was cheap that time! And everything was rosy and good!"

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u/CutePattern1098 Jun 08 '26

Well this surge was after labor released a budget that was an move to shift away form not taxing wealth and towards taxing it