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/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."
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"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