Hold on now. Weāre nearly there.
Correct. But government write the laws. They invest or ignore public housing or rehabilitation programs, drug policies. edit: Also need to point out that facts have not baring on a channel 7 āspecial āinvestigationāā
Do you think the Government should make it illegal to invade peopleās homes and kill people? I thought that was already against the law.
Iāll be honest, I donāt know what the solution is. Iāll be the first to say that. I think its a balance of having serious consequences (a dude bashed a woman but was back out on bail!?) and proper rehabilitation and support services. Mental health is a joke in this country. Addiction is worse. It used to take a village to raise kids, now we have a lot of people on their own in tight economic times and we wonder why kids are falling through the cracks.
But I think we elect people to figure out solutions to problems, and instead theyāve declared this one too hard and stuck their head in the sand. Iām not worried about today. Iām worried about where this all goes in 20 years time.
The acts of the judiciary are by design entirely independent of the government. We canāt blame the government for that.
Rehab and support, as well as mental health does come under the governmentās remit, however. That said, the support and recognition in these areas has improved immensely since the introduction of the NDIS. IT still isnāt perfect, but itās the best it has ever been and is still improving.
The cost of living stuff, Iām right ther with you. Itās costing me a fortune just to live in a 3-bedroom townhouse in a reasonable area. Iām paying more to rent here than some jobs on seek are even offering. And Iām hoping to save for a deposit on a mortgage somehow. Which is going to be extra tricky, since I donāt plan to still be in the workforce in 30 years.
But, the truth is: The ludicrous cost of housing benefits far too many Australians for the government to want to tweak that knob too much. If it were suddenly possible to buy a 4 bedroom house in the suburbs for $400k again, the net-worth of a massive chunk of Australians would halve overnight.
