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How convenient that the changes are far off, when current politicians will be long retired.
We would obviously emit a lot less with a linear trend to net zero than with if we keep doing the same thing and then have a very sharp decline at the end.
Fairfax coverage of this also includes a poll of some sort indicating voter preferences.
Interesting that coalition voters want less immigration. Do they not realise their hero John Howard was the one who cranked immigration numbers to record levels? He realised he could screw unions, lower wages and raise real estate prices in one go.
Since then we have had unsustainable levels of immigration from both major parties until covid hit. But Labor has certainly made up for that this year.
Typical of this Labor govt, this policy is about appearing to do something, than actually doing it effectively.
Why not have levies for all houses sitting vacant, not just foreign owned? Why not make annual fees higher and higher if you own more than say 3 properties? How about fees for land banking in cities ?
Also better make sure that a house used for air BNB 2 weeks a year doesnβt count as being used.
Thatβs why we call those type of βbike lanesβ a murder strip.
Have them where I live too.
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If the govt is going to exert control over βsmartβ TVs, I would rather they ban ads and data collection from TV operating systems / apps that canβt be removed.
Not sure I would want to live in an apartment that close to the freeway. Would be noisy and polluted.
That said I can see how if you lived next to the batch plants you would rather something else as a neighbour. Making a case for affordable housing being there is likely to win political support.
I think in the future there will be a market for putting insulation plus cladding on the outside of double brick homes. Mine turns in to a pizza oven after a few consecutive 35+ days.
We are already taxed to move about though. Roads cost a lot to build and maintain and are paid for with proceeds from taxes. (And no, fuel excise does not cover all of it)
We also subsidise health care. Cars cost us a lot there too in terms of health outcomes from their emissions, crashes etc.
What you overheard about leaving the zone and paying a tax is a bit of an exaggeration.
The intent is to discourage car usage within the zones, and one possible method is a levy on vehicles entering them. A better method is improved street design.
There hasnβt been a proposal Iβm aware of that actually prevents people moving around by any means of transport other than private motor vehicles.
