surreptitiouswalk
There was a podcast episode, I think from Democracy Sausage, that talked about how historically referendum no campaigning parties actually do poorly in the subsequent general election since they lean in to absolutely insane arguments during the campaign, which gets them the referendum win, but the loss in the general election. I hope that happens here.
I thought voting no was supposed to end the division?
Well looks like we know what Price has got for selling out her people. Now we just gotta find out what Warren Mundine’s pay day is.
Literally pulled a Mark McGowen. But to be fair, probably the best way to go rather than have it drag on for ages.
I think your first paragraph nails it. Developers are holding off development not to introduce artificial scarcity, but to maximise development. So they keep the land empty until either they can convince the council to approve a higher density, or a change in state government gives them an avenue to bulldoze through the council roadblocks.
At least in NSW a single graph is needed to show this relationship: https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/policy-and-legislation/housing/housing-supply-insights/quarterly-insights-monitor-q1/trends-in-housing-supply the correlation between number of approvals and number of constructions is basically exact. Which means, the roadblock to construction is council approval, not corporate greed or developers gaming the system to generate artificial scarcity or any other conspiracy you can think of.
I do agree that removing infrastructure charges is not a solution. From my perspective, this won’t do anything since developers aren’t blocked because of costs, but either materials supply or council blockades. Removing infrastructure charges solves neither of these issues.
The opposing viewpoint is that the reason apartment building is slowed is because developers are incentivised to maximise profit, and thus they are disincentivised from building too many apartments at once, creating an artificial scarcity and keeping home prices high. Developers are land-banking to the detriment of society as a whole.
I find this hard to believe. Every time council releases land, or the state government increases allowable density, developers are licking their lips and inundating councils with applications. Why submit an application, with the architect and application costs to get a DA to sit on, if they want to create artificial scarcity. Just don’t sit on the land without a DA.
The reality is, since covid, building companies have been collapsing left right and centre due to supply chain issues which has led to way higher building materials costs. Projects builders have started are now operating at a loss and causing builders to go bust. Furthermore, the lack of building supplies means projects can’t proceed, despite the record demand for construction work. It’s really one of those rare situations where a highly in demand industry is in recession.
Just just way more convenient and fits the narrative to, once again, put it down to pure corporate greed.
I don’t understand why state liberals who support the voice are not out in droves to rebuff Dutton’s acrobatic positions. At this stage “Liberals for Yes” is an impotent empty shell of a campaign group.
Seems like she was convicted on a technicality, possibly that by the letter of the law she committed the crime, even if it was done under duress and she didn’t benefit from it.
It seems the judge recognised this by not recording a conviction against her and no additional jail time. The bond seems unfair though but maybe it’s to provide assurance that she won’t start the prostitution ring again.
Why is this a single box people have to write in, rather than two boxes with “yes” or “no” that the voter has to tick, cross, fill in to select?
What if people write yes/no in their own language.
Honestly this set up does seem dumb and leaves so much to for error.
