Crikey | Geriatric media searches for young investors to prop up boomer privilege by Bernard Keane

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The article argues that mainstream Australian media, whose audience is heavily weighted toward older readers, is weaponising anecdotal complaints from young investors to oppose the Labor government’s modest tax reforms—particularly the tweaks to negative‑gearing, capital‑gains tax and the long‑overdue crackdown on the “trust rort.” Instead of providing evidence‑based analysis, the media leans on personalized stories to criticize the changes, framing them as a bitter pill for investors while largely ignoring the broader context and data behind the policy adjustments.

Read more: https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/21/media-campaign-capital-gains-negative-gearing-anecdotes-facts/

#Laborgovernment #mainstreammedia #capitalgainstax #negativegearing #tax

The #Victorian #Greens have criticised #JacintaAllan’s government for bringing the #weaponsexpo #LandForces back to #Melbourne in 2028, saying they are “completely out of touch”.

It comes after the government announced it would be bringing the expo back in 2028 on Tuesday afternoon. The expo was cancelled in Melbourne and announced in Perth for 2026.

In 2024, there was a public outcry and protests at the conference and allegations of #excessive #police tactics and #force used against #protesters.

The Greens spokesperson for peace and disarmament, #GabrielledeVietri, said:

“The public have made it very clear that they do not want this weapons trading expo in our peaceful city.

Jacinta Allan’s #LaborGovernment would prefer to prop up an industry designed to kill than listen to the people they are supposed to represent.

Jacinta Allan’s Labor Government couldn’t be more transparent – they moved Land Forces to Perth in an election year to avoid scrutiny and mass protests just before an election but are happy to keep dealing in war and weapons in plain sight once the election is done and dusted.” #auspol

Australia: Nationalist One Nation Overtakes Governing Labor in Post-Budget Poll

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/australia-nationalist-one-nation-overtakes-governing-labor-in-post-budget-poll/

Why Labor Pretend Reform Is Not the Change We Were Promised
#ChildCareReform, #LaborGovernment, #MonetarySovereignty, #NeoliberalAustralia, #PoliticalTheatre, #PrivatisationFails, #PublicServices, #RealReform, #SocialJusticeAustralia
Labor pretend reform is failing Australians. Real change is possible—but only if we stop accepting political theatre as genuine progress.

https://socialjusticeaustralia.com.au/labor-pretend-reform/

#FossilFuels #Climate #LaborGovernment #NorthWestShelf

<<…the Australian government continues to push fossil fuels with the zeal of a drug lord. They brush aside resistance at the supply end, weaken resolve at the demand end, and keep state and territory governments hooked on the money.

Woodside’s motives are clear: keep their shareholders happy. But what’s the government’s excuse? More than 80 per cent of Australia’s gas is exported, most of it royalty-free. Japan, our largest buyer, sells more gas to other countries than it imports from Australia.

The biggest domestic user of Australian gas is the gas industry itself, powering facilities that exist only to serve offshore markets. This isn’t just wasteful – it’s unfair. Australians don’t see the benefits but we bear the climate costs. Despite employing relatively few people and paying little tax, the gas industry holds an unhealthy level of control over government decision-making. It’s undemocratic. Policy is being written for the benefit of gas gougers, not Australians… >>

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/20889/2OXoHGFc