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Kirralie Smith, George Christensen, Malcolm Roberts, Barclay McGain, Warren Mundine...... if I ever need my mind made up about a topic, I know this is the place to go.

There is a problem with this (in both education and health). Once the Private system exists (even if it's purely private with no government funding), those within the Private system can lobby for governments to reduce public funding to keep taxes low. Then, the public systems ends up as a pile...

WA is typically pretty anti-union / anti-ALP / generally right-leaning. So the Libs are usually the default preference as long as they keep the theocratic corruption to the fringes whereas last 10 years it's become a bit more in-your-face. If they can re-create the veil of normalcy (e.g., by...

Yep... can't take this at face value in a historically Labour/left-wing constituency where the Labour candidate was disendorsed. But still a historically significant result and a particularly bad result for the Tories where, in the absence of a serious Labour candidate, they still managed to...

McGowan wiped out a very unpopular Barnett government in 2017 getting a 13% swing. And then reinforced that with another 14% swing against the shambles WA Libs in 2021 and amidst massive popularity for how Covid was handled. Roger Cook: 1) isn't McGowan who was in general very popular anyway...

Yep... put this in the box of "entirely predictable". Some swing to LNP... slightly better than now national polls have gone, but slightly worse than you might predict in a by-election given how national polls have gone. Splitting hairs on who benefitted. Ultimately, it gives the LNP...

I guess... if the CAUSE of the gap is primarily a bias in social norms associated with parenting, and those social norms are something that we as a social collective don't actually want to change, then the pay gap IS justified. And if there is an unjustified aspect of the pay gap associated...

My main initial takeaway overall was that Trump seems as popular compared to Haley in Michigan as he does in the more heartland-Republic states. Which means Biden won't be able to rely on disaffected anti-Trump Republicans, and he'll need to win Michigan (and Wisconsin and Pennsylvania) on...

The cultural war focus on identify issues, it could be argued, has been artificially manufactured by the privileged few at the top to help ensure a sizeable portion of the population pick their politics on something other than whether the current economic systems benefit the majority rather than...

It helps those kids who will experience massive privilege and inherited wealth in life to develop the appropriate sense of entitlement to deal with the emotional burdens that go along with it.

But (and admitting this is a simplistic assumption and not testable)... if those same students at private schools went to public schools instead, I assume the assessment calculations would more or less still calculate that same dollar value per student so the net result of taxpayer funding...

From my understanding, every school is assessed for a government funding level that would be appropriate for the needs of the school population. Almost every private school is funded within the limits of those evaluations, whereas almost every public school is underfunded. Therefore, based on...

One system for all is the only way to go. Or, private schools can exist but get no government funding. It'll never ever ever ever happen due to entrenched social structures, but it's the best option.

A relatively small fee on registering a business name might hurt a Mum and Dad backyard operation but isn't going to be industry-changing across the country. Everything else mentioned is just cost and tax. There's another debate as to whether governments can do more to help reduce those costs...

Are there specific regulations you can point to that Australian manufacturing businesses are losing time or money to that you would do away with? What would be the consequences of removing those obligations from businesses, and would you be happy to live with them? Not having a go just genuine...

The usual grounds here is that any job needs to be fulfilled by personnel capable of carrying out the job including aspects that might conflict with any personal beliefs or positions. Employers are usually legally required to accommodate however possible those beliefs, but ultimately if the...

Anything less than a 3% swing should be considered a good result for the sitting government in a seat like Dunkley. 3%-4% about on par and over 4% would probably be a fair endorsement of the LNP. But you can bet the media will report any swing at all as an endorsement of Dutton and a 4% swing...

You could've penned in 85% of the 2024 election in 2020 knowing that it would be Biden vs Trump again. Unless there's some shock shake-up (say, Trump actually goes to jail)... only states in play will be Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Arizona, and Georgia. If Pennsylvania or...

Rather than worry about whether we're acknowledging systemic gender discrimination is a factor in the gender pay gap, I think we should be more worried about the assumption that it's the only factor in the gender pay gap. Once you make that assumption, you just spend more and more time, effort...

Only lazy people waste time looking for work. People who can afford houses just DO MORE WORK.

I think there is actually a counter-argument to this. All things being equal, you might actually find women get paid more. It's just that all things are rarely equal they mostly favour men. We focus on the equal pay too much and end up over-balancing towards pay for women to try and make the...

Poll Bludger elaborating that the YouGov poll of 394 people showing 51-49 LNP 2PP result comes with a margin error of 6.1%. So probably the more reliable assumption is that the national poll swing will be reflected in Dunkley, which is only a couple of points towards LNP not really close to the...

I think I was just describing "primary carer" i.e. parent whereas you took it as "child carer" i.e. paid childcare provider. So all good! As someone in their 40s... when I was a kid I didn't know any dad who was a primary carer. As a parent myself now I know about 10% of my social group have...

Just based on my personal experience working in technical roles and having had more than one boss in my life admit to "throwing all the female applications straight in the bin because they'll leave to have kids" when hiring for roles. No idea how widespread it is, but seen it enough to believe...

Putting aside the disrespect of describing parenting as "watching kids draw with crayons"....... It isn't the difference between more females working in kindergartens on $60k a year versus men working in trades on $120k a year that is the ultimate cause of the paygap. It's the (and excuse...

It's fairly persuasive to consider that the pay gap is actually a "primary carer pay gap". Parents (typically) who act as primary carers for children sacrifice career for that period of time where kids take priority, and the ability to return to work and pick up where you paused takes a hit...

Rights and freedoms for everybody! Economic privilege for some.

Don't know about this poll... but showing LNP ahead in Dunkley on 2-party. Dunkley seat poll shows Liberals lead 51-49 in upcoming by-election Weird for a poll if it's reliable and the betting market to be so far out from each other.

Interesting that on the talkbacks this morning the latest poll showed "Liberal primary vote has surged ahead of Labor meaning only after distributing the green and independent preferences do Labor hold a 2-party lead". Which is a funny way of saying "Labor has regained the 2-party lead after...

It's true... but it won't resonate enough in the red states to turn them blue at a federal level. A Virginia Democrat winning the Virginia governorship over abortions won't equate to Virginia voting for Joe Biden. If the abortion message resonates in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois, and...