Had a discussion with a tradie today. We were talking about the lack of options for electric cars in Aust. He says it’s because of the way the govt works, and that we let young people vote and because they don’t understand how it works, we get bad policy. People under 30! So I asked him what the number one issue hurting Aust was and what needs to change.
He said “import/export.” I asked for clarification. “We can’t the stuff we need in because China is cranky at us.”
Ok. Who’s fault is that?
Labor.
How is that?
It’s the unions fault.

I reckon a lot of you probably view me as a crazy left winger. And that may well be fair, but if you’re wondering how I got here , I’m gonna have a crack.
In my 20s I had pretty much zero interest in politics. I grew up in Central Qld, surrounded by conservative influences. Towards the end of the Howard years I began to feel that what he was doing wasn’t right, probably starting when they changed the rules retrospectively in the wharfie dispute. But it was even more troubling when he began adopting Hanson’s racist immigration views, and children