Alan B

We waltz to the same tune on this subject.
An urgent overhaul of Local Government is more than urgent.

This is the community level. And the level where the community standing on the bottom rung of the ladder looking upwards, spot immediately the posterior of Real Estate agents land land developers using a branch of a Democratic Governance to feather their own nests and assist in personal profiteering in the name of the community they pretend to serve!

Local a government, like its bigger brothers, have lost track of an inclusive society. We’ve seen this at work in their lack of oversight of aged care, their disregard of the welfare needs of communities in desperate need of social housing, and the abysmal quality and unaffordable cost of it when and if it appears at all.

The root and branch restructuring of Australia should begin by disengaging the housing “market” from one of a stampede for profit, to one of primary importance towards affordable and long term dwelling for families in particular. This a priority before jobs.

Dan

A lot of poverty is caused by the over-privileged syphoning resources before they reach the needy !

Poverty is comparative and if there are to be rich, there must be poor.
The trick is calibrating these conflicting greeds, then implementing efficiently.
David was clear about what he believes we don’t need, but my hope that this would then lead to what we do need was unmet.

The poverty in mentality is the critical one !