Left or soft left, which do you prefer?

I was quite impressed by Dutton’s speech. I had feared he would go Trump-Lite with radical and damaging alt-right policies or rhetoric, but instead he seems to be taking advantage of Labor’s lurch into woke incompetence by claiming the middle ground. Whether the electorate will accept Pete the sensible centrist rather that Dutton the evil right-wing Voldemort remains to be seen.

The speech was terribly light on policy and many of the specifics were not good ideas (the fuel tax rebate is great politics but bad economics). But a government committed to doing the same things better, rather than doing better new things, would at least be an improvement on what we have now.

As I said before this thread appeared; "I'm sure your (Graham) tone will change to one of rapacious delight when The Dud delivers his budget reply," AND you have not disappointed. I'm sure the big beneficiaries of a cut in fuel excise will be the likes of Linsey Fox and the big transport businesses, the big supermarkets, who will be the main beneficiaries pocketing such a cut. Strange that Dutton should offer a small cost of living reduction to anyone, as the Noalition has opposed every single cost of living measure put forward by Labor. One saving for The Battlers will be not driving to the doctors, as the Noalition attacks Medicare, as they do whenever in government, and force people into an American style user pay health care system.

No word from Dutton on where the $600 billion in cuts will come from, to finance his thought bubble nuclear project.

Bonger 1405

#to finance his thought bubble nuclear project#

On a serious note; Interesting but not surprising you mention this.

My view is somewhat supportive of your question, and it goes like this: At the last election, I forced myself to take an interest in the local Political scene, where our rusted on Country Party hack, offered his exordium extraordinaire for why we should re-elect his pathetic services as a local member for another term: During this monologue, a pro -nuclear member of the audience was rudely subdued for implying our Hack would support nuclear power generation: Not in our backyard was the curt reply.
I wonder now is this view a common stand inside the Left of the LNP machine, and how much influence does that Leftist block hold, subdued for the moment to help the Plod scorch his way past the winning post with an unachievable promise.

Nuremberg Dan,

"Country Party hack", have you been channeling the ghost of the long departed 'Black Jack' McEwen?

"Not in our backyard", Nuclear power plants are like prisons, lots of LNP voters are all for them, just not in their backyard.

I can't see the LNP picking up the 19 seats required to form a majority government, 18 if they vote the Mad Katter in as Speaker (Ahhhhhhhh!. I expect little change in voter preference, if any, the minor parties and independents should hold there numbers, and if anything gain once more from voter dissatisfaction with the 'Big Two'.