Well a jackass posted on this thread; "given that the last of them (Indigenous Australians) died out over two centuries ago." That's you ttbn.

I responded to that ridiculous claim, then you respond with; "Can anyone explain what the stupid indigenous post has to do with this topic?" I don't know what your stupid post had to do with this topic, other than something to do with the design of the five dollar note. Which you got wrong by claiming it was the work of the "Radical Treasurer" when the note design and what is represented is up to the Reserve Bank.

ttbn, you are forgetful, just don't forget to change your incontinence pads regularly.

Chalmer's vision for 'remaking capitalism' has been described by the Menzies Institute as "the manifestation of our worst fears for the post-pandemic world.

Chalmers wants to wreck a system of trade and commerce that has "led to exponential growth in wealth and comfort" since the 18th. Century.

Capitalism with 'Chalmers characteristics' would no longer be an economy controlled by private owners, but by government ministers on behalf of the state.

The government’s role, according to Chalmers, is to “design markets, facilitate flows of capital into priority areas, and ultimately make progress on our collective problems and purpose”.

Markets are forced to bend to serve our supposed collective interests rather than the interests of millions of individuals who invest their capital and labour in the expectation of reward - despite the fact that the government "lacks the knowledge to enable it to meet the infinite variety of needs of millions of individuals".

Pretty frightening stuff! Communism!

So Jim Chalmers writes an essay in which he ponders the future economic direction of the country and the whole gaggle of right wing extremists have a melt down. Congratulations Jim for at least thinking and pondering solutions to the what Paul Keating so accurately described as the liberal's "dead end (which) has no answer to the contemporary malaise".

Fresh thinking obviously has no place where tax cuts for companies who don't pay any tax is seen as the only answer. Fresh thinking obviously has no place where "the market" has been so successful in keeping prices affordable in all manner of examples. Fresh thinking obviously has no place where the pay disparity and gender gap inequity has been so outstandingly successful.

Give it up you whinging, whining dinosaurs of a long past era. It is way past time to look at the current situation with fresh eyes. Jim may not have the answers, but at least he is prepared to acknowledge the obvious and suggest some solutions. Much unlike the braying chorus from the right.

"Good government is a referee, but Jim and his ilk want to play the game. And they want to play in every position on the field all at once, happy to sideline the Ronaldos and Maradonas while they do so." (Damien Coory, Spectator Australia, 2/2/23)

The corporates - that can afford to pay for the Soviet-style rules and regulations (where small business cannot) - are already pumping out lefty wokeness on behalf of our most Left Wing government ever, in return for government favours and the stifling of small business, where most of the jobs are, and most taxes are paid.

'gender gap inequity'
Oh no... not that again. [Rolls eyes]

Can anyone tell me what percentage of people are on salary and what percentage of people are on award wages?
- It really is just divisive rubbish, because it doesn't apply to people on wages.

All this about gender pay gap, but what about the policy of 'not giving jobs to white people'
It's called the 'Hate Whitey' policy, No one says anything about that.

Preferring ethnic groups and minorities over experience or merit for quotas of virtue and wokeness.

- The moment you get rid of things 'on merit' it's a race to the bottom.
Destruction of society by design, decrease in ability to compete with foreign markets, sell off of public assets and guaranteed increase in inflation and cost of everything to everyone from incompetent government unable to manage it's own budgets that needs to take more from people to pay for their own woke foolishness.

But if you like seeing women and kids living out of cars and tents well this might be the policy for you.
Who wins in the end from this stupidity?

According to some conservative commentators, Chalmer's 'reinventing of capitalism' is a supporting act for the comedy of Albanese's and Burnley's hilarious performance on the Voice: and what a joke that it is.

Chalmers, who has been Treasurer for less than a year, presumes to upend one of the most successful economies in the last century. That has to be a joke!

Albanese, Burney, Bowen and now Chalmers. Comedians all. None of what they spout could possibly be taken seriously.

Oh. And Wong lecturing Britain on colonialism. That would have got a big laugh in Westminster.