For some, particularly those of the hard right, they see REGULATION, all regulation, as a dirty word, its to be avoid at all cost. Referring to red tape, whatever that actually is, as some barrier that must be broken down. The fact is without necessary regulation things like the environment would be put at risk by "cowboys" seeking profit as the only desirable motive, and everything and everyone else be damned.

The Bureau of Meteorology is an example of Australia's you-beaut public servants. For a week now, rain has been predicted in Adelaide for today. 60% chance of rain, the bozos said.

Yesterday they said 95% chance of rain.

Today: 'rain tomorrow morning'. The only 'shower' is the BOM itself and its hopeless wild guesses.

No wonder farmers are paying private meteorologists for information and forecasts.

Australia should be the richest country in the world. In 1900, Melbourne was the richest city in the world. Look at it today!

Argentina was also a very rich country. Along came the Socialists, and down the gurgler it went. At least Argentina now looks like improving with the Socialists gone.

But Australia, after only three years of Albanese socialism (with the help of Turnbull and Morrison), is on a downward trend. Argentina Mark 11, here we come.

Australia has been deindustrialised by mad Socialists and their red/green tape and regulations.

We have the grossest erosion of wealth in the developed world.

Highest cost of living.
Highest cost of housing.

The biggest cause of our problems? Mass immigration.

We send natural resources we should be using ourselves overseas. Net Zero means we are also exporting our emissions (small though they are) overseas, so a bunch of loons can pretend they are ‘saving the planet’.

Our manufacturing is 5.39% of GDP - on a par with Botswana! Our overall performance is on a par with Equatorial Guinea according to one economist.

All of this is caused, not by Communist China and other enemies. It is caused by the politicians that are voted in by Australian citizens.

ttbn,

After reading that the IPA was the source of the concerns you raised, I figured I’d better check their claims. And I’m pleased to report the data they published was misleading and stripped of necessary context.

//…by the end of 2026 there will be 107,000 public servants enforcing government regulations.//

Sounds scary - until you realise this includes everyone from environmental scientists to safety inspectors. Most aren’t drowning businesses in red tape, they’re cleaning up after years of cuts.

//An increase [in costs] of $2.7 billion since 2023.//

That’s the price of doing what previous governments didn’t. It’s not just “regulation enforcement,” it’s water security, energy security, and environmental recovery. All it does is put us where we need to be. The real cost will be the impact of the years of neglect.

//Productivity in Australia is collapsing…//

Blaming regulation for productivity decline is convenient, but lazy. The actual culprits are stagnant wages, lack of R&D, short-term business models, and policy churn - not emissions standards or heritage listings.

//Half of the federal government workforce is engaged in regulatory activities.//

That includes customs officers, food safety labs, fraud investigators, building inspectors, and ASIC. If you think they’re the problem, try living without them.

//Red tape … growth has been two-thirds greater than the overall growth in the national economy in the same period.//

That stat comes from counting restrictive words in legislation only. It doesn’t measure their value or necessity. More tech, more trade, more risk = more oversight. That’s not a chokehold, that’s complexity management.

Just ignore the IPA and go straight to the source. Activist groups with an agenda to push are never going to give you the full story. Your claims since your OP suffer from the same problems, but I'll have to get to those later.

Ttbn.

It’s infantile to go on blaming the Australian voter for your perceived political failures.

You condemned my early post above, highlighting your obsession with blaming the voter, as off topic.

And here you go again Viz;
“All of this is caused, not by Communist China and other enemies. It is caused by the politicians that are voted in by Australian citizens.”…

You should address the issue of compulsory voting that forces 93% Australians into a voting booth when in fact they ( like myself), prefer to stay free and disengaged from the real estate moguls parading as your trustworthy representatives.

You must stop this or risk falling into the trap of negative blame gaming.
When there is , if ever, a circumstance where Australians are given a choice to exercise their right to be free of forced coercion to vote against their wishes, then at that point, the voter can be justifiably blamed for poor political outcomes.

This TTbt bloke hates everything under the sun. Maybe he is the cause or others like him are equally the cause of whatever he stands for. Maybe it is a reaction from the latest flogging he got from our election. For the persons that take thing that badly it is going to be a long three years ahead. Would a self deportation be the way to go ? Merry old England is an option, peace and harmony exists in siberia or north poll.
maybe that is where like minded people exist.