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Yeah, my parents bought a fibro shitbox in the sticks on a public service income. Its basically uninhabitable by todays standards and while the land might have appreciated in value more than inflation it wouldn't beat any other investments. City property prices are what happens when you depopulate rural Australia and move all the good jobs. But fuck everyone else I got mine right?
The media wants to turf Labor out and replace them with a bunch of yes men and women for the big corporations, Gina and the Trump crime cartel. Labor is still at last nominally the party of working Australians, but they are are forced to do weak shit or get crucified in the court of public opinion, ironically by the people who would benefit most by supporting them.
I fucking hate what passes for debate and news these days.
Labor have really dropped the ball with renters though. They could be doing so much more. So many people are paying too much money to live in shit boxes. I found it easier to get a rental when I was a low paid farm worker in 2010, and when I was on centrelink studying in 2012. Now I'm an electronics engineer and it's harder than it's ever been. My quality of life has not scaled with education and effort. (Edit: quality of life with respect to housing security solely I should clarify. I am not struggling in other respects financially)