Wry & Dry #15-25 Welcome to country. Vote buying. Mercenaries’ reward.
In probably her only success since giving herself the DCM from the Greens, Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe, introduced an exciting new Welcome to Country as she greeted King Charles III in Parliament House. All her own work.
Using words full of clarity but delightfully innovative, she cleverly juxtaposed her profound knowledge of British history and constitutional law with His Majesty’s travel schedule. Moreover, she brilliantly used the F Bomb to add emphasis to her routine.
Housing afforability – The fallacy of planning, nimble pragmatism and two banks making sense
As parents, there is a clear awareness that our children, either as first home buyers, or even as upgraders when a family arrives, will struggle to afford existing housing. Nor is it clear they will be even able to buy new housing of almost any quality in a location convenient to their employment.
It is equally obvious for a nation that has the majority of its wealth in housing, this affordability problem is the flipside of retirement incomes policy and protecting the household wealth of the generations fortunate enough to already be secure in the housing market.