Why doesn’t Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather own a home yet?He responds that he has a small, single-income family and gives up about $50,000 from his annual salary to fund a free meal program in his Brisbane electorate. ‘Because of that, giving up that money, and being on a single income and in an inner city electorate with a very, very high median house price, it is actually sort of difficult at the moment to buy a house there,’ the Greens housing and homelessness spokesperson says.
Well, thank you Max.
No shit, maybe you should help houses get built rather than work with the coalition then?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-15/greens-demand-additional-housing-spend/104608352
Labor’s Help to Buy shared equity scheme, and new tax measures to encourage more build-to-rent properties, are both stuck in the Senate, opposed by both the Greens and the Coalition.
Did you miss the news? The Greens have decided to allow those bills to pass.
But it’s Labor who should be blamed for the long delay. Their steadfast refusal to come to the negotiating table for months and insistence that it must be “their way or the highway” is very reminiscent of the Rudd years, when a Labor PM allowed his personal ego to get in the way of effective policy.
Did you miss the news? The Greens have decided to allow those bills to pass.
They can go fuck themselves to be honest, I cannot believe in a housing crisis the greens are the ones holding up housing of all people…
For another 204-bed project in the affluent inner Brisbane suburb of Paddington, Bates said a four- to five-storey building was “unacceptable” as it would “dominate the street and public spaces, damaging views”.
To turn into inner city NIMBY’s, I cannot believe it, seems neither can a few other people
I’m more interested in how they perform at the next election rather than labor or liberal, we know one of those two will get in (could be either way, inflation appears to be a standing government killer) but the greens is more interesting, will left wing progressives who love Gaza really have that big of an influence and gain them seats or will they finally become as relevant as one nation? I can’t wait to find out
will left wing progressives who love Gaza really have that big of an influence
Labor have dropped the ball on a few of their assumed voter bases, people concerned about Gaza/Lebanon/etc. is one and another sizable group will be unionists. The dodgy CFMEU administration has taken many Labor voters in my union by surprise, and in at least some of their rallies the speakers have called for voting for further-left parties, suggesting the Greens as an example.
Looking at NSW and Victoria council election results, I expect the Greens will gain votes and maybe even a seat or two, I doubt there will be drastic gains or losses.
I think all the federal Greens MPs do free community meals now. If you’re in Max’s electorate check out the Events page: https://www.maxchandlermather.com/events
I wonder if his landlord ever considered not renewing his lease due to his political stance vis-a-vis landlords.
No, because, and I say this as a landlord myself, landlords care about paying the mortgage more than the principle of being allowed to own property to rent. Most landlords can’t afford for it not to be rented out. Turning down a good tenant due to their political beliefs would be foolish. And mean.
Yes, Lemmy is very well aware that tenants pay the mortgage for landlords.
Subsidised by tax breaks, no less. Yes, it’s a bad system.
I assumed it would also be illegal discrimination, but I have no evidence.
The guy’s buying avocado toast for the whole suburb!
