Mining billionaires might have made the state wealthy, but it’s developers’ decades of wheeling and dealing that continue to have the most impact on daily life.
On weekends, Nigel Satterley often visits the housing estates he’s created, checking in to see if the people who live in them are happy with their lot.
It’s tempting to blame rich people for every woe on the planet. We can’t do a lot about many of the issues, and those who can do a lot more, don’t seem to prioritise environmental concerns above simple money.
But we need to take some of the blame here. We buy these lots of land and the first thing we do is clear the trees on them to make our homes. Yes, developers should do more to ensure more trees survive the encroaching suburbs. But we should also demand it.
We need more than a single local park/playground. We need tree lined streets, we need councils to stop approving houses that take up every square cm of the block, to the point where there is no room between our houses for trees. Blocks too small for that? Then make smaller houses or larger blocks.
It’s us. We ruin this planet, too. Not only the rich people. Yes, they ruin it more. Yes, even if we all did everything we could to minimise our carbon footprint, it would barely make a difference to the bigger picture. But that’s the point, right? If Nigel Satterly did everything possible to minimise the carbon footprint of his developments, that would also make barely a difference to global climate change. If everyone falls back on that argument, nothing will happen.
On weekends, Nigel Satterley often visits the housing estates he’s created, checking in to see if the people who live in them are happy with their lot.
It’s tempting to blame rich people for every woe on the planet. We can’t do a lot about many of the issues, and those who can do a lot more, don’t seem to prioritise environmental concerns above simple money.
But we need to take some of the blame here. We buy these lots of land and the first thing we do is clear the trees on them to make our homes. Yes, developers should do more to ensure more trees survive the encroaching suburbs. But we should also demand it.
We need more than a single local park/playground. We need tree lined streets, we need councils to stop approving houses that take up every square cm of the block, to the point where there is no room between our houses for trees. Blocks too small for that? Then make smaller houses or larger blocks.
It’s us. We ruin this planet, too. Not only the rich people. Yes, they ruin it more. Yes, even if we all did everything we could to minimise our carbon footprint, it would barely make a difference to the bigger picture. But that’s the point, right? If Nigel Satterly did everything possible to minimise the carbon footprint of his developments, that would also make barely a difference to global climate change. If everyone falls back on that argument, nothing will happen.
The thought of Satterley pretending to care if people are happy is a laugh.
Considering he agitates for increasing immigration. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nigel-satterley-b086171a6_skilledimmigration-labourshortage-economicrecovery-activity-6866932421162627072-Q2er