Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Progressives Crush Australian Elections on Climate Change Platform" video.

  1.  @PRiMETECHAU  Actually we have been doing that in Australia too. I'm an aerospace engineer and some of our recent military spending has had ZERO OVERSIGHT and much of it is horrendously overblown. Most people now know the sub deal with the French was a monster cockup of staggering proportions, but several recent purchases are also equally stupid but for less money. The upgrade in naval facilities in Perth, the new sub base on the East coast and the new tanks for the army are 3 of the worst engineering decisions I have ever seen and I have seen some doozies in my time. Watch that space because I intend to HELP rattle that cage. Its not that I am against those purchases its the amounts that I know are wrong.
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  2.  @PRiMETECHAU  What twigged me to it was the Perth drydock upgrade for $4.3 Billion. I've spent time doing projects in the mining industry. Typically mining projects in the $3-4 Billion bracket have onsite workforces of 3-4,000. I have done projects in WA, NT and QLD all in that bracket. So I am familiar with projects around that sort of money and seen how much stuff gets built and how many people that takes. They are similar types of projects there's a big hole, cranes, workshops, electrical services, water services, etc. And that involves all the same sorts of people - welders, crane operators, electricians, plumbers, et. The Perth Dry Dock project has a workforce of 500. For that sort of money I'd expect a workforce over 3,000 not 500. If I compare the East coast project to similar mining projects for port facilities its even worse. I don't think its a matter of "if there were kickbacks?" its more like "how big were they?"
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  3.  @domitiusseverus1  I think you meant "should NOT have been possible" No probs we all got the meaning. Its not an Australian problem. All anyone has to do is look about the world and you'll find its the same everywhere. It might take different forms every country now has these issues because we've let things slide for too long.
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  4. As an Australian let me correct and clarify some of what David said. He's right this is a huge change to Australia, but its NOT as big of a win for the Australian Labor Party. Its a massive slap in the face for the centrist right Liberal Party. However almost half of their loses did NOT go to Labor as normally happens they went to the "Teal Independents" Stephanie mentioned (6:03). Teal comes from the colour of their T-shirts, hats, etc. (light blue). The Teal Independents are RIGHT LEANING PROGRESSIVES which is why they beat out many Liberals. YES progressives can be right leaning. Go watch Sagaar Enjeti (Breaking Points) or his friend Marshall (the Realignment) as they are both right wing progressives. Remember the basis of being progressive is you want to see progress. Just like left wing progressives they value Health Care, Education and the Environment BUT they want to see a sound financial plan BEFORE it starts. Left wing progressives wany it to start but put less emphasis on financial planning and its where they come unstuck. Where Teal Independents weren't the option the Green Party who are very left have done amazingly well. What SUBURBAN Australia has really voted for is a financially sensible approach to climate change and rejected the do nothing but talk about it Liberals. Remember Trump called them the "do nothing Democrats" that's exactly what the Australian Liberals became with respect to a number of important topics like climate change and its been REJECTED. RURAL Australia is different. David didn't mention (and he might not know) to the right of the Liberals are the very conservative Nationals who like the Republicans have most of there base in rural areas. They actually IMPROVED their primary voting numbers, LOST NO SEATS and might have picked up an extra Senate seat. What has driven that is Australia's 2 main rural industries farming and mining. So diesel tractors and diesel trucks are very important to them. They are scared that there is no plan form them and they will just be stomped on like our car industry was. That is where the Left has failed miserably for several elections - a plan where our farmers and miners are LISTENED TOO and included in the plan.
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  5.  @godamid4889  Yeah, that tanks thing is so damn bad its beggars belief how TF anybody could consider it.
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  6.  @austaneousc5802  You're almost right. The Libs are actually very much like the Dems in the 1990s (Clinton era) in that they are committed neo-liberalists into combination of privatisation and globalisation. The Nats are more like the Republicans in the 1980s I went to college in America in the late 80s. I do understand your equating them to the Bush era GOP 20 years ago, but their stuff goes back to his daddy's days. Guys like Cheney & Rumsfeld served in his fathers WH.
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