The government 'cannot and will not' do anything 'meaningful' to help cost of living

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese says the government is unable to do "anything meaningful" to help with cost of living.

Mr Albanese said you "can't put the worst-ever decade of wages growth down to a long run of bad luck".

"I believe in a fair-wage high productivity economy, an Australia where working hard means you can pay the bills, support your family, save for the future and achieve your aspirations," he said.

"But this Prime Minister and this Treasurer see the last nine years of record-low wages growth as a great success story, and that's why they cannot, and will not, ever be able to do anything meaningful or lasting to help with the cost of living."

[zhaowei]

So what are you Actually going to do Albo ? Ummm err nothing ? No plan no idea.

[tete-a-tete]

In the meantime we are sitting at home having lost our jobs for no reason other than forceful vaccination of a drug that has been developed using a process that raises both ethical, moral and religious consciences.. We have been forgotten and treated like dirt with zero rights. No income and bills to pay and kicked out of employment. Cannot travel out of the country to secure employment elsewhere and cannot work in the country either. Meanwhile, Businesses have stalled, hurting with labour shortages and empty food shelves for lack of workers, amid soaring labour costs, which translates to inflation prices to customers. Another own goal. Who makes these thoughtless, unscrutinised policies?

[raptorking]

Why would a government ever help with a problem they created in the first place?
It's not them who suffers anyway..

[Nabraska]

What a load of waffle… the people of Australia want affordable housing.... it’s not that hard to do ., it’s a big rich country with loads of land and resources..

[concrete]

Albo is the joe biden of Australian politics

[anthonyproctor]

Albo said he is going to build Ships. That's 100 Billion at least. How will he pay for it. How will he pay for all these promises. Death tax, Franking credits, carbon tax, land tax tax tax tax

[peterburke]

What the government can do for a start is print another set of notes that are backed by gold and can be swapped for gold.naturally these bank notes can’t leave the country.over time all our currency would be backed by gold.this is nation building.

[paulveenings]

You always want to have it each way Albo .

[frankwren]

Did albo just admit the govt can't do something? This must have been the greatest challenge in his life.

[concrete]

Funny how labor never talk about the boat arrivals which will start up again

[alexgeorge]

They give billions to overseas countries and shit on battling Aussies.

[Seaby]

The government can help. They can get the government and the public service out of they way.

[alansouth]

I am old enough to remember growing wages, it led to 18 percent interest rates. Good luck folks if they make only 8 percent.

[cunneyes]

aged care is in serious trouble, as a HCW it's really a crap way to treat our loved ones into this sub standard industry

[cherubycarilla]

Bottom line. nothing has really improved in the last ten years, are we really prepared for more of the same.

[davem]

BAN NEGATIVE GEARING!! CAP the number of houses a single person can own as investment properties

[justinromannoff]

When was Working Hard by an Australian worker been seen as a Great Success Story?... for every success story of Working Hard you can name a hundred tough luck stories and a hundred broken lives...It's been like that since the Eureka stockade...if you know a bit of Australian history.

[Kaiser-Soze]

Two ways to get rich….get rich, or keep everyone else poor.

[jcisme]

Say "2nd decade" 3 times quickly Albo...

[steveclifford]

Lower politicians income, bring it back to an average of the working class. The politicians who would stay would be there for the country & its people. The others would bugger off to their rich criminal mates.