Mr Morrison has had the highest approval PM rating since 2008 or something
yes saw that Chucky, over 54%
No surprise to be honest
Following the experts' advice in a crisis and especially handing out money is popular 
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ps. 12 years almost to the day since Rudd hit his Newspoll peak out of interest.
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Morrison's test will be when these 'stimulus' measures (which cost four-times what Rudd's did) have to be wound back after September and tough unpopular decisions will have to be made to make inroads into the massive budget deficit and almost trillion dollar debt we will be left with. Giving out money is easy but taking these 'entitlements' back even when financially right and prudent to do so has been a political nightmare in Australia especially over the past decade or so. That's when political popularity can quickly dissipate.
Unemployment for example is expected to remain high not only this year but throughout 2021. Halving the jobseeker payment after September and expecting people to live on just $40 a day as it was before the covid-19 crisis is going to be a huge issue with so many expected to still be out of a job.
The reality is life doesn't snap back to the way it was before a crisis. The world will have permanently changed in some ways (eg: a more tech-based connected society, a more cash-less economy, more online shopping, etc...). Many bricks & mortar retailers won't return which means less retail jobs. It's a slow rebuild economically and people quickly become impatient (some already are on Morrison's own side and we haven't even started the road back). If Morrison thinks he can just stick to typical LNP-script and promise to offer even more tax cuts we can't afford later this year and somehow that will miraculously fix things including reducing the massive debt then he is kidding himself. Trickle down economics has never worked. There needs to be genuine reform of and across the economy which includes the LNP's older base and their over-generous middle-class welfare.
the difference is one has not wasted money on pathetic schemes.
Now that your back i take it by your post that scomo has done a great job, hence why your anti scomo posts are back? Your bias of the man has no end.
I need to go back on your gfc comments on Rudd if you shared the same economic viewpoint when he was handing out money left right and centre on half arsed schemes.
I am curious what generous middle class welfare are you referring to?? Family tax? F Credits? Neg G? if its the last 2 then i hate to break to you but its low income who also benefit, and besides the people have voted. End of story.
The economic conditions have completely changed from the last election when the LNP were against all reform and even greenfield agreements and electric cars
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Australia is in recession for the first time in 29 years, we now have high unemployment and our debt levels which had already doubled under this federal government before 2020 have now gone off the charts. Everything should be on the table again. We will see what this attempted 'Accord 2.0' dishes up and whether the reactionaries on the LNP's backbench support it after a decade of being anti-everything regarding reform. Morrison will also need to watch his back with Ruby Dutton waiting in the wings for any chance to pounce
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And yes, franking credits and negative gearing should be those middle class welfare policies that need reform. It isn't "aspirational" when we have an imputation system that allows people who don't work and don't pay taxes to get more from the same investment(s) than those who work and pay taxes while the government is deprived of company tax that is meant to be used for the benefit of all Australians; not for a tiny 4%'s benefit
. And "low income" doesn't mean poor if you're asset rich
. If you want to claim to be a "self-funded retiree" then sell or downsize the asset(s) and live off your own means instead of bludging off the taxpayer and crying poor while you keep all your assets as inheritance for your kids
. Explains why Hanson with her property portfolio was against changing the system and was going on about "death taxes" at the last election. Hello, pigs in the trough! The Age of Entitlement lives on
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It looks like we're going to get more of the same though. The LNP still love their middle class welfare like handing out more freebies in 25k to those who were going to renovate or buy a house anyway
. For the level of work a $150k-750k renovation or a new <$750k house requires, you need detailed planning and building permits which take months and even a year or more to organise and then obtain from a local council. So those already in the process and already have the money are ones mainly to benefit. At least if there had been social housing included a long-term legacy would be left from it. But nope they ignored social housing. So much for "not wasted money on pathetic schemes"
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More taxpayer-funded middle-class freebies for those who don't need it while those who actually need financial help go increasingly without.
As for social housing well they can wait until the greens get in, or for some of them maybe stop blaming everyone for their mistakes and be grateful with what you get.
Let them eat cake instead, eh Frankie!
