Why can't Australia handle a debate of ideas
Former prime minister Tony Abbott says the Turnbull government should cut immigration to ease the pressure on house prices and infrastructure, Mr Abbott said it was time to end the "big is best" thinking of federal Treasury and scale back immigration "at least until housing starts and infrastructure have caught up", in order to ease house prices.
Instead of "pandering to climate change theology", he said it would easier to take pressure off power prices by abandoning the Renewable Energy Target, a subsidy scheme which mandates that 23 per cent of energy by 2020 must come from renewable sources.
"We subsidise wind to make coal uneconomic so now we are proposing to subsidise coal to keep the lights on. Go figure. Wouldn't it be better to abolish subsidies for new renewable
Abbott is right about immigration
Not for the sake of housing but more so for the sake of employment
Economic growth is stuck around 2%
Lots of people in part time or casual jobs because there is just no full time work available
We need Trump like bold measures. Ennough of this clean energy subsidy nonesense thats killing jobs and increasing costs to industry
Lower corporate taxes to boost the economy and create jobs
Sick of Turnbull - he's only in the job to placate his own ego. hasn't got the know-how or the balls to do the right thing even if its not PC