liamvhogan ,
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NSW New South Walesing very hard here (everyone lining up against the prospect of housing being built, with crocodile tears about affordability)

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/inside-the-revolt-over-nsw-s-signature-housing-reforms-20240610-p5jkmc.html

vampiress ,
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@liamvhogan Damnit thought "lining up" meant something different here, and was hoping it was everyone who owns numerous properties they rent out.

liamvhogan OP ,
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When you hear someone say ‘I’m not against more housing being built, but it needs to be affordable, and high quality, and have proper amenity’ that is the noise of someone who is opposing housing

liamvhogan OP ,
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Planning is almost politically unique in that ‘yes’ as a positive decision to act has immediate consequences usually experienced by people as an unwelcome and immediate change, even if it results in medium term improvements, while ‘no’ which simply preserves the status quo, broadens the negative consequences over the whole population over a much longer period of time

liamvhogan OP ,
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I remember trying to get it through to a now former State Labor MP, years ago. He was trying to argue against blocks of flats going up in his western Sydney electorate, because flats were ugly. I argued, they’re flats in western Sydney, they’re going to be full of Labor voters. He could not see it even when he had a literal direct interest in doing so

liamvhogan OP ,
@liamvhogan@aus.social avatar

As for the greens and crossbenchers, the ‘pro renters (to our renting voters) but anti-housing (to our potential voters)’ dance is very obvious to everyone else and is laughable. You can just say ‘fuck you got mine’, it’s ok

vampiress ,
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@liamvhogan I still think it should be illegal for anyone to run for office if they own any property or a car.

Bern ,
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@vampiress @liamvhogan at the very least they should be recused from any decisions that affect those things...

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