It's all well and good to say we need to fund infrastructure better, and we do. But where do we find the money?
Always lots of talk about increasing the regressive GST, but how about taxing high income earners and large companies more, plus how about we actually raise some money from all the minerals and gas taken out of Australia by largely foreign owned companies? There are ways to raise the funds but someone has to have the backbone to actually debate the issues.
Whole we're talking economics, here's a good article on how the profit share of income keeps rising:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10...wer-for-workers-inflation-targeting/101565352
Gee, who should we be targeting when looking for revenue to fund the infrastructure we need?
DS