A Guardian bit of post election analysis starts:
It's easy to dismiss Queenslanders as coal-addicted bogans...
I'm still not yet in the mood to respond other than with "Because it's true".
The rest of the headline:
...but it's more complex than that
I reluctantly agree that the writer (who works in promotion of renewable energy) makes some nice conciliatory points, although I do have a residual feeling that for too long the Australian rural experience has been people moving out to areas to make a living in places which are only good for what they want to do for, on average, (maybe) every second or third year, and then whinging about how bad they have it. As with agriculture, so it is with mining - both go through boom and bust cycles.
I've long speculated that there is no likely way to solve social problems in remote aboriginal settlements because if a place can't generate enough local economic activity to support itself, people do not have enough to do and are better off not living there. I don't see why I should have a different view for people living in parts of Queensland who had hoped coal mining was their future. Move and find work elsewhere.
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Most interesting stat is those who are low income and low educated ( and old) changed votes to LNP. Those who are high income and highly educated ( and old) changed votes to ALP. The former would have overwhelmingly been better off under the ALP whilst the latter would have paid more tax. Go figure
Where did you see that analysis?
look at my blog Steve
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