• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    This masthead reported last week that Australian officials believe biosecurity rules could be tweaked to allow US beef into Australia, a key demand of the Trump administration, without compromising safety.

    I will literally never knowingly buy US beef as long as I live. I’d prefer to eat tofu.

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    11 months ago

    The government did not speak of the roundtable before its election win, the size of which has spurred calls from economists, think tanks and some MPs for Labor to consider broader reform to tackle issues such as reducing the reliance on income taxes…

    The rest of the article details going the same route the USA has followed since Nixon. Do. not. open. the. door. to this. Please, for your own sakes.

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      11 months ago

      reducing the reliance on income taxes

      Tariffs!

      They’re like increasing GST, but just for the poors that can’t buy what they want in one of the other countries/tax havens they live in.