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Re:More than 50pc of voters now rely on government for their... by SturgeonsLaw on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @03:24AM (#44656598)
> Maybe this article was designed to incite these exact feelings

It's the AFR, that's exactly the purpose of the article. All we need is some union-bashing, praise for return to the office and clumsy attempts to frame Labor's overwhelming electoral success as weakness and we'd have hit AFR bingo.

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Re:More than 50pc of voters now rely on government for their... by anenefan on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @07:44AM (#44658095)
You've hit the nail on the head. The article is disingenuous in entirety.

Nearly every business in Australia that registers for GST and has eligible fuel expenses they can claim, receives a govt subsidy - so technically, that is what would account for most of the 50% of voters that rely ... eh ... I wish I could think of a funny smart-arsed way to use the term rely in an equally most overly generous but technically right manner.

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