It's not aimed at people like you or me, but at the corporate class and their media backers. The idea being, get them on board, and they'll run a propaganda campaign for you.

Not that they need to really, as Murdoch will almost always side with the conservatives.

[–] Geobloke@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not even them, it's for all the tradies out there who are worried that they mightn't be able to call their workers in for a bit of extra cash.

Not sure if there is a carve out for that situation, but doesn't mean he won't exploit the fear

[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 3 points 8 months ago

There could be a carve out, just like our trading laws: make it based on number of employees.

Running a small business that requires less than 5 or 6 people to operate? You can call someone after hours for help if you're desperate.

Running a major corporate with hundreds on the payroll? GGF.

You get my drift...

[–] flathead@lemm.ee 12 points 8 months ago

I don't get it either. Why announce it like he's proud of it as a policy position when he could just push it through if they manage to win a majority? Who sent him out in front of the cameras to talk about it? The only thing I can think of is that maybe he's being deliberately set up for a spill because he's so obviously out of touch and un-electable.