Kill (or help kill) people who are on average more poor and brown than we are.

Maintain global dominance by attracting and keeping STEM workers

Preferential voting. Compulsory voting.

Superannuation

Minimum 10% compulsory

Corruption, and running enterprises into the ground with. Our countries official power utility, our postal service, our railways, our police as examples. You know , the stuff we kind of need as citizens. Edit: Our taxation is world class though.

Military stuff

Jesus, Lemmy, this should be a positive thread not just an opportunity to complain

My county government office is a well oiled machine. Paying for taxes like car tags and property is a no-brainer, in person or online. Last time I got a new driver’s license I was in and out, 10 minutes flat, including the walk to and from my truck. Prices for all of the above are plenty fair.

Abandoning public services and privatizing them :(

Welfare for giant corporations

Corruption

Many things. For example, every single president during my lifetime has been almost universally liked by everyone in the country - kind of like a lifetime of Obamas.

A more recent example of something they do well is when I started my business. I received nearly 10 hours of one-on-one personal guidance on how to do it, completely free. They’re also paying me around 600 euros a month for a year to help me get started.

Naval aviation.

Protect rich people at all costs

Australia is super good at dryland cropping, growing wheat where there’s fuck all water.

Also, digging up red soil and flogging it to China at a rate that you can almost feel the earth’s axis shifting.