How the Greens Plan to Bury Australia By James Reed
Well, the Australian Greens have come clean on their policies, and whoa! Forgiving student debt and legalising weed, the life blood of the young, is standard. But hey, how about banning petrol cars (not sure about diesel)? They have one seat in the House of representatives now and will hopefully lose tha. But contemplate what this would do to the average family who can barely afford food, let alone having to buy an electric car. No worries the socialist Greens will no doubt say down the track. We will buy these cars for them. I don’t know if the Greens have thought that far ahead yet, but that is where it must go. And, then bankrupt Australia. Nice ones, socialists.
“The Australian Greens have pledged to legalise marijuana, wipe student debt, make childcare free and ban petrol cars in an ambitious election agenda.
But the audacious plan - which would cost billions and change Australia as we know it - is mostly pie in the sky with the party only holding one seat in the House of Representatives.
In the latest Newspoll ahead of the May election the Greens have a primary vote of 10 per cent which is the same as their 2019 result.
Last week the Greens announced they would spend at least $66billion of taxpayers' money to wipe all student debt and leader Adam Bandt is set to announce more big-spending plans in the coming weeks.
Here Daily Mail Australia takes a look at what they have promised so far in policies that will cost hundreds of billions.
Wipe student debt
The Greens want to wipe all student loan debts, meaning Aussies with student loan debt would not be required to pay it back.
'Student debt should not be an added burden on people who are already struggling, especially after the impacts of the pandemic,' said Education spokeswoman Mehreen Faruqi.
'Many current MPs, including the Prime Minister, went to university when it was free, but now students are being saddled with tens of thousands of dollars in study debt that often takes decades to repay.'
In 2020-21, the average student debt in Australia was $23,685. The total value of HELP debt in 2020 was $66.6billion.
The Greens also want to make childcare, school, TAFE and university free.
University was free in Australia from 1974 but fees were re-introduced in the 1980s.
Legalise weed
The Greens believe drug use should be treated as a health issue, not a criminal issue.
They would legalise, tax and regulate cannabis, fund pill testing at festivals and establish safe injecting facilities in each capital city.
The Greens want to set up a regulated cannabis market with an Australian Cannabis Agency to issue licences for production and sale and ensure quality.
Aussies would be allowed to grow six plants at home for personal use but there would be big fines for selling without a licence.
Adverts for the drug would be banned.
'The major parties in this countries are intent on pushing forward a policy that criminalises drug users, supports an unregulated and dangerous market and makes people fear seeking help when they need it,' the Greens say on their website.
Ban petrol cars
The Greens want to immediately ban the construction of new coal, oil and gas infrastructure.
Their target is to phase out the mining, burning and export of thermal coal by 2030.
They also want to stop subsidies for fossil fuel companies, ban political donations from these industries and re-introduce a carbon price.
They would spend billions on renewable energy and storage to make sure Australia's electricity comes from 100 per cent renewable sources.
The Greens would also end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, subsidise electric cars and build charging stations across the country.
They want to spend $25 billion on more rail and bus services and build a high-speed rail line from Melbourne to Brisbane.
The Greens also want to end land clearing and native forest logging and plant millions of trees.”
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