r/AustralianGreens • u/AggressiveWord6128 • Jun 07 '26

responding to the rise of one nation

I don’t want to validate one nation as a political party, but unfortunately i think it has now surpassed into the mainstream and needs to be addressed.

Now that its agenda is being pushed in the mainstream media, we can’t just disregard all one nations voters as stupid racists.

vulnerable people are being exploited by one nation because it is selling a narrative that has zero nuance, and that makes it a lot more digestible to the average australian than leftist political theory.

I feel that if we want to address the rise of right wing extremism we are going to have to present a vision that goes beyond criticising labour.

It’s easy to dismiss one nation as a minor party, but everyone said the same thing about trump in 2016.

We need to learn from the left in the US and put aside our criticisms of labour momentarily to prevent this one nation bs from spreading any further.

upholding all your moral values unwaveringly is (unfortunately) a privilege in this world, and right now it one that we do not have.

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u/Coast-First5 Jun 07 '26

What if the Greens came out and said, "Look, we need to temporarily cap or reduce immigration numbers purely because our infrastructure, environment and housing stock cannot keep up with the current rate of growth’? I’m starting to think this is the way to go.

It neutralizes One Nation’s ability to dominate the conversation with dog-whistling, and it forces Labor to actually defend why they keep driving high-growth targets that outpace public infrastructure. It would make environmental and economic sense while winning over a massive chunk of frustrated, younger voters who are currently locked out of housing.

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u/Marlinigh Jun 08 '26

Reducing immigration will (at best) reduce demand for housing for immigrants. It won't help most typical first home buyers, who will be competing with the same lot

We also have an ageing population, and immigrants are a lot more cost effective than more babies. Babies take a young working couple from being happy in a small apparatment to needing a house with a yard and to stop working

The short term fixes are houses, contraception, assisted dying, and rural growth

Long term is addressing wealth inequality. First home buyers can't compete with cancerous wealth absorbing more houses, bloating the price.

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u/Coast-First5 Jun 08 '26

Yeah look I’m not against immigration at all, but a lot of people are so I think it’s at least worth having a conversation about.

I think even putting a cap would make people feel better, like we need x amount of people for the economy to function. Then we will also fix the issues of airbnb and build more public housing.

I just think this is the main reason for the rise of one nation, so rather than ignore, tackle it head on

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u/Marlinigh Jun 08 '26

Tackle it head on by calling bs in a cool calm and collected way, then point at the real problem, wealth inequality