{"id":18563,"date":"2025-05-06T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T07:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/?p=18563"},"modified":"2025-05-06T19:27:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T09:27:55","slug":"raising-the-standard-of-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/05\/06\/raising-the-standard-of-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising the standard of living."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18563\" class=\"elementor elementor-18563\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ff562 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ff562\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61b14b6\" data-id=\"61b14b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb0e8c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb0e8c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>I drew this cartoon in response to two things.\u00a0 Firstly, that while watching the coverage of the Australian election on Saturday night (3<sup>rd<\/sup> May 2025) I noticed that there was almost no mention of the environment as an election issue. Secondly, in the post mortem coverage after the election there were a number of references to the need to increase productivity to raise the standard of living.\u00a0 It was as if the environment was no longer relevant.<\/h4><h4>I recognise that Australians have been doing it tough economically and that this election was fought on the economy.\u00a0 But the economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment, neglect it and eventually everybody\u2019s living standards are going to take a massive hit.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06f5e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e06f5e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CARTOON REFERENCE NUMBER:\u00a0 2025-18<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I drew this cartoon in response to two things.\u00a0 Firstly, that while watching the coverage of the Australian election on Saturday night (3rd May 2025) I noticed that there was almost no mention of the environment as an election issue. 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