Occupying Whadjuk Nyungar country. Socialist, feminist and supporter of Indigenous sovereignty. Over educated gin and tonic sipper. Pretender to the throne
Brendan Nelson stated that the Australian War Memorial "embodies the soul of our nation" and Richard Marles says AUKUS is "the heart of our sovereignty".
Vomit.
First to-do wish list for ALP:
1) Acknowledge it's genocide (not "war") against Palestinians. Act decisively & immediately.
2) CLOSE THE GAP. Stop states incarcerating CHILDREN.
3) Raise the rate. No one "left behind" on $56 p.d.
4) Ensure ALL corporations contribute taxes.
Coalition business lunches tax break to business is for $20K per year or $384 per week
That is the same amount an unemployed person is expected to live on for a week
That is so out-of-whack it's not even funny
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#auspol#BudgetReply
I’ve seen a Palestinian father tenderly cradle and stroke the decapitated head of his toddler through my screen this morning while blogging about tax cuts and Auspol and I’m not sure I’ve ever been more outside my body.
How can anyone still defend what Israel is doing? How???
30 min of Peter Dutton’s budget reply and no plan for wages or to support wage rises. You can’t address cost of living without a plan for wages. His only policy is cutting rights, jobs and a vision for young ppl to get extra shifts at the pub servicing business ppl lunches
Make no mistake Dutton running a drill baby drill agenda and abandoning a commitment to addressing global warming.
Attacking workers and their unions will mean lower wages.
Dog whistling on immigration will fuel division.
This is Trump down under policy.
Dutton unfit for office.
When the Morrison Govt left office, they were employing 50,000 ppl through consultancies & labour hire & cost $20bn for a single year.
Gutting the public service will not save $$ & it will hurt our vets, age pensioners & new parents needing access to PPL.
https://t.co/pzXcVOhfUY
Budget surplus is just the Government taking more money from you than they're actually spending on you.
Chief Political Analyst Amy Remeikis unpacked why we don't always want a surplus in the Budget at last night's Politics in the Pub!
@AmyRemeikis#auspol
In the name of ‘harmony’ and ‘social cohesion’ which both major parties love to throw around, why not just pick another date, one that everyone can celebrate? Or is that just paying too much respect to the indigenous people of this land?
On Christmas Day, I’m thinking of 8,500 people who sought asylum more than 12 years ago in Australia and remain in limbo, often separated from their families. I promise together we will continue to fight for your freedom and safety and to finally be able to call Australia home.
If you're a journalist covering the scrutiny on Lidia Thorpe in the Senate but not the dozens of dead Aboriginal women missing and murdered (12 this year alone), or the landmark NT Coroner's report calling this issue our "national shame", then I just have no words for you.
The Albanese Government has been Trumpified when it comes to immigration. The party my late father and my mum voted for all their lives is now unrecognisable on immigration issues. They have abandoned multicultural communities with the worst policy shift since mandatory detention
Sisters Inside Condemns LNP’s ‘Adult Crime, Adult Time’ Legislation: A Rushed and Racist Attack on Vulnerable Children
Sisters Inside strongly opposes the Queensland LNP Government’s ‘Adult crime, Adult time’ legislation, set to be rushed through Parliament this week. This punitive policy is a dangerous step backward that targets Aboriginal children and other vulnerable young people while ignoring the real crises plaguing our communities.
#qldpol #LNPFail
Greens moving on Help to Buy just shows how much pressure all sides are under when it comes to Australia's housing market failures. The government needed some movement, and the Greens don't want to be seen as wreckers. The Coalition tho - still nothing