If I woke up tomorrow and my boss told me that today at my job I had to shoot rubber bullets and throw tear gas at people protesting racism because one of my coworkers killed someone in cold blood, I would simply quit that job and do something useful like stock grocery shelves.
This.The effects of climate change have been unevenly distributed for at least the last decade.Our Pacific neighbours have been screaming at us about what they are going through.Australia’s First Nations people have been seeing signs for years.
I’ve been to five countries over the last week and everyone I’ve spoken to has expressed their sorrow about what’s happening at home. The horrible sensation that keeps creeping in is that they think we’re the example of loss the world needs before finally acting on climate change
@sydfilmfest hey guys love what you do and the program this year but the website is no good. Clunky, not user friendly and impossible to use on a mobile. Hope for a new and improved version next year.
I have no children nor will I but after tonight I devote all efforts to the children I know-whether we have an ALP or an LNP government. Their lives depend on it #Election2019Results
Our election party is half multicultural joy as we dance to new Amharic tunes w/children and tempered with an ache. A sign of our times. An age where in our homes we make what we can of a disgraceful world while we dance with our children in the safety of our homes @ausvotes19
@FrancisAwartefe This is very true.
But we should also remember that technically, Australia actually exported Apartheid to South Africa, via Queensland's Aboriginal Protection Act (1897).
That particular psyche originated here, and here it remains.
I suspect a big part of the reaction to Hawke's passing is not merely that he was a true giant, it's that politics - indeed, the whole country -- has got so much smaller over the last couple of decades.