Ross Noble: “Australia is going through what’s called The Spice Girls Paradigm; everyone’s trying their hardest, but Victoria’s ruining it for everybody”.
I live right next to a newly locked-down suburb in Melbourne. I have canceled all plans for my 50th birthday. I’ll lock down again if asked. Why? Cos when I left London in March, the UK had 140 deaths. They now have over 40,000. I’d rather be safe.
The Liberal playbook, axing 745am news, making govt less accountable. They shrink the ABC. Murdoch shrinks regional print media. They kill university funding. All to dumb down Australia to maximise the conservative vote. Where are you @ItaButtrose https://t.co/BaSWBTwmn2
Fuck these fucking FUCKS & their attitude toward arts & their shit world where only rich kids get to be literate. Arts are a lifeline & one of the most accessible entrypoints to uni & employment. There’s no poor rural gay kid tossing up between history & AGRICULTURE you fucks.
One unfortunate outcomes of doubling the cost of Arts degrees (female dominated) is that many women will continue paying HECS (up to 10% of income) at the same time as paying childcare fees and therefore adding to effective tax rates and lowering workforce incentives for women.
The world is a bit shit at the moment, with COVID-19 and people's willful ignorance of institutionalised racism so here is a completely random question- what do you think the best peice of Star Wars music is? I'll go first- Duel of the Fates.