OKAY everyone, look here. It is time for a mega-thread of just the nastiest, shittiest, most planetarily destructive things that the Australian government has done over the past 3 yrs.
There will be swears. Tears. Charts. Articles. And I'll add to it as we get closer to May 21
Unbelievable. He wants to continue the rorts without any oversight. Nobody is suggesting politicians should be “disempowered”. Rather they should be subjected to oversight like everybody else.
@StrewthQueen@friendlyjordies Just a touch, yes.
Parties don't 'give', 'direct' or 'swap' preferences anymore. Following Senate reforms in 2016, preferences only ever flow one way - according to the numbers on your ballot paper.
Get it out of your head that rich people are "good economic managers".
Rich people are good at manipulating economic systems to put money into their own pockets.
It's like seeing that a wolf is good at hunting so you put it in charge of your chickens.
The Australien Government has made an ad about the policies it's taking to the #COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
👉 We're on Patreon: https://t.co/e6YAu92IgT
Just remember how relentlessly Murdoch condemned Labor's 'debt & deficit disaster'. Navigating the GFC without a recession, and keeping unemployment at ~5%, totals were:
Debt: $184B, 12% GDP(vs their 41%)
Deficit: $30B, 2% GDP(vs their 8%)