@simonmarshall33 SD, I think you need to add Situations by Genesis Owusu to your play list, off his new album. I think you'll like the refrain! #putemup 😄
****Must Read****
Surprising, scathing, spot on assessment by Ken Henry, former Aus Treasury Secretary, on an intergenerational tragedy - how and why it occurred and what needs to be done, in @johnmenadue
Public servants of his calibre are sorely missed.
‘Every generation of Australians since the first wave of European settlement has celebrated plunder, dumb luck, and ‘finders keepers’. This is what we mean by ‘a fair go’. In considering the merits of any policy proposal, every generation of Australians accorded the privilege of suffrage has only ever asked one question: what’s in it for me? And because we celebrate plunder, we idolise those who plunder the most. They are our role models.’
Link below
“I was screaming “my son, my son” but the Israeli soldier asked me to stay away and pointed the gun to my head.”
Israeli forces set loose a military dog on this 3-year-old Palestinian while he was asleep.
It’s time for Labour to remember its roots and reinstate the right to peaceful protest.
Thanks to @ChrisGPackham for the narration
Location: HMP Wormwood Scrubs
Holy shit this is INCREDIBLE work from @ByDonkeys. And bonus points for projecting the entire thing on @Tesla headquarters, effectively turning @elonmusk’s building’s most visible exterior side into a cinema screen to broadcast the tale of his corruption and political malfeasance
Of course, the notion Australia is a classless society is an utter furphy. Our monarchist system is one example, but others are our neo-liberal economic system that fosters privilege through wealth and the way we sacrifice our youth in imperial foreign wars.
There are others.
Fauziah asks Adam Stingmore from Standards Australia ... won't cracking down on unsafe products limit choices consumers would have?
Really? Weekend #NewsBreakfast