Today I met a women in her 40s, she works as a traffic controller on a big gov construction site. She's a renter, earns $26 a hour & is anxious about her finances. She was at the rally & a member of the CFMEU. Why should she have less rights than a banker or politician?

These figures are so stark. My take is that the political class — with the exception of the Greens — are so insulated, they've barely begun to understand the severity of the crisis. Basically, Labor passes "responsible" reform. Meanwhile, life becomes harder and voters angrier.

Can someone tell me what Nick Cave said this time so I don’t need to look it up or, god help me, listen to the interview? Still gonna think he’s a decent muso tho — no Gareth Liddiard mind you, but there’s a time and place.

At what point does the idea of an actual revolution come info the popular discourse? Asking for a friend.

We’ve regulated the price of rents before in Australia and we currently do it in the ACT - can we pls just do it again thx

You're banned from being elected to parliament if you have a foreign passport, but you can own as many investment properties as you want. I feel that there is perhaps something significant in this.

Noel still sucks tho

Hundreds of Israeli citizens were killed by Israeli forces on Oct7. ABC: “This was a mass Hannibal. Thousands of people in every type of vehicle, some with hostages” Colonel Erez said. “28 fighter helicopters shot all of the ammunition in their bellies” abc.net.au/news/2024-09-0…

Every vote for PurplePingers is a brick through a real estate agent's plate glass window.

Damn lol the ACTU sure is freaking out abt a the prospect of a rival union federation that's not complete garbage

It strikes me as a problem that the Left quietly forgot internationalism and decided that nationalism is cool, provided it's Indigenous, oppressed or at least somewhat opposed to the USA.

if you think the Labor boomer memes are shit now, just wait till the Greens have 10 seats and Albo's running a minority government