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the no vote in todays referendum is horrifying, but unfortunately not unexpected. do better. as australians, do better. as people, do better, as voters, do better. as friends and family and lovers and students and teachers and carers, do better. your ignorance is no excuse to continue the cycle of racism.
#aus pol#australia#vote yes#voice to parliament#voice referendum#aboriginal#always was always will be
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My thoughts on how the Australian Boradcasting Channel has been coving the Palestine conflict. mainly in an attempt to be conscious of the inadvertent bias and propaganda it may be publishing.
ABC news publishes their ICJ update at 1AM in the morning when most australians are asleep. Awful when compared to the other news articles on the topic being published at around 7AM
So what important news has ABC put in the homepage today rather than the ICJ update ?
screen shots show the top 4 stories. there are many more articles listed on the home back, but not a single article about Israel Palestine among the 20.
they do have some really important articles when you SEARCH for them. 4 articles in less than 48 hours.
For non-Australians; this really sucks because ABC is basically our only major news source not under the Liberal-biased media conglomerate. (reminder that Liberals are Australias conservatives and basically our ‘obviously evil people party’)
Usually ABC is fantastic at neutral reporting (which the libs interpret as biased against them, because ABC will report on all the objectively literally evil things they do). However I have been really disappointed by their Palestine coverage.
it would be one thing to say ABC is focusing on Australian news, however there was a lot of coverage of the Ukrainian conflict for several months after it started.
in terms of the actual reporting in articles i’ve read, this paragraph has been one of the more egregious choice of wording, as in. the choice to not use the word “propaganda” which is what is being described. (ID below screen shot)
“Israelis’ sense of security has been undermined. Videos of October 7 atrocities are being played repeatedly on Israeli media, to the point where some Israelis are concerned that it may be harmful to people’s mental health”
Keen to hear other Aussies thoughts on this matter. I do not read any Australian news other than ABC and The conversation so if anyone follows the other papers I’m interested to hear how their reporting is going.
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This invasion day, take time to remember the original custodians of this land.
Change the date.
Always was, always will be.
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With the news that the Growth and Renewal project that the ACT Government was using to force public housing tenants out of their property is now completely voluntary (as it should have been, and was originally said to have been to these tenants, in the first place), we need to make sure that not only the ACT Government, but any other government is unable to cause the trauma that their actions, both within the program and deceptive reporting of it to journalists, have again.
For those who don't know, I was unwillingly part of this program as someone who lives in a government house, and shared most of my experience here. To give a quick update to that post, after months of the ACT government delaying the process, we finally had meetings with them earlier in the year and received our exemption on August 1st, just before they announced that they were still going to force those without exemptions to move (which they went back on yesterday).
As I noted in the post, due to their behaviour, I had to leave my job and all financial (and as a result psychological and physical because I had to cut down my psychology and other medical sessions) stability alongside my sense of security or trust in any government, things that I have not been able to reobtain since. And I'm one of the lucky ones. The article above notes that Yvette Berry, the minister for housing, admits that 493 tenants were forced to move. These people lost their lives and security as they knew it in every practical sense. We were all gaslit, mistreated, traumatised, had the community turned onto us through the lies the ACT Government put through the news about us and had our lives stopped for anywhere up to two years because we were stuck sorting this out.
These kind of programs come and go; it may not have the same name or under the same government (because all three parties here knew what was going on, but, despite it being a minority government, didn't stop it until now), but I do not expect this to be the last time a government attempts this kind of behaviour towards vulnerable people. When it comes back around, or when a new law is proposed, I'm insisting that you must think critically and listen to not only what the government at hand is telling you is best for the people, but those impacted by it too. And in the meanwhile, note and fight for the services, free or otherwise, we have that allowed for yesterday's decision to happen. Because without their, the victim's and the community's (including you) pressure, this would have been a lot worse; and coincidedly was a lot worse than it had to be due to not having as much support as we could have.
#auspol#actpol#politics#australian politics#aus pol#like ultimately i'm just glad it's over... but like for how long you know?
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australia finally renewing funding to unrwa
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Random Australian politics post but this is a predictable but incredibly bleak day after all that. If you are Australian and you voted no, or if you didn't vote yes, you can fuck right off immediately.
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It's pretty funny to me that the justification for people on unemployment doing pointless busy work (such as Work for the Dole) is the Idea that the unemployed just really struggle with basic concepts like getting up before 10 and being in a specific place for a specific amount time (""""regulsr routine""""") I've heard all the pollies say constantly. BITCH WE ALL struggle with this concept. That's why none of us are getting out of bed unless we're getting paid AS IT SHOULD BE.
#unemployment#unemployment benefits#the dole#dole#work for the dole#auspolitics#centerlink#universal credit#unemployed#australian politics#aus pol
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An Australian judge overseeing a case of police brutality stopped the trial, told the jury that no one could find the cop guilty, dismissed the jury, and acquitted the cop himself.
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tbh only negative to the Queen's demise is that our currency will have Charles' face on it
#auspol#the way i'll be hoarding those pink bank notes until we become a republic lol#Do we want his face on all our shit? i think not#aus pol#Queen Liz#especially with the last few months with the GG nonsense it might cause a proper republican movement#like the crown needs to actually make reperations for coloisation too#which is the only reason im not republic right now#i'll tag anything about this as Queen Liz if y'all want to block
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labor and liberals are both fucking worthless, get em outta here
labor did not just spend 368 billion on a fucking submarine, more than enough to end the housing crisis currently plaguing the country, when befpre they were making the excuse that actually helping the people who need it would be too expensive.
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bojo and scomo both gone in the space of a month? that's the power of ✨️manifestation✨️ bitches
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Wishing all my fellow Australians a very happy Fuck Scott Morrison day
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As I write these letters to candidates for the upcoming state election, I am laughing remembering that at our last federal election, one candidate (who won his senate seat) had a smear campaign against him about how leftist he was... in a left leaning territory. Like the conservative government couldn't even smear him right lmao.
#actpol#auspol#politics#australian politics#aus pol#like he was an ex sports star. the 'he's too rich and out of touch with the people' smear campaign was right there but no#they went with 'he believes in (stuff most the state believes in)' instead lmao rip
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another four years of labor... god bless 🙏 go fuck yourself libs and matthew guy specifically
#hope you lose even harder next time fucker!!!!#nobody likes you#you're in union town babey!!#aus pol#beth stuff
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