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DropBear, to auspol
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Matt Golding 27 January 2024

timrichards, to australia
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A passing thought while I'm in Western Australia...

WA was never part of New South Wales, so 26 January 1788 - Sydney's foundation day - can have no meaning for it per se.

The only significance 26 January can have for this part of Australia is a celebration of the arrival of white settlers on the continent. So nothing to do with the modern nation state of Australia, and everything to do with white supremacy.

It really won't do as the date for a unifying national day.

DropBear,
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How about the 1st of September?
@timrichards
https://johnmenadue.com/wattle-day-a-natural-choice-for-australia-days-ideals-of-diversity-and-resilience/

DropBear, to Palestine
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Yes, a Zionist minister DID say ‘Hague shmague’.

"While the ruling denied Palestinian hopes of a binding order to halt the war in Gaza, it also represented a legal setback for Israel, which had hoped to throw out a case brought under the genocide convention established in the ashes of the Holocaust.

The court found that there was a case to be heard about whether Palestinian rights were being denied in a war it said was causing grievous humanitarian harm."

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2024/01/27/world-court-israel

DropBear,
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If nobody sends arms to the area, then the intensity of the conflict will ease and it may even end. The least Australia can do is stop selling weapons to the belligerents.

https://action.amnesty.org.au/act-now/australia-stop-selling-arms-to-the-israeli-authorities

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"Australia is being urged to reconsider its support for the Israeli government after the top United Nations court ordered the country to take all measures to prevent genocide in Gaza."

"Australian Centre for International Justice executive director, Rawan Arraf, told 2GB the federal government could reassess its ties to Israel in light of the ICJ ruling.

“Australia also has legal obligations as a state party to the genocide convention and that means it really needs to review all of its economic, political and military ties with the state of Israel,” she said."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/27/australia-urged-to-reconsider-support-for-israel-after-icj-ruling

Neil1808, to auspol
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I'll benefit from the Stage 3 cuts but I still don't agree with pitting the majority against a minority - Even if that minority is the wealthy.

It's a small step from that to pitting the majority against the most disliked minority du jour.


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-26/treasury-advice-government-tax-cuts/103390772

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@Neil1808
Among other things, that would be an argument against:

  1. progressive taxation;
    and
  2. Democracy.
DropBear,
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Your response has no bearing on your initial argument @Neil1808

First, thanks for tacitly conceding that you're arguing against progressive taxation.

Democracy is explicitly rule by majority, so you're also arguing against that.

The Soviet-style "five year plan" model of the tax-cut legislation is poor planning. We can never know what conditions will be like, five years hence.

Stage three was always a tactical move. Morrison was gaming, rather than governing. Albo (probably Chalmers, actually) has disarmed the time bomb.

Conditions changed, so the tax cuts had to change. If anyone's "pitting the majority against a minority", then it's the ones making a fuss about it.

https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/sorry-but-stages-1-and-2-did-not-make-stage-3-fairer-only-changing-stage-3-did-that/

DropBear, to Israel
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Not a complete list, but a start. What else has this group been up to? Who else is involved in similar interference?

From one of the comments:
"The issue is the planning, underhanded tactics and the fact that many are lawyers, some senior lawyers who hold positions of power."

https://twitter.com/geelanmedia/status/1748976404337918024

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https://twitter.com/SewerRatt64/status/1749082896957391339

DropBear,
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@atomicbirdseed
How often has that "cheeky" tactic been employed? There have been a lot of dodgy dealings in the ABC since the LNP stacked the board. How many other victims does this group have?
https://theconversation.com/antoinette-lattouf-sacking-shows-how-the-abc-has-been-damaged-by-successive-coalition-governments-221578?s=03

DropBear,
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🙄
https://mumbrella.com.au/abc-denies-termination-of-antoinette-lattouf-812813

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https://twitter.com/noplaceforsheep/status/1749285992740372633

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DropBear,
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"THE PUBLIC BROADCASTER'S capitulation to external forces is not just a problem for their journalists who want to uphold the ABC’s purpose of reporting in the public interest, but also for the public, who the ABC is meant to serve."
https://independentaustralia.net/business/business-display/its-time-the-abc-resisted-external-threats-and-attacks,18263

DropBear,
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"At a meeting on Monday afternoon, prompted by the sacking in December of broadcaster and activist Antoinette Lattouf, ABC union members passed a vote of no-confidence in Anderson by 125 votes to three. The ABC board will convene an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss the issues raised."
https://www.removepaywall.com/https:/www.smh.com.au/business/companies/senior-journalist-lashes-abc-management-as-staff-vote-no-confidence-in-managing-director-20240122-p5ez4h.html

DropBear,
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https://www.meaa.org/mediaroom/abc-staff-have-lost-confidence-in-managing-director/

DropBear, to Israel
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"Israel’s Maariv newspaper reported that Indonesia has filed a new lawsuit against the Israeli occupation at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague."
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240120-indonesia-files-lawsuit-against-israel-at-icj/

DropBear, to auspol
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Moving down the east coast from Queensland, excess deaths increase, with Tasmania recording the highest proportion — last year it was more than double that of Queensland. "There's no way Queensland has better COVID strategies than Victoria," he says. "So very likely it's to do with less time spent in poorly ventilated indoor spaces."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-21/covid-safe-strategies-australian-scientists-virus-infection/103335466

DropBear, to auspol
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They certainly don't.
https://twitter.com/PeterCronau/status/1748451047620919801

DropBear, to auspol
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Whose "perception", indeed. Is ABC management “biased and not balanced”. Do they prefer a certain bias? Are they intimidated by the Israel lobby?
https://twitter.com/RonniSalt/status/1747752193737031688

DropBear,
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"A level of influence that is anti-democratic

The coordinated and effective campaign to have her sacked – ostensibly for an innocuous post – has revealed the insidious and disproportionate influence of the Israeli lobby in the media and its determination to ensure there is only a one sided narrative in a news story of vital importance – the genocide has created a level of instability in the region that threatens a broader war. A one sided narrative in the media cultivates ignorance in the public and enables our leaders to maintain unquestioned entrenched support for Israel, not only with words but with supplies and intelligence, and possibly with armed forces should they see fit to do so. Attempts to interfere and prevent the interrogation of our foreign policy are anti democratic."
https://johnmenadue.com/antoinette-lattouf-should-be-reinstated/

Blotreport, to abc
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Something needs to be done about the bastardry going on at the . Has the amount of bastardry picked up because Ita's term is nearing the end, and she is trying to bugger it up as much as possible before she leaves? https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/secret-whatsapp-messages-show-co-ordinated-campaign-to-oust-antoinette-lattouf-from-abc-20240115-p5exdx.html

DropBear,
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@Blotreport
The Israel lobby is powerful in Australia. When exposed, their behaviour will rebound badly on the Jewish community.
https://www.removepaywall.com/https:/www.theage.com.au/business/workplace/secret-whatsapp-messages-show-co-ordinated-campaign-to-oust-antoinette-lattouf-from-abc-20240115-p5exdx.html

DropBear,
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@ohiorob
"admitting that Jews generally will “pay” ..." Reducing the issue to such puerile language shows the level of your cognition. My words, which you misrepresent, are reproduced in the image below.

"yelling that “not everything is antisemitic” doesn’t mean that a particular thing isn’t ." Zionism and the murderous modern ethno-state named "Israel" are abominations. To conflate either with Judaism dishonours and disgraces both the ethnicity and the religion. That could be viewed as antisemitic.
@Susan60 @Blotreport

DropBear,
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@ohiorob
"“the Jewish lobby” is racist" Again, you misrepresent what I said. The fact that you repeatedly resort to such dishonesty raises questions about your integrity. My words are reproduced in the image below.

The kingdom of Israel existed. It ceased to exist. The ethno-state by that name will not last forever.

I guess something similar can be said of any nation. Ukraine springs to mind. Israel is an artificial construct, which has proven to be a disastrous mistake.
@Susan60 @Blotreport

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    @PensiveTM
    "What democracy?" The better question might be "Which Democracy?"

    Plato didn't have much time for Democracy. The Democracy that he derided was Athenian, which is nothing like the US version. That version is a product of the 18th century. Its age is showing.

    So what form of Democracy do you favour? What are you doing to bring it about? Throwing a tantrum won't do it. Whining won't do it.

    As for the plutocracy, that's just Capitalism doing its thing. Capitalism harnesses greed & self-interest. There's value in that, but we need to keep in mind the nature of what's in the harness. Capitalism must never be allowed to run free.

    George Monbiot coined a term that seems apt: "Totalitarian Capitalism". That's the US in a nutshell.
    @accretionist @ciggysmokebringer @ignova

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