The government spends hundreds of billions funding wealthy private schools, tax breaks for housing investors, housing US troops, subsidising the fossil fuel industry, 25 times more harming nature than protecting it and Aukus, but the disabled are the problem?
The Albanese government is a Labor government in name only.
#auspol #Australia
#NDIS
Why is it "wasteful spending" when it's for supporting people on the NDIS but not $368 billion for nuclear submarines from a country run by a madman that may never arrive?
This is how Labor leaves "no one behind" ...
(except the disabled, the aged, the sick, the unemployed (who are incidentally required to keep the economy humming along nicely), students in public education, people who aren't white, people needing public housing...)
So on ad nauseum 🤬
@australianlabor.bsky.social determined to punish the sick and poor rather than the rapacious and greedy in line with their Neoliberal paradigm
The Albanese Labor Government, given the golden opportunity to carry out real critical structural reform, has chosen to continue to serve a few foreign vested interests over the interests of the Australian people and sovereign nation.
This will be their legacy.
Controlled by Israel lobby.
ALP have been attacking minorities since they were elected.
We are easy targets, less likely to have allies or advocates nor the funds to fight it.
They are cowards in every way.
Meanwhile they fight using our resources 2 help those who need it,in favour for multinationals and foreign govt.
#auspol
So we need to scrutinise every single dollar spent to support people, whether NDIS, aged care, support payments just so vulnerable people can exist, let alone live their lives, but no care required to the eye watering amounts spent on submarines that don't exist.
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Well deserved!! Loving your work from Australia... Your sharp analysis and humour is needed and appreciated and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels smarter listening to you ✊🏼
07.19 AEST NDIS savings redirected to aged care Tom McIlroy Tom McIlroy The health minister, Mark Butler, will detail savings from the NDIS on Wednesday, and reveal that some of the savings will go to help older Australians with the provision of essential services like showering, dressing support and continence management. Labor is winding back elements of its aged care reforms, removing out-of-pocket costs for non clinical services in the Support at Home scheme. The government has faced criticism from advocates for elderly people, experts and aged care providers, who said these personal care services are essential for people’s independence and ability to stay at home. The minister for aged care, Sam Rae, said the changes will be effective from 1 October this year. Showering, dressing, continence care – these aren’t optional extras. They’re the basics of ageing with dignity, and no older Australian should miss out because of cost. Older Australians, their families and providers told us these services needed to be protected. We’ve listened, and we’re acting.
Don't you fucking dare pit one group of disabled Australians against another
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Greens say community has ‘no confidence’ proposed savings from NDIS will help disabled Australians Jordon Steele-John, the Greens’ spokesperson for disability inclusion, said there is “no confidence” in the community regarding proposed savings from the NDIS, set to be revealed by health minister Mark Butler today. Steele-John told RN Breakfast this morning: People cannot understand, quite rightly, in my opinion, why a government facing a budget, which is ultimately always about choices, would choose to cut their services rather than make the gas exporters pay their fair share of tax, tax Gina Rinehart or Clive Palmer a bit more, or maybe … buy one fewer submarine from Donald Trump rather than take away their ability to connect with their community or get the absolute basics they need to live. Steele-John went on to say disabeled people and their families are “sick of being used as political footballs”. We’re in a situation right now where the state government is saying we cost too much. The federal government is saying we cost too much. And in the middle are disabled people and our families who will end up receiving Less services and support. We will end up without the supports that we need to live. photo of a man in a suit with glasses talking at a mic
"We’re in a situation right now where the state govt is saying we cost too much. The federal government is saying we cost too much. And in the middle are disabled people and our families who will end up receiving Less services and support. We will end up without the supports that we need to live"
Who do you represent, @albomp.bsky.social and @jimchalmers.bsky.social?
A watercolor-style political cartoon set on the bridge of a naval ship - military officer in a tan uniform and cap stands looking through binoculars out toward the sea, where a ship is visible on the horizon. Behind him, a sailor sitting at a control console looks back toward the officer. A speech bubble from the sailor reads: "New orders, sir. We have to wait until the stock exchange is open before we attack." Artist: Guy Venables
Artist: Guy Venables
protest sign that says "IF ONLY CHILDREN WERE PROTECTED LIKE THE," followed by the words "EPSTEIN FILES" written in much large text
Looks like the powers that be in Australia want to be part of the Epstein class....
They're all good with US war crimes too!!!
😔
With the horrible anti immigration rhetoric that is being bandied about by legacy media, mainstreaming racist white supremacy talking points, this silence is deafening
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Hey Australia
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"Politicians who have spent decades telling you that change is slow, complicated, and incremental should be paying very close attention. Because Zohran Mamdani just called their bluff." @qasimrashid.com
Are you paying attention @albomp.bsky.social ? #auspol
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When @albomp.bsky.social is lobbied to introduce genuinely progressive policies, in addition to his underwhelming election pledge, his default reply is “we’re focused on delivering our election promises”
Blowing billions on a Yank submarine fetish was not an election commitment.
Ditch #AUKUS
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😂
But we have extended deployment of the wedgetail plane and apparently deployed some SAS troops, but perhaps that's a bit on the down low as Australia tries to avoid complicity in an illegal war knowing this is not what the people want? 🤔
Single frame. Man standing in front of woman in wheelchair says: “Instead of complaining about the expensive nuclear subs we may never see, or our increasing expenditure on war machinery, maybe think about how properly funding YOUR NEEDS makes us LESS SAFE as a country…”
Priorities.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
If only! 🙄😔
I don't think the racism ever left but it's been ramped up to such a degree that it is just fucking exhausting not being white.... And I can't even imagine what it's like for those less white than me.
And how has albo or the Labor gov responded? Fucking crickets.
We are in such dangerous times, and as many countries are moving away from trump and his absolute lawless destruction, this gov is completely selling us out to the trumpstein regime that will come for all of us - even white people - in the end
On point!! 😂
It is imposed poverty, designed to weaken and fracture the working class.
Just looking at what independent journalists are finding in the Epstein files regarding money and power... The connections and corruption that are not bound by geography or political parties... It's the whole George Carlin "it's a big club and we ain't in it"... but this is the current world order
