jc2042.bsky.social

@jc2042.bsky.social

Retired community sector worker and volunteer, including Indigenous rights, environment, housing, governance, community arts and broadcasting. Donations for Palestine via PCRF-A.

"The party has changed, and one of the things that's happened in the party is we are more cohesive, more united than we've ever been before," – Anthony Albanese, Prime Gaslighter. Yeah, shutting down debate and expelling anyone who crosses the floor is bigly cohesive. #AusPol

Albanese personally opposed to Labor push on voluntary assisted dying

The prime minister says he is unconvinced Australians should be allowed to access voluntary assisted dying via telehealth, holding concerns over its "misuse".

abc.net.au

"Does our common humanity, embracing Jews and non-Jews, count anymore? Apparently not. And this Labor Government will sanctimoniously lecture other countries, not white countries of course, about human rights abuses. God forgive us." John Menadue #auspol #SanctionIsrael #FuckLabor #humanrights

Genocide, the word Albanese and Wong will never utter

By refusing to name genocide in Gaza, the Labor government avoids the legal and moral obligations that would follow – but not the shame of complicity.

johnmenadue.com

A government official in Australia says the Northern Territory needs data centres to use lots of water so......the Earth's axis doesn't flip

Is there an envoy for DV? A well-funded lobby group pushing MP's into urgent action? Has the PM rushed to accept recommendations made from countless reports, inquiries, and royal commissions? Why are women not worth more than a plan to have a plan? When will a national crisis be declared? #auspol

Every 11 days a woman in Australia is killed by someone she trusted. How can this keep happening? | Joumanah El-Matrah

We need more resources to reach people at risk of family violence earlier: women and children experiencing abuse, and perpetrators who need to be held accountable

theguardian.com

And it exists only to serve the 1%. It always puts corporate interests ahead of the people of Australia. I am still angry that it has outsourced disaster recovery work to private corporations that themselves profit from fossil industries.

Our inquiry continues around the country, with hearings in Darwin and Alice Springs this week. It hasn't received the same public or media attention as the Antisemitism Royal Commission, but it is no less important. Racism against First Peoples demands the same seriousness and action.