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- Comment on Brisbane City Council pulls funding for Queensland Music Awards over jazz award winner 5 days ago:
The lord mayor is taking clear anti-Israel statements and falsely calling them antisemetic.
Compare this to calls for dismantling Apartheid South Africa or Nazi Germany being called anti-white. There’s a clear, huge leap between denouncing a genocidal settler ethnostate and denouncing their founders’ ethnicity.
- Comment on Greens policy to make drones and missiles as a 'credible Plan B' to replace AUKUS 1 week ago:
If all else fails, release the toads.
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- Comment on Australia moves to arm troops with anti-ship missiles as China threat looms 2 weeks ago:
Another day, another media scare.
- Comment on !ask@lemm.ee, an Ask community that can be used by Aussie.zone! 2 weeks ago:
Ah thanks, I overlooked it.
- Comment on !ask@lemm.ee, an Ask community that can be used by Aussie.zone! 2 weeks ago:
aussie.zone, admin takes requests for new communities if we want them.
- Comment on !ask@lemm.ee, an Ask community that can be used by Aussie.zone! 2 weeks ago:
If anything, I’d rather we leave that one abandoned and make one here where more Aussie users will see it.
- Comment on China’s ambassador criticises Australia’s move to limit DeepSeek 4 weeks ago:
If we’re going to be specific, then those restrictions just mean it’s not FOSS according to the Free Software Foundation. The source is still open, it’s auditable.
- Comment on Egg prices likely to remain high as shortage tipped to last until 2028 4 weeks ago:
Hello. We are a community talking about Australian News. While US policy is indirectly related, these outbreaks are part of a global trend rising since 2020.
- Jewish Council of Australia slams universities' adoption of dangerous, politicised and unworkable antisemitism definitionwww.jewishcouncil.com.au ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 2 comments
- Comment on [TW] Convicted r**ist runs One Nation election campaign 4 weeks ago:
The article includes some details which make it clear there’s no room for benefit of doubt, this is an extreme abuser.
A One Nation spokesman said Senator Hanson was “aware of the circumstances around Mr Black’s conviction.”
- Comment on Resolve political poll: Labor on course for election defeat - LNP 55 - 45 2PP 5 weeks ago:
who have now picked up the Greens as a partner in their coalition
What do you mean? At a glance, I can’t see any information about Greens as a partner to the LNP-Nationals coalition, nor do I see any reason why either side would want to join one.
Why do you want Labor gone?
I know you weren’t asking me, but I want them gone for stabbing the labour movement in the back, repeatedly, including the recent corrupt administration of the CFMEU. There are other reasons, but the Labor party defanging the labour movement says it all for me.
- Comment on Planes diverted as China conducts rare military drill near Australia 5 weeks ago:
and no one in the rest of the world respects them
That’s a bit near-sighted. Their regional neighbours obviously aren’t happy about them, nor 5EYES states like Australia, but to other regions like Africa and the Middle-East, their long-time bullies are countries such as the US, Britain and France (and in many cases that’s not just pushing boundaries, but a full-on military occupation and colonisation), so China’s relatively-peaceful diplomacy there in contrast to IMF economic strategies has certainly won wide respect there, and I suspect the USA’s recent diplomatic suicide, destruction of USAID and other forms of ‘turning inward’ will make China more appealing to distant countries as a stable and (in their eyes) relatively friendly partner.
About half the world (the Global South) generally sides politically with them more than the West, so this isn’t just nitpicking. The bottom line is that with three main powers to choose from, China (despite their rudeness in our region) is the one which has hurt the least of them.
This quote from a US DARPA medicine worker gives a typical example of how distant countries perceive Western and Eastern powers:
When you were on the ground, how did our engagement in Africa stack up with Chinese and Russian engagement? Did you cross paths?
Yeah. There’s an example of where we were waiting to go in to meet with an African delegation. I won’t name the country, but our team was prepared to speak in French — we had translators. And we got half an hour with the delegation from their Ministry of Health. We walked out, and the Chinese delegation came in, but they went to the effort of not only knowing French, but also knowing a local language that none of us had ever heard, and they spoke in that language to their hosts. We were ushered out. The Chinese stayed for three hours.
They had developed a deeper relationship than we had, mainly because they were outspending us. Obviously, they built the African CDC and have made some major investments in Africa. Now, are we losing that diplomatic battle? It’s hard to say, but I can tell you that they’re putting an enormous amount of funding into Africa to develop as much credibility as they can on the infectious disease and clinical front, furthering the agenda that President Xi has laid out.
- Comment on ‘Wilful act of bastardry’: Henry condemns tax system for crushing young Australians 5 weeks ago:
Yep.
You should vote, but your vote is statistically near-worthless. You have political power far beyond your vote, especially for people working useful jobs. Unions and their members have the ability to pressure governments into doing the right thing by us rather than the bosses. Weak unions mean weak rights.
- Comment on Albanese in trouble as polling shows Dutton most likely to be next PM 1 month ago:
I duno what can be done tbh, I really don’t
Informing voters, for starters. Break free of the two-party false dichotomy if you realise the ALP are a lost cause, don’t believe you are forced to defend them in order to critique the coalition.
I know this is far easier said than done, but there are so many ways to do this which an individual (or better, group of friends/co-workers) like you and me can even casually do this.
- Comment on Albanese in trouble as polling shows Dutton most likely to be next PM 1 month ago:
Allegedly over 30% of people are voting for these shit stains.
- Comment on Dutton to launch assault on Labor’s red wall. Can it win him the next election? 1 month ago:
can we cut this rhetoric, please? “both sides as baddd!!!”
Personally, I’d like us to stop false dichotomy rhetoric too. This isn’t a two-party system, less so every election.
As for the two biggest, I agree, they’re not equivalent, I prefer one over the other (both theoretically and on the ballot), but both have stabbed workers in the back consistently. Both are inadequate.
- Comment on Two NSW Health nurses have been stood down after video emerged showing them allegedly bragging about killing and refusing to treat Israeli patients. 1 month ago:
“Hating Jews” is a broad and unhelpful way to frame this.
The article quotes them specifically and repeatedly saying “Israeli”, never “Jew”, so we can assume they’re not discriminating against Jews in general but against Israeli Jews. And that is important to qualify, because in the context of Zionism and the Zionist Regime, there is an important and over-century-long distinction between Zionist Jews and anti-Zionist Jews. It’s harmful and antisemitic to assume all Jews are involved in or supportive of the Zionist Regime and its actions, so that’s why it’s important to clarify that anti-Israel sentiment (anti-Zionism) is different to merely “hating Jews” (antisemitism).
They would call an Israeli Muslim a dog?
In most cases I’d assume not, because most of them are simply Palestinians remaining where they already lived prior to the occupation, rather than colonising supporters of the Zionist Regime who identify as “Israeli”, but if they were one of the minority of Muslims or Arabs who declare themselves pro-Zionist then I reckon they would be called a dog no matter what their ethnicity or religion. On the same note, an actively anti-Zionist Jew living in the Zionist State wouldn’t be called a dog. It’s not about a person’s religion, it’s about their Zionism, which for historical reasons has strong religion and ethnic bias in the Zionist ethnostate.
- Comment on Coles to dramatically reduce number of products to simplify shopper experience 1 month ago:
FWIW, I’m not deadset against this as a concept (because honestly, who needs fucking 50 different kinds of toothpaste or toilet paper), but there’s no way in hell this is about customers. This is about exerting power over suppliers.
Came here to say the same. On one hand, the mass overproduction and waste is atrocious (an atrocity) and the false perception of choice and the choice paralysis is just a waste of our time on top of that, so if I still shopped there it would have been refreshing to see. On the other hand, let’s not pretend Coles cares.
- Comment on Australian hospital manager calls junior doctors ‘a workforce of clinical marshmellows’ in email stuff-up 1 month ago:
Gotta love that cute lil image the juniors prompted.
- Comment on From Doge to Smoge, Peter Dutton’s Coalition is an eerie echo of Trump (and Musk’s) America 1 month ago:
Good to hear!
(That said, always remember to check of independents before voting. A few of them are recent Coalition/Labor party members who left over a certain issue, some are just as bad. Luckily I’ve seen more good than bad ones)
- Comment on From Doge to Smoge, Peter Dutton’s Coalition is an eerie echo of Trump (and Musk’s) America 2 months ago:
Telling lefties to write “FREE GAZA” on their ballots instead of voting would have a much higher barrier to uptake than telling them not to vote
I would be interested to know if there are groups more vulnerable to this, and how to reach them. I naïvely hope that people who care about the ongoing genocide or even just progressivism in general would have learned that there are pro-Palestine parties and independents on most ballots.
- Comment on From Doge to Smoge, Peter Dutton’s Coalition is an eerie echo of Trump (and Musk’s) America 2 months ago:
For what it’s worth, dont fall into any resignation that we mirror the US. Yes, we do in far too many ways, but take Clive Palmer as a simple counter example. Dutton doesnt have the (for lack of the correct world) presense and charisma of Trump either.
Furthermore, parties outside of the Coalition and Labor are on a sharp rise. We don’t have the US FPTP system where the only viable choices of president are (frankly) another two bad candidates, evidenced by the lower US voter turnout for both parties. Here, the crossbench is a real option, growing year on year.
My point being, our material and legal circumstances are different. Education can actually make enough of a difference to at least move forward, even if it’s another shit Labor reign.
- Comment on TikTok goes dark in the US as Trump says he's likely to give ban 'reprieve' 2 months ago:
Disappointing to hear it’s filled with “influencers”. I wonder how popular a platform can become without allowing the petty grifting and attention seeking tricks of social media.
- Comment on Israel and Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire deal to end 15-month war 2 months ago:
It’s an interesting point. Trump has campaigned on a peace platform and I’m seeing evidence of that even here among some niche Aussies, claiming Tromp’ll stop the wars in 30 days.
But the truth is, even if Trump sincerely believed it, they’re also ultimately a Zionist who supports the Zionist Regime’s position in the Middle East and really has no interest in the Palestinian’s wellbeing, let alone enough interest to compel the CIA into ‘protecting national securuty’. Their platform contradicts their own values and their party position. The (probably few but real) pro-Palestine Muslim Trump backers who believed it will soon be disappointed.
- Comment on Israel and Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire deal to end 15-month war 2 months ago:
My money is on the Zionist Regime breaking it in days, if not hours like the last one.
- Comment on PM refuses to bite as Dutton seeks fight on Australia Day events 2 months ago:
dutton, mate, i couldn’t give a fuck what event the council runs. i’ll be marching through the city and then relaxing with my mates regardless. take your vapid culture war and piss off.
- Comment on Pacific Palisades fire: Mass evacuations, mansions ablaze as wildfire rages in Los Angeles 2 months ago:
Especially considering we have a history of our firefighters helping California in their summer and vice versa. If they’re having fires at the same time as us, it seems we won’t be able to help each other as much.
- Comment on Would Kryal Castle be the best place to hold out a zombie apocalypse from? 2 months ago:
is there anywhere better?
I suppose small islands off the mainland are cheating, we would have to embrace Curse of the Black Pearl rules to keep it challenging.
- Comment on [2024-12-24] After hosting a (failed) neo-Nazi recruitment event, head office gets their door bashed in by Santa and office sprayed with liquid 2 months ago:
Also, for those who didn’t hear the news from two weeks ago, here a news update from their previous event:
After allegedly performing the Nazi salute, Mr Richardson asked the crowd if he was “going be fined now”. [1]
“Australian actor Damien Richardson has been charged with performing a Nazi salute at an event in Melbourne.”[2]
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.