One Nation is not the worker's friend

Is One Nation the worker’s friend? Or a fully owned subsidiary of Gina Rinehart, as Jim Chalmers suggested?

Pearls and Irritations
Why working from home may be holding women back

Remote work can reinforce unequal domestic responsibilities and reduce women’s visibility and opportunities for career progression.

Women's Agenda
#auspol Segal, Minns & Co have far too many conflicts of interest to be effective in a civic capacity at peace building. They believe it's vital they weld power, police, enforce & "reeducate/indoctrinate" the nonZ10 while insisting on being exempt from enduring the same treatment.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dlsswsojmwbwsidpbcblzoiv/post/3mn2tausxfc25

@joannejacobs
Class is inherently intergenerational, though not solely so (there are ‘nouveau riche’ as well). But a specific generation will never be conceived of as a ‘class’. So, I disagree with you here, because it is very much a class war between those in power and with wealth and those without either regardles of generational labels.

#TaxTheRich #AusPol #WealthRedistributionNow #JoinYourUnionNow #InUnity #NoMoreBillionaires #Antifa #NeoLiberalism #Nepos #UnfetteredCapitalism

*A la lanterne on les pendras*

Norway has a $3.2 trillion sovereign wealth fund — more than $500k per citizen — built on a 78% petroleum tax and the simple principle that resources belong to the public. Australia had a mining boom too. We got a baby bonus, some tax cuts, and a prime minister knifed by a $22 million industry ad campaign. The PRRT now collects less revenue than the beer tax. Less. Than. Beer. Albanese has ruled out any gas export tax changes, of course. Because why would we want Norway's problem of being obscenely wealthy?

#auspol #sovereignty #gasexport #mining #futurefund #prrt

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/norway-built-a-3-2-trillion-sovereign-wealth-fund-why-didnt-australia/haasz3tx5

Australia's resource boom created billions. Did the country miss its chance?

Australia's resources boom prompts questions about public benefit and whether Norway offers useful lessons.

SBS News

I'm gonna start with saying a vote for the ALP, LNP, or One Nation is a vote for poking yourself in the eye with a stick.

If you accept that, then let me say the Redbridge poll last Nov had:

1. Boomers were 87% voting for those parties
2. Gen-X were 79% voting for those parties
3. Gen-Z were 64% voting for those parties

Like, objectively, the Boomers are the worst here.

But also, the majority of Australian society is trash too.

#AusPol

China–India rapprochement is pragmatic

The volatile geopolitical environment has seen China and India address frictions and rebuild bilateral relations. But fundamental grievances remain. 

Pearls and Irritations
How about we just tax gas? Examining One Nation’s gas policy

Coverage of One Nation’s gas policy made it sound like the beginning of some kind of people’s revolution, but without a 25% gas export tax, Australians will get short-changed.

The Australia Institute
‘Baby brain’ myth debunked as new study finds no cognitive decline in new parents https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/baby-brain-myth-debunked-as-new-study-finds-no-cognitive-decline-in-new-parents/ #AUSpol
'Baby brain' myth debunked as new study finds no cognitive decline in new parents

“Baby brain” has long defined women's experiences of early motherhood, but a new study finds no evidence it exists in new parents at all.

Women's Agenda
‘Do you want children?’: Kylie Minogue and the sexist questions women in the public eye still can’t escape https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/do-you-want-children-kylie-minogue-and-the-sexist-questions-women-in-the-public-eye-still-cant-escape/ #AUSpol
'Do you want children?': Kylie Minogue and the sexist questions women in the public eye still can’t escape

Netflix’s Kylie documentary shows women in the spotlight still face sexism and impossible expectations every single day.

Women's Agenda