Some home truths about the #Labor govt (and the two party duopoly by association) from #GregJerich writing for deepcutnews-dot-com this time — it really doesn’t matter who he writes for, The Point , The Guardian or here, he’s such a clear and insightful economic analyst everywhere he appears.

“The Labor Party finally saw the need to actually do things, but it remains wedded to the view that fiscal responsibility and hard choices are needed.”

https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/people-with-disabilities-the-biggest

#Budget #AusPol #Labor #Neoliberalism #Howardism #StateCapture

“You have to name the demon to slay it," Giridharan Sivaraman, AHRC Race Discrimination commissioner

Human Rights Commission report says governments fail on racism — here are six recommendations - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-12/human-rights-commission-report-says-government-failing-on-racism/104085808

… you also have to actively look for the ‘demon’ to be able to ‘name the demon’. But government agencies are often overly focused on the celebratory‘ Harmony’ events, that it overshadows the ‘elimination of racial discrimination’.
#AusPol #AusGov #AusLaw #HumanRights #HarmonyWeek #Howardism #Racism