The leaning to authoritarianism is probably because she opted heavily in favor of the proposition that the media-tart judges of Masterchef should be hung, drawn and quartered. And left to stew in their own jus.
Political Spectrum Quiz
Elites:
Once referred to the aristocracy/ upper classes who had the gold and made the rules. Now refers to anyone who bases decisions on verifiable information and logic rather than resentment.
Reform:
Once meant a political change for the better. Now means demolition
Social security:
Once a form of insurance paid by workers and collected by the government on their behalf. Intended to provide security in the event of illness, disability, old age. Meant to to be contributed to by the elites via taxes, but mostly they manage to wriggle out of it. Nowadays, a dirty word.
Centralism masquerading as Anti-Socialism
Robbing the Poor to give to the Rich
Pandering to religious extremists
Pandering to racists
Robbing Women and Children
Robbing workers of hard won rights
The Wedgie Portfolio
Kafkalink
The big lie, spin, propaganda
Send in the army
Muzzling the press
Shaming Australia
Cricket
Shelter NSW Peak NGO in NSW advocating for people disadvantaged in housing markets
Shelter Australia as above for all Australia
AHURI The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Our House Swap an initiative by a public housing tenant to make it easier for other tenants to swap
Produced by Shelter NSW these fact sheet PDFs are an invaluable guide to the latest housing statistics
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This disaster just highlights the absurdity of capitalism. I saw a woman on the news the other night in tears because her house had gone up in smoke. Fair enough, she's worked hard for it... But suddenly, through a freak of nature, what was probably her most secure asset is completely worthless and she'll have to start again from scratch. If she's lucky she might get a paltry handout that evidently comes at the expense of someone else's wellbeing...
“Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced further financial support measures for those affected by natural disasters in Victoria and Queensland.
An additional $5 million will be provided, on top of what has already been announced, for emergency relief in bushfire-affected Victoria and flood-affected Queensland, Mr Rudd told federal parliament.”
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/rudd-boosts-support-for-disaster-victims-20090210-836j.html
Yes DH, you are right on the money with your observation about the "more deserving new poor". Also, think Rudd has shown, with his targetted grants/bribes/stimulants that dole recipients are at the bottom of the food chain. But now with so many falling out of work, he may even have to adjust that prejudice.
As for that journo from the Oz who's loudly complained about Centrelink asking for a bank statement as p.o.id in order to get his emergency fire grant, imagine if he had to jump through the obligatory hoops that Centrelink helpfully puts all other welfare applicants through!
Finally, re the public housing in the stimulus package, i bet a lot of it will turn out to be social housing with tenants having to pay over 30% of income in rent - particularly in Victoria where they've forgotten how to build public housing!
What happened to all the money given to the red cross? There was enough to rebuild all the uninsured homes.
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