Aussieiuszko

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[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Centre-to-right major party. Labor haven't been left since the 70s with their embrace of neoliberal policies. The unions and workers have basically no influence on the party over the big business side now.

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 17 points 7 months ago (3 children)

They're called the Liberals, because that's what liberalism is. Americans might better know this as classic liberalism, but the rest of the world knows it as liberalism.

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Australia is 22 weeks at minimum wage by the government. Most businesses also offer an additional 12 weeks at full wage. You can take up to a year off without your employer being able to take issue.

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Not that strange. The Australian military is more powerful, and due to our proximity and history makes it a good fit for helping defend PNG.

Plus I suspect our wages are higher, leading to more money going to Papuans.

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Maccas with a hard r? Where are you from?

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone -1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Planet Ark has been advocating for recycling across Australia since 1991.

Isn’t recycling basically a scam to keep us using plastics?

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

We don’t need to bring it back, because it never left. We still celebrate it every year in March.

If Australia had invented Christmas, I’d be in favour of us changing the date to one that relates to our accomplishment as well.

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 0 points 7 months ago (3 children)

On 21 April 1856, Australian stonemasons in Victoria undertook a mass stoppage as part of the eight-hour workday movement.[15] It became a yearly commemoration, inspiring American workers to have their first stoppage.[16] 1 May was chosen to be International Workers' Day to commemorate the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.[17] In that year beginning on 1 May, there was a general strike for the eight-hour workday

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Oh yeah, we're basically tram capital of the world.

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 6 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Labour Day was in March.

Why celebrate a later American workers event when we are the home of the 8 hour work week.

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Mate . . . We don’t have a 2 party system.

Leave the seppo propaganda at home.

 

Good on 'em all, especially the newspaper salesmen. I'd love to know what the old cunt said behind the beep.

 

The House of Commons Defence Committee has announced it is putting the AUKUS partnership under the microscope.

The trilateral pact is supposed to see Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines, at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars.

 

They should scrap uniforms entirely imo

 

Australia currently spends around 2.3 per cent of our GDP on the aged pension, but that figure is falling (gross domestic product (GDP) is the value of all the goods and services created in a year).

"It'll go down to around 2 per cent by 2060," says Ms Delahunty.

"This is against a backdrop of an aging population with increased health needs.

"It's bucking the trend internationally. Most OECD countries are [spending] 9 per cent and growing, and they will be above 10 per cent by 2060."

 

Donald Trump is preparing to unleash sweeping tariffs on US imports tomorrow, on what he is calling Liberation Day.

Australia is anticipating tariffs of up to 20 per cent on all exports to the US but the government has told industry the final outcome is still uncertain.

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