It's raining and I couldn't be happier. It's been a long hot summer. Tomatoes have cooked on the vine and I've been watering by hand for 4 months with only occasional breaks when it rained. I've used half of our 92,000 litre tank water keeping the bush near our dwelling alive. I think the fauna have been grateful. We have many birds, insects, lizards, frogs and a few semi-resident kangaroos. I couldn't let them down.
I'm stuck inside for the day so I've done some art therapy. This is our illustrious prime minister (Photoshopped of course). I can't wait for the election in 6 weeks. If he wins again I don't know how I'll cope.
Morrison's totally inept government has been in Canberra for 9 years and they didn't deserve a second of it. They snuck back in because the opposition had a brilliant, big, necessary but scary reform agenda. Good ol' tax-averse Aussie self interest won the day again. The LNP's neo-liberalist ideology has run the country into the ground. It's been the most divisive government Australia has ever had.
House prices are through the roof, household debt is alarming and unsustainable, homelessness is at epidemic levels. Way too many people can't afford decent healthcare, visits to the dentist, good food or rent. The LNP have ripped money out of every social service they could, propped up their rich mates and given billions in tax payer's money to fossil fuel industries. During COVID they overpaid big business billions and watched the arts industry drown. It's not in their interests to support creativity and critical thinking. After nearly a decade of this right-wing government Australia is a nastier, dumber, poorer place.
And I haven't even mentioned their inaction on climate-change. A leading scientist recently said that if you were going to choose the worst continent to live on in this era of global climate collapse, it would be Australia. But our prime minister won't have to worry about that. After all - the Bible predicted the apocalypse and as a good Christian, he will be whisked away to heaven. Good luck with that.
Some parting observations from Elizabeth Warren on the Daily Show. She nails it.
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I so hope there is a change in the government there. Australia used to be a dream place for those of us thinking we might need to flee at some point. Now it has become like the place we would have been fleeing. Love seeing Elizabeth Warren's quotes here. I wish more people in government and everywhere else would think like that.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the autumn season has arrived there. Hope things cool down and that there will be plenty of rain.
Robin Australia is still a good country, especially when compared to many others, but it is very sad to see how much inequity has grown. There were always rich and poor people, but our society has become more selfish and greedy. The fact that some people can't afford a home is largely because many others own several and they expect as much return on investment as they can get. Housing has been used by our neo-liberal government to prop up the economy for decades.
DeleteIronically it was Xi Jinping who said something like - a house is not an investment, it's a home. But in Australia houses are bought to provide people with the lifestlye in retirment they expect. A fair and functional superannuation system for those who can afford it, and a pension system for those who can't would mean so-called 'mum and day investors' could leave some affordable housing for others to create homes for themselves. There are also huge tax incentives for investors and this further distorts the market.
We had 30mm of rain so the garden is very happy, and so am I!
I had a conversation about Scomo yesterday. The person I was talking to said she wasn't sure if he was a Christian.
ReplyDeleteI said which Fruits of the Spirit does he display? love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, gentleness, Humility or Self control?
I would say he is bereft of them all
Absolutely spot on Kylie. He certainly doesn't seem to live by Christian values, which actually form the basis for a fair society.
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