What I’m going to say may sound very shocking to some, but by global standards, Australian politicians are actually pretty decent.
The price of freedom I eternal vigilance.
There are lots of Australian cases where politicians are downright criminal.
We need to have protections in place to stop our Polies emulating the like of Indian Russia, Brazil and Lebanon. Those protections need to be enforced, so the don’t emulate the US.
Oh, I completely agree: violence is never acceptable against politicians. Well, Putin aside. But my fundamental point remains: politicians have lost all sense of shame. When you think back to the Profumo affair, or even Nixon, politicians used to resign when caught out. They were held to a high standard as representatives of the people. These days they won’t resign unless forced after weeks.
You’re replying to their comment about Australian politics compared to other countries to make a point about the shame of Australia politicians by using an example of British politics and US politics? Somehow I still can’t tell if this is a deliberate troll
Nope. I genuinely believe most major party (democratic?) politicians are about the same.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Bondi_Beach_shooting
There is clean water.
…com.au/…/0e438bf03899ec43bd33c7180500d34c
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-15/…/103469214
you do if you disagree wit their polices
www.9news.com.au/…/bf9f3b4d-b13c-49b5-a7ea-405166…
theguardian.com/…/nsw-police-commissioner-urged-a…
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-15/…/104721294
I haven’t had that experience, well … only after waiting hours in agony
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Don’t forget “We’ll fix the housing crisis” but owns six+ houses.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
what the commenter means is the Australian government didn’t shoot or hang 37,000 dissenters in January like Iran did.