#auspol2022 — Public Fediverse posts
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CW: Creeping police state
Did you know: there are protesters in Australia who allegedly committed acts that just a few months ago would have been legally considered minor traffic offences, yet who are now facing months or years locked up, and are currently under bail conditions that effectively prevent them from going online at all, from being able to contact many/most of their friends, and who are subject to the complete loss of any right to privacy (being able to have all their devices searched by police at any point, and they must share any passwords)? And all this without yet having been convicted of any crime, while awaiting trial for alleged offences that just nine months ago would have most likely been resolved with a fine of a few hundred dollars.
#CriminalisationOfDissent #auspol #FreeVioletCoco #AusPol2022 #NSWpol
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Today's political prisoner by @firstdogonthemoon.
"You are welcome to argue that Australia's state and federal governments (along with the police) are not simply the armed wing of the #FossilFuelIndustry... Write your explanation on a postcard and mail it to your grandchildren"
#ClimateProtest #auspol #AusPol2022 #FreeVioletCoco #ClimateCriminals #DirtyEnergyDirtyPolitics #DirtyEnergy #CriminalisationOfDissent
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@oliverromain Making interest paid by #landlords on their extra houses tax deductible was done in Australia in the 1990s and it significantly accelerated inequality (esp generational inequality) by pushing up property prices. This might sound great in the short term if you're hoarding houses, but comes back to bite everyone in a thousand different ways. It's a dangerous trap. Rates of home ownership have plummeted as more houses end up in fewer hands.
Adam Smith and Karl Marx agree on this one: landlords are hoarding a necessity and are not a legit business.
Want to save rural towns? Campaign to abolish tax breaks on interest for those selling holiday accommodation. And for the principle that #HousingIsAHumanRight that comes before anyone's right to maximise personal or corporate profit.
#UKpol #Auspol #housing #LandlordsAreCausingInflation #AusPol2022 #LandlordsAreParasites #HousingCrisis