Australia - you're standing in it
Maybe try walk the introspection trail for a change, but don’t slip syp ;)
- you might discover what’s really goin on
…for you ;);)
“Malcontent does not come from external forces. It comes from internal forces. The solutions are found there and cannot be approached whilst shouting in single space. The world isn't gonna bend to your liking....ever. And it isn't "wrong" because of that.”
- best of luck
I don't disagree
but I must say, that's a bit of a 'conservative' perspective...
does that hold for our indigenous australians?
I'm seeing holes in jellylogic...
they're the ones really getting shafted by current events
News Today ...That screaming Nazi Nutter Sewell goes next level
TV 7 were in a kiddies park interviewing Premier about Naughty Nazis
And along comes who but the Very Nazi that scares the shit outta them...
Nazi Gate Crashes Press Conference > Hey Jacinta Allan You Coward! You Coward!
That Nazi with the Lectern on Steps of Parliament...how could ya forget...huh!
"I Never seen anyone shake your hand > I got 500 queuing to shake my hand."
@?*# There was 50,000 of Us There was...all queuing to shake my Hand > Not your hand.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-02/neo-nazi-leader-gatecrashes-jacin...
Shouldn't we have the right to speak in our own country ya Coward!
Have your Goons Attack me...get yer hands off me!
Hey Jacinta Allan ...Why don't Australians have the right to protest!
These Nazis are nutters...
Reckons Dutto's 5,000 migrants / day for 5 months is fine but Albo's 1,500 / day is Pissweek
Reclaim / Fair Australia Burn & Tear up flags to Divide Oz & he blames everyone but them.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FyYaHURaUAAETRw.jpg
Claims he can't protest but moves his desk onto Steps of Parliament & now lives there!
Now he screams all the Birds & Kids outta the Park...abusing pretty much anyone.
Can see mid Vid > Ninja Nazi flying thru Clouds Kung Fu kicking the head off other park goers.
No...not just a pretty face...knock yer block off he will.
Says he's off to Court...Oopsie! Wasn't supposed to say that...Bummer!
Cops zoom in on him outside court...
Finally the World's most Noisiest obnoxious bully is arrested...for Lying...Hopefully!
Media can't get enough of it...drooling >
Fighting each other to cancel TV Shows & Blow up the internet just to get a live feed...
C'mon...Outta my way Little people...want the #@*! Nazi Scoop! KILL KILL KILL
Apparently arrested for some other Sovereign Nation intimidation / intervention.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-02/thomas-sewell-arrested-court-camp...
That evil nutter with the Freeman Post Office Most Wanted Poster is also charged
* [ Displaying offensive Material in a Public Place ]
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-02/man-charged-over-display-of-dezi-...
Well there ya Go..24/7 FREEMAN NAZI-PAPARAZZI
Interrupting Breaking NAZI News returning to breaking Nazi News during breaking Nazi News break!
…they’re just ummm letting off some steam n stuff
- god bless em n all ;)
Coz they’re pwotecting cult cha ;);)
sypkan wrote:where are...
'100s of thousands of Indian builders in australia'
going to live?
how is that going to fix a rental crisis?
homelessness?
inflation?
cost of living pressure?
how? what? where?
the absolute ridiculousness of the dog chasing it's tail at this point is just laughable
https://x.com/MickamiousG/status/1962618139453096245
it's beyond insanity
It's wild isn't it.
Net immigration of 379,800 in the year to September 2024 and a net figure of 548,000 in the year before that with a growth rate that's close to the highest in the developed world.
The ANU 2024 national environment scorecard states that ‘New developments to accommodate Australia’s rapidly growing population pose a particular threat to local ecosystems and species, especially along the east coast.’
The question I often wonder is, what is all this growth for?
Population growth as we know it exists to prop up GDP - as I've said before we'd have been in a recession multiple times over the past few decades without high levels of population growth.
But at the same time, if wealth inequality, environmental degradation, climate change, spiralling energy costs and insecure employment is what we get for holding up GDP as a measure of wealth and progress, then what's the point?
Why are we supporting this neoliberal wet dream of a ponzi scheme driven by the fantasy of infinite growth?
By some measures, taking into account income inequality, CO2 emissions, water pollution and loss of biodiversity as negatives and the quality of education, the value of consumer goods lasting longer, and so on as positives, genuine progress peaked 40 years ago and it's all been smoke and mirrors ever since.
But here we are, backed into a corner by a bunch of rancid racist scumbags who have rendered us terrified to talk about such a fundamental issue.
And again, those that stand to exploit and gain from this whole economic structure are laughing there heads off.
If I was paranoid I might even suggest that these sub-human neo-nazi pricks are a false flag, a plant by pro-business neoliberal lobby groups to shut down any discussion even as a large majority are genuinely concerned about a "big Australia".
that would explain that self-satisfied little cum stain..
wotzis name? lil' timmy sewer? wota smug loser twat.
if he was getting corruption cash, he would make a little sense.
Small minded losers.
It’s amazing, when men lose a sense of worth or validation, what they choose.
Individual? or pathetic rank carrot cake that can’t think for himself and spews hatred.
Pocock should be running the show.
He is what he said after last weekend.
“We need to be able to have a discussion about the key questions.
How big do we want Australia to be? How do we balance the skills we need with housing, health, environmental impacts and other key infrastructure?” he said.
“When governments fail to listen and plan, a vacuum opens up. This allows extremists - including white supremacists and neo-Nazis - to prey on people’s genuinely held concerns.”
Good man.
AndyM wrote:Pocock should be running the show.
He is what he said after last weekend.“We need to be able to have a discussion about the key questions.
How big do we want Australia to be? How do we balance the skills we need with housing, health, environmental impacts and other key infrastructure?” he said.
“When governments fail to listen and plan, a vacuum opens up. This allows extremists - including white supremacists and neo-Nazis - to prey on people’s genuinely held concerns.”Good man.
Yep one of the good ones in politics for right reasons.
Wish he and Andrew Wilkie were running the country.
And I dare Bob Katter to threaten to punch him in the mouth. Ha
Serious question - what is the Australian heritage/culture that the non nazis at these rallies are wanting to protect?
is it the right to be racists or is there more
saltman wrote:Serious question - what is the Australian heritage/culture that the non nazis at these rallies are wanting to protect?
is it the right to be racists or is there more
^ spot on
…kind of worrying to see even some army veterans (non nazis) being ok with the presence of the neo nazi speakers etc because they’re ’fighting for the same thing’ ?
Which is what ??
Is it the freedumb to publicly express complicity with ideology that aligns with the heinous remnants of our white australia policy or just feelings of helplessness and disenchantment at current government policy ?
The whole idea of wrapping yaself up in aussie flags and yelling ‘deport’ is just cringe, especially since the bulk of those flags were made in china or bangladesh (or omg indiaaaaaa haha).
Frustrated people are one thing - a whole mob of knobheads who are all descendants of immigrants protesting against immigration kinda shows that whatever ‘culture’ we are apparently protecting needs to be questioned…
andy-mac wrote:AndyM wrote:Pocock should be running the show.
He is what he said after last weekend.“We need to be able to have a discussion about the key questions.
How big do we want Australia to be? How do we balance the skills we need with housing, health, environmental impacts and other key infrastructure?” he said.
“When governments fail to listen and plan, a vacuum opens up. This allows extremists - including white supremacists and neo-Nazis - to prey on people’s genuinely held concerns.”Good man.
Yep one of the good ones in politics for right reasons.
Wish he and Andrew Wilkie were running the country.And I dare Bob Katter to threaten to punch him in the mouth. Ha
Of course, Pocock is correct, but the issue of Population didn’t just happen on 31 August 2025.
It has been addressed in the Intergenerational Reports since 2002 and the Population Statements since 2020.
https://treasury.gov.au/intergenerational-report
https://population.gov.au/publications/statements
But it appears few bothered to take any notice and from 2013 to 2019, LNP governments did not even have a dedicated Minister for Housing.
Infrastructure planning needs a lead time of at least a decade. The trend for increasing immigration started around 2000, but no one paid any real attention to the infrastructure needed to cope with an increasing population. And now when the States are busy playing catch-up they are condemned for spending too much money.
It’s all too easy to point the finger at the current government, but the issue goes back over 20 years.
And as he points out the lack of a cohesive and progressive plan supported by both sides has just opened the door to all the agitating shit stirrers.
It's time people like Joyce, Canavan, Antic, Hanson, Roberts etc were all put in their place. They serve no useful purpose and are only an obstruction on the path to a healthy and prosperous future for all of us.
tearymasseuse wrote:Frustrated people are one thing - a whole mob of knobheads who are all descendants of immigrants protesting against immigration kinda shows that whatever ‘culture’ we are apparently protecting needs to be questioned…
@Satman, I saw a plackard saying that they were marching to defend Australia's culture of tolerance, dignity and stoicism and our tradition of deep engagement with complex issues and our calm and moderate temperament, even while experiencing deep personal frustrations.
It was a rather large plackard, but I was 100% behind those holding it.
And right on cue, we have Antic demonstrating my point.
FMD.
^^ now we’re talking, let’s see how the pussies stand up to some islanders
https://m.
&pp=0gcJCRsBo7VqN5tD sheesh...
when I wanted the nazi's to punch on with the keyeffers and brucey bogans the frown's frowning and I'm an extremist robot...
now the frown's calling for violence
are you an extreme bot too now?
good on the islanders, the authorities are clearly compromised, complicit or bought...
I'd still prefer keyeffers and brucey bogans to do it though
the keyeffers might actually realise what 'allies' means...
or not
@slippery as ever there, it’s one thing to wish for violence (you) and it’s another to want people to be able to defend themselves in the face of adversity.
I listened to a radio interview with an academic yesterday who is recognised as an expert on far right extremism; surprise surprise her house and car have been targeted after speaking about the nazi group in Victoria, nothing to see there @slippery?
lots to see actually
send the islanders, the keyeffers, and brucey bogans around?
"I listened to a radio interview with an academic yesterday who is recognised as an expert on far right extremism; surprise surprise her house and car have been targeted after speaking about the nazi group in Victoria, nothing to see there @slippery?"
just a suggestion...
but maybe ms. academic should be an expert on all extremism... rather than just 'far right extremism'?
just in the interest of balance and academic rigor and shit...
just a suggestion
'extremism loves a vacuum'
or silence
or a free pass...
The worlds biggest populations leaders all having man hugs at the military parade in China…
…they are all onboard now for the grand plan….
India , China , Russia, North Korea, and with 5 visits a year to the Kremlin…Indonesia….
there are 10 nations in all…..yep 10…cool dudes like Iran involved..
.let’s not forget our noble Australians Bob Carr and Dan Andrews…men for sale.
It’s a done deal now I’m afraid…..the U.S. played the game badly for too long and their corruption has come back to haunt them.
They betrayed the very moral and social standards that made them the world’s envy and became a basket case of factions….
Western Politicians can’t even tell you what a woman is….
That will be a point of jest at Brics….
I don’t think Donny can clean up the mess….its too late.
...the Brics crew have made up their mind and are going for it with some master plan…….the USA will be nowhere in it.
They have a vision for the future and in their own minds probably mean well but unfortunately it will end badly for the rest of the world…
…..and for them too over time……we will get dragged in by foolish politicians.
Killing all the sparrows seemed like a good idea once too…
A controlled environment dripping with Orwellian tech is our future.
And a money system that will ensure the subservient behave.
Probably a brics crypto…..instead of the U.S. dollar.
Albo and like minded mind control filter types take all social media off the young…
While facial scanning them all to see if they comply….
I feel the world will split into two groups…
The tech slaves tagged and compliant and dependent…..and the self sufficient.
We used to laugh at the Amish….
I wonder if we will be laughing at them in the near future….
Revelations ‘mark of the beast’ looking less like fiction to many.
As are the 10 kings and the 10 toes of the image in Daniel.
Not an Optimist.
winning hearts and minds...
https://x.com/Andromedans/status/1962768069069295878
on albo's payroll to boot!
does anyone really believe shit like this 'fixes' anything?
and, I think we're in the midst of a mental health crisis...
not well units
hate is hate
Optimist wrote:The worlds biggest populations leaders all having man hugs at the military parade in China…
…they are all onboard now for the grand plan….
India , China , Russia, North Korea, and with 5 visits a year to the Kremlin…Indonesia….
there are 10 nations in all…..yep 10…cool dudes like Iran involved..
.let’s not forget our noble Australians Bob Carr and Dan Andrews…men for sale.
It’s a done deal now I’m afraid…..the U.S. played the game badly for too long and their corruption has come back to haunt them.
They betrayed the very moral and social standards that made them the world’s envy and became a basket case of factions….
Western Politicians can’t even tell you what a woman is….
That will be a point of jest at Brics….
I don’t think Donny can clean up the mess….its too late.
...the Brics crew have made up their mind and are going for it with some master plan…….the USA will be nowhere in it.
They have a vision for the future and in their own minds probably mean well but unfortunately it will end badly for the rest of the world…
…..and for them too over time……we will get dragged in by foolish politicians.
Killing all the sparrows seemed like a good idea once too…
A controlled environment dripping with Orwellian tech is our future.
And a money system that will ensure the subservient behave.
Probably a brics crypto…..instead of the U.S. dollar.
Albo and like minded mind control filter types take all social media off the young…
While facial scanning them all to see if they comply….
I feel the world will split into two groups…
The tech slaves tagged and compliant and dependent…..and the self sufficient.
We used to laugh at the Amish….
I wonder if we will be laughing at them in the near future….
Revelations ‘mark of the beast’ looking less like fiction to many.
As are the 10 kings and the 10 toes of the image in Daniel.
Not an Optimist.
^ more falsity & fact less flopti fables hahahaha
Your sparrow bwain can’t help but keep making shit up ;)
… more moronic musings with imaginary deluded conclusions
- this is you back in May commenting :
“ The loose cannon just scored an awesome trade deal with the UK…
More in line for new U.S. friendly deals….start high then take lower….the formula for all good deals.
Fuel prices dropping ,stocks rising steadily, trillions pouring into the U.S. in investment and tariffs, federal expenditure way down unfortunately for some but necessary to avoid bankruptcy…
Be interesting to see how they are going in 6 months. “
&
“ Trump keeping the promises he made to the people to get elected.
4 trillion in new investments so far and mostly in manufacturing.
Fuel prices down and stocks climbing.
All New trade deal with the UK setting up the U.S. farmers by supplying food and bio fuel. They are no longer just dependent on the EU.
No longer paying to be world police making nations pay their way.
On the brink of a new more respectful trade deal with China .
All new critical minerals deal with Ukraine setting up US manufacturing and getting repaid for the Biden war.
For three months in power that’s not bad…. “
^ hahahaha (pull the other one)
…& don’t worry bout laughing at the amish ;)
You take the cake for comedic commentary haha
- flopti the eternal fool of fabricated formulas and fruitless fiction ;);)
For @info and @opti
A Salty Dog wrote:andy-mac wrote:AndyM wrote:Pocock should be running the show.
He is what he said after last weekend.“We need to be able to have a discussion about the key questions.
How big do we want Australia to be? How do we balance the skills we need with housing, health, environmental impacts and other key infrastructure?” he said.
“When governments fail to listen and plan, a vacuum opens up. This allows extremists - including white supremacists and neo-Nazis - to prey on people’s genuinely held concerns.”Good man.
Yep one of the good ones in politics for right reasons.
Wish he and Andrew Wilkie were running the country.And I dare Bob Katter to threaten to punch him in the mouth. Ha
Of course, Pocock is correct, but the issue of Population didn’t just happen on 31 August 2025.
It has been addressed in the Intergenerational Reports since 2002 and the Population Statements since 2020.
https://treasury.gov.au/intergenerational-report
https://population.gov.au/publications/statements
But it appears few bothered to take any notice and from 2013 to 2019, LNP governments did not even have a dedicated Minister for Housing.
Infrastructure planning needs a lead time of at least a decade. The trend for increasing immigration started around 2000, but no one paid any real attention to the infrastructure needed to cope with an increasing population. And now when the States are busy playing catch-up they are condemned for spending too much money.
It’s all too easy to point the finger at the current government, but the issue goes back over 20 years.
And as he points out the lack of a cohesive and progressive plan supported by both sides has just opened the door to all the agitating shit stirrers.
It's time people like Joyce, Canavan, Antic, Hanson, Roberts etc were all put in their place. They serve no useful purpose and are only an obstruction on the path to a healthy and prosperous future for all of us.
Yes Salty, no way am I blaming present govt.
I would argue it would not even be a talking point if we had an lnp govt.
Seems like it's a dirty campaign by the Murdoch and other rw media having something to beat up on Labor.
Not saying it isn't an issue, housing, but no way would Murdoch and lnp start talking about taxing mineral wealth, stopping neg gearing, reforming tax breaks for investment properties, clean up dodgy developers etc.
Also as a side note, funny how the media were screaming antisemitism with pro peace marches over a couple of flags, yet are remarkably quiet when actual farkin neo nazis are marching.
Where were the Jewish lobby groups shouting their outrage. Didn't hear from Jillian Stegal????
Its upside down....
The American economy will do ok as will Europe….they will trade and muddle along…but they will no longer control the world order…..
That’s my point….the China conglomerate have the numbers to do what they like….the 10 country’s Brics group will simply outnumber the rest of the world by population alone….controlled by a new force and a new currency…..time will tell…
They aren’t doing all this for no reason…..and they have been thinking about it for a very long time.
sypkan wrote:"I listened to a radio interview with an academic yesterday who is recognised as an expert on far right extremism; surprise surprise her house and car have been targeted after speaking about the nazi group in Victoria, nothing to see there @slippery?"
just a suggestion...
but maybe ms. academic should be an expert on all extremism... rather than just 'far right extremism'?
just in the interest of balance and academic rigor and shit...
just a suggestion
Here's a suggestion, why don't brain surgeons also focus on cardiothoracic surgery?
basesix wrote:2.4% unemployment in Mt Gambier.
In the bumfuck serial killer state of SA.
Working class is multicultural here as it should be.
We wouldn't survive here without immigration.
Industry, forestry, transport, agriculture, manufacturing,
viticulture, fishing.. Less than we'd like, but there you are..
(every week there's a couple houses under $350k, 6 units for less.
.. dozens of decent blocks in and around for $100k-$150k)
I wanted to go a bit further with the working class theme.
When I studied, the Marxism we got at university was purely economic, and we carefully constructed writing after going through Marxist economic historians. Fast forward a decade or more, and the Marxism became cultural - oppressor/oppressed became based on gender, race, identity etc. No longer just Polanyi raging against the 'satanic mill.'
So I'm excited to see working class Australians getting together and out there under a nationalist banner - truly did not expect it as silence had prevailed for so long. There's a great undercurrent of anger there, and we can measure it in housing, homelessness, immigration numbers. Also note the movement doesn't have leadership yet, and the frustrations are being vented in a wide variety of ways. They seem to have rejected the Nazis.
Makes me wonder, if there are proletarian aspects to the protest, who then are today's bourgeoise whose actions support capital?
Found some really useful data relating to viewpoint of international student numbers and income/education:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/money/article-13779433/Migration-Watch-...
As of a year ago:
"The Compass Polling data of 1,015 respondents, commissioned by Migration Watch Australia, showed those on average incomes of $100,000 were more likely to favour hard caps on international student arrivals.
This included young men aged 25-34, earning $90,000 to $130,000 with a bachelor degree.
But women aged 35-44 with post-graduate degrees, earning $130,000 to $230,000 were opposed to capping international student numbers.
So were Labor-voting men in the same age group on a similarly high income.
Women earning more than $230,000 a year- among the top 2.3 per cent of income earners, were also opposed to caps on international student numbers.
Nine out of 10 online survey respondents this month agreed that fixing the housing crisis was more important than educating foreign students.
But postgraduates and high income earners were among the few groups who disagreed with that question.
Three quarters of respondents also wanted vocational education programs removed from international student visas."
So - response to the topic is income based. Just as we noted the electoral shifts between high-income inner city electorates and everywhere else. Most people are on 100K or less when incomes are viewed in distribution. We also noted with the Voice that about 2/3 of the population is not university educated while 1/3 is, and that voting on that topic skewed according to education.
Given all this, I think the expressed sentiment on the weekend will not go away, and will be heard from again and become more loudly voiced. There's just too many people in the group whose views are not being represented at all by the policies of any of the main parties.
Might be of interest to Andy-M - you've talked about the class aspects being displaced and ignored. Until now!
Australia's working-class should always rise up and make demands.. proud history, and we have learned from the past that no-one's gonna give the hungriest a free lunch. The cultural diversity in our working class is world-beating - some good studies by ACOSS (the Australian Council of Social Service). Reckon the marches were representative of Australia's culturally diverse working class? (as they should have been, were they to be considered truly a 'working class' uprising/voice/message) ?
Our working class uprisings were always a chance for Australians to overcome cultural differences to make demands for economic and social fairness. It's a big part of what makes us Aussie.
Working class movement?
That Canavan video posted yesterday by @vj? … that would have cost big time, same as the shit Hanson posts, production costs would be much higher than their parliamentary allowances … so who would be funding them?? Advance AU? Aunty Gina? Uncle Rupert? Hardly grass roots
velocityjohnno wrote:basesix wrote:2.4% unemployment in Mt Gambier.
In the bumfuck serial killer state of SA.
Working class is multicultural here as it should be.
We wouldn't survive here without immigration.
Industry, forestry, transport, agriculture, manufacturing,
viticulture, fishing.. Less than we'd like, but there you are..
(every week there's a couple houses under $350k, 6 units for less.
.. dozens of decent blocks in and around for $100k-$150k)I wanted to go a bit further with the working class theme.
When I studied, the Marxism we got at university was purely economic, and we carefully constructed writing after going through Marxist economic historians. Fast forward a decade or more, and the Marxism became cultural - oppressor/oppressed became based on gender, race, identity etc. No longer just Polanyi raging against the 'satanic mill.'
So I'm excited to see working class Australians getting together and out there under a nationalist banner - truly did not expect it as silence had prevailed for so long. There's a great undercurrent of anger there, and we can measure it in housing, homelessness, immigration numbers. Also note the movement doesn't have leadership yet, and the frustrations are being vented in a wide variety of ways. They seem to have rejected the Nazis.
Makes me wonder, if there are proletarian aspects to the protest, who then are today's bourgeoise whose actions support capital?
Found some really useful data relating to viewpoint of international student numbers and income/education:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/money/article-13779433/Migration-Watch-...
As of a year ago:
"The Compass Polling data of 1,015 respondents, commissioned by Migration Watch Australia, showed those on average incomes of $100,000 were more likely to favour hard caps on international student arrivals.
This included young men aged 25-34, earning $90,000 to $130,000 with a bachelor degree.
But women aged 35-44 with post-graduate degrees, earning $130,000 to $230,000 were opposed to capping international student numbers.
So were Labor-voting men in the same age group on a similarly high income.
Women earning more than $230,000 a year- among the top 2.3 per cent of income earners, were also opposed to caps on international student numbers.
Nine out of 10 online survey respondents this month agreed that fixing the housing crisis was more important than educating foreign students.
But postgraduates and high income earners were among the few groups who disagreed with that question.
Three quarters of respondents also wanted vocational education programs removed from international student visas."
So - response to the topic is income based. Just as we noted the electoral shifts between high-income inner city electorates and everywhere else. Most people are on 100K or less when incomes are viewed in distribution. We also noted with the Voice that about 2/3 of the population is not university educated while 1/3 is, and that voting on that topic skewed according to education.
Given all this, I think the expressed sentiment on the weekend will not go away, and will be heard from again and become more loudly voiced. There's just too many people in the group whose views are not being represented at all by the policies of any of the main parties.
Might be of interest to Andy-M - you've talked about the class aspects being displaced and ignored. Until now!
With regards to high income influencing views on international students, similar to the Teals, I assume we're looking at a post-materialist influence.
If you've got every material thing you need I guess it's easy to say "no limits" to population.
Although for me this doesn't take into account environmental issues which you would think they're highly cognisant of, and ever-increasing pressure on services and infrastructure which surely affects everyone regardless of income.
As for class VJ, as I've always maintained, class issues haven't gone away, we've just been told they don't exist and it's incorrect to think about them in times that focus on sexism, racism, post-colonialism, gender issues, neuro-diversity etc etc etc.
I think that discussions about class have for quite a while been seen as unfashionable and too male-centric.
It's all so murky, this immigration/population growth discussion, I don't know how class comes into it, or if it does.
I feel you can be wealthy and value the natural environment and therefore be wary of more people.
Or you can be solidly working class and trying to run a business which would benefit from more people (maybe they've started a business which only works on the assumption of rapid growth and urban sprawl) and so be enthusiastically in favour of as many people as possible.
You'd have to say though that being an out-an-out racist seems to be the preserve of the working class.
Unless, that is, they're just the ones who don't mind expressing it...
Surely Howard was tapping into a significant latent supply of racism and xenophobia that extended beyond the working class.
I'll have to give the class thing more thought.
News of ALP @ Chinese 80th War Anniversary against Nazis
https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2025/08/no-surprise-here.html
Things are heating up...
tbb is re-running this ultra rare (Oz / Chinese Defence Pacts) swellnet exclusive.
Just that if media are gonna beat the War Drums...why not strike up the band.
Any crew thinking this Anniversary Photo is well outta order...might wanna refresh their memories.
Oz [L] Chinese Defence Exercises / Pacts
2013
Sept *Oz elects new [L] PM Abbott
4th Oct 2013 PM Abbott Bali Summit + (CHAFTA) talks with Prez Xi Jinping
23rd Nov 2013 China declares East China (ADIZ) Air Defence ID Zone
25th Nov 2013 Only Aust summons Chinese Ambassador to oppose Coercive Action
6th Dec 2013 Chinese Foreign Minister criticises J Bishop for hard line stance on ADIZ.
2014 (China - US Defence Pact now extends to include Oz in Joint Defence Live Fire Exercises)
April PM Abbott > Prez Xi Great Hall of China > "Most Important Trip ever by Oz PM"
5th-16th May AASAM (Since 2013 #2 Team China Competes in Live Vic Weapons Games)
PM Abbott invites Prez Xi to Address both Oz Parliaments (Accepted) To procure CHAFTA
[L] Oz / US now invite China to Tri National Defence Exercises
26th June -1st Aug : RIMPAC / US Naval Exercise 22 Nations now hosts (4 Chinese Ships)
7th -24th Oct PANDAROO Larrakeyah Barracks NT Training Camp for ADF / US / Chinese PLA
ADF Chopper transport Chinese to Remote Inland > Coastal Exercises > Abseil Hilton Hotel Darwin
18 Nov 2014 [L] Govt welcome Chinese Leader's Hobart Invasion
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-18/china-president-meets-tassie-devi...
2015
April PM Abbott signs $1.75b / 98 year Lease to China for 50% of Newcastle #1 World Coal Port
6th-22nd May AASAM Games (Wall to wall US Promos)
17th June Oz Ceremony for Prez Xi signing (CHAFTA) Ratified 20th Dec 2015 + Oz week in China!
29th Aug-12th Sept PANDAROO Larrakeyah Barracks
US Chopper transports Chinese for Oz Military Exercises
463 Squadron + Maritime Rotational Force + 1st Battalion + 4th Marine Regiment+(extended tour)
Sept UN Peacekeeping Missions Maritime Manual
https://resourcehub01.blob.core.windows.net/$web/Policy%20and%20Guidance/corepeacekeepingguidance/Thematic%20Operational%20Activities/Military/United%20Nations%20Peacekeeping%20Missions%20Maritime%20Manual.pdf
3 Sept 2015 : China's 70th yr War Commemoration attended by 49 Countries / 10 International Orgs.
Including [L] Senator "Special Minister of State" Michael Ronaldson,
Representative of the Abbott Government and Minister of Department of Veterans Affairs of Oz.
Former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of Germany, former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama of Japan, former President of the Philippines and Mayor of Manila Joseph Estrada, former Captain Regent Gianfranco Terenzi of San Marino, former President José Manuel Ramos-Horta of East Timor, former Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom...
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zzjg_663340/ldmzs_664952/xwlb_664954/20...
12th-26th Sept KOWARI Chinese/Oz /US Defence Exercises "Mock Sydney Invasion"
Jasper > Point Perpendicular > Spectacular Island (Landing) Manly (Paddle) Sydney Harbour Bridge
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14th Sept 2015 *New Oz [L] PM Turnbull
Oct New Oz PM Turnbull signs $506m / 99year Lease to China for 100% of Port of Darwin
And who's gonna run the Rort ...Port...Former [L] Trade Minister...[L] are born into rorts...all we know!
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/31/andrew-robb-chine...
2016
April 2016 RIMPAC / US Naval Exercises 25 nations invites China for 2nd Time
3rd-19th May AASAM Puckapunyal Chinese 2nd Place 9 gold (Armed-Flag on Oz soil)
This was the last recorded Chinese appearance at AASAM Military Games
Live firing at Very Human like moving targets + this heavily Armed Photo with Flag might explain why!
2016 Yes! Armed Chinese defeated Oz troops to claim Victoria / Australia > this really happened.
Australia presented Chinese with Silver Medals > the shorter armed Indos often win Gold Medals
Oz & World Teams got sick of losing battles to Chinese Troops! So Oz [L] Banned them from Games.
https://au.pinterest.com/pin/341218109248906811/
https://www.facebook.com/AusArmySkillatArmsMeet/videos/may-12-at-aasam/9...
2nd June : 3 Chinese Ships > Dock 5 days in Brisbane Port
July PM Turnbull (Ticks) Chinese lease of Lae Port PNG + NT/NSW
27th Aug -9th Sept PANDAROO Larrakeya Barracks
New additions of 20th Infantry Hawaii / New Mobile Force Exercises
10th -20th Sept KOWARI includes Indonesia
Sept PM Turnbull signs $1.2b / 50 year Lease to China for 20% of Port of Melbourne +PNG/NT/NSW
2017
17th-31st May AASAM 2nd Placed 2016 Chinese Team (Not invited or Boycotted all AASAM since)
15th June : 2 Chinese Ships arrive in Auckland NZ (Joint Maneuvers & Drills)
July PM Turnbull (Ticks) Chinese Lease of Tibar Port Timor/Mbne/PNG/NT/NSW (Whole Oz Perimeter)
(Notes) Tibar / Timor + Chinese Warships Contract was signed in 2019.
2015-2017 Oz [L] Govt/s Sold off 15,000km Oz Navigational Perimeter with 5 Ports to Chinese
July : Chinese "Unofficially Observe" Oz Talisman Sabre Exercises off North Qld Coast
23rd-30th Aug PANDAROO (Switch) to Cairns invites Women > Sea Kayaks / Whitewater Rafting
10th-21st Sept KOWARI (Switch) ADF > Kunming City in Yunnan Province (Jindian Barracks)
Mountain Abseiling / Lake Swimming / Coastal Exercises
2018
15th April 2018 Challenged 3 ADF Ships (See Maps)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-20/south-china-sea-australian-warshi...
May US Ban Chinese Navy from RIMPAC
9th June 2018 Chinese Ship spies on Oz Ship in Fiji.
24th Aug *[L] Elect new Oz PM Morrison
5th Sept Oz invites China to KAKADU Naval exercise
https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/media-releases/2018-09-13/regional-t...
15 Sept 2018 [L] Govt Home Affairs Dutto champagne's $2,5m Cash Splash Chinese Research Vessel
3rd Time [L] Govt welcome Chinese Spy Ships into Hobart Port > soon twice each Summer! Kisses!
https://www.swellnet.com/forums/politico/577285?page=55
19th-28th Sept KOWARI (Extends from Sydney to Blue Mountains Canberra)
60km Coastal Canoe Invasion of Sydney Harbour & Climbing + 6th Brigade.
28th Sept HMAS Melbourne in Zhanjiang (Passage / Rescue / Partner Exercise)
End Sept China bans US Ship from Hong Kong in Oct
17th Nov 2018 Hobart welcomes Chinese Icebreaker
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-11/17/c_137613897.htm
2019
27th Jan [L] Chinese New Year Function VIP Donors bankrolling their Puppet Abbott's Election.
23rd April Oz HMAS Melbourne in Qingdao Port Celebrates Red Army 70th Anniversary
Early May Chinese Ships tail Oz Ships in Provocative Indo Pacific Endeavour Exercise
27th May Chinese Fishing Boats Target Lasers at Oz Pilots in Indo Pacific Endeavour Exercise
3 June China retaliates by exercising 3x Ships Military might in Sydney Harbour unbeknown to Premier
July 2019 Chinese Ship monitors Talisman Sabre off Qld Coast
10 Oct Chinese Military attend Sydney Navy Conference ( Last Oz [L] Defence Minister Meetings)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-10/record-number-chinese-military-pe...
9th-20th Oct KOWARI : ADF > Hainan Island China (Team Spirit / Willpower > Skills & T
Nov 2019 Hobart welcomes Chinese Icebreaker
2020 (Covid)
Jan : Chinese Oz Evacuations > Detention Camps
Feb : First Covid Cases in Oz
March : Hobart Welcomes Chinese Research Ship
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/working-in-the-cold-australia-and-chin...
May / June Oz PM Chinese Covid Claim + Counter Sanctions
Nov Chinese warn Oz Warships to stay out of disputed Zones.
2021
July 2021 Chinese Ship monitors Talisman Sabre off Qld Coast
Aug 2021 Chinese Ship enters Darwin EEZ Sails down East Coast to Sydney > NZ
2022
17 Feb 2022 Ship fires Laser at ADF Plane > China Returns down under with Election Promo
6th-14th May 2022 Chinese Ship enters EEZ Exmouth (Holt Sub Radar) Sails inshore to Darwin
26th May 2022 Plane Fires Chaff on ADF Plane
1st March Caretaker [L] Govt ramp record 5,294 / day Chinese Gold Passes (Welcome Comrades)
Election : *Change to ALP PM ............................Happy to share the truth of the matter!
The "I can't believe it's not politics" thread.