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RaymondPierreL3"Famously, those allies have now fallen out, reflecting the truism that, in Victoria, factions are like the weather. If you don’t like what’s on offer, just wait a while."I like this line. It reflects realpolitik in the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labor</a> Party - something voters tend to forget about in the fever of elections - and the variagated <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Melburnian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Melburnian</a> weather. I love them both. One because no party can truly be a homogeneous represetantion of the community and the other because just as seasons mark time, Melbourne gives seasons everyday.Christopher Warren wrote a brilliant reminder of what musical chairs in the Parliamentary caucus is all about and explains why political egos are not the main game here.The latest factional struggle in Labor goes back a long way, from before <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Hawke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hawke</a> to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Rudd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rudd</a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Shorten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shorten</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> Read More: <a href="https://crikey.us22.list-manage.com/track/click" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://crikey.us22.list-manage.com/track/click</a>?

RaymondPierreL3<a href="https://aus.social/@Cloudslave" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Cloudslave</a> Yes. I get that as we age we have a tendency to be more <a href="https://aus.social/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservative</a>, more cautious about changes, less likely to want to rock the boat. But all of those sentiments are a far cry from supporting any Party which denies changes are happening and which are veering further and further to the right, into <a href="https://aus.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/elitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elitism</a>, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greed</a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hate</a>. And surely, us older folks were more into <a href="https://aus.social/tags/unionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unionism</a> than any cohort since (the historical numbers alone show us this) and hence too ‘<a href="https://aus.social/tags/progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#progressive</a>’ to support the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LNP</a> let alone the crackpot Parties. What happened? Endemic senility? A geriatric demise of mental faculties? Forgotten how to think things through? Have we, as a cohort, forgotten what it was like in our youth? What has happened to the generation of ‘flower power’, the Age of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Aquarius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aquarius</a> dreamers, the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Moratorium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moratorium</a> crowd, the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Whitlam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Whitlam</a> supporters (and to a lesser extent the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Hawke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hawke</a> generation)? Where have they all gone? Why have we, boomers, seemingly become fossilised curmudgeons? What has changed us so dramatically? I do not consider myself an outlier, an exception, or anything other than a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/boomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boomer</a>. My years and financial situation mark me out as one of them. But damn it, boomers suck and need to wake up to themselves. I thoroughly repudiate what my generation has become based on what I see, hear and read.Bodies may become frail in the winter of our years,but that is no reason to fear what tomorrow might (or might not) bring. For those of us who still have a mind there is nothing stopping us from figuring out that whatever the future is, it is surely in the hands of younger generations and we should do our utmost to help them with it, not stymie their efforts, crush their dreams, impose our misguided wills on them. To do so has no purpose other than bull headedness based on misguided and illogical thinking (pse let it not be envy). What kind of parents, grandparents or great grandparents has my generation become? Didn’t we all use to love our kids?

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 30 cont 🤪⛪️🗳️“A separatist <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristianSect" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ChristianSect</a> which tells its members to hate the world and which objects to voting is campaigning for the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Liberal</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Nationals</a> parties ahead of Saturday’s federal election. The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PlymouthBrethrenChristianChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PlymouthBrethrenChristianChurch</a>, formerly known as the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ExclusiveBrethren" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ExclusiveBrethren</a>, has dispatched hundreds of its members to pre-polling booths in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MarginalSeats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MarginalSeats</a> while instructing them to keep secret that they are members of the controversial <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#religion</a>.Workers in five marginal seats in Victoria and NSW told this masthead they had encountered 20 or more Brethren members wearing <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Liberal</a> or <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/National" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#National</a> campaign T-shirts handing out how-to-vote cards, some of whom identified themselves as members of the sect. The seats – <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Kooyong" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Kooyong</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Gorton" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gorton</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Hawke" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Hawke</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Gilmore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gilmore</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Calare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Calare</a> – are held by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Labor</a> or <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/independents" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#independents</a>.The accounts were backed by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LaborParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LaborParty</a> campaign sources, speaking anonymously because they were not authorised to speak publicly, who claimed the Brethren members were active in seats in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NSW</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Victoria</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Queensland</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Tasmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Tasmania</a>, including <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bennelong" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bennelong</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Parramatta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Parramatta</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Whitlam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Whitlam</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Macquarie</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Paterson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Paterson</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Lyons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lyons</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Reid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Reid</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Blair</a>.”<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AusPol</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#extremism</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RightWing</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LNP</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Coalition</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#voting</a> <<a href="https://archive.md/osEeV" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://archive.md/osEeV</a>> / <<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/exclusive-brethren-don-t-vote-but-are-secretly-campaigning-for-the-coalition-20250428-p5luny.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/exclusive-brethren-don-t-vote-but-are-secretly-campaigning-for-the-coalition-20250428-p5luny.html</a>> (paywall).

Emus for EntropyWe Should Be So Lucky: Why the Australian Way Works<a href="https://insidestory.org.au/the-improvisers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://insidestory.org.au/the-improvisers/</a>(Yet) Another analysis of why Australia has not disappeared in a froth of beer fueled cynical lazy mismanagement ... or ... ?This is an interesting , informative and *informed* "assay " of a book by expat Andrew Low. Yes, it/they does/do reference the frayed Lucky Country "meme" made prominent by that Don Horne bloke.<edited quote> ::... Australia is not compelled to follow the American lead any more than it is compelled to follow a Chinese lead. ... they are wise words. Australians may not be good long-term planners, he observes, but they are good improvisers. Being adaptable, Low thinks, is better than being visionary. Adaptable is what we need to be. </ quote> Yep :) Mostly makes good sense to this decaying lump of post sheep meat .<a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Auspol</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/LuckyCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LuckyCountry</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Hawke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hawke</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Keating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Keating</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservatism</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Society</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Polity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polity</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Voting</a>

Dining & CookingDua Lipa breaks from world tour to visit New Zealand winery <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1996562/dua-lipa-breaks-from-world-tour-to-visit-new-zealand-winery/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.diningandcooking.com/1996562/dua-lipa-breaks-from-world-tour-to-visit-new-zealand-winery/</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Auckland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Auckland</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/celebrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#celebrity</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/DuaLipa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DuaLipa</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Hawke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hawke</a>'sBay <a href="https://vive.im/tags/marlborough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marlborough</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewZealand</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/NewZealandWine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewZealandWine</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/syrah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#syrah</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wine</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/WineFromNewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WineFromNewZealand</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/WineOfNewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WineOfNewZealand</a>

KarlijneA little repost, like many illustrations are going to be. So here is the Champion of Kirkwal again. My mage Datura Hawke. Again a poisonous name, but then again a woman that can kill men twice her size needs a dangerous name. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/hawke?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hawke</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/dragonage2?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dragonage2</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/championofkirkwall?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#championofkirkwall</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/dragonage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dragonage</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mage</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/plants?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plants</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/digital?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digital</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/digitalart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/illustrationartists?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illustrationartists</a>

Maude Nificent<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Auspol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NeoLiberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeoLiberalism</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Hawke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hawke</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Keating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Keating</a><a href="https://beige.party/@onekind" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@onekind</a> has drawn my attention to a book by Liz Humphrys — How Labour Built NeoLiberalism … not having read the book yet, did find an interview with the author in Jacobin… an interesting snippet<The other thing to remember is that prior to the Accord, the last time the ALP had been in government was under Gough Whitlam. His government found itself in the middle of an economic crisis. Since then, the Right has always accused Labor of being poor financial managers who can’t be trusted to run the country’s finances.The Hawke–Keating period, on the other hand, is held up as one of the most successful periods of economic restructuring. The ALP relies on the success of that period to argue publicly that it is fit for government. That creates a problem for trade union leaders. They don’t want to disagree with this argument publicly, even if they think the Accord was a massive setback for the labor movement. Even people who were critical of the Accord feel compelled to say nothing in public or even to defend it.><a href="https://jacobin.com/2020/10/australia-labor-party-neoliberalism-accord" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jacobin.com/2020/10/australia-labor-party-neoliberalism-accord</a>

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