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Weary?
I am.
There’s so much I don’t like going on, stuff that scares me.
To cheer myself up I thought I’d write a list of things I’d like to happen, in #auspoI and the world:
1. An emissions trading scheme.
2. Indigenous voice to Parliament
3. #changethedate
4. Federal ICAC
I am.
There’s so much I don’t like going on, stuff that scares me.
To cheer myself up I thought I’d write a list of things I’d like to happen, in #auspoI and the world:
1. An emissions trading scheme.
2. Indigenous voice to Parliament
3. #changethedate
4. Federal ICAC
But wait! There’s more!
5. Transition plans for renewable energy jobs for those currently in mining
6. Publicly funded elections
7. A national job guarantee
8. Newstart set at 50% of median wage
9. Commitment to social housing
10. Some bankers in prison would be nice? #auspol
5. Transition plans for renewable energy jobs for those currently in mining
6. Publicly funded elections
7. A national job guarantee
8. Newstart set at 50% of median wage
9. Commitment to social housing
10. Some bankers in prison would be nice? #auspol
Fuck it. May as well keep going.
11. National plan for sustainable agriculture, protect our food security.
12. #auspol the manufacturing leader of renewable technologies
13. Free high quality public education from early years to university.
14. Medicare for dental and mental
11. National plan for sustainable agriculture, protect our food security.
12. #auspol the manufacturing leader of renewable technologies
13. Free high quality public education from early years to university.
14. Medicare for dental and mental
A thread: I'd like to go over the *worst* take from the white guy who sat quietly while #KAK used the suffering of Indigenous people to dismiss Invasion Day: "History was pretty horrible so colonialism wasn't that bad. Also nobody is racist" #auspol
news.com.au/entertainment/…
news.com.au/entertainment/…
So right off the bat there's a switch: the "unheard side of the Studio 10 debate" is actually a think piece about #changethedate with no explanation for why Hildebrand stayed silent while Kerri-Anne went off on one. Not an important topic, I guess
This is already on shaky footing because #changethedate is old news and the only people still talking about it are, unsurprisingly, probably white. What's needed is substantive policy, not celebrating genocide on another day #fuckthedate #changeAustralia
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Key findings (based on Twitter mentions 1 - 27 January 2019)
1. #InvasionDay returned as the most mentioned hashtag in relation to protesting Australia Day.
(#InvasionDay was the most popular hashtag used in 2015 /2016 but was overtaken by #changethedate in 2017/2018)
1. #InvasionDay returned as the most mentioned hashtag in relation to protesting Australia Day.
(#InvasionDay was the most popular hashtag used in 2015 /2016 but was overtaken by #changethedate in 2017/2018)
2. Twitter mentions of #changethedate decreased in 2019 overtaken by #changethenation
3. #changethenation was the second most mentioned hashtag protesting Australia Day
4. Twitter mentions of #alwayswillbe have increased 40 per cent between 2018 - 2019
3. #changethenation was the second most mentioned hashtag protesting Australia Day
4. Twitter mentions of #alwayswillbe have increased 40 per cent between 2018 - 2019
Here is a heat map of #InvasionDay, #changethenation, #survivalday, #alwayswillbe, #noprideingenocide & #changethedate over the course of the weekend.
A thread on jan 26: my mentions are being flooded by people saying “it was a long time ago”, “it was not an invasion” and “you are better off”. These people are some of the same people who complain of a “Muslim invasion” or “Chinese buying Australia”.
If we were not invaded you are certainly not being invaded. If you bought the land fair-and-square so are foreign nationals who are buying land. If we are better off you will be if the technologically superior economic powerhouse called China takes over.
Bear in mind, I don’t believe there is a Muslim invasion and I believe if foreign nationals like the British Vestey company can own land here so can the Chinese.
