My latest article on #theAIMN website: @MicheleONeilAU's reaction to the federal #budget on behalf of the ACTU @unionsaustralia was quick and lethal -- and did not mince words in declaring that workers need to benefit from it. #auspol
And in doing so, @MicheleONeilAU and the ACTU @unionsaustralia have lit the blowtorch on the Morrison government and the federal Parliament to get the #budget elements approved quickly for maximum effectiveness -- even without much of its #NERP plan taken into account. #auspol
And @MicheleONeilAU with the ACTU @unionsaustralia have advocated for the #budget's aims to be applied fairly across the board into the hands of working people, the unemployed and under-employed -- for all groups involving regions, age, and gender. #auspol
Also, the final outcomes from the industrial relations reform negotiations -- yet to be determined -- may also provide a factor in applying the #budget's elements, which the ACTU @unionsaustralia hopes won't leave workers behind, either. #auspol
Those are some of the talking points -- enjoy reading, discuss, and feel free to RT and share this article from #theAIMN@AusIndiMedia website far and wide.
And many thanks as always for supporting independent & progressive media in Australia, no matter who provides it. #auspol
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My latest article, an #OPINION piece, for the @insidefeedhq sport website: Jordan De Goey should NOT play for Collingwood vs Geelong tomorrow. Nor should he have played since the alleged sexual assault charges were laid against him. #auspol#AFL#THREAD
In fact, due to the alleged sexual assault charges against him, the club should allow him time to fight them. #AFL#auspol
I will make this clear from the outset: This is not an anti-Jordan De Goey take. Deep down, I’m sure he is a nice, upstanding young man. Nor is it an anti-Collingwood take – as much as I want my Geelong Cats to beat them tomorrow night. #AFL#auspol
My latest for #theAIMN: In addition to other perceptions of neglect from Tuesday night's federal #budget, add the arts & entertainment sectors to that list. And @withMEAA and Greens senator @sarahinthesen8 are none too pleased. #auspol
Excerpt from @sarahinthesen8: "The arts and entertainment industry was one of the first to be hit by social distancing restrictions, it has suffered enormously throughout the lockdown and will be one of the last to recover."
Although federal arts and communications minister @PaulFletcherMP announced several areas of funding for those areas, @withMEAA head Paul Murphy says that the arts and entertainment sectors still remain inadequately funded. #auspol#budget
My latest sport article for @insidefeedhq: Psychological warfare, from within -- that could best describe the pressure the @GeelongCats are under, with a cut-throat @AFL semi-final vs. @CollingwoodFC ahead. And is this their last chance? #AFLCatsPies
As in, a last chance at @AFL premiership glory for @GeelongCats's veteran-laden squad? Sure, @CollingwoodFC also have an older list -- but given the uncertain futures of some players, would the window for winning a flag slam shut with a Cats loss? #AFLCatsPies
Or can the @GeelongCats -- a club with a list that can win a premiership -- bottle up this sense of the pressure to win "right now" to carry them past @CollingwoodFC, then past @brisbanelions, and then to another flag? #AFLCatsPies
My latest sport article for the @insidefeedhq website: As Bill O'Brien was fired today by the @HoustonTexans as the first coaching casualty of the @NFL season, it was a clear-cut case that it was going to happen. #NFL
"The NFL, rightly or wrongly, has a reputation of being a circuit governed by copy-cat decisions among its teams. And coaching moves are often no exception to this observation..."
I've profiled four other NFL head coaches who may, or may not, deserve to be on the hot seat. And with O'Brien's sacking coming just four weeks into the season, are we bound to see a lot of other firings as the 2020 season goes on, and how quickly may the next one come up? #NFL
At this point, our best recourse is to contact each of the communications ministers. They need to be held accountable, to help #SaveOurABC before it falls into LNP/IPA hands.
I will be providing Twitter handles, e-mail addresses, and office numbers. Public record info.
We need to let them know just what the ABC means, as an essential part of Australian life and as an indispensable service over the years, in order to reverse years of funding cuts.