Unless Labor rediscovers its roots in transformative reform and rejects the neoliberal militaristic straitjacket, the cries for real change will only grow louder.
Exquisitely and magnificently well said 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌟🌟A “leader “ who just wants to occupy The Lodge for as long as possible
without doing ANYTHING to earn his place there . “Secrecy in Government R Us “is his theme , along with dedicating this nation to being a vassal state of America . Gough Whitlam would be spinning in his grave .
As for “the landslide win” at the 2025 election , his primary vote was embarrassing , he has cut staff for Independent MPs and minor parties , and anything resembling a priority for the Public Interest is a mere charade .
Today , to add insult to injury , I received an email from Labor headquarters allegedly from Albanese , pleading for a $50 donation to their campaign . An email sent to pensioners and thousands of others who suffer from Jobseekers and Centrelink “mutual obligations “ ( 🤮🤮🤮) . This is a PM dedicated to the priorities of his billionaire corporate donors and lobbyists , who is too timid to make use of the necessary policies to advance THIS country and its People lest he might offend them . So there is more chance of hell freezing over , or of the Zionists totally rebuilding Palestine FOR THE
PALESTINIANS than my donating a brass razoo to this embarrassing excuse for a Labor Party. ( The hideous and catastrophic icing on his cake is the AUKUS “deal” to give away multi billions of taxpayer funds to America for the charade
of a submarine that may never eventuate . How could any vassal government be so DUMB in wilfully betraying Australians in this way ??)
Brutal analysis Joel, and true to the last letter. As Shane above quotes… endless beige! I often ponder whether other true believers are as sick of this political cowardice as I am.
…. and let’s not forget the Federal / State double-act in lurching further towards censorship, reduction in transparency and attacks on the right to protest.
I’m becoming increasingly disappointed by the Albanese Labor Government. And State Labor governments overall. They have become in thrall of neo-liberalism and managerialism. They tinker at the edges but seem fearful of undertaking revolutionary change. They have become increasingly conservative. I guess there better than the various Liberal National Party Coalitions but not by much.
Exquisitely and magnificently well said 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌟🌟A “leader “ who just wants to occupy The Lodge for as long as possible
without doing ANYTHING to earn his place there . “Secrecy in Government R Us “is his theme , along with dedicating this nation to being a vassal state of America . Gough Whitlam would be spinning in his grave .
As for “the landslide win” at the 2025 election , his primary vote was embarrassing , he has cut staff for Independent MPs and minor parties , and anything resembling a priority for the Public Interest is a mere charade .
Today , to add insult to injury , I received an email from Labor headquarters allegedly from Albanese , pleading for a $50 donation to their campaign . An email sent to pensioners and thousands of others who suffer from Jobseekers and Centrelink “mutual obligations “ ( 🤮🤮🤮) . This is a PM dedicated to the priorities of his billionaire corporate donors and lobbyists , who is too timid to make use of the necessary policies to advance THIS country and its People lest he might offend them . So there is more chance of hell freezing over , or of the Zionists totally rebuilding Palestine FOR THE
PALESTINIANS than my donating a brass razoo to this embarrassing excuse for a Labor Party. ( The hideous and catastrophic icing on his cake is the AUKUS “deal” to give away multi billions of taxpayer funds to America for the charade
of a submarine that may never eventuate . How could any vassal government be so DUMB in wilfully betraying Australians in this way ??)
Superb analysis, Joel - definitely needed to read this. A very sharp portrait of Albanese, The Hollow Man ™️
Urk. Too enraged/disconsolate/tangled to say anything coherent. Yet. Savage and undeniable. Thanks for your scalpel.
Brutal analysis Joel, and true to the last letter. As Shane above quotes… endless beige! I often ponder whether other true believers are as sick of this political cowardice as I am.
“Self saucing vassaldom”
Ouch!
What does Labor stand for? An obsequious status quo. A pre-emptive surrender. Endless beige.
…. and let’s not forget the Federal / State double-act in lurching further towards censorship, reduction in transparency and attacks on the right to protest.
I’m becoming increasingly disappointed by the Albanese Labor Government. And State Labor governments overall. They have become in thrall of neo-liberalism and managerialism. They tinker at the edges but seem fearful of undertaking revolutionary change. They have become increasingly conservative. I guess there better than the various Liberal National Party Coalitions but not by much.
This is a brutal article Joel. It feels like we are seeing the trauma of the Whitlam coup playing out before our eyes.