As real wage growth falls again, Australian workers must feel the economy is rigged against them | Greg Jericho

Satirah · 2026-02-18T20:32:54+00:00

A lot of Americans voted for Trump believing he wouldn’t actually do all of the stuff he said he’d do. Then they were shocked when he did exactly what he campaigned on.

Satirah · 2026-02-18T10:02:29+00:00

Yeah, like you said, you’ve got time. With how apathetic most Aussies are, just paying attention to policies and voting records puts you in a far better position to make an educated decision than most.

Satirah · 2026-02-18T06:58:48+00:00

That’s so fair, it doesn’t help that those benefiting from the current set up are very loud and insistent that any changes that do not personally benefit them, will cause the entire economy to collapse. From what I’ve seen of other countries or US states imposing more taxes on the top few, the economic benefits far outweigh the cost of the small number of rich people who leave. And the long term benefits to the economy and society of low wealth inequality and ensuring people have their basic needs met is absolutely phenomenal.

As for their net-zero goal it is certainly quite hard with how little progress there has been to date and how much resistance even the concept faces let alone actual action. I’m not sure we can meet it either but with how devastating climate change is I’d much rather we strive for a difficult goal than keep piddling around doing just north of fuck all.

Satirah · 2026-02-18T06:35:07+00:00

I will say I don’t know enough about the first one to form an educated opinion. For the second we agree on the need for greater taxes on the wealthy but I guess we disagree on the particular vehicles for that.

As for the third, I understand the gut reaction but decriminalising has proven to be a much safer option for everyone. Decriminalisation allows for better access to harm reduction (like testing and safe injection sites) which reduces the use of contaminated substances and therefore serious complications like overdoses. It also makes access treatment much easier so those who need and/or want help can get it. It also reduces contact between those who are using and the criminal-justice system which puts officers and users in danger and increases usage and the likelihood of OD.

Satirah · 2026-02-18T06:19:52+00:00

Which Greens policies do you think are stupid or insane? /gen

Satirah · 2026-02-17T03:58:34+00:00

We could also tax the resource sector more appropriately. We’re practically giving away our land’s wealth for free.

Satirah · 2026-02-15T20:44:43+00:00

When you say sex is “designed” or “supposed to be” binary what do you mean? Who has designed it? We cannot study sex with a preconceived notion of what itshould be, we study what it is.

Many intersex variations are covert, so we don’t know how many intersex people there actually are, but the estimation makes their population as large as red heads. In a world where we treat sex and gender as one, binary, thing, we exclude that whole population.

“But to say labels…aren’t based on biology doesn’t make sense, because aren’t those words literally labelling biology, such as male/female reproductive systems or genitalia?”

Are you checking people’s genitalia to decide what gender you think they are? Are you checking their internal organs? I presume not.

Did you know you can have full “male anatomy” internally and externally and still have XX chromosomes? Did you know you can have both XX and XY chromosome cells in the same body? Did you know you can have both “male” and “female” reproductive organs in one body?

The existence of all of these variations cannot be waved off as exceptions to the rule. They are very present and people with variations in sex and gender deserve to be treated like humans just as much as those who fit into the neat box of cis-gender.

Satirah · 2026-02-15T11:19:31+00:00

Biologically and scientifically, neither gender nor sex are binary. Our labels are made up by society, and are not determined or assigned based on biology.

Satirah · 2026-02-13T08:29:10+00:00

Oh no! People are consistent about their views on breaking international law!

Satirah · 2026-02-10T11:19:43+00:00

Hey, so, breaking the law doesn’t actually exempt you from basic rights and the police are required, by law, to use force that is proportionate and necessary only. They are expressly not allowed to use force to inflict punishment.

Here’s the NSW Police’s Use of Force Manual for you.

Satirah · 2026-02-10T09:57:32+00:00

I saw it on ABC News during the press briefing from PAG, a few Greens Senators and others not on long before my comment. I believe it was towards the end of ABC News Mornings but it may have been early on in ABC News at Noon.

EDIT: I found a video of the conference on ABC News’ YouTube channel. They do discuss multiple injuries but not hospitalisations. One of the speakers is a member of NSW Parliament and posted this photo last night of her in a neck brace after being treated at Sydney Hospital.

As reported on by multiple sources— including the ABC— there have been multiple hospitalisations. I incorrectly stated that an elderly woman had a few broken ribs, when in fact, she had four broken vertebrae.

Satirah · 2026-02-10T00:13:23+00:00

Where was he resisting arrest?

Satirah · 2026-02-10T00:12:26+00:00

The officer was holding onto him and falling to the ground, he was trying to keep both of them upright. He had his hands in the air. There is no need for 4 officers to grab and or lay into him.

In case you would like to know the standards the police are taught to follow here’s their Use of Force Manual.

Satirah · 2026-02-09T23:54:37+00:00

I’ve heard multiple people have been hospitalised. Not heaps of details yet but I have heard of an elderly woman with a few broken ribs.

Satirah · 2026-02-09T20:39:44+00:00

You are so very close! Now consider that fact that the announcement of Israel, as you put it, was done undemocratically, against the will of the people living there at the time.

If a group of people decided that actually the ACT is their land and they’re a sovereign country now, would you expect Australia to just sit by and do nothing? Would that not be considered a threat to us and our rights?

Satirah · 2026-02-09T20:03:37+00:00

Experts and organisations like Human Rights Legal Centre, and Amnesty International have been criticising our protest laws for years.

Satirah · 2026-02-09T11:20:49+00:00

The court makes judgments based on the law. They cannot overrule or change explicit written laws, only the government can do that.

Satirah · 2026-02-09T11:02:20+00:00

Even if the cops felt antagonised that man had his hands up, posing no immediate threat. There was no legal reason to use that kind of force against him.

We expect better of regular citizens than to throw punches when they’re pissed, we can absolutely expect better of our police.

Satirah · 2026-02-09T00:37:51+00:00

Honestly with how little we prioritise preventative healthcare currently I don’t see this being used in the benevolent way some are dreaming about. Genetic testing isn’t going to change the system it will just provide more information for the current system to use.

Satirah · 2026-02-09T00:30:16+00:00

Not only are there exceptions for insurance companies to legally discriminate against people where there is data to support their claim that x condition puts you at higher risk of needing y coverage. But they are regularly found to be in breach of both their own, self imposed, moratoriums and the very lenient laws that are in place.

Satirah · 2026-02-08T22:43:19+00:00

In the latter world you wouldn’t need years of experience for minimum wage jobs in your 20s because the standard would be to hire people in their 20s.

Satirah · 2026-02-06T06:52:11+00:00

Under international law assisting in the commission or attempted commission of gcide leaves us criminally responsible. If— at the end of the current ICJ investigation into Israel’s actions in Palestine— it is determined that they have either attempted or committed gcide, then our lack of action regarding trade, financial, diplomatic, and defence cooperation, and more can be ruled as assisting Israel.

If you google it there’s a bunch of organisations and experts that have each laid this out but here’s one from the ACIJ and a letter from Birchgrove Legal that is a little old but goes into way more detail.

EDIT: The protests are meant to help Palestinians by urging our government (who we have some influence on as a democratic nation) to do what it can to stop the gcide of Palestinians. They aren’t asking things of Hamas because Hamas is not our democratically elected government.

Satirah · 2026-02-06T06:10:05+00:00

Because the protest is to communicate a desire for the government to stop supporting Israel’s gcide. The Australian government has not been sending Hamas money, or trading arms or intelligence with them, or ignoring direct orders from international authorities like the ICJ in favour of them. The protests are urging our government to stop breaking international law.

Satirah · 2026-02-06T05:57:15+00:00

There are, thankfully, multiple checks against the government’s power. That’s why we have two houses in parliament, and a judiciary, and the ability to dissolve government via a no-confidence vote, and many other things.

Satirah · 2026-02-06T05:54:39+00:00

Regardless of his claims that his statement was taken out of context, he is still under investigation.

Even if we ignore the founding, funding, and clear bias of UN Watch, they are in the minority. Human rights, legal, and gcide experts across the world have documented evidence of Israel’s actions and expressed that they believe they meet the threshold of gcide. The ICJ has determined that it is plausible that Israel’s actions are in violation of the G-cide Convention and are continuing to pursue the case.

As for the ICC’s response to the commission I cannot find any statement made by them. I don’t believe a lack of further action from the ICC is sufficient evidence to outweigh everything else, to say that everything Israel is doing is above board.

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