• ikt@aussie.zone
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    21 天前

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/farrer-by-election-2026

    that’s true, didn’t realise how far back it was since nats last held it

    Trying to find more info but it’s confusing

    “Cut their tails off and send ’em back overseas,” she says bluntly.

    As she speaks, Fantig gestures towards a man sleeping rough on the banks of the Murray River.

    “They’re living in our homes while Australians can’t even find a rental,” she says. “As Aussie taxpayers, we’re the ones being discriminated against.”

    The irony is baked into the geography. Fantig’s grievance is boiling over in one of the most “traditionally Australian” pockets of the country; more than 80 per cent of Farrer’s residents were born here, far higher than NSW’s 64 per cent average.

    https://archive.md/H881Y

    Shout out to the Knitting Nannas for Renewables group members Wendy Cole, Jennifer Huber and Vivien Chivers