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Joshi

@ HalfEarthMedic @slrpnk.net

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GP, Farmer, Radical Progressive

  • Selling out our sovereignty

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  • Yeah, it makes sense. I thought it was interesting though as Australia has been copping heat about exporting these, turns out it was never really a choice.

  • Right faction stages walkout at Labor conference over CFMEU motion

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  • There's been a lot of talk lately about Libs splitting, I wouldn't be against Labor splitting, maybe Centrist Labor and Social Democratic Labor.

    Let's see how much support those neoliberal cranks on the right when they have to defend holding back progress to the electorate rather than pushing their weight around in caucus.

  • Right faction stages walkout at Labor conference over CFMEU motion

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  • So, a chunk of the "Labor" party don't support the right of labour to democratic representation.

  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    On the ubiquity of institutional racism and the trauma it causes

    www.croakey.org /on-the-ubiquity-of-institutional-racism-and-the-trauma-it-causes/
  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    Why Medicare needs joint federal–state hospitals

    johnmenadue.com /post/2025/11/a-joint-federal-state-public-hospital-system-is-essential-for-restoring-medicares-core-promise-to-the-nation/
  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    Wong’s world: Diplomacy under the shadow of America

    independentaustralia.net /politics/politics-display/wongs-world-diplomacy-under-the-shadow-of-america,20422

  • Australia is bringing in ‘world first’ minimum pay for food delivery drivers – here’s how it will work

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  • Yeah, I'm not overly impressed with the "world first" aspect here, workers insurance and minimum wage seem very mid 20thC type achievements, but it is good to finaly see this loophole closing, and led by a union.

  • unions @lemmy.ml
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    Australia is bringing in ‘world first’ minimum pay for food delivery drivers – here’s how it will work

    www.theguardian.com /business/2025/nov/25/food-delivery-companies-australian-union-drivers-minimum-pay

  • GPs will soon get extra incentives to bulk bill. So will your doctor be free?

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  • I'm hugely sympathetic to this.

    Definitely anyone charging a fee to the patient, whether GP, or allied health, or specialist, should be getting nothing from Medicare. I also agree that public GP clinics ought to be a thing.

    That said, given that there is not likely going to be a fundamental change in our model anytime soon, this is a good policy within our current framework.

  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    Prioritise Health not AUKUS – IPAN Media

    ipan.org.au /prioritise-health-not-aukus-ipan-media-release-19-nov-2025/

  • South African man’s visa cancelled after neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament

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  • 1000 apologies, I read this, then read about the Pauline Hanson discrimination act stuff, then came back and got them confused. The cancellation of visas is always an option for any reason for the minister, I kind of think a committee or something would be better. I still think it's worth throwing the book at Nazis in every instance where they can't be ignored.

  • South African man’s visa cancelled after neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament

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  • Let's deconstruct this.

    This fellow was behaving in a way that is against our stated national values, is threatening to citizens and other residents of this country, and is against the law.

    He is now facing the predictable legal consequences of breaking the law, ie had he consulted a lawyer or even looked into it himself beforehand he would've known that this would be the likely outcome.

    You're now inferring from this that legitimate political speech may be curtailed in the future despite there being no legal mechanism for this to happen.

    Many on the far left like to claim that liberals will always defend the rights of fascists to be fascists, that's sometimes unfair but this kind of nonsense is how liberals get that reputation. ('Small l' liberals of course)

  • politics @lemmy.world
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    The last Boomer

    johnmenadue.com /post/2025/11/the-last-boomer/
  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    'Gets under the skin': The disadvantage shaping the future of 950,000 Australian kids

    www.sbs.com.au /news/article/child-poverty-australian-children-future/c2lpnm276
  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    What are “rusted-on” Labor voters thinking ?

    johnquiggin.com /2025/11/10/what-are-rusted-on-labor-voters-thinking/

  • Private health insurance offered little relief for my dental woes

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  • Yeah, a lot of good cardiology and vascular work gets done at the mount hospital in Perth, it's not that they're literally useless all the time. Just most of the time.

  • Private health insurance offered little relief for my dental woes

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  • It is absurd the Medicare doesn't cover dental. I see a patient once or twice a month delaying dental care because of cost.

    I kind of understand the government being cautious about controversial reforms but the libs had literally nothing to say about the recent GP bulk billing changes as it's just popular. Medicare covering dental care and increasing school funding to meet Gonski targets are almost opposition proof.

    Incidentally I am a doctor and I don't have insurance. I don't wear glasses, I don't play sports that ruin my joints and I'm not getting pregnant. There is literally no benefit. On top of which, when I was a junior doctor it wasn't uncommon for us to have a private patient transferred to the public system when the private physician realised they were actually sick and not just a pay day, the public system treats sick patients, the private system has nice carpet and nurses that smile. We need to remove Medicare payments to private providers and invest properly into public healthcare.

    Sorry for the tangentially related rant.

  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    Revealed: Secret plans to introduce media censorship in Australia

    johnmenadue.com /post/2025/11/revealed-secret-plans-to-introduce-media-censorship-in-australia/
  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    What would Whitlam think of the Albanese Government?

    johnmenadue.com /post/2025/11/what-would-whitlam-think-of-the-albanese-government/

  • In light of recent events and on behalf of its 8,400 farmer members, Farmers for Climate Action points out some key facts.

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  • Unfortunately it seems to have been taken down. Not sure what happened there. If it shows up again I'll repost it

  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    Norway struck oil in the 60s. Now it has trillions. This is how Australia compares

    www.abc.net.au /news/2025-11-05/lessons-for-australia-from-norways-tax-on-resources/105939048

  • Most Australians think politicians’ secret cash-for-access payments are corrupt

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  • Yeah, the headline should've been "1/3 of Australians don't understand what corruption is"

  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    Most Australians think politicians’ secret cash-for-access payments are corrupt

    australiainstitute.org.au /post/most-australians-think-politicians-secret-cash-for-access-payments-are-corrupt/
  • Australia @aussie.zone
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    In light of recent events and on behalf of its 8,400 farmer members, Farmers for Climate Action points out some key facts.

    farmersforclimateaction.org.au /blog/2025/11/03/keyfacts-climate-pollution-goals/

  • Chinese companies are largest shareholders in two Australian mines producing minerals vital for Beijing's hypersonic missiles, helping China to access key resources

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  • I wonder if this could convince right wingers that it'd be good to nationalise the mines?

  • Pay per shower: fully-funded aged care turns market-driven aged support - Michael West

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  • And here I thought the the Labor Party didn't really believe in anything, but they sure do believe in capitalism...

    Fixed it for you.

  • 'Forget subsidies': Solar-battery hybrids can deliver 'incredibly competitive' power for big industry

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  • Haha, yeah hybrid projects, not a hybrid product.

  • Australian governments ‘turning their backs’ on soaring Indigenous incarceration, former minister says

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  • In other news, water is wet.

  • Are you reading Nobody's Girl by Virginia Guiffre? How are you doing it?

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  • I'm not reading Nobodys Girl but I had a similar experience.

    I read Lolita in my 20s and found it a beautifully written text. I reread it in my 30s and couldn't get through it because of the subject matter. I guess I developed empathy.

    I don't think you're dishonoring the author by giving up if its a bit too much

  • Any good resources for arguments for and against accelerationism?

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  • Any ideology that proposes deliberately making peoples lives worse is not worth discussing.

    If I'm playing devils avocado I guess rapid technological and economic growth gives us more value to appropriate in the name of the proletariat?

  • Australia has amongst the highest teacher shortages in the OECD

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  • I agree that both

    • teachers are underpaid
    • pay is not remotely the main reason teachers leave

    Higher pay would help attract more teachers and therefore could help reduce workload if public schools were given the funding to employ them. But low pay is not a major reason why people leave the profession.

  • Australia has amongst the highest teacher shortages in the OECD

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  • Be wary of people applying Econ 101 concepts where they aren't applicable.

    Education is a public good and the market will never provide adequate supply. It requires public policy to provide it. You're right that if public schools made teaching an attractive option there would be more teachers, but then that's the point of the article.