Starshark posted:

I see the editorial standards at the ABC are as good as ever.

AgentF posted:

Would like to hear more opinions on this. Although local charitable works is undoubtedly important, I've always thought there is value in working on the high-level, long-term fight as well. A single government decision to slash social security or imprison refugees or abolish HECS/HELP could offset the charitable work of hundreds of volunteers, right? It seems that politics is a harder, longer-term struggle, with few short-term results but still one that cannot afford to be ignored.

Dude McAwesome posted:

Gonna go against sentiment here and say that I just renewed my greens membership for the year. But I’m in electorates that could go green at the state and federal level.

Either way, they’re the least poo poo option in a field filled with terrible options.

Beetphyxious posted:

I don't think that's been disputed, but I'm interested (and Agent F kicked this off) in seeing if there are more effective options for our cash money; a better return on investment.

Birdstrike posted:

investing is kulak behaviour, gulag 4 u

Beetphyxious posted:

I don't think that's been disputed, but I'm interested (and Agent F kicked this off) in seeing if there are more effective options for our cash money; a better return on investment.

Anidav posted:

Dude McAwesome posted:

I’m sure there would be at the micro level, but what does $90/$180 get you on a macro level?

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Don Dongington posted:

Wouldn't they need to print a retraction on this fairly quickly, given it's entirely un-factual?

Anidav posted:

Issue is LNP has no one leadership material in the ranks after Turnbull. Shorten can easily play the status quo.

Beetphyxious posted:

I'm interested in this too, because I let my Greens membership lapse late last year for a number of reasons and would rather put that money elsewhere.

Cartoon posted:

From his appearance on AM this morning I think Scott Morrison is positioning himself as the next leader while grooming Mathius Corman for treasury. How and when this plays out is less certain but given LNP politician's short attention spans I'd say immediately Malcolm Turdball implodes.
Beets were never a green vegetable.

Don Dongington posted:

Wouldn't they need to print a retraction on this fairly quickly, given it's entirely un-factual?

Don Dongington posted:

Also the Left Wing versions of the IPA include the Australia Institute, the Grattan Institute I think, is another one, there's the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, and Getup! Itself. You got heaps of options there, but it depends what type of change you're seeking to affect.

BBJoey posted:

not as left as many in this thread would like.

JBP posted:

GIVE HIM THE CHAIR

JBP posted:

GIVE HIM THE CHAIR

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A Government politician representing beef industry heartland has taken issue with the labelling and placement of a vegetarian product, describing it as a "traitorous protein" that should not be stocked on supermarket meat aisle shelves.
Michelle Landry, who paints herself as a "committed carnivore", holds the marginal Queensland seat of Capricornia.
The electorate includes Rockhampton — which celebrates its links with the cattle industry through six giant bull statues, and hosts the national beef expo.
The Nationals chief whip questioned Woolworths's decision to stock a 100 per cent "plant-based" product in the meat section of the supermarket, labelled as "minced".
"When red-blooded Australians peruse the aisle for red meat to feed their hunger, they are looking for good, wholesome, natural, Australian beef — not a pile of manipulated mung beans with a fancy name and a lab coat," Ms Landry said.
"If people are genuine vegans, they will hardly be looking for products in the red meat section anyway.
"This is clearly an attempt to trick consumers into taking home a Trojan horse of processed protein posturing."
Her comments come after her Nationals colleague Barry O'Sullivan called for Woolworths to pull the product from shelves.
The National Farmers Federation has also weighed in, calling for more clarity about labelling for products related to milk or meat.
Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack also took issue with the labelling, arguing "mince is meat" and the term should be reserved for meat products.
Labor's agriculture spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon said the case highlighted the importance of "genuine truth-in-labelling".
"Consumers are entitled to known what's in their food and where it comes from. Despite all its talk, the Turnbull Government has failed on both fronts," he said.

froglet posted:

But today in farming news:

Farm workers entitled to overtime, farmers lose their loving minds.

To put it bluntly - if the only way for you to turn a profit is to exploit your workers, you shouldn't be in business.

Don Dongington posted:

Lol lab meat and meat substitutes are probably the only viable and sustainable source of protein you idiot fucks.

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When red-blooded Australians peruse the aisle for red meat to feed their hunger, they are looking for good, wholesome, natural, Australian beef