Not Good Enough

87 — Beetaloo Advocate

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JobSeeker was a massive corporate handout, Tasmanian Liberals don't want to frighten the kids, and the government gives millions of dollars to gas miners (with Labor's help).

 

Politics of envy
  • The 2020 JobSeeker program handed out millions of dollars to prop up record corporate profits.
  • Scott Morrison is “not into the politics of envy”.
  • Independent MP Rex Patrick pushed for a bill to force companies to reveal information showing if they really needed the Jobkeeper grants. Labor backed down.
  • Jaquie Lambie accused the Labor party of “slapping the little person”.
    • Don’t frighten the children!
    • The Tasmanian Liberals voted down declaring a climate emergency, saying it was “scaring the children”.
    Flooding the sub-basin in cash
    • The Liberal party have granted $50 million for gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin.
  • Two of the companies funded have links to tax havens and Russian oligarchs.
  • The third company, Empire Energy, received $21m. Empire Energy has close ties with the Liberals.
  • Complained the the grant process was corrupt, but still voted to allow it.
  • Traditional owners were cut out of the grant processes.
    • Meanwhile, in the private sector
    • BHP is slashing value from it’s coal assets.
  • Origin Energy is trying to get out of coal.
  • Angus Taylor’s “CoalKeeper” plan is going to increase electricity prices by $400 per household, per year.
  • For the first time, Australia generated more solar energy than coal.
  • Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology has been gagged from talking about climate change.
    • Shoutouts
    • Support the fundraiser for Beyond Bricks and Bars — a trans and gender diverse decarceration project.
  • Solidarity with the truck drivers striking against uberisation of the industry.
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