Stephen Darby :ma_flag_aus:

@naevaTheRat @Baku what is the best kidney bean burger pattie recipe?

@Nath
for peep outside lemmy https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-22/wendy-ruth-sym-jailed-nine-years-attempted-murder-husband/104126238

@Ilandar @trk
No. We are perfectly capable of having our own version of the right wing extremist shambles. Reaction to hard times. Source good news. Stay calm and vote against them.

@Ilandar
I can’t see the daily discussion topic, but it was something about Aus developing trends of USA politics. They’re already here. We have two republican parties.

@unionagainstdhmo
I’m not accusing the Labor party of popular sovereignty.

@unionagainstdhmo
I’m not about to vote liberal, but feel disappointed by some Labor decisions. The anti-protest law in particular seem to have bipartisan support despite democratic resistance. Protests over freedom of association were once the backbone of union membership and strength.

@unionagainstdhmo
I was being sarcastic. I meant republican in the American sense of being reactionary. The Labor party seems compromised by the mining lobby.

@Zagorath @unionagainstdhmo
Allow me to focus on the anti-protest law.
How did that arise from the workers?
Isn’t industrial action a fotrm of protest?

@Zagorath
I love most things about the labor party, but the anti-protest laws passed on their watch. The law is undemocratic and does not represent my rights as a worker. Democracy under attack https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2024/07/03/protest-peril

@unionagainstdhmo @Zagorath
That is very insightful. obviously if the greens had more power, they would also end up having to strike more deals to get their bills passed. I understand that some compromise is how party politics works. Very sad that senator Payman had to go.

Still allowed to voice my dissent over issues that bother me. The anti-protest laws suck. In WA the fines are $15,000 for disrupting normal activity. ‘Republican’ is a confusing word. the anti-protest laws are downright Cromwellian