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The Australian economy sleepwalking into debt monetization

not great

social

One nuance often missed when these seemingly authoritarian things out of Australia pop up Twitter (cigarette taxes & plain packaging, gun control, lockdowns and vaccination policy etc) is that we have historically had a very different relationship with our government than the US. 

The social contract is different. We give up more freedoms and expect more from our government in return. Contrast compulsory voting and universal healthcare with the US.
We have a higher expectation of responsibility from both government and citizens.

We might share a language and Crocodile Dundee might have promoted an image of us as rough and rugged, country living individualists, but 90% of us live in cities and we’re really been quite social democratic in the same  way as western Europe for much of our history.

I feel like this best visual representation of this to someone who has never lived here are our road safety campaigns. These are government sponsored advertisements aired throughout my childhood on primetime television.

I feel like this best visual representation of this to someone who has never lived here are our road safety campaigns. These are government sponsored advertisements aired throughout my childhood on primetime television.

https://youtu.be/bfmHrHYMyT0?si=qiNkzsbgSz9MEFCu&t=143

Cute Animals

look at the cute kangaroo and kookaburra this is at tanyas place

She's back!

https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/raygun-performs-with-aussie-singer-days-after-announcing-retirement/news-story/e85438cb7db87b229f2a5f2533ab9740

Degen

How’s that for an Aussie owl who looks seriously pissed off

New season of Fisk is out! Better than any version of The Office, and up there with K&K.

New season of Fisk is out! Better than any version of The Office, and up there with K&K.
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/fisk