But Australia has been thought to be a less equal society than many European ones, sitting somewhere in the middle between the United States and countries such as France.
Source: Unequal? Our analysis suggests Australia is a more equal society than has been thought
Political parties are free to say what they like, but it is their actions that define them. No amount of flowery rhetoric can hide the true nature of a political party, which is defined by its policies. The current Australian government may have flowery rhetoric in its beliefs, but, as I hope I have shown here, their actions and policies tell a different story.
Note Americans still call Murdoch ‘the Australian Billionaire’ not even the Australian-American. He simply isn’t one of them but might as well be a Russian in his support for Trump and the degree of influence he has.
Republican outlets like Politico and Fox and the Wall Street Journal (the latter two echo chambers for reactionary Australian billionaire Rupert Murdoch) have been asking whether Biden’s is a failed presidency. The stupid gives me vertigo. After the lunacy Trump put the country through, even if Biden had had fewer successes than he did, he’d have been a roaring success just by not replicating the previous four years of dysfunction.
Life and death are on the line and the president and his minions appear reluctant to grasp the reality
The Coalition’s philosophy is about restraining tax as a share of the economy, even if that means it will need to shrink government spending as a share of GDP (in ways that are not yet unexplained).
Labor is signalling that it is more comfortable with the tax share creeping up — mostly thanks to increased contributions from high income earners — but it will make sure lower income earners don’t end up worse off.
Who says elections aren’t a contest of ideas?
Your income tax questions answered in three easy charts: Labor and Coalition proposals side by side
The founders of the global civil rights movement, and young black Australians talk about what Black Lives Matter means to them.
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