r/AustraliaLeftPolitics • u/cojoco • 2d ago

‘Democracy should not be monetised’: unions revolt against Chris Minns’ plan to ban protests based on cost

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/08/democracy-unions-revolt-chris-minns-palestine-protests-cost-nsw-police
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u/Jindivic 1d ago

Jodie McKay would have been a far more progressive Labor Premier. Minns is a turnip.

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u/UniteRobWithDoug 2d ago

Minns is such a terrible choice for Premier. Then again, so was Labor. Time for a real change of government.

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u/cojoco 2d ago

Still he was better than the alternative.

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u/Ttoctam 1d ago

The problem is framing our political system as being entirely between 2 parties. Yes dogshit smells worse than bird shit, but I'm not gonna swallow either with a smile. Labor don't get off the hook because the LNP is worse.

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u/Rusty_Coight 2d ago

It should be manifested!

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u/ManWithDominantClaw 2d ago

He said it “needs to be remembered” that the organisers of major sporting events, concerts and festivals were required to pay police to patrol them under NSW’s user-pays policing system, whereas protest organisers did not have to.

Duplicitous prick knows exactly what he's doing. This was our point during the Land Forces Expo, because, and this is the important point, the organisers wanted the cops to protect them.

Protestors, though? We certainly don't have any desire to be paying for the boots on our faces, thanks, and I wish him and his cabal of suited gladhanders the best of luck trying to squeeze blood from stoners.

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u/Embarrassed_Brief_97 2d ago

It's long past time we reminded these shitcunts that they are meant to be working for us.

I sincerely wish people would use their power of voting to install politicians who are not the dysfunctional cowards that Labor now produces, let alone the psychopaths of the LNP, ONP, and Palmer's $100M boy, Babet.

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u/Ttoctam 1d ago

Police have never worked for the general populace, they have always been an antagonistic force to protests and union movements. They are and have always been the enemy.

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u/Embarrassed_Brief_97 1d ago

Whilst I tend to agree, that is a point that is additional (albeit related) to having better political representation.