How dare you give us $300?
August 11, 2021 • Episode 84
Pros and cons of chucking a sickie. Should the government should pay us $300 or give it to Tabcorp? TERF madness is spreading in Australia.
Sickie for the boys
- 60% of Australia is back in lockdown.
- A NSW Tradie chucked a sickie, saying he had Covid.
- There’s Covid in the Flemington housing towers again. But the response has been a bit more humane this time.
- People in Victorian public housing have had access to on-site vaccinations.
Fuck you, pay me
- The ALP have suggested that people should be paid $300 to encourage vaccine uptake.
- Scott Morrison called it an insult.
- …but is in talks with Tabcorp to run a lottery.
Fortress Australia
- The walls of Fortress Australia keep getting higher.
- Some people will need to wait up to four years for Centerlink support.
TERF wars
- Laurel Hubbard is one of first openly transgender athletes to compete in the Olympics. The TERFs went mad.
- Tracy Holmes’s interview with Laurel shows that the media are only interested in her as a spectacle, not about women’s sports.
- Tasmanian Senator Clair Chandler is bringing the bathroom wars to Australia.
- Gold medalist Quinn, is a non-binary transgender athlete who plays for the Canadian women’s soccer team.
- Hormone levels are used to discriminate against black women. There’s nothing scientific about it.
Actions
- Go get your bloody vaccine.