@mareeoh.bsky.social
“Tradies can obtain qualifications without formal testing from a vast number of private organisations.”
Ah, the consequences of deregulating and privatising the sector.
Another one for the we-told-you-so file.
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
It seems nazi salutes are back in vogue, and excused, when performed by the mega rich and mega connected. 🤷🏽♂️
22.02.2025 10:07 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
We are never going to have a sustainable housing market while it's thought of as a spot market asset where daily prices matter somehow? (Has anyone who is not bonkers ever actually thought about how much house increased in value "this month"?)
01.01.2025 20:16 — 👍 37 🔁 11 💬 5 📌 0
Two women smiling! They are holding champagne.
Catching up with the best of people this afternoon. I deliberately picked this photo where @mareeoh.bsky.social looks excellent and I look not so excellent.
09.12.2024 09:00 — 👍 44 🔁 3 💬 5 📌 0Ha ha
09.12.2024 09:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Just got our EBA vote back (I was one of the union bargaining reps). 93% turn out. And ALL YES. Proud to be union. Our union membership is 70% — good to see our potential members engaged and supportive. 💪🏽💕
25.11.2024 06:05 — 👍 42 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
A book cover with red and white mind-bending blocks where people try to scramble up ladders that go nowhere. It feels like an optical-illusion. The book is called Mean Streak: A moral vacuum and a multi-billion dollar government shakedown by Rick Morton.
5.0 ***** essential reading for all citizens, everywhere SJ • 3 weeks ago this is the only comprehensive & coherent dissection of the the most egregious public service corruption that has ever happened in australia any lingering confusion I had about the mechanics of robodebt has been put to bed. the author's intricate yet demystifying explanations demonstrate exactly how the public service & government pulled it off; every detail from the outset laid bare. this book should be mandatory reading for all public servants & prescribed text for any tertiary study even remotely linked to public policy. the author's narration is magnificent: clear, easy on the ears, perfect inflection throughout. this is book of the year, the decade. it's right up top with some of my lifetime favourites.
This all-consuming book has been out for a month, as of yesterday, and is off to be reprinted. I have been too scared to ask for numbers, but I know people are buying and reading it. Thank you. The best feedback is a review like this one because it was my exact hope for this thing. Don't stop now!
17.11.2024 08:54 — 👍 1168 🔁 258 💬 74 📌 25
Graph showing that the share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest.
Look at this graph.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest.
As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
With @squigglyrick.bsky.social at book launch of Mean Streak
15.11.2024 08:56 — 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
