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[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Wow okay, so I've been watching yt (just trash stuff), and the political campaign ads for the election have started cropping up.

There's one that I always skip, that feels like utter fear mongering - it seems to just focus on how awful the greens are, talking about inheritance tax and migration and alleged sexual abuse survivors talking about their time in the greens party (alleged of course, because I haven't seen much news about sex abuse in the greens party, just the liberal party lol). But because I always skipped it, I didn't know who was sponsoring it... It's Advance Australia party 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Of course they don't talk about their OWN policies, of course it's all about how "terrible" and "scary" the greens are 🙄🙄

I rolled my eyes so hard I've sent them into orbit. At least the ads for the greens and for labor talk about THEIR OWN policies. Of course a racist bullshit party can only drag other parties through the mud and never have the courage to lay out their own agendas.

Fuck I hate the right.

[–] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Mum got the Liberal Party's postal vote application form in the mail.

"You can apply for a postal vote with this form,"

Goddamit

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

I got labour’s today.

All in the rubbish.

Can’t wait for the rest of them through the month.

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Why is Australia so fucked for poor people :(

[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If there's no poor people, then how will the shareholders and billionaires keep holding necessities over our heads? Won't somebody think of the billionaires!?

/s just on case 😂

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

TW medicalI had my first iron infusion today. -_- Really hoping it helps. I’m so tired of struggling to get up or move. At least it was delivered in a bonus bag of saline so I didn’t have to get iv fluids from the hospital. (Been dodging the er no matter how dehydrated I get because reasons.)

Complaining about moneyTrying to buy some basics for the community pantry because I haven’t been able to get there in a while and I’m appalled at the Colesworth costs.

$10 for a bag of powdered milk, get fucked ya greedy cunts. $8 for a bag of oranges. Generic milk bricks don’t cost much less than brand. I’m hitting up the cheap basics that stretch far like pasta and sauces, rice, noodles, oats, tinned soup spaghetti and baked beans, PB, milk bricks, sugar, tea (also bar soap, TP, toothpaste and menstrual products) but there’s not anything fresh.

I regret being so low income myself.

And my tiny garden isn’t stepping up hard enough. It’s probably costing more to grow than the produce would in the shop.

Unfortunately I’m not able to shop in person and Aldi isn’t always cheaper on everything… but maybe when I’m less slammed with tests and appointments I can ask to go there and suss out what the best value items are. I really wish they had kept the old ‘shopping list’ feature so you could compare prices on items before going.

[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel frustrated and angry that all the focus on profiteering, price hikes, cost of living increases and thee relevant inquires and reports seem to have achieved bugger all.

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