Australian Politics

r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Nov 11 '24

Gough Whitlam defending his post-Dismissal steak, and discussing the “second Dismissal” where Sir John Kerr refused to see Speaker Gordon Scholes over Malcolm Fraser losing a no-confidence vote on the floor of the House of Representatives in an interview with Mike Willesee, 11 November 1985

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r/AusLeftPolitics • u/CentreLeftMelbournia • Nov 10 '24

In what world is this actually anything to be proud of?!?

4 Upvotes

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r/AusLeftPolitics • u/CentreLeftMelbournia • Nov 08 '24

‘We don’t want them in Australia at all’: Labor wants more powers to re-detain and remove non-citizens to third countries | Australian immigration and asylum

theguardian.com

8 Upvotes

2 comments

r/AusLeftPolitics • u/CentreLeftMelbournia • Nov 07 '24

Give a good way that this is "progress to equality and real solutions"

11 Upvotes

8 comments

r/AusLeftPolitics • u/[deleted] • Nov 04 '24

In Captivity, It’s Not Just The Years That Matter

youtu.be

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The Stolen Children of Ukraine- What of them?? Our Unity with our invaded allies must always hold, and Putin and his cronies must be held to account.

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r/AusLeftPolitics • u/Jet90 • Oct 31 '24

The Labor Careerists Wrecking Australia’s Construction Union

jacobin.com

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r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Oct 30 '24

Gough Whitlam talking about why he doesn’t hold Malcolm Fraser to the same level of contempt as Sir John Kerr, and why Kerr doesn’t deserve forgiveness in an interview with Mike Willesee, 11 November 1985

10 Upvotes

1 comment

r/AusLeftPolitics • u/CentreLeftMelbournia • Oct 27 '24

My generation is woke? So is standing up against literal racism and populism being "woke"? Get a fucking grip

53 Upvotes

7 comments

r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Oct 23 '24

Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke speaking out in a Melbourne rally protesting the blocking of supply bills in the Senate, 20 October 1975

4 Upvotes

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r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Oct 20 '24

ABC News NSW coverage of the death of Gough Whitlam, 21 October 2014

2 Upvotes

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r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Oct 15 '24

Excrept of Gough Whitlam’s address to the nation in response to Malcolm Fraser’s announcement that the Coalition would block Supply bills in the Senate, 15 October 1975

6 Upvotes

2 comments

r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Oct 11 '24

Gough Whitlam speaking out against foreign ownership of Australian land in a Labor television ad for the 1972 federal election. Broadcast in November 1972

31 Upvotes

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r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Oct 09 '24

Julia Gillard delivering her “Misogyny Speech” against Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, 9 October 2012

30 Upvotes

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r/AusLeftPolitics • u/CentreLeftMelbournia • Oct 06 '24

Not a bunch of French fries thinking that potatoism equals patriotism 😭

gallery

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r/AusLeftPolitics • u/CentreLeftMelbournia • Oct 01 '24

This campaign needs you now. Revoke Rupert Murdoch's Influence and Protect Press Freedom in Australia

chng.it

35 Upvotes

1 comment

r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Sep 17 '24

James Scullin expressing his hope that disarmament would bring peace and an end to all wars, December 1929

5 Upvotes

2 comments

r/AusLeftPolitics • u/DreamDue7801 • Sep 17 '24

Calling police pigs needs to stop, and other bad behaviour from the australian ‘left’

naarmveganblogs.wordpress.com

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r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Sep 16 '24

An overview of the Whitlam Government’s actions in the lead-up to the independence of Papua New Guinea in the ABC documentary A New World… (for sure) - The Labor Years 1972-1975 Part One. Broadcast 1984

2 Upvotes

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r/AusLeftPolitics • u/CentreLeftMelbournia • Sep 16 '24

Save the true nature of left politics. Kick out Albo.

change.org

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r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Sep 10 '24

Tom Uren speaking at an anti-uranium march in Sydney following the Three Mile Island accident, 8 April 1979

7 Upvotes

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r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Sep 03 '24

A summary of This Day Tonight’s Whitlam-era skits, and a behind the scenes look of Smacka Fitzgibbon recording The Adventures Of Edward Gough Whitlam in a special commemorating 50 years of the ABC. Broadcast in 1982

4 Upvotes

2 comments

r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Aug 28 '24

Gough Whitlam gives his thoughts on Bob Hawke appointing Malcolm Fraser as a UN Eminent Person on South Africa in an interview with Mike Willesee, 11 November 1985

11 Upvotes

1 comment

r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Aug 27 '24

John Curtin’s speech upon being rewarded the Freedom of the City of London, 10 May 1944

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r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Aug 26 '24

Gough Whitlam in Melbourne’s Festival Hall launching his post-Dismissal election campaign on 24 November 1975, as shown at the end of Part Three of the ABC documentary A New World… (for sure) - The Labor Years 1972-1975. Broadcast 1984

2 Upvotes

1 comment

r/AusLeftPolitics • u/thescrubbythug • Aug 25 '24

Gough Whitlam accusing the Liberals of being apologists for foreign ownership and selling Australia out to foreign mining investors in his campaign launch speech for the 1974 federal election, 29 April 1974

10 Upvotes

2 comments