My intentions, going forward, are to join the ALP. Whilst I have at times felt more aligned with the Greens, I feel that they're neither historically, nor currently, equipped to consolidate government in Australia, nor do they seem to have aspirations to. Like it or not, we've got two major parties. Besides, the ALP have always been my core party, and it would be disingenuous of me to go elsewhere. Before joining a political party, the steps seem to be to research it: its views, its constitution, its platform, and its factions. This is, obviously, a ridiculous amount of information to take in - but that sort of comes with the territory. However, this is perhaps the first major hurdle... Who, especially among working class folk who are the target of the ALP, has the time? And yet, there is little to get around this. The National Platform, with the Constitution included, is 240 pages alone. This is not the journey of the embattled worker... For now, I'm going to talk abou...
On Tuesday, May 9th, 2017, Mr. Scott Morrison - Treasurer of the LNP Australian Government - handed down the Budget 2017-18 to Parliament. I watched it on ABC iView, at 25 years of age, as an Australian citizen from birth, in my apartment in Moonee Ponds. I am lucky enough to be getting married (I'm a heterosexual, and allowed that liberty in Australia). I am lucky enough to have a job that pays well enough to afford rent and some luxuries in the relatively expensive area of Moonee Ponds, part of the Marybinong Electorate, currently held by Opposition Leader Mr. Bill Shorten. I am, as I have been told, "white enough". I am white enough to get past most racist comments, though I've found that when there's no one more ethnic around, I tend to become the butt of those comments. I am white enough to be in when there is someone more out, yet I straddle that line. I am disabled physically and mentally, but not enough to entirely impede my work, or my life. My disa...