Australian gun laws back in the news in the U.S. following mass shooting in South Carolina

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2. We may not have the number of right-wing loonies in parliament as in U.S.,

but as a ratio of population, we're probably running close.

Under Tony Abbott's regime, many teaparty style politicians have raised their heads. Abbott himself is a total RWNJ, and his front bench is full of similar types. Only the Independents and cross-benchers in the Senate have stopped them from cutting the dole and pensions, to both the elderly and the disabled, and from smashing our once-excellent public health system and our state-funded schools.

These people have as their motto,"If you can't afford to pay for it, you don't deserve to have it". Sound familiar?

And see my reply to Judi Lynne's post on Baiada above. There's something very crooked going on there.

And let's not forget Gina Rinehart and her mining operations - Australia's richest woman thinks Australian workers should live like workers in India (her words). They should be grateful to be paid $2 a day; again, her words.