zero_gravitas

Are you talking about Australian war crimes in 1918 or the fucking events of 1947.

Both - they're drawing parallels between the two events.

That quote is actually from the booklet they published last year, which you can find here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FzMIZo-GZLtrakJKkdITx5zhzRSvnPeK/view

Specifically, in this section:

WHAT DOES PALESTINE HAVE TO DO WITH ANZAC DAY?

Few students and teachers sitting through the annual Anzac ceremony, for instance, would associate Anzac day with Palestine — but the first Anzacs invaded Ottoman Palestine in World War I, and they took control of the land and the people for the British Empire.

After the armistice in 1918, Anzac soldiers of the Light Horse brigade remained in Palestine, waiting to be demobilised and sent home to Australia. During this time, some returned to the Gallipoli Peninsula, where they engaged in what was described as the “holy task of locating the graves of Anzacs, and in collecting trophies for the Australian national memorial collection,” solidifying the nationalist myth of the Gallipoli Landings, the anniversary of which was already being observed as Anzac day from 1915 onwards.[1]

Such acts of quasi-religious myth-making about the Anzacs have continued to this day. In 2017, to mark the centenary of the Anzacs’ capture of Palestinian territory, then Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull and opposition leader Bill Shorten attended a commemoration service at Beersheba with Benjamin Netanyahu.

In his official address, PM Malcolm Turnbull stated that the Anzacs “like the State of Israel has done ever since … defied history and with their courage fulfilled history. Lest we forget.”[2] His words are striking, not only because of the monumental historical narrative that they invoke (the Anzacs “defied” and ‘fulfilled’ history), but also because of the way in which they situate the Anzacs as “courageous” heroes who birthed two nations.

Turnbull was right to connect the Anzacs’ military successes with the creation of Israel. The Australian victories set in motion a series of devastating events, enabling the fulfilment of the Balfour Declaration, where Britain agreed, despite separate and contradictory promises, to recognize “a National Home of the Jewish people” to be located in Palestine, and the establishment of a “Jewish National Colonising Corporation for the resettlement and economic development of the country [Palestine].”[3] In short, the British mandate was secured in part by the Anzacs, and this laid the ground for the creation of the state of Israel, while preventing the creation of a Palestinian state.

There are some other parallels with Israel that Turnbull did not draw. If both countries form their identities through stories of noble military successes, they both also hide a history of horrific, racially motivated violence against Palestinians. More than this, the brutal massacre committed by the Anzacs at Surafend chillingly portended the Nakba, the catastrophic displacement of Palestinians in 1947-1949.

Turnbull did not share this darker parallel because it did not suit the heroic myth-making project of the Australian and Israeli governments to do so. As teachers, however, it is our obligation to bring this history to light.

"vows to consider"

😆 Don't worry, I nearly posted a similar reply myself

You are correct, but I believe MHLoppy was just making a joke about how 'MSM' is also an abbreviation for 'Mainstream Media'.

It's satirising what the bellends say with a straight face, though. See examples: https://aussie.zone/post/19606192/16128256

But, as was already pointed out, this is satirical. However I feel like it’s gearing up for the Coalition’s response if Labor ends up forming government with the Greens, which I feel like is more than just an outside chance.

They've been trotting out this line consistently for ages. That's why it's being satirised...

4 March 2025

“A Labor-Greens minority government would be a disaster for this country,” Mr Dutton said.*

https://archive.is/Hbeym

12 April 2025

"... So a Labor/Greens/Teal government is a disaster for WA. It's a disaster for the economy. ..."

- Dutton

https://archive.is/Mf3Oc

6 August 2024

In the course of his answer, Mr Dutton said: "The prime minister, if he's in a minority government in the next term of parliament, it will include the Greens, it'll include Green-Teals, it'll include Muslim candidates from Western Sydney. It will be a disaster."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-06/nsw-peter-dutton-comments-islamophobia-discrimination-complaint/104186088

https://www.betootaadvocate.com/world-news/australia-moves-to-ban-maple-syrup-because-fuck-you-too-canada/

Australia Moves To Ban Maple Syrup Because Fuck You Too Canada

Non-AMP link: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-16/yeppoon-council-suspends-electric-vehicle-charging-project/105177008

Purplepingers is an anti-landlord activist currently running for the Australian Senate with the Victorian Socialists party: https://pingers4parliament.com/

He's previously done a lot of 'naming and shaming' of landlords (https://www.shitrentals.org/) and compiled lists of unused properties that people could squat in.

Reading between the lines, this video is encouraging people to fuck with properties rented out through Airbnb, or at least trying to mess with the heads of the 'hosts'.

At the other end of the spectrum, the wealthiest households on average will be nearly $800 worse off, the modelling shows, as the rejigged stage-three tax cuts leave them worse off than they would have been without the change.

I think it should be stressed: they still got a tax cut, though, just not as big as the cut that was originally legislated.

The labels in the middle of the sides are confusing, but if you focus on the labels with the arrows at the corners you'll see the x-axis is economic, and the y-axis is social:

'Left' points left

'Right' points right

'Progressive' points up

'Conservative' points down

(though not sure why you’d flip it rather than just using the Political Compass as it is).

Yeah, I guess 'Progressive' and 'Conservative' aren't exactly 'Libertarian' and 'Authoritarian' on the usual compass.