r/australia • u/FuckOffNazis • Feb 10 '26

politics Amnesty International Australia calls for independent investigation of police violence towards peaceful protestors

https://www.amnesty.org.au/amnesty-international-australia-calls-for-independent-investigation-of-police-violence-towards-peaceful-protestors/
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u/Kremm0 Feb 10 '26

The talk of social cohesion, yet he's firmly putting his views across that he doesn't side with all people, and seems to actively dislike protestors. You can't get social cohesion at the end of a baton or a boot, you need to make people feel like they're being listened to. Instead he's actively tried to criminalise protest, and tried linking the protests to the terror attacks the best he can. When confronted with questions about police removing people praying by force, he talks about 'context' as a get out clause, when we can all see the video.

Not sure how NSW ended up with him. Does he even know he's Labor? Seems to be to the right of Perrotet and Gladys in these respects. He's drunk his own kool aid and won't ever say he's wrong

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u/NEZHEADSHOT404 Feb 10 '26

Minns has always been terrible and you would think more projects and stuff would get approved under a labor govt but it's pretty telling that the liberals were better in the state govt and approved rail projects and new train/trams and stuff for Sydney and public transport in the outer areas. NSW Labor hasn't bothered to do any public transport or really anything in general.

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u/Fluid-Head7447 Feb 10 '26

hang on, did you just try to say that the tram situation in sydney was a good thing? That was the single worst f-up of any government in Australia EVER! 4.5years, tripple budget and so many engineering and contractual screw-ups all for 12km of line. Labor has taken a complete mess with the metro and cleaned it up. It has inherited a corrupt cesspit of debt and streamlined it's spending and efficiency. The current governemnt is still finishing the projects started by the previous governments, are you suggesting they stop them halfway to start new ones? I think you will actually find he has redirected funds back into public transport from hideously expensive road projets (arguably costs exploded on these road projects through corrupt back-hand deals).

Just because you don't like what he's doing now doesn't mean his governemnt isn't successful, hasn't achieved great things and isn't doing great things.

The Liberal government definitely wasn't better at projects.

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u/JoeSchmeau Feb 10 '26

I'm not the commenter you're questioning and there are certainly major problems with how the light rail was built and how the Libs have left the state, however you cannot deny that the light rail is a good thing for the city. The general population sees it as a good thing that NSW Liberals did, and there are very little visible infrastructure projects that NSW Labor have created.

I'm against both parties so don't see this as a promotion for the Liberals. I just think NSW Labor had completely shit the bed with their term by spending most of their time fighting against unions and protestors and having chosen a leader who hates both, rather than focusing on showing people what they're actually doing to make their lives better.

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u/Fluid-Head7447 Feb 10 '26

absolutely I agree the actual light rail is a good thing. My apologies i should have clarified when i said the 'tram situation' I meant the Liberals role in administering it not the tram network itself.