Invasion Day.

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Australia Day is my most hated of all days. It's turned into a racist, horrible, embarassment of a day and it needs to be changed.

January 26th 1778, the "first" Australia Day. The day that hundreds of European settlers arrived in Botany Bay on the First Fleet. The same day that a vast number Aboriginal people lost their lives, just because they were here. Our ancestors sailed right into their homes and brutally murdered them for absolutely no reason. Is this something to be proud of? Why are we celebrating this?

When did Australia Day turn into the official day of the meat eating, alcohol drinking and flag wearing contest? The way people carry on is sickening. It's illegal to use the flag as a chair cover or to let it touch the ground when dismantling it from the flag pole. But you know, if you're a derelict and you want to wear it as a bikini or as a cape which you then vomit VB all over, that's perfectly acceptable. The individuals that choose to carry on this way need to drink a big cup of respect, humility, appreciation for the country, but most of all a big cup of shut the fuck up and take that temporary tattoo off your stupid face. Those who try to claim this as patriotism not racism need to be treated to a session with a dictionary and a bashing of common sense.

Australia Day needs to be changed to another date when it doesn't clash with Fuckwits Draped In Flags Day.

I think it's really disappointing that this is the way we act. I like our country, I really do. But I refuse to celebrate this disgrace of what is apparently our national day. It's degrading to Australians, it's degrading to the Indigenous Aboriginals and it's degrading to migrants.

"Fuck Off, We're full"? Fuck off.
"We grew here, you flew here"? You sailed here, you failed here.

And finally, all you idiots that think a Southern Cross tattoo makes you more Australian than the next person... The Southern Cross is on the flags of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Brazil. Well done.

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Fact checking and logic are a beautiful thing - Queensland flood relief.

The most common argument here seems to be a claim that the Australian Government gave 1 billion dollars to Phuket after the tsunami and 66 million dollars to the Pakistan flood appeal but they’re donating nothing to Queensland flood relief. The point we need to remember is that ‘Australia’ gave most of the money to Phuket & Pakistan, not the Australian Government. These funds were raised through telethons and appeals. The Government did donate a considerable sum of money however the difference between the Phuket tsunami and the Queensland floods is that the tsunami came and went in under an hour. Recovery could begin almost immediately. The Queensland floods aren’t over yet. It’s not possible to start rebuilding now, the flood waters are still rising.

For the time being, there is no point in the Government throwing huge sums of money at QLD. That will be relevant once the flood waters recede and the clean up begins. For now their priority is evacuating people and ensuring their safety.

It also doesn’t seem to occur to people that the main organisation working around the clock is the SES. Otherwise known as the State Emergency Service. A Government funded organisation. These people are working all day in appalling conditions and without the Government they wouldn’t exist. They’re out there pushing themselves physically and mentally all for the benefit and well being of the community.

I know the floods are tragic, seeing all these people suffer is horrible and heartbreaking. We do need to keep it in perspective though. The current death toll is sitting at around 12. The Phuket tsunami wiped out over 229000 people almost instantly.

There’s absolutely no point or validity in verbally bashing Julia Gillard and Anna Bligh. They’re doing as much as they can and I guarantee that if Tony Abbott were Prime Minister he wouldn’t be throwing billions at Queensland. It doesn’t work that way. This is a time to stick together and support those who need it the most, it’s not a time to be playing politics and the blame game. It doesn't get us anywhere.

http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html

https://donate.rspcaqld.org.au/flood