What I think of Peter Dutton

By Kathryn

Dutton’s rising label as “Mr. Flip-Flop” thinly veils the harsher truth: he’s seen as a shameless, unapologetic liar, willing to say or do anything to seize unchecked power and govern the nation like a third-world dictator.

Dutton fits the mold of a deeply unpopular, coldly inhumane, and racially divisive figure, earning his other moniker, “Mr. No,” through his persistent negativity and opposition to any measures that would support the country’s poorest and most vulnerable citizens.

There’s little doubt that if the worst-case scenario unfolds and “Mr. No” rises to the role of the LNP’s next “most disastrous” Crime Minister, he and his unprincipled LNP colleagues will likely dismantle and revoke everything within their capitalistic, neoliberal grasp. This includes the complete privatisation and sell-off of every critical state-owned public service across Australia.

These services could encompass Medicare, public hospitals, community health programs, public schools, TAFE (much of which is already privatised), our cherished taxpayer-funded post office, the ABC, SBS, and a wide range of other social services. The government also oversees key areas like infrastructure, the environment, law enforcement, and essential federal or state-owned public transport – all of which the LNP/Murdoch/IPA Alliance is eager to privatise and hand over to corporate interests, even if they’re foreign-owned.

At present, these vital services are overseen by Australian taxpayers through federal or state governments, delivering high-quality, affordable, or fully subsidised public services to all Australians. However, if the LNP/Murdoch/IPA Alliance gets its way, they will privatise and sell off these services to greedy, foreign-owned corporations focused solely on maximising profits at our expense. Their approach would likely involve laying off Australian workers, raising fees and charges, while slashing the quality, quantity, and frequency of services. They might even shift management overseas, beyond the reach of Australia’s strict labour laws, including minimum wage standards and essential OH&S regulations that ensure workplace safety for employees in these sectors.

Let’s be clear – the primitive bipods in the LNP have never cared about everyday working- and middle-class Australians, and they never will. The callous elitists in the LNP are solely focused on themselves and their greedy billionaire backers in the top 1%, such as figures like Gina Rinehart or their self-serving publicist, American citizen Rupert Murdoch.

Ordinary working- and middle-class Australians who vote against their own interests by backing the arrogant, self-centred political baboons in the LNP are essentially like turkeys voting for Christmas.

To all working- and middle-class Australians who still back the ruthless, entitled, and greedy figures occupying every seat in the LNP, ask yourself: “What has the LNP/Murdoch/IPA Alliance ever done, in its self-serving, elitist history, to benefit working- and middle-class Australians?” The answer is nothing at all.

Every single service or benefit that improves the lives of ordinary Australians – such as long service leave, four weeks of annual leave, workplace OH&S, cumulative sick leave, maternity leave, Medicare, and more – was fought for and implemented through the tireless efforts, dedication, and collaboration of Unions and the Labor Party. The reality is that the LNP has never initiated or passed any policy that benefits everyday Australians and has, in fact, consistently opposed every Union and ALP proposal that would enhance the lives of Australian citizens.

It’s because they lack a collective heart. There are names for people like that.

 

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