International and domestic issues merge in the pre-election period: Gaza and Australian politics

Jennifer and Jacques discuss some international issues merging with domestic ones leading up to the elections.... 'systemic collusion' at work...In particular, they focus on the ongoing genocide of Palestinian people in Gaza, perpetrated by the State of Israel with considerable international support. On the domestic front this has led to the squashing of protest and dissent on a variety of levels. Most recently, Senator Fatima Payman has defected from the Labor Party, to become an independent on the 'cross bench'. This is the Australian two-party system at work in its usual 'lethal triangle' with the mainstream media...And if you would like to understand the Gaza crisis from its very origins, read: Rashid Khalidi (2020/24) The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: a History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance London: Profile Books