I'm amazed that people still think that that money is not important to the socialist Left, when those pulling the strings in places like China and Russia are multi-billionaires. People like Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and Gough Whitlam did pretty well money-wise out of the poor silly fools who voted for them, thinking their heroes were actually sincere about equality. The filthy lucre is just as attractive to the Left as it is to the Right. It is more dangerous in the hands of the Left who, not naturally used to it, make real pigs of themselves when they get a taste of it. Look at Shorten, a contemporary example, quite happy to screw pensioners out of a bit of tax credit now that he is well off enough and safe enough from the cost of living struggle not to give a stuff about the plebs who support him and his gang of rich socialists.

Come on - cut the BS.

We desperately need a fundamental realignment of power in our
society, away from the big corporations and the big end of
town. Keeping corporate power in check should be a major
concern for us all. We need policies that will create a fairer
society. Our country has a strong egalitarian past, a tradition
worth preserving. Unfortunately looking out for one another
is discouraged and unfashionable in many quarters, to our
detriment. Who was it that got us the basic wage, flexible
working hours, and many other benefits that we take for granted
today - the big end of town?

So as I stated earlier - cut the BS and be grateful you live in
this country and not in the USA.

Well, you certainly seem desperate, Foxy. Just how is your life affected by these dreadful “big corporations”? I can't say that I have ever felt disadvantaged by corporations and the “big end of town”. Do you have a particular disadvantage in life? Some reason why you can't get on with things without feeling so bitter towards perfectly normal and important institutions that keep the wheels of commerce turning, provide most of the jobs, and provide us with lots of good stuff that we can either ignore or partake of? They also pay most of the tax, despite the nonsense talked by your ABC.

Q: What are Emma Alberici's qualifications to pronounce on taxation and matters economic?
A: A BA, majoring in Italian!

I'm not sure what you regard as the “power” of corporations. They are there to make a profit by selling us goods. They do that very well, and relatively cheaply because of their ability to buy in large quantities. I suppose you could call that power over small busisness (which socialists don't like either), but most people would call it 'competition, and a good small business person can compete in many ways. But, the corporations have no power over me, or you.

As for a “fairer society”, well such a thing is often invoked, but sadly, never with an explanation as to what such a society looks like.

“Our country has a strong egalitarian past”. A of a myth, that one, with a fair amount of nostalgia for the good old days that weren't all that good compared with what we have now.

You do a good line of BS yourself, Foxy. Should have stuck to the subject - “LGBTI Just Means Political Thuggery”

not a single country run by marxist that anyone has ever wanted to live in and yet academia pushes its dogmas. God help us if they ever get their wish. Today we are largely influenced by privileged feminist ,many of them in overpaid Government and media jobs crying about how underprivileged they are.

ttbn,

All of our lives are affected by these big corporations.
As Murray Hunter points out in the following link:

http://independentaustralia.net/business/business-display/who-owns-corporate-australia,5033

Taken from the link:

"The top businesses in Australia do not exist within a
competitive environment, they influence our government's
policies and are able to earn above average profits. This has
potential consequences for local innovation, consequences for
sustainable exploitation of resources, consequences for which
industries survive and which industries are lost, and consequences
for the cost of living for Australians, not to mention fairness
and transparency in the marketplace."

Mr Hunter then points out that for example:

1) BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Woodside Petroleum, Newcrest Mining,
Fortescue Metals, and Origin Energy all have monopoly control
over the resources they exploit.

2) The 4 major banks exercise almost 90% control over all transactions in the economy and the smaller banks have the same
shareholding as the "big 4" as well.

3) News Corporation controls over 80% of all metropolitan newspapers in Australia.

4) Westfarmers operate Coles, Bunnings, Target, Kmart, Officeworks
in duopoly markets.

5) Telstra has a near monopoly.

6) Woolworths operates in a duopoly with Coles.

7) Westfield Group operates a unique group of shopping centres without competition and -

8) CSL has an almost complete monopoly on all blood products.

cont'd ...

BTW - I am so sorry for the young student to have
gone through such a traumatic ordeal on a university
campus. Times certainly appear to have changed since
I went to uni. In my day - she would have attracted
a curious crowd asking questions or been simply ignored.
Certainly not verbally or physically attacked.
Brave lady - and she handled the situation with great
class and dignity. (Too bad it seems to have skipped
some generations).