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Help, defend & protect your fellow #citizens.
Your #governments & the (mostly corrupt) #politicians don't need to be defended, protected or given a hand up. Your neigbours do though.

Hold your politicians accountable. Demand that they actually do their jobs to serve their constituents. They're not your genuine friend. They are elected #PublicServants. Remind them of that fact because many forget about their #duty & #responsibility to serve the public, once they get elected.

When #DevelopmentFinance Does More Harm than Good: Case of #Indorama Agro in #Uzbekistan
" #development #banks r still failing e very pple tey claim to serve.. 60–80 #workers were reportedly perform'g unpaid labor under threat of not rcv'g new contracts — an indicator of #forcedlabor.. ~10,000 #farmers who'd lost their livelihoods were still waiting for restoration. For #IndoramaAgro, it was a convenient exit. For #IFC & #EBRD, it was an abdication of #responsibility"
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Day 22 cont 🚜🌾 🤼 🏡🏘️🏠🏠🏠

“Traditionally, #Queensland candidates, whether federal or state, promise to take the fight to #Canberra. They project themselves as defiantly parochial, unashamedly maroon, with a vested interest in the north. More recently, however, #power has shifted from the #regions to the #urban south-east, which is more likely to welcome new #arrivals from other states than Queensland country towns. Amid all this growth, the lines of #responsibility have blurred between federal, state and even local government. Rather than fighting Canberra, the parties – including the Greens, who thrive on street-level combat – have taken to #fighting each other.

At the last election, the #Greens picked up three seats in Greater #Brisbane, riding the winds of change. The #TealMovement was unsuccessful in its first federal foray into Queensland, in the seat of Groom, although Suzie Holt enjoyed a healthy flow of preferences and is running again.

For now, the closest thing Queensland has to #independents are Bob Katter and Gerard Rennick, but the south-east is becoming used to newcomers.”

#AusPol / #Liberal / #LNP / #Nationals / #planning / #GrowthCorridor / #facilities / #transport / #basics <archive.md/7GbkF> / <brisbanetimes.com.au/national/> (paywall)