To be fair in Australia a lot of union members and tradesmen are schrodinger's far right they are both left wing and right wing depending on what day of the week and what topic is being discussed in the media.
Setka is famously corrupt so him betraying his union isn't anything special, there was already accusations that he had been getting kick backs from businesses to accept deals that disadvantaged union members (the CFMEU and the Maritime Workers Union in Australia are famously corrupt and nepotistic).
This current protest is around Construction workers just in Victoria but they have started discussing expanding the mandatory vaccinations to mine workers, as well which is another large workforce that the union represents and there are many in the mines that are very resistant to vaccinations.
In WA we have a state government (Labor) which has:
Blocked free speech and restricted political views Source 1 Source 2
Caved to Chinese pressure and censored mentions of Taiwan and Covid Source
Stripped votes away from people and his political opposition Source
Gave away government owned facilities to corporate allies Source
Refused to commit to giving up emergency powers when reaching targeted vaccination levelsSource
Trying to force mandatory vaccination Source
The problem is the people don't realise how much of an authoritarian lurch the government has taken, only when you present it all at once do they go oh that does seem a bit much. Aussies are extremely apathetic and if it isn't directly in front of them or effecting sports coverage they won't notice or care.
To be fair in Australia a lot of union members and tradesmen are schrodinger's far right they are both left wing and right wing depending on what day of the week and what topic is being discussed in the media.
Setka is famously corrupt so him betraying his union isn't anything special, there was already accusations that he had been getting kick backs from businesses to accept deals that disadvantaged union members (the CFMEU and the Maritime Workers Union in Australia are famously corrupt and nepotistic).
This current protest is around Construction workers just in Victoria but they have started discussing expanding the mandatory vaccinations to mine workers, as well which is another large workforce that the union represents and there are many in the mines that are very resistant to vaccinations.
In WA we have a state government (Labor) which has: Blocked free speech and restricted political views Source 1
Source 2
Caved to Chinese pressure and censored mentions of Taiwan and Covid Source
Stripped votes away from people and his political opposition Source
Gave away government owned facilities to corporate allies Source
Refused to commit to giving up emergency powers when reaching targeted vaccination levelsSource
Trying to force mandatory vaccination Source
The problem is the people don't realise how much of an authoritarian lurch the government has taken, only when you present it all at once do they go oh that does seem a bit much. Aussies are extremely apathetic and if it isn't directly in front of them or effecting sports coverage they won't notice or care.