• Mardoniush [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, the guy who Coup'd Kevin Rudd for...check notes...being very mildly less inflammatory to China.

      • Mike_Penis [any]
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        4 years ago

        also wasn't the point of the TPP to prevent china from dominating trade or something

      • Civility [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        Wow really?

        I had no idea the US had a hand in the Labour leadership spills.

        If you've got the time to elaborate I'd love to know the deets.

        • Mardoniush [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          https://www.smh.com.au/national/arbib-revealed-as-secret-us-source-20101208-18prg.html

          The Wikileaks cables outed Arbib as basically taking orders from the US.

          I don't usually link to the WSWS as they're a bit iffy some times, but from what I recall they tell it right.

          https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/24/coup-j24.html