A reader living in Asia has taken this blog to task for not posting anything about May Day in Australia . In part , the email said:
I note that May Day attendance numbers are decreasing in Australia but that they
are increasing in Indonesia where about 200,000 marched through Jakarta
yesterday calling for more pay and better working conditions. May Day was
declared a public holiday there last year.
Maybe if everyone in Australia
shouted Mayday Mayday Mayday from under environment banners instead of shouting
capitalist pigs or down with capitalism from behind an effigy of the worst
capitalist it might bring back the numbers. Mayday Mayday being the
international maritime emergency call for help would then draw attention to the
almost non-existent reporting of environmental crime. I am sure that Mayday
calls from under an environmental banner with a koala sitting on top would be
just the beginning of what to shout Mayday about on May Day.
NOTE: May Day observance in Queensland has reverted back to May this weekend after the Newman LNP government arrogantly changed the date. In Townsville , where the ALP swept the LNP from the three local seats at the election , there will be a large march . In Darwin , Northern Territory , there will be celebrations on Monday .
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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk marching .
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NOTE: May Day observance in Queensland has reverted back to May this weekend after the Newman LNP government arrogantly changed the date. In Townsville , where the ALP swept the LNP from the three local seats at the election , there will be a large march . In Darwin , Northern Territory , there will be celebrations on Monday .
