Editing Australia

Australia is arguably a fake country that was created by an act of the British Parliament. Its geography as a small Asian country does not justify geopolitics that are wedded to [[NATO]] and Five Eyes.<ref>https://youtu.be/UcQPX7Bz_QM?t=9075</ref> It is an example of a thalassocratic state, with its small population clustered on the coastline, more interested in policing its Pacific neighbours on behalf of the US than developing its own enormous landmass.<ref>https://youtu.be/MwJpSRqQsQU</ref> Despite nominal independence, Australia remains a puppet state of the USA.

Haz views Australia as an irrelevant country and predicts that it will be occupied by China, which will bring people, industry, and infrastructure.<ref>[[:File:The Khan answers the AQ.png]]</ref> 

Australia is home to a collective of Infrared supporters, the [[Eureka Collective]].

'''Australia today''' 

The current prime minister of Australia, since 2022, is Anthony Albanese of the Labor Party. He is known for doing nothing and consistently being outmaneuvered by the leader of the opposition, hairless sociopath Peter Dutton. 
 
'''Socialism in Australia'''
 
Early Australian politics was noted for a strong union movement, however Australian trade unionism never embraced Marxism and instead was largely influenced by utopian socialist British and American thinkers. Australia was the first country in the world to elect a social-democratic government to power with the election of the Australian Labor Party (The ALP) in 1903. The ALP sold out the country during the first world war under prime minister Billy Hughes (who later defected and founded the predecessor to the modern day liberal party, the chief partner in Australia's centre-right coalition), sending one hundred thousand young men to die for no reason out of blind loyalty. The ALP was also known for its commitment to the white Australia policy, a system to prohibit immigration from 'non-white' countries primarily targeted against Chinese laborers who were seen as undercutting local wages. Today the ALP is a social democratic neoliberal party that is in full alignment with its masters in the USA, however ALP prime ministers have occasionally showed signs of wanting sovereignty - such as Gough Whitlam, who was sacked by the governor general in a CIA backed coup in 1975. 
 
The Communist Party of Australia achieved some electoral success and even had a senator in parliament, Fred Patterson. In the 1950s, the right-wing Menzies government attempted a referendum to ban the CPA, however it was narrowly defeated. The CPA was considered such a threat that the government planned a scheme of fascist repression that involved arresting thousands of communists with their families and engaging in ethnic cleaning of 'asiatic' populations<ref>https://legacy.quadrant.org.au/opinion/tony-thomas/2012/10/australia-s-civil-war-almost/</ref> 

'''Early modern history of Australia''' 
  
Australia was colonized by the British Empire starting with the arrival of the famous 'first fleet' of convicts in 1787, with the intent of establishing a prison colony. Australia became a federation in 1901, achieving some limited autonomy from the empire. Australian politics in this era was dominated by disputes between states over free trade VS protectionism. 

== Australian opps of Infrared ==

Australia is known for producing a disproportionate number of [[Infrared]]’s enemies.

* [[Orthodox Canonist]]
* [[Drew Pavlou]] 
* [[Joel Davis]]
* [[Bad Empanada]]
* [[Lewibaton]]

== References ==