Australians are unlikely to march in the streets in their millions and set town halls on fire but it doesn't mean they don't protest on a smaller scale.
Millions of people across France have been protesting over a proposal to rage the pension eligibility age from 62 to 64.There is an assumption that Australians don't protest much but looking back at history suggests otherwise.
The quick explanation is that people are protesting against President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to raise the pension-eligibility age from 62 to 64, and more recently his decision to force it through without a parliamentary vote - but there are also other reasons the French are disillusioned and protesting.In Australia, the aged pension qualification age will increase as a routine measure to 67 from 1 July 2023.
Mr Mercer said that in France historically, protesting workers and people are able to maintain momentum long enough to get results.The roles that unions play in France are important for protest. The union movement is not linked as strongly with political parties, as say, the Labor Party in Australia.
Demonstrators protect themselves as they pass riot police officers during a demonstration against pension changes, Thursday, 19 January, 2023 in Paris.The Bastille prison was stormed and the revolutionary forces arrested and executed the King and started a new republic. “In historic terms, the Great Depression was far worse than the economic situation now. People were very poor and starving and there was mass homelessness in cities.
Yes - it's important to realise that protests have been a part of Australian history and political traditions, Professor Woollacott said.From the beginning of colonisation by the British, Aboriginal people in Australia resisted the state, according to Anne Maree Payne, Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Studies at UTS.
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