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Caitlin Cassidy
Students for Palestine to lead second strike this Thursday
Victorian students are set to go on strike for the second time in less than a fortnight, continuing calls for Australia to break its military and diplomatic ties with Israel.
Thursday’s protest, led by grassroots collective Students for Palestine, comes in opposition to the “flour massacre” in Gaza, which resulted in the deaths of more than 100 people.
University students plan to hold rallies on Melbourne campuses, while high school students will walk out of class before converging at the State Library, vowing to “disrupt” the city.
The most recent strike for Palestine on 29 February, attended by more than 1,000 people, led to the temporary closure of Melbourne Central and occupation of QV shopping centre.
Year 12 student Ivy Bertram said it was “so important” for students to strike:
We have organised the biggest student-led Palestine strikes in the world … and this week we’re doing it again. We want to show every politician … that our generation is for a free Palestine.
Greens leader Adam Bandt has backed the protests. He said young people had been “watching in horror” as children in Gaza were facing “starvation and famine”.
With 80% of Australians now supporting a ceasefire, here in parliament the government is feeling the public pressure. Peaceful protest works.
View image in fullscreenA photo from the most recent strike for Palestine on 29 February in Melbourne. Photograph: Con Chronis/EPAShare19m ago20.41 EDT
Paul Karp
Victoria’s GST allocation to soar by $3.7bn
The Commonwealth Grants Commission (CGC) report also reveals that Victoria’s GST distribution is set to significantly increase by $3.7bn. It said:
Based on the Commission’s recommended GST relativities for 2024–25, Victoria would receive a significant increase in its GST distribution compared with 2023–24 (estimated to be $3.7bn). This is largely driven by its reduced capacity to raise mining revenue relative to other states as well as data revisions from the 2021 Census, which increased its urban population and urban density. The Northern Territory is estimated to receive the largest increase in per capita terms ($995 per capita).
All states and territories received more GST than last year, except for:
Queensland, which is set to…
2024-03-11 19:44:20
Original from www.theguardian.com
