>Students in Melbourne were forced to face the face of oppression today, as hundreds of female students protested against the government's tax on tampons.
>The protesters argue tampons should be tax free as the current tax unfairly targets women, which many believe to be evidence of systematic sexism in Australia.
>Hundreds of the brave activists painted themselves red and shut down their university.
>"By painting ourselves red, we are symbolically showing the blood we shed everyday under the oppression of patriarchal power structures" said organizer Cheryl Barbra.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34013354
Australia, YES
tax on tampons
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>>52928736
>Melbourne
>Melbourne
Don't use our glorious national flag goddamnit.
>Lelbourne
NK nuke please.
So we should just remove tax on all gender specific items? Or only the female ones
>>52928736
That pic was from a whale protest cunt
t. was reading about whaling earlier
>>52928869
delet this
>>52928883
Don't worry, the whale protesters have already been deleted. :^)
>>52928861
oh
>Unlike products such as condoms and sunscreen, sanitary products attract the 10% goods and services tax (GST) because they are deemed non-essentials.
There already is an exclusion for essentials so tampons should be included. The protesters are correct though it's not really a gender issue
>>52928924
>implying I care about some leftist polyesian shills
the french should have kept nuking the pacific, fuck those white washed nogs
>lelbourne
>>52928924
>french cia tries to eliminate green peace
>fuck up and have to pay them and new zealand 8 million
why can't the french be competent
is melbourne like our vancouver?
>>52928924
>that dove that would be continually partially-submerged were it not for french skullduggery
For what pvrpose?
>>52928992
>be french
>surrender EIGHT (8) MILLION to NEW ZEALAND
JUST
YOU
>>52928736
delet this
Sometimes, I wish I was a tampon.
Well I do believe that tampons shouldn't be taxed as they're essentials for women.
That being said this is isn't systematic oppression or sexism. It's just the government being money grubbing as fuck.
>>52929084
yabuki please.
>>52928736
Is that a fucking period stain?
>>52929115
From whale panties, yeah.
>>52929115
You could say that
>>52929133
This is cissexist as fuck. Not all women have vaginas to menstruate, and not all people with vaginas are women.
what amount of money are we talking when it comes to tax on tampons? Like $2-3?
>>52928736
>Students in Melbourne
Stopped reading there. Melbin isn't Australian.
They've probably got a novelty "Little Australia Town" in there somewhere.
>>52929207
The students are right though
>>52928736
I can't put up with her ugliness. useless material to fap.
>>52929159
...no.
>>52929232
Is this some special "lol womyn" tax on top of the already in place goods and services tax? Or are they literally crying that because they want to buy goods that men don't that it should exempt from GST?
>>52929232
how much does an average woman pay in "tampon tax" a year? Im curious why this is a big deal
I used to think Australia would be a cool place to flee too until I realized it's been long since taken over by 3rd wave radicals like the rest of the anglosphere.
It was nice knowing you Aussies.
>>52929293
It's a big deal because principles.
>>52929304
This evaluation would be like if I proclaimed America literally filled to the brim with Mexicans with no water because I looked at Cali.
>fucking melbourne
>>52928736
>"By painting ourselves red, we are symbolically showing the blood we shed everyday under the oppression of patriarchal power structures" said organizer Cheryl Barbra.
holy shit. people really talk like this in melbourne
>>52929304
watch out
we've filled up australia
now we're spreading all over the globe >:D
>>52929283
No, there are exemptions for 'essential' things like condoms, but not sanitary products. They argue that tampons are essential, which is a pretty reasonable argument. The government estimates they will lose $30m a year if they exempt tampons
>>52929293
My guess is like $20-30 a year. but to them it's more about muh oppressed women
>>52928736
If tampons were medically necessary, they'd be free on the NHS / Aussie equivalent. And providing them would bankrupt the health service.
These people, whilst I sympathise, are too shortsighted.
>>52929320
>>52929419
well I saw an article saying $25 million from 10 million women.
So about $2.50-$3 annually.
If this is a big deal to anyone, they need to re-think their life choices.
>>52929386
Someone tell the cunt to put a sock in it
>>52928736
I thought that's a Korean/Chinese sex slaves protesting against Japan. Because that's the sickest protest sign that cause could ever want
>>52929283
No it's just the GST they're complaining about.
Oh no they have to pay an extra 30c per packet, oh woe is them, in a country where lunch costs $20.
>>52929419
desu I'd rather they just remove the exemption on condoms.
I'd agree that it's reasonable that tampons are essential, but them making a huge scene out of it like this only makes me want tampons to be taxed higher honestly. There's no reason to shut the university down over this shit, if they'd just act like adults and not children then maybe they'd get some support.
>>52929384
whats the gif of?
>>52929474
It was from a protest against Japan whaling. Not related to OPs topic
>>52929486
Not to brag or anything, but I got lunch for $12 the other day.
>>52929514
Most cost efficient decent meal I have on the regular is $8 meatball sub.
>>52929432
>medically necessary
Yeah, that's got nothing to do with the issue at hand.
>>52929546
How much does a coffee set you back these days? Feels like we're on the cusp of seeing another bump in coffee prices...
>>52929571
If they're not medically necessary, they're optional, as such they're a luxury and attract a higher rate of tax.
>>52929005
Why did you even save that?
>>52929514
>>52929546
i regularly get a vietnamese chicken and salad roll for 5 dollarydoos. its full of fresh chilli and is pretty filling. its good desu
>>52929592
That's not how it works.
>>52929616
Huh, it is in Britain. Why do you tax them higher
That's some new level of bullshit.
>Lelbourne
>muh principals
You realise the government makes a multitude of decisions that fucks over a variety of people in a number of different ways.
Many of which are more significant than $2.50 a year
>>52929597
Do you get big Vietnamese smiles too when you buy their rolls big boy?
>>52929581
Dunno I never have it. Don't get me started on the price of a drink at the pub though
>>52929386
>sheds blood
What? Like she is attacked physically by men every single day? Or is she trying to blame men for her period cramps?
>>52929581
$3.50 I think would be around the average
>>52929629
No, we have one tax rate for goods and services at the point of sale. The tax is not applied to basic items, and the argument of the people behind the protest is that tampons are a basic item.
These tax-free items are not only medical goods, but literally anything.
>>52929629
They aren't taxed higher, they get the same GST as every other good and service.
Things considered essential don't have GST on them.
>>52929705
What's the definition of a "basic" item?
>>52928942
>tampons aren't essential
>sanitary pads are
There's nothing to see here.
>>52929087
Virgin detected.
>>52929419
And another one.
>>52929681
Just to piss them off even more Turnbull should propose a tax on women's clothes size large and above.
>>52929729
haha
call it a "health incentive"
>>52929729
Call it an Economy Booster Package ™ and I bet he'd get support.
>>52929721
Food and water are really the only "basic" items out there. They are the two things you absolutely need and would die without. They tax food, but they can't tax tampons? Smh
>>52929729
We might have been able to convince Tones to do it, Turnbull is no fun :(
>>52929721
What's tax-free or not doesn't go by any definition.
Could you 'Strayans remind me how much you pay for a shitty/average/"nice" pack of smokes again?
Like $3.50 for a non-poverty pack here.
>>52929778
So it's at the whim of politicians, with no actual rules or logic behind it?
Sweet
>>52929765
Fresh fruit and vegetables aren't taxed, processed foods are though.
>>52929765
death/starving being bad is morally relative.
STOP PUSHING YOUR WESTERN CULTURE DOWN OUR THROATS
>>52929740
>>52929755
So is Turnbull based? I haven't heard much about him.
>>52929005
jesus christ
>>52929796
20-25
>>52929799
>So it's at the whim of politicians, with no actual rules or logic behind it?
Just like everything else in life, yes.
>>52928736
>Melbourne
>>52929806
I dunno. I don't know anything about him because he's boring and has zero meme potential
>>52929806
He's a greedy sell out who fucked over us getting decent internet for the next 20 years but he doesn't say silly things like tone so he's a bit boring. His policies aren't really that different
>>52929803
Enjoy the rare golden face.
>>52929821
Thanks, man.
Now that I've had my little laugh at your expense, I'll tell you how many obongo-bux I make every hour at my "lol im in college" job
8.75
(This is considered quite good for the area, in a low/no-skill non-manufacturing job)
>>52929853
Maybe he's just trying to keep Australia low key and away for the global spotlight? I sure wish my country would do that.
Is there a tax on soap or toilet paper? If yes, I don't see why tampons should be exempt
>>52929871
Our minimum wage is 17.29
>>52929891
I don't see the benefit to that
>>52928736
The GST is a farce at this point. Next election the biggest issue should be cleaning it up (The Bull is guaranteed to win and hike it to 15% btw).
>>52929900
Truly, we should celebrate our fiscal diversity.
Ours is 7.25, lmao
>>52929799
There is logic behind it, the logic is that if the people don't like it then you won't be elected again next term.
Although this is kind of short term since your party will probably be elected in the term after that since the other of the two parties that matter will be elected out for "not knowing how to run the country"
Australian politics is a hilarious short term memory cycle, the public are being run on a hamster wheel and as long as the next step looks different than the current one they'll just keep on running in a big 6 to 12 year circle.
>>52929892
Nah, they're tax free.
>>52928736
>Tax on tampons
>"Help, I am being oppressed"
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
These people really need a vacation for an indefinite amount of time in a middle eastern shithole.
>>52929891
we are the only other country that did a freedom of navigation shit against china, he is just lowering our meme output
>>52929920
He can't hike anything member of my family, GST is a state tax
>>52929939
As long as this vacation has no return trip.
>>52929931
>Australian politics is a hilarious short term memory cycle
Hell, all it takes is a few bad polls and most PM's seem to end up in the shitter with their own party.
>>52929939
Doesn't need to be middle eastern, just send them up to papua new guinea, dress them up as voodoo witches and tape torches to their hands. The locals will have a good feed that night
>>52929740
What you do is invent something called a "penis plug." Basically what it does is when you're done pissing at a urinal you shake out the last drop then put the "penis plug" in your urethra to stop extra drops from going on your pants/ underwear while you tuck away the hose and zip up.
But here's the catch: you DON'T tax "penis plugs" because they are "basic items". The feminist will pop some blood vessels for sure.
>take a legit issue that some awareness of in a respectful manner would obviously garner support out of common sense
>turn it into a ridiculous social justice issue and attack the policy makers
Women
>>52929939
1st world problems mate
>>52929335
That's a good analogy actually
>>52929959
I actually physically scoff when people claim John Howard was anything but the worst PM we've ever had.
Like they either literally forgot how he sold our gold reserves during a slump, and how he sold Telstra or they are just underage.
>>52929943
Australian memes = best memes tbqh
Why is the government taxing essentials? Why not tax the superfluous shit to high fuck, like junk food and ornementals? It'll only succeed in convincing people to try getting cheap with their hygiene, and soon you'll end up with designated shitting streets yourself.
>>52930026
Why isn't the Canadian reading the thread?
>>52930026
>Why is the government taxing essentials?
They're not.
>>52930036
He's probably bombed out of his boards right now.
You know how my mapley neighbor is.
It's because a meme party in the 1990s would only let the consumption tax through if there was an exemption for fresh food because muh unhealthy poor people (there's also a bunch of stupid accounting rules for charities, schools, universities and local governments that they insisted on as well, which contributed to a subsequent substantial growth in the finance sections of organisations in those sectors). Consequently there's been a bunch of special pleading on stupid shit like tampons, instead of just agreeing to broaden and simplify the application of the tax. It's particularly bad for feminine products because "feminists" think they have half a chance of convincing the public to remove the GST on pads and tampons.
>>52930009
He was so fucking bad even his local constituency voted him out
Mind you, we have a dearth of useless cunt politicians in this country so at best he was another unremarkable dud
>>52930074
Kevin Rudd was ok, except for being a beta faggot and enjoying taking overseas trips way too much.
>>52930064
Democrats were cool, you jerk.
What is America's Melbourne? Los Angeles?
>>52930064
>It's particularly bad for feminine products because "feminists" think they have half a chance of convincing the public to remove the GST on pads and tampons.
If they stopped painting themselves red and pissing people off, it'd probably work. Everybody either agrees or doesn't care, but the way they go about it polarises people and makes these women look insane, and by extention makes their (otherwise sensible) demands seem stupid.
>>52930096
He had a real degree of arrogance about him though which was pretty nasty, basically a passive aggressive motherfucker
>>52930052
>>52930036
Sorry, I couldn't make the actual news out from underneath the liberal swathed social justice back patting. I had to read it over a few more times before I saw what it was actually saying from past the inflated egos and sensationalist rhetoric.
>>52930113
They were a bunch of memetic softcock middle class dipshits who couldn't agree on what they actually were
>>52930113
Bill Clinton was the last cool Democrat here desu. Barry Oboms does play bball though, so meh.
>>52930127
Frisco or Seattle
t. Seattleite
>>52929509
Melbourneseianites.
>>52930127
Portland or Seattle
>>52930142
>Australian Democrats
>American Democratic Party
yeah nah, fuck off yank
>>52930130
>If they stopped painting themselves red and pissing people off, it'd probably work.
Well, they weren't painting themselves red before, and it didn't work.
>>52930127
You've probably got a couple Melbins tbqh.
>>52930136
I see your problem. You clicked on a different thread, read that and got confused. Then you started actually reading this thread full of explanations of how our tax works and stopped being a retard.
>>52930142
I got an Obama chia pet for Christmas.
>>52930176
That's pretty cool desu. I kind of want one. I remember having a Garfield chia pet when I was little.
>>52930176
You can own blacks there again?
>>52930216
yes
>>52930127
San Fran or Boston
>>52929939
>BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
back to >>>/facebook/ with you lad
>>52929994
what is that picture referring to?
>>52929654
>Do you get big Vietnamese smiles too when you buy their rolls big boy?
of course. and sometimes they call me "darling" too.
>>52930440
Looks like some kid being told his soldier dad is dead.
>>52930440
It's a #justgirlythings image. Basically girls posted pics with captions that they felt related to their lives. 4chan then took it upon themselves to post a poignant image (often military-based) of a man going through the same thing, but in a much more depressing and "serious" way.
It's sexism by way of condescension.
>>52930440
It's a meme where they take tumblr images of grills complaining about something and juxtapose it with war images with men.
In this case, the author failed miserably, because he was an idiot.
>>52929678
who know with these nutjobs
>>52928736
Honestly I kind of agree with this. Health and hygiene products are necessities, they shouldn't be taxed.
>>52928736
why are tampons being taxed though
also
>melbourne
Are pads taxed? If not then why the hell are they complaining?
>>52930461
The marine is giving the child his late father's flag.
>>52930009
>sold our gold reserves during a slump, and how he sold Telstra
Both were good decisions. Telstra sale was perhaps executed poorly.
>>52930485
Thank you. Neckbeards like to act like ptsd is in some way equivalent to the way we feel at that time of the month
>>52929994
just
Why does Australia, as such a young country full of potential, consistently fail to make headway?
>>52930661
fuck
>>52930597
>Sell all our gold
>During an economic boom thanks to mining
>At a time when the value of gold was low because "we thought the price would stay the same"
We could be sitting on a pile of wealth right now and surplus wouldn't be the "elect me guise" buzzword.
>>52930676
>>52930676
my
>>52930624
>>52930661
>>52930676
Oops, I fugged up, the person feeling emotional turmoil in the second pic is a grill!! :x
>>52929971
penis plug is my new fetish
>>52930698
shit
>>52930715
up
>>52930715
Why do American soldiers cry so much?
>>52930733
>>52930715
>>52930698
>>52930676
>>52930661
God bless whoever made these
>>52930744
Some people aren't sociopaths I guess.
>>52930724
You can get one sort of like that, but you can also get just the plug bit, which is basically like a buttplug for your urethra.
>>52930765
>says the slav
:^))))
>>52928736
We had this but it was to remove a "luxury tax" on tampons. I'm not really sure how cotton balls up the vagina that can kill you if you leave it in too long qualifies as a luxury desu. I guess because you don't stain everything you sit on.
>>52930770
Sweet Jesus
Just nuke... humanity already
>not freebleeding
>>52930794
They're a luxury because they're not medically necessary. They're nice to have, but you won't lose quality of life without them
>>52930826
>but you won't lose quality of life without them
But that's wrong.
>>52930826
But you do and not having throw away ones could lead to women screwing up and not sanitizing a rag properly and getting a bad infection in their vag.
>>52930856
>>52930877
Fine, let me rephrase - would you rather the health service funded tampons or medicine? Because if they're necessary, then the government has to provide them.
>>52930906
Shut up, you moron. Tampons are not prescription items.
>>52930877
>Literally desiring a nanny state.
Fun fact: you have to be non virgin to use tampons, virgin girls could have their hymen damaged and its more difficult to insert it.
That being said this is a litteral slut shaming tax.
>>52930906
They're over the counter like band aids, not prescribed by doctors like birth control. And I was talking about them being listed under "luxury" in my country. Not sure what you're on about.
>>52930929
That's what they're saying. If tampons are deemed medically necessary, the government has to provide them for free in the UK apparently. The concern is the government would be inefficient/provide low quality tampons because they're not competing in a free market and stuff.
>>52930968
>provide low quality tampons
they're literally just condensed cotton with sting
...you can also use them to start fires.
>>52930952
This is an 18+ website.
>>52930968
Except we're not the UK.
>>52931014
>we're not the UK
ok family, whatever you say
>>52930992
And bread is incredibly simple as well, and governments have still fucked up horribly when it was their job to feed people. Kind of an extreme example, but you get my point.
>>52930699
what's the context of the bottom pic in this one
>>52931178
She was a collaborator.
>>52931159
not really
>>52929005
Melbourne is objectively our best city, but there sure are a lot of SJWs. In reality, it's the home of sport in Australia so it's naturally got a lot of bogans to balance out the SJWs.
>>52931190
that doesn't explain anything
>>52931313
...I thought that would explain everything. What more do you need to know?
>>52931313
I think her "first kiss" was her last thought before she got shot.
>>52931291
>it's naturally got a lot of bogans to balance out the SJWs.
This, it's a melting pot. SJWs are but a small niche of the diverse array of subcultures that exist here.
>>52931313
french girl that slept with a nazi soldier
>>52929994
>>52930440
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoenNCXMz-8
>>52931661
I dibs Uranus :DDDD
>>52928736
>tax on tampons
>tax on razors
We men are suppressed by the females to shave our faces, too.
>>52932126
Do women not shave their legs in Germany?
>>52932171
Shaving legs is for ghetto poorfags, wax them.
>>52932171
My Asian girlfriend does this twice a year since she basically has no body hair. Never had a German girl.
>>52928736
Of course, one protester is an ugly gook.
What is it with Australia and crazy female Asians?
>>52930695
kek
>>52928736
I mean, the reasoning they have behind it is stupid, but they are right in their goal. I don't want a tampon tax in the same way I don't want a toilet roll tax. Basic sanitation shouldn't be taxable.
>>52928736
fuckin melbourne
>>52928736
Good lord the BBC is a pile of biased shit.
>>52929514
The meat subway uses for its meatballs is really disgusting. You can't tell because it's all covered up with meatball sauce and then stuck in a sandwich though.
>>52930952
you should stick to fucking goats
Why don't they just use a menstrual cup to save money?
