Our retirement age just went up — so why aren't we as angry as the French?
Our retirement age just went up — so why aren't we as angry as the French?
www.abc.net.au Our retirement age just went up — so why aren't we as angry as the French?
Since Saturday, Australians have been required to wait until the age of 67 until they can get the age pension. It has happened with little protest — a stark contrast to the demonstrations and riots that have rocked France, writes Peter Whiteford.

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Wakdem @lemmy.world We're too apathetic in general.
23 0 Replya1studmuffin @aussie.zone
r/australia deciding to stay open during the Reddit blackout was the perfect summary of Aussie culture.
"Yeah nah we totally support this, but we're not actually going to do anything about it mate"
26 0 ReplyDesignate @lemmy.letthewookiee.win
r/Australia was the epicenter of virtue signaling. As long as they got good karma from it would matter to them.
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