Abbott is Gone!

It seems timely to show a range of political graffiti about former PM Tony Abbott. The change of leadership is a different reason to celebrate compared with Howard. He is replaced by a "moderate" who is changing the dynamics of the Liberal party but retaining the good majority of the former governments policy to the next election.

This graffiti like all political graffiti is a sign of the times. Its part of history now. Times change and new leaders have a honeymoon period and then they are subjects scrutiny. Who knows the next major political issue in Australia, Its about time we became a republic, supported gay marriage, banished offshore dentition, acted on climate change and became a progressive nation.  

Iron Or(e)?

Australia is the worlds largest exporter of iron ore. China is the largest importer using the material to make products like steel for growing cities. China has been stockpiling Iron Ore and developing urban areas. They have reduced the amount of Iron Ore they need and the price per a tonne has more than halved. The estimated value of iron ore exports for 2015 year is a whopping 90 million dollars. 

This absolute classic piece of graffiti displays our dig it up mentality. Nothings sacred when it comes to generating wealth. Even if mining uluru seems extreme, aboriginal sacred sites are continually threatened by mining in areas like the Pilbara. The Labor party introduced a mining tax so the wealth generated from mining could be spread more evenly amongst its citizens. In 2010 in Perth  mining fuckwit Gina Rineheart addressed  the rich minority the 1,200 crowd, standing on the back of a truck demonstrating her poor level of intellectual intelligence by shouting "AXE THE TAX". The Abbott government terminated the mining tax because it was bad for business. The mining industry is protected species in Australia endorsed by the Liberal Party 

Source-http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/90-billion-the-downgraded-value-of-forecast-iron-o

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-03/fact-check-australia-share-iron-ore/6483632

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/ancient-aboriginal-sites-at-risk-in-the-pilbara/story-e6frg6z6-1227069546753

Where have we come from?

I searched through the inter-web to try and find the oldest photo of graffiti. I found this from the Victorian State Library records. 

I came up with this pic of Box Hill from 1977. Graffiti has changed a lot since then. This photo shows graffiti as a dialogue between the writer and society. This wall faces the train line and would be seen by the passing train audience. The political graffiti is indicative of the time it was painted during a period of political awareness and progressive thoughts and ideas.  

Warrandyte, Vic

Political graffiti is often written in rough, scrawly hand-writing. 

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