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Peter Malinauskas

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“I think it's part of that phenomena we see throughout the West a decline in institutions, declines in people joining membership-based organizations, where that requires filling out a form or not. And that in turn has undermined, I think, a sense of social equity or a sense of, you know, frankly, social justice in some elements. But I don't judge the society for that. I think, you know, individuals are leading increasingly busy lives. I think that impost of being busier to just maintain a decent standard of living rather than get ahead has in fact been a function of the fact that we've seen a decline of the very institutions that have been fundamental to advance in the cause of people being able to have a decent standard of living.”
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“Arguably, yes. I think the trade union movement globally was seen in, you know, it's been in decline in terms of membership, and that's particularly true for private sector unions. And I don't think that's a coincidence in terms of the fact that it's lined up with the very same time we've seen global economic and income inequality on the rise. The moment the trade union membership globally declined, income inequality started going up. That has sort of made the trade union more relevant, but we haven't seen a transpire to a massive increase in membership which continues to be a struggle, I think, in most Western democracies.”
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“Associated with the right of the Labor Party. He believed in markets. He believed in capital getting a return, but just simply thought that workers should have professional representation. And that accorded with the worldview that I was forming while I was at university. And from there, one thing led to the other, and I've been very grateful for some great stewardship and support that I've had from a few leaders in the movement.”
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“I started out pushing trolleys and then graduated to the checkout before doing night feel. And I was a member of the union, the shop assistors union, not because I was a unionist, just because everyone joined the union. And they ran a few campaigns. And one of them got my attention. And I sort of volunteered to get the petitions in the store, you know, get the synergies of other workers in the store. And that drew attention to me as a young person. you know, I had a fateful interaction with the then union secretary one day and we got talking and he offered me a job and mum and dad were horrified at the prospect of it but long story short i decided that i'd work 10 hours a week for the union visiting nightfield workers and within a month of working there i realized i'd found my natural political home because not too dissimilarly into the uk the shop assistance union was a moderate union it was a”
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“So, the biggest supermarket chain in Australia is Woolworths. And as a kid, I started wanting to do things. And mum and dad says, sure, no worries, you've got to go get a job. So I got a job at the supermarket. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a great experience and I was there for like seven or eight years while I was going through university.”
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“There's no doubt in my mind. No, no doubt in my mind. And I had the chance to meet the Lithuanian president when he was in Australia recently. And we discussed this. And that was certainly their view, and they were well versed in it, which I was quite surprised by.”
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“I'll tell you what, that happened pretty quickly after I got elected premier, and I said a few things and moved some legislation in our parliament compelling the state to divest some superannuation assets that we had in Russian products. So once he did that, I was quietly chuffed about it. And so were a lot of the other local Lithuanians in our state who probably are more conservative voters.”
2024-08-18 · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 90. Why we should ban all money from politics and kids from social media (Peter Malinauskas) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It's interesting, Roy. I grew up very fortunate in a sort of pretty standard middle class suburban household in suburban Adelaide. My dad was a public servant working for the public housing trust, you know, the public housing authority in South Australia. And my mother was a librarian for the local newspaper. You would describe them as high income earners, but it was a pretty traditional house in the suburban Adelaide. Mum and dad were really engaged within current affairs, but never actively political. They weren't members of political parties. They were swinging voters. You know, the Lithuanian background was vehemently at my grandmother's bay were vehemently anti-communist. So my grandfather was certainly rolling over in his grave that I joined the Labor Party, let alone now leading in my state. So there was always an impetus to be engagement democracy, but never into politics per se. So on one level, it makes sense that I'm doing what I am doing now, but also that.”
2024-08-18 · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 90. Why we should ban all money from politics and kids from social media (Peter Malinauskas) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“A good question. Look, I have a great interest in my family's heritage, but the Baltic community, when they came to Australia, they sort of embraced Australian life pretty quickly. And because they were so small, they haven't probably had that intergenerational passing on of cultures in the way we've seen in other multicultural communities in Australia. So tragically, I know too little about Lithuanian or Hungarian culture. So I guess I would struggle to identify in any way as European. My whole consciousness as a young person growing up was very much in the Australian culture as Brits would understand it.”
2024-08-18 · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 90. Why we should ban all money from politics and kids from social media (Peter Malinauskas) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, thanks for having us on. So, Malin Oskis is Lithuanian. Most people in Australia think I'm Greek. Even my wife thought I was Greek until we were well into our relationship. But my mum's side's all Irish Catholic, but my paternal grandfather was Lithuanian. He came to Australia in 1948 as a refugee or a displaced person fleeing the communists that were invading Lithuania. And my grandmother was doing a similar thing coming from Hungary. And they met in Australia as displaced people and met at the immigration camp and fell in love and leaved out what is a pretty common story in Australia where they were their guts out and did everything to give my father opportunity. And I guess I feel very much the beneficiary of Australia's generosity at the time to my grandparents and that undoubtedly has informed my sort of worldview growing up.”
2024-08-18 · The Rest Is Politics: Leading · 90. Why we should ban all money from politics and kids from social media (Peter Malinauskas) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source