This response is well late, apologies for that. The flood crisis that has ravaged the Eastern states, in particular Queensland was in no uncertain terms a natural disaster almost without precedent in terms of personal property damage in Australian history. What has truly shown through in the aftermath, is nothing less than glorious working class solidarity and spirit, with members of affected communities banding together to rebuild, and some coming from far flung areas to help out those in need. All of this is in spite of the pathetic, sickening greed of the Insurance giants, refusing to pay out to those who have lost everything, in spite of having insurance policies that claimed to be covering everything. What is needed to combat this, is a people's insurance fund as part of a national people's bank, which would be motivated by the genuine need to support the people in their times of greatest need, rather than ruthless, immoral profiteering.
While this post was being written, North and Central Queensland are currently bunkering down in preparation for tropical Cyclone Yasi, a category five storm, to hit the shores. We can only hope that this storm does not live up to the expectations, which suggest it could be as bad as 2006s Cyclone Larry, which decimated the banana industry up north, or even Cyclone Tracy, which destroyed Darwin. Our thoughts are with you over the next harrowing few days.
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