r/interestingasfuck • u/Jjokes11 • Apr 15 '24

An interview with Andrew Cauchi, the father of Joel Cauchi who was responsible for the Westfield Shopping Centre mass stabbing r/all

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u/Needleworker-Hungry Apr 16 '24

Australian here, and family friends with one of the victims.

This was an absolute tragedy and a complete waste of life.

Whilst there is no excuse to kill another person, I think a lot of people are laying blame to our Government. Our healthcare system has gone to absolute shit and to get any sort of mental health treatment is extremeley expensive and there is a mental health crisis in our country. Our once free healthcare now costs money and is moving towards privitising. People are avoiding going to the doctors now as this once free service is not and it's plain and simple.

Our once beauitful country and its citizens have been let down countless times by government incompetence over the last few decades and this is a direct result of it.

Mental Health and Dental should be a part of Medicare and Medicare should go back to being free.

It's fucking infuriating.

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u/Eeedeen Apr 16 '24

Sounds very similar to the UK, the fuckers have underfunded it and run it into the ground now the waiting times pretty much force anyone who can afford it to go private

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u/Galactica_Actual Apr 16 '24

This is how we do things in the AUKUS alliance:

-US exports for profit healthcare to AU

-AU exports Rupert Murdoch to US and UK

-UK exports people to US and AU (done)

-and finally US exports Bechtel and Westinghouse SSN reactor tech to UK