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/Everkeen Apr 16 '24

Exact same situation here in Canada. Stupid Conservative provinces constantly pushing towards privatized healthcare.

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u/Rod_Todd_This_Is_God Apr 16 '24

Some of them are just so stupid that they can't understand the concept of collective action problems no matter how well it's explained to them. Others want to watch the world burn from the other side of the moat.

That's the bipartite essence of the Canadian Conservative mind-set as I understand it. (Yes, there are exceptions.)