Aussie pensioners shed clothes to protest budget, high prices

Friday 16th May, 10:17 AM JST

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blvtzpk at 04:53 PM JST - 16th May

First the Indian taxi drivers take off their shirts, now Mrs Magillicuddy is down to her girdle. What an ugly place Melbourne is turning out to be!

Leader of the Family First Party, Steve Fielding, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp that pensioners were buckling under the pressure of higher gasoline and grocery prices.

Family First? Give their agenda, they should be deriding the oldies for their lack of morals for 'gettin' their gear off' on Swanston Street? "What about the CHIL-DREN?!?"
nucular at 05:18 PM JST - 16th May

I feel sorry for Australians. They could use a better class of politicians.
blvtzpk at 05:41 PM JST - 16th May

Seems like you know a lot about Australian politics and politicians.

No...please...continue...I'm all ears
Madverts at 06:56 PM JST - 16th May

Heh. Thankfully there's no photo's.
tclh at 07:11 PM JST - 16th May

Well ,I can do very OK with 250 Australian dollars a week plus government subsidises here and there if I live in my own house and look after only myself.My parents are all pensioners and they never complain but I guess everybody is different to everyone else.I often think that when I retire, will there be ANY pension available for me or it is too late?Rudd's budget concentrates a lots on education,infrastructures and health. But like many things in this country,if you make enough noises constantly,in the end you may get something.
ca1ic0cat at 02:38 AM JST - 17th May

Now there's a visual I didn't need on a Saturday morning, guns or not!
MichaelJP at 06:02 AM JST - 17th May

Must. Not. Visualize.

But seriously, complaining about the pension is a tradition in Aus, and they don't have much else to do with their time. Taking off their clothes is a new twist; normally you just get the usual current affairs show with a story about pensioners eating dog food.
rjd_jr at 06:32 AM JST - 17th May

Talk about vapid and air headed and empty/hollow, what exactly does shedding clothes hope to accomplish other than to get their excitement on as exhibitionists. Really the concept of taking clothes off for a cause is one of the most inane things I have ever heard of, a billion fold worse than any jgal celebrity endorsement.
adaydream at 06:34 AM JST - 17th May

But they raised attention to their cause. It may not achieve any tangible results today...

But someday...
Hughgarse at 11:51 AM JST - 19th May

no photos.. phew!
Hughgarse at 11:51 AM JST - 19th May

no photos.. phew!
blvtzpk at 12:08 PM JST - 19th May

one of the most inane things I have ever heard of, a billion fold worse than any jgal celebrity endorsement. Clearly these people weren't obviously talented and very pretty for you.