Oh how disgusting for you to have to have known him
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Oh how disgusting for you to have to have known him
#waronwomen Rapists & child sexual assault perps conspire to stay close to their vulnerable victims. This is not accidental or opportunistic. It's premeditated predation. How can women & parents trust anyone? www.news.com.au/lifestyle/re...
Your ALP government. Shameful, irresponsible, dangerous. #AusPol
The dog whistle of the far right has been heard. Racism is mainstream. But they still want the plausible deniability offered by speaking in code. If you march with people who use known racist language & symbols, you've made a choice to be racist www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Male supremacists display cult-like behaviour & commit terrorist acts, in addition to weekly murders & hourly assaults on women & children. When are we going to hunt them down with the same determination applied to a different cult/terrorist group member who killed two cops?
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Nudge nudge wink wink (mock deniability) nazis from the land where the dog whistles echo long into that dark night
Boors will be boors? Nah. He's well ands truly overdrawn his (admittedly originally tiny) mental acuity limit over the years and it's time to move on
Hate and violence. Always remember they promote violence and cruelty
Nice scythe
This list of trust-breakers doesn't include the sneaky Nauru deal to deport some previously illegally-detained former criminals who've served their time. Shame Govt’s lies and half-truths burn through our trust www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
It's a race to the bottom. Im not sure if I'm more embarrassed about how badly our Govt is treating the refugees, the Nauruans or we voters? The cruelty IS the point. This cannot be supported for one more minute
Goodness! The @thesaturdaypaper.com.au's description of Barnaby Joyce is quite something.
If the numbers of men involved doesn't shock you, maybe some of the solutions - like holding men accountable for their actions - just might? PS the headline is in the wrong tense. The crisis is here now www.abc.net.au/religion/aus...
Sooooo many
And don't get me started on this clamour about terrorism by the sovereign citizen cult. It's not like its a male supremacy cult that's (at least mostly) responsible for deaths of women & kids every week in Aust. 50+ women & kids vs 2 cops. We clearly see how low on the priority list we are
Don't tell me we can't afford equitable access to housing, dental as part of Medicare or a properly funded program to stop men from harming women. Three simple, fair steps which would raise 70 billion dollars a year in extra tax - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/three-s...
It's not an age limit that's needed, it's a competence limit. And Katter has never met that level. Sure, he's now possibly worse
What if we treated twisted misogynists who follow the MRA playbook to justify/accept as inevitable male supremacy & violence against women & kids as if they are a radicalised minority? Instead of embedding them & their sick values into our most important institutions? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
What a waste of his & his family's lives. What a cruel choice. What a waste of taxpayer $. ATO & Govt should be ashamed
When IDF bombed its 1st Gaza hospital, we said it must be a mistake or a good reason blah blah Hamas blah blah. We now know Israel's govt targets all Palestinians for death by whatever means: children, medical/aid workers, journalists, pregnant, starving, aged, disabled; bombs, snipers, starvation
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I'm pretty sure it was actually Arthur C Clarke who said that?
Failing to ask questions is not a journalism crime. Given what happened to media dissenters in the WH, maybe it's a forgivable crime? Reporting what Trump is also fair journalism. But failing to find a rebuttal quote or to point out alternative views is unforgivable
Good news. They are, at this time, safe
I'm loving it so far. So very many refs to so many other films, not just Alien films. It's rich & complex, touching on complex themes
I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage
The exercises/manoeuvres are the bomb. From teetering about the house clinging to the walls for three weeks to back at work after only two sessions. Ear rocks/crystals are absolutely a 'thing" but are also completely curable, unlike some other forms of vertigo. 🤞 for you
In related news, if you tell your actual therapist that it's us all that need to change & that you want to be a part of that, they tell you that's not a realistic goal. Apparently we need to focus more on "ourselves" & things we can control FFS
He probably will, right after killing his wife and kids. He's no doubt one of those RWNJ - I mean misogynist ideologues - too. May I PLEASE be wrong
Agreed. Also imagine if sovereign citizens (or some other group of radical ideologues, such as misogynists for example) had killed 50+ cops instead of just 50+ women & kids so far in 2025. We'd all be calling for the group to be declared as terrorists, wouldn't we?
Completely agree. Also imagine if sovereign citizens (or some other group of radical ideologues, such as misogynists for example) had killed 50+ cops this year instead of just 50+ women & kids so far in 2025. We'd all be calling for their crimes to be declared as terrorism too, wouldn't we?
Imagine if sovereign citizens (or some other group of radical male ideologues, such as misogynists for example) had killed 50+ cops this year instead of just 50+ women & kids so far in 2025. We'd all be calling for their crimes to be declared as terrorism, wouldn't we?
High time. Along with men who express anti women attitudes or behaviour. Terrorism is alive & well in Aust. Just imagine if some ideological group of men (like misogynists) had murdered 50+ cops this year instead of just 50+ women & kids? We'd be all up in arms
They seem like the average white male psychopathic F&DV perp to me, except they also attack & murder people who aren't women or kids
Disenchanted middle-aged white males are the most dangerous people on earth. US has more per head of pop. but Oz has our share, as the F&DV figures show. I fear for the lives of this one's wife & kids. He likely thinks he owns them. Its putrid that we accept male supremacy behaviour every day
This war-crime, blood-drenched & lethal tactic was used by the west for years incl in WWII. There are no depths to which people who lack morals will descend to eradicate their enemy's carers & children, & stop us from noticing. What's even more cynical is the "apology" tactic. Disgusting
Is anyone interested in quality any more? Or are current production models only about increasing the numbers? And is that enough? www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/22/e...
And such is the state of journalistic grammar. Sigh ...
Nationals Leader David Littleproud says he loves the 1950’s, wants to be a Jetson when he grows up and have a nuclear powered toaster to deal with his food insecurity. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
IIt’s time Australia ditched the ‘winners and losers’ mentality and built an economy that’s best for us all | Nicki Hutley
‘Punitive’ new guidelines limit what ABC staff can say on social media and in private messages, union says
Proof that perpetrators & profiteers exploit loopholes. "This is systemic. I wish it was just a few bad apples. Where there are regulatory gaps people exploit them. Whether you’re a bad company or a perpetrator of sexual violence wanting to ... do the wrong thing, there are loopholes." '
A blueprint for transformative change. Much here for every state to implement. NB esp. recommendations incl reporting & support systems for victim/survivors that lie outside Government & outside Police. It's as if we can no longer trust Police to do their jobs 🧐 www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
To be fair she's taking instruction from someone who's not very nice but also not very bright. And she's unlikely to be paid so there's that. Hopefully he'll soon be relying on the very system that his former employers were so keen to undermine. May he receive a thousand (robo)debt bills
The round table could do worse than consider these excellent suggestions to increase productivity while increasing social capital. www.themandarin.com.au/298109-preve...
These 29 centres failed to upgrade to the required standard for SEVEN YEARS! How are they still in business? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
This man is not a joke. He's a symbol of all that is wrong with our social values, structures & media owners. He's so bad, he makes the legal system seem good by comparison
This is so very YES! Plus cake and cups of tea, of course.
Over the weekend, the “sandwich thrower” posters went up all over DC. Instant icon of resistance. A remix of Banksy’s mural: not a Molotov, not a rock, but something just as disruptive, a hoagie hurled with defiance.
So interesting that you're rightly proud to use your name here whereas this xxx unit is hiding behind a pathetic nom de guerre, from where he can safely take pot shots like a good little bigot
Brilliant! Your logo work is excellent. Clever, creative, contemporary & clearly indicative. Love it
"[Real] red tape [is] heavier across groups incl single mothers, victim-survivors of gender-based violence, migrant & First Nations women, women with a disability & culturally diverse women." Caring roles underpin productivity & only safe women work productively womensagenda.com.au/latest/eds-b...
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"We need an unflinching assertion of the critical role of the public sector in an economy. It shouldn’t play second fiddle to corporate interests. Governments plan, fund and deliver. And they do this for their citizens, not “customers” or “clients. The public sector delivers the core business"
Want to lift productivity? Let's start with bosses www.thenewdaily.com.au/work/2025/08...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
Its still cooking unless you use canned salmon and microwave rice. Just saying
Only if you mean canned salmon and 2 min microwave rice. Anything else actually IS cooking, in my books
It's got to be high time that a letter/phone call from an anti-Palestinian/pro annexing Gaza lobby group targeting Palestinian empathisers is treated as deserved & binned as hate mail. Any action taken as a result of such an approach is prima facie racist. Ignoring them is not
Ah but is it "productivity"? Apparently peeps who look after footballers' kids, grandparents, family members who need a hand up every now & then + those who make all of our lives better, happier, smarter & safer allowing footy players to focus on earning - are not "productive" enough.
Sometimes you need to believe people when they tell you who they are. This publication is telling you its pro-hate
Britain is reporting it's highest levels of rickets since preWW2. It's one effect of starvation, but is caused by malnutrition. Gaza's kids are dying of malnutrition caused by starvation, the same as kids in Ethiopia in the 1980s
A recent chat with a friend who has an aged relative with dementia "misbehaving" (by randomly leaving) her nursing home. They're terrified someone'll call the cops. Cops can't even tell victims from perps in responding to F&DV call outs. BOCSAR data shows they get it wrong in NSW more often than not
Primary issue with childcare is we can't trust people with our kids. Or with women, aged, those with disabilities. If more regulation needed to keep safe our most vulnerable how can we cut regulation, expect it to enhance productivity? Unsafe people aren't productive www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
✋ Also in Australia. SBS has daily PBS broadcasts. You may be able to download or stream it?
What actually underpins productivity? As we can't trust corporations to provide goods & services ethically let alone provide community services, we need better, not less, regulation 'Abundance fever': We can see only red www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
OMG - back away slowly .. scratch that. RUN!!!
Its mind boggling how few people seem to realise this fact. It's like they've never read/watched a Dickens novel, a history book or their own pay and conditions award?
I'd settle for just one LNP policy that wasn't based on hate of someone less fortunate, less white or less male than themselves
Leadership in action
It's hard to drag our empathy-overloaded psyches past the horror of deliberately targeted children, whether by child predators at home or snipers in Gaza. But we can't know what's happening in armed conflicts unless journalists are able to do their jobs without being murdered x.com/pressfreedom...
Meanwhile tax payers are paying diesel rebate incentives to heavy industry & farmers to keep polluting - insanity! #auspol #evs www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This clip is from 'Stone Cold Justice,' John Lyons reporting for Four Corners, which aired in Feb 2014 on @abcnews but is no longer available on the ABC's website. Still happening. What are you doing to stop this hostage taking, @senatorwong.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social. Please advise. #auspol
My goodness theres no rest for Nannas! Here we are on the hunt outside NSW Parliament House watching for wayward MP’s who won’t listen to the science nor do their job of planning for a future without coal and gas. Don’t they know we’d rather be knitting?! 🧶 knittingnannas.org/2025/08/12/n...
Depends. Did I pick up the rolling pin when I saw you or was it already in my hand? Because I'm pretty sure if I saw you coming & you deserved it, I'd likely choose a hay fork or meat mallet, which ever were closer. If it was something already in my hand, it would more likely be a hammer or drill
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What if care workers were recognised as underpinning all productivity instead of being seen as a productivity black hole? Care as capital part 1: In the relational age, care matters as much as productivity www.themandarin.com.au/297451-in-th...
While I agree and feel exactly the same, I wonder why we so often reserve our greatest disappointment for women leaders? It almost as if we expect better of them?
Here's an idea that might help avoid the cruelty we dish out to whistleblowers in Australia www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every time I read a story about NSW cops I ask: 1 Why can't they do their jobs without resorting to violence against vulnerable people? 2 What use are they anyway? Crime stats show that for many crimes & responses they're wrong more often than not? 3 Do we need to scrap them totally & start again?
I see AUKUS primarily as an horrifically expensive way to buy a defence alliance. If we did somehow get 1 or 2 subs though, people are now talking about how this would be the real problem. More ports filled with rusting, leaking nuclear reactors & fuel, anyone? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Media network condemns ‘assassination’ of its Gaza correspondents and photographers by Israeli forces.
BBC: “Al Jazeera’s entire team in Gaza city has been killed.”
All of the comparisons would leave Americans horrified to be in the same group
This is critical for Australian economic & social success. (A universal basic wage would likewise be a similar pathway) www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Retraumatising victims is a speciality in NSW www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
We have a public health system here in Australia. Stop with all of this American privatised health BS
Appalling behaviour by the local cops also. They followed the march through the city without interacting. Last week they were barring entry to a peaceful crowd of protesters. This week, hate is AOK. And I'm pretty sure there was no application for a permit by this mob of MRA xenophobic incel losers
WTAF, Albo?
In NSW, police more more likely to misidentify a female victim of DV as being a perpetrator than they are to get it right. And then Police claim they "don't usually go back" to get it right. Why can't they just do their jobs? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Exactly my thought this morning on seeing this news
We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?