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And here's the clip, thanks to James: bsky.app/profile/jame...

UN review urges Australia to address poverty, housing crises, and strengthen human rights Australia must act on UN findings highlighting major gaps in rights, poverty and housing, the AHRC warns.

UN review finds Australia must do more to protect basic rights, highlighting poverty, housing, social security fairness, climate impacts and ongoing asylum concerns humanrights.gov.au/about-us/med...

A children's hospital is renamed for Dolly Parton and hopes to transform pediatric care in Tennessee Dolly Parton’s name might inspire full-throated sing-a-longs to her working woman’s anthem “9 to 5,” or evoke memories of thrilling days spent at her Dollywood theme park.

“Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure ‘every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’”

GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON

Some advice for the PM: there are many, many of us ″⁣difficult women″⁣ ... and we all vote.
Michelle Goldsmith, Eaglehawk
The Age letters

Fugue state of a nation It’s fitting that it took a lawsuit led by a children’s educational toy company to derail Donald Trump’s petty and destructive trade war.

Fugue state of a nation www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Blame John Howard for our housing and migration woes, says Amy Remeikis – but is he due some credit too? Australia’s impossible housing crisis, One Nation as a political force, privatised education … how many of our problems can be traced back to John Howard?

A very generous review in the @theconversation.com for Where it all went wrong: theconversation.com/blame-john-h...

'Absolute trailblazer': Australia's first female MP honoured with statue Australia's second statue of Edith Cowan is unveiled in her home town, Geraldton, 420 kilometres north of Perth.

“difficult”

#AusPol

A screen shot of Amazon Best Sellers where Where it all went wrong: The case against John Howard is number one. Thank you from a very grateful Amy Remeikis

Holy fkn shizballs!!!! Thank you to everyone who has embraced this. You’re incredible - and also - not alone. It’s a mess, no one has fixed what he helped break and if anything comes from this, it’s a reminder of what we need to do to fix this

Optional preferential voting is optional (non-compulsory) voting light. It's wedge politics via the thin end.

If want the US electoral system here, why not just say so up-front. Would be way more honest.

Endo is a mofo. Took about 6 ops, hefty medication and a commitment to never have another period again for me to get out the other side. So many women have been through so much. I'm grateful for all the good doctoring I've had - and still resent the bad and the cavalier, even decades ago.

Long time coming and a long way to go to address the damage - but so grateful to everyone who has ordered a copy of Where It All Went Wrong (including through your library!) I’m still so angry - and I hope it makes you angry too (so we can fix it) x

Using your phone while driving is dangerous. What about listening to music or eating?

Listening to music, day dreaming or eating while driving? New research reveals just how distracting these behaviours are.

Hearing an ABC TV journalist say Tim Wilson 'knows what it takes to beat the teals' is a disgrace based on the behaviour foisted upon the encumbent MP (& family) & volunteers. Completely unacceptable - & should not be put up as an example for anything #abc730 #auspol

I don’t know who needs to hear this but listening to an audio book absolutely counts as “reading” a book.

In fact, I’d argue that listening to an author read their own work aloud is an exceptionally magical and even holy experience.

I love it so much. Especially as my eyesight gets worse.

We often think of trees when we think of forest carbon, but look down. 👇
Half of the roughly 771 billion tonnes stored in forests is held in the soil. Disturbing the forest floor means releasing this ancient carbon. Saving forests means saving their roots, their fungi, and their dirt.

Photo of Angus Taylor and Jane Hume at the Centre for Independent Studies that might be possibly the whitest two people ever captured together on camera at the whitest gathering of people ever assembled. Their smiles suggest they are either about to sell you some dodgy time-share or are to ask you whether you have hear the good news of this cult they have just joined.

"Would you be interested in becoming an Amway independent business owner"?

The Epstein saga shows us the impotence of polite 'centrist' media – Greg Jericho Journalism that panders to fascists and mass murderers is fuelling our societal collapse

AM doing a monthly column for @deepcutnews.bsky.social. Here's my first: "The Epstein saga shows us the impotence of polite 'centrist' media: Journalism that panders to fascists and mass murderers is fuelling our societal collapse"

www.deepcutnews.com/p/epstein-an...

At last, experience in political journalism counts for slightly more than absolutely nothing

We will all pay for this

Dear Pam Bondi, (A Letter From A Father) Dear Ms Bondi,

This piece has been viewed over 14 million times over the last 48 hours. Unbelievable.

I'm so encouraged to see how many people are as disgusted by this as I am.

Sometimes you just need to be reminded that you're not alone.

Keep fighting, good people!

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-pam-b...

Dear Australians, I implore you to "turn the temperature down" and become more "relaxed and comfortable"

Same shit, different chapter when you pretend governance means you don't have to make hard choices.

We'll say it again: "social cohesion", to those who chant it, means maintenance of the status quo which privileges them, and silencing of everyone else. In the mouth of a Labor MP, it is an expression of the deepest hypocrisy.

You don't need a thousand words for this. "Social Cohesion" means someone is required to shut the fuck up, and it's never the powerful.

Photo of the windows next to my desk of the a framed Kudelka rusted on bingo tea towel and print of his Tassie devil.

Jon Kudelka was not just the creator of the best tea towel in Australian history, and a great cartoonist and artists, but he was a superb friend, incredible husband and dad.

Goddamn I will miss him

We must stop peace protesters from terrorising our war criminal guests

Editorial: Tell me Australia, which is worse: signing bombs or making anti-bomb signs? preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...

And in Australia, the count, and value, are?

Welfare advocates urge Government to suspend Mutual Obligation requirements during extreme heatwaves Welfare advocates are imploring the Australian Government to suspend mutual obligation requirements during dangerous heatwaves, arguing it is unnecessarily putting people’s lives at risk.

Welfare advocates urge Government to suspend Mutual Obligation requirements during extreme heatwaves (I mean they should be suspended completely, but...)

thepoint.com.au/news/260205-...

Zero mention on the BBC (or billionaire press)
of Saturday's 100,000 people march in London
against Israeli genocide, in support of Palestine
which has to be a top-level censorship decision
of the BBC's right wing top managers

via Truth Against Hate

January 26 not a date to celebrate when 'we're all on stolen land' - Race Discrimination Commissioner The federal Race Discrimination Commissioner has made a case for not celebrating January 26, as we are 'all on stolen land'.Giridharan Sivaraman made the comments on an SBS podcast alongside Reconcili...

The Australian Race Discrimination Commissioner seems as alarmed as many of us at how some subsets of #racism appears to be given greater attention, while others are ignored and denied.
#VoiceTreatyTruth
#auspol
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