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Queensland government held 21-minute consultation on puberty blocker ban at same time it announced decision www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Coalition MP Colin Boyce told climate science deniers blackouts a ‘big political opportunity’ Boyce tells Climate and Energy Realists Queensland that opposition to renewables is growing and fellow MPs should adopt a ‘do nothing strategy’

Great get by my colleague @bensmee.bsky.social. Coalition MP Colin Boyce told climate science deniers blackouts a ‘big political opportunity’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Where’s the human dignity?’ As bulldozers roll in, this is the face of a Queensland crisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

‘Where am I going to go?’ Dismay as Queensland council begins tearing down tent encampment www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

By the looks they're going to try to beatify George Pell

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Queensland council moves to evict homeless people from parks with public camping ban City of Moreton Bay CEO says change that will see homeless face threat of fines is needed for health and safety

Moreton Bay council plans to start threatening to fine people next month “We just became the soft touch. I mean, a lot of these people have got smartphones,” one councillor said.

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The religious sect members who killed Elizabeth Struhs – podcast On the day the 14 sect members are due to be sentenced, Queensland state reporter Andrew Messenger tells Reged Ahmad about why insulin was withheld from the eight-year-old type 1 diabetic

Spoke to @regedahmad.bsky.social for the Full Story podcast on the trial of a Toowoomba religious sect for the manslaughter of 8-year-old type diabetic Elizabeth Struhs. They're set to learn their sentence today

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The religious sect members who killed Elizabeth Struhs – podcast On the day the 14 sect members are due to be sentenced, Queensland state reporter Andrew Messenger tells Reged Ahmad about why insulin was withheld from the eight-year-old type 1 diabetic

14 members of religious sect the Saints were found guilty of the manslaughter of 8 year old Elizabeth Struhs… including her father and mother.

They will be sentenced today.

@messengera.bsky.social followed the trail, and told @regedahmad.bsky.social everything we need to know about the case:

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Gerald Ridsdale, Australia’s most notorious paedophile priest, dies in jail The paedophile priest died in jail while serving time for the abuse of more than 70 children over three decades

Gerald Ridsdale spent three decades abusing kids and then three decades in jail for it

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Could a high-rise apartment replace the classic family home? Apartment living is a key pillar of government plans to ease the housing crisis by densifying well-connected parts of Australia's largest cities. But some have questioned the viability of the plans, s...

Quite vexing that this story couldnt find space to mention the reason we don't build high quality apartments in this country which is thatthey're illegal

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The reason the UK justice system is backlogged is Cameron's austerity, not innocent people exercising their right to challenge a prosecutor's false allegations

Super easy answer is that people - particularly completely innocent people like Sam Kerr - have a right to justice they are ethically permitted to exercise even if someone else in a different country decides it would make it difficult for a hypothetical victim

It is unclear why Kerr didn’t resolve the case in Wimbledon Magistrate’s court last year, where she may have got a simple fine. Going to a jury in the Crown Court for a favourable outcome has added to the strains on the groaning British court system: rape victims are waiting up to five years to get their day in the crown court.

This by Jacquelin Magnay on Sam Kerr is just disgusting shit.

Child abuse victim given tent to live in by Queensland Department of Child Safety before dying, report finds Report from Child Death Review Board details the system ‘appeared ineffective at being able to address or stop further trauma’

New from me: A victim of child abuse, who was made homeless after being banned from every Queensland residential care facility, was given a tent to live in by the Department of Child Safety before killing themselves.

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My primary takeaway from the excellent film Conclave is that a whole lot of drama could be avoided through preferential voting

Sincerely delighted to discover, 45 minutes into this nearly-wordless three-hour documentary about French monks who take vows of silence, that among the reasons they *can* talk is "to make sure the monastery cats know when it's mealtime by making little kitty-calling noises at them."

Number of children under 14 in adult watch houses in Queensland rises 50% in 12 months Report to parliament the adult cells are an ‘inadequate place to keep young people overnight’ and are ‘harmful and traumatising’

The number of children aged 13 or under in Queensland’s adult watch houses has increased by 50% in 12 months, with complaints also spiking due to overcrowding. #auspol

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Nosferatu is the heart-warming story of a real estate agent principal being made to pay for his crimes

Just ends up being yet another subsidy for cars

Nah that's a cool name! It's like a scary euphemism

Bumrah's inswinger should be called like "the killer" in Gujarati. Siraj can have "hopeless" #ausvind

Remember the Doozra? Why did we stop giving types of delivery cool names? #ausvind

Konstas will learn from that. It was definitely a rush of blood and a terrible shot but I wouldn’t be too harsh on the kid. Very disappointing but no point crucifying him, that achieves nothing. I mean if it comes off we’d all be saying how great it is to watch. 🏏 #AUSvIND

About 90% of the batsman this test are out on that ball and yet they all insist on hitting it #ausvind

I was thinking Konstas cause he bats weird

Knowing them they'd probably drop Konstas cause he's batting too well #ausvind

If you're an Australian selector do you drop Manus or Uzzie first? #AUSVIND

I like Konstas taking on the bowler but he needs to mature a bit obviously #ausvind

Yeah that was not a smart shot. #AUSvIND