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I gave the 2025 Dymphna Clark Memorial Lecture recently. It was about how Australia is failing its public schools & the vulnerable kids they increasingly enrol. I pull no punches. It will be broadcast on ABC RN Big Ideas at 8pm 25/11 and midday 26/11. Or via the app www.abc.net.au/listen/liste...

Award winning journalist @quentindempster.bsky.social on the importance of freelance journalists in our media landscape and the threat of AI.
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David Pocock - Independent Senator for the ACT TRUST. INTEGRITY. LEADERSHIP.

Thank you @davidpocock.bsky.social
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Calling Labor's current approach "incrementalism" or "small target" or whatever makes it sound like they are are an overly cautious progressive govt. Matters like this show that they are actively pursuing policies that make them indistinguishable from the centre right: not incrementalists at all.

A government that can’t bring itself to tax fossil fuel, big tech or any wealth properly but defunds its critical institutions is not a good government, sorry

make you weep

Is there somewhere we can scream about this? Other than the next polls...

The joyful world of Kaylene Whiskey: the Indigenous artist pulling Dolly Parton and Wonder Woman into the outback Forget hushed, white-walled reverence: Whiskey’s new exhibition at Canberra’s National Portrait Gallery erupts in celebration. Expect big colour, big mischief, big joy

LOVE this woman's artwork www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

I thought "Human Resources" was bad...we are now "Human Capital"! WTF???

This Labor government needs to start being a Labor government

Racist f#c#

Racist

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Disgraceful

Gorgeous, but why the fuck is a long haired cat wearing a coat???

FFS!

head conjunct arse

3 minutes 16 is 3 minutes 15 too long

There to trash the geraniums? Pretty buggers

imagine if he looked less "white"...

Thought you might like this-evening light

Don't like either... a lot of the one-offs have been better

She's an absolute bucket...always has been. We looked away because we hoped a woman wouldn't be such a c*nt

Ex-police officers jailed over 'gratuitous cruelty' to mentally ill woman The actions of Timothy John Trautsch and Nathan Black were recorded on body-worn camera after they were called to Emu Plains following reports of a welfare check.

The actions of Timothy John Trautsch and Nathan Black were recorded on body-worn camera after they were called to Emu Plains following reports of a welfare check.

Top Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, calling their humanities degrees life changing Tim Winton, Helen Garner and Peter Garrett are just a few of the high-profile signatories to an open letter against Job-Ready Graduates – and for the humanities.

Hey @albomp.bsky.social, after more than three years in office, how is it that you still haven’t abolished this terrible, economically counterproductive, blatant culture war policy ?

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"Reach out" instead of contact does my head in!!! As does "leaning in"!

Stop equating the Musk/Trump shit with women fighting...FFS it's 2025

Stop equating this shit as women...they are stupid MEN FFS!

Why girlies? Men/boys are totally capable of petty bullshit. And I hope they fucking eat each other