Hazel Ferguson

The cat

When in doubt, study the cat. Learn from the cat. Become the cat.

Screenshot of proposed parliamentary sitting calendar

Proposed parliamentary sitting calendar www.pmc.gov.au/sites/defaul...

Screenshot of paragraph 5 from the decision summary: The Expert Panel has today issued its initial decision in the Review: [2025] FWCFB 74. The Expert Panel has found that: • pharmacists covered by the Pharmacy Award; • health professionals, pathology collectors and dental assistants covered by the HPSS Award; • SACS employees, crisis accommodation employees and home care employees in disability care covered by the SCHADS Award; • dental assistants and dental/oral therapists covered by the ATSIHW Award; and • CSEs covered by the CS Award have been the subject of gender-based undervaluation. The Expert Panel has further determined that these findings constitute work value reasons justifying the variation of the modern award minimum wage rates applying to each category of employees.

Summary of initial decision in Fair Work Commission's 'Gender-based undervaluation – priority awards review' www.fwc.gov.au/documents/si...

Racism@Uni The Australian Human Rights Commission is undertaking a groundbreaking project into the prevalence, nature, and impact of racism at universities.

Australian Human Rights Commission launches first ever national survey in universities to gauge racism and its impacts on students and staff. Survey kicks off this month. humanrights.gov.au/our-work/rac...

New e61 research on 2018 Child Care Subsidy introduction found it had no measurable effect on maternal labour supply and limited increase in child care use (none for low-income fams).
Reasons include more stringent activity test and disincentives from effective tax rates
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A shared ebike in the middle of the footpath

You leave your shared ebike like this, you're a cunt.

My advice to disaffected young men is to get a squire p bass and join a band and your whole women only date rich guys reactionary politics vibe will seem pretty silly when a lady breaks up with her real estate boyfriend to date your broke ass

Screenshot of the 'Key points' section of the linked Bills Digest

Parliamentary Library analysis of the Early Childhood Education and Care (Three Day Guarantee) Bill 2025 has been published: parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/dow...

Good morning #canberra

Making art and being as happy and contented as you can feels like a very political act to me. And wise. And human. All the things that so much is not.

🖤

Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.

Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

Five years ago (Monday 30 Dec 2019), a turning point: the news of an outbreak in Wuhan spread on messaging apps, social media (Weibo, then Twitter), and got out of China, culminating with a ProMED alert sent to the international medical community on 30-31 Dec. ▫️1/

Me facing 2025

A Woman Who Left Society to Live With Bears Weighs in on “Man or Bear” In this piece, long-term bicycle traveler Laura Killingbeck reflects on the "Man or Bear" debate and adds her unique perspective...

“‘Would you rather be stuck in a forest with a man or a bear?’ is just another way of asking, ‘Are you afraid of men?’ It’s the same question I’ve been fielding for the entirety of my life as a solo female traveler.” Thank you @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for guiding me to Laura Killingbeck’s essay.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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Day 20

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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Day 19

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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#BookChallenge

Day 18

Income apportionment given a systemic issue notice by ART

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 17

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 16

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 15

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 14

FFS, journalists please stop saying ‘battle with cancer’. It’s such bullshit. Just say ‘died from cancer’ or ‘a year after being diagnosed w cancer’. This war/fight imagery is so stupid, widely condemned, infuriating & insulting to anyone having cancer treatment. It’s a disease, not a ‘fight’.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 13

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 12