Chris Steffanoni

How Israel’s multi-ton truck bombs ripped through Gaza City In the weeks before the ceasefire, Israel deployed a new weapon: Armoured Personnel Carriers repurposed as explosive-laden bombs.

Reuters is regarded as being one of the most reliable, unbiased news agencies in the world.
They've just posted this piece that shows the breathtaking destruction in Gaza. Neighbourhoods flattened and truck bombs used to flatten apartment buildings
@reuters.com #gaza
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🧑‍🎓 Australian students pay more in HECS than the gas industry pays in PRRT!

💸 But Big Gas are in Brisbane today trying to get our politicians to cut their taxes even MORE!
#auspol

Victoria’s ‘adult time for violent crime’ reforms will not solve the youth crime problem These reforms violate human rights obligations, contradict the evidence and will be devastating for children and young people in conflict with the law.

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Children could face life sentences for serious offences under Victorian government ‘adult time’ plan Youth offenders, aged as young as 14, could face 20-year jail terms for violent crimes under proposal

Populist policies that clash with evidence-based criminology research might help the ALP win the next election, but the "serious consequences" we all face could be more severe crime outcomes in the long run. This could be short-term gain for long-term pain.

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Your 28th amendment should be the introduction of compulsory and preferential voting.

Have you ever seen a dietician?
If yes, how did you find the experience?

#nutrition #health #australia

Yeah, there's undoubtedly a range of contributing factors and this is a general trend, not stratified into crime type or age groups so the correlation may be stronger or weaker for different sub-groups.

In Victoria, there's a clear link between crime and socioeconomic disadvantage. Postcodes are a more reliable predictor of crime rates than country of birth or migration status.

#Australia #vicpol #inequality #sociology

History tells us the most effective way to eliminate antifascism is to eliminate fascism.

If we’re focused on fairness, it’s not the rich we should be worrying about The problem is not necessarily that young people pay too much tax, but that there are some Australians who pay little to none.

A good piece on the growing issue of wealth inequality in Australia by economist Millie Muroi.
We must remember that broadening inequality contributes to increased crime rates, poorer health outcomes, less educational equity, and degraded social cohesion.

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Agreed. I read the book last year and have just picked it up again for a second reading.
It gets more relevant as the months tick by.
@lowyinstitute.bsky.social

Are they great again yet?

Most of the reduction in homicides happened during the four years before Bukele was first elected. After he was elected, he stopped using the Bogota Protocol to tally homicides, so many homicides no longer get counted as homicides, making the numbers appear lower than they really are.

They did the same with COVID deaths. Stopped counting them in the official COVID mortality figures to hold out that Salvadorans weren't dying at high levels. Luckily, the vast number of excess deaths were still tallied in the normal mortality database, so we get a clear picture of reality.

It's been fascinating to observe from the outside. I spent a lot of time looking at his last election and noted his party won 90% of the seats with 70% of the popular vote compared to the previous election where they held 66% of the vote and seats. Very successful gerrymandering it seems.

Is his popularity starting to show any cracks yet?

Tres años de excepción | Noticias UCA El régimen de excepción, que comenzó con la justificación de un repunte brutal de homicidios, cumplió tres años de vigencia el 27 de marzo. Como legalmente no puede durar más de un mes, la medida se h...

With El Salvador getting attention we should think of the 20k innocent Salvadorans who have been arrested in the last 3 years

The UCA put this message out, calling for an end to oppression. They know more than most what an autocratic regime can commit to society
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Premier defends koala cull after bushfire in state’s south-west Use of snipers in helicopters to cull bushfire-affected koalas in Victoria’s Budj Bim National Park has concerned a wildlife welfare group, but the government says the animals were severely injured an...

This could be a horrible tale, but wouldn't it be wiser to let nature take its course so that the koalas that survive will be the most genetically resilient in the future?
Or is culling koalas really the best thing to do here?

#environmentalscience #koalas
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YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show The Emergency Is Here | The Ezra Klein Show

This a very poignant piece by @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social

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This is a great article by @motherjones.com Thanks for sharing it.

You do great work Mr Lindo 💪

YouTube video by ABC News In-depth Uncovering the truth about Australia’s violent past | Four Corners

We need to learn our history because it helps to explain the present. Good on Victoria for staying the course with the Yoorrook truth commission.
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Postcode lottery means some mothers – and their babies – are more likely to be overweight or obese Moving from Melbourne’s north to the west brought home to Maddison Dass what researchers have just revealed – there is not equal opportunity for health in Melbourne.

When you can predict health outcomes based on postcodes, the issue is much more than individual choice.
Mothers and kids in the outer suburbs don't choose to be more obese than those in the inner suburbs. Obesigenic environments drive health inequities.
#sdoh

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Bad advice – which hasn’t aged well Ten years after former Treasurer Joe Hockey advised Australians to get “a good job that pays good money” to buy a house, new analysis by The Australia Institute reveals just how bad that advice actual...

The Coalition both and Labor both need a good arse kicking after half a century of failed housing policy. Unsustainable policies that only served to drive a wedge between the haves and the have-nots in Australia
#ausvotes25 #auspol @australiainstitute.org.au
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Here is my comparison of the average diet of a 10-year-old Australian and our national dietary guidelines.

#nutrition #publichealth #AustralianDietaryGuidelines

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SMA's distributing concussion-management posters to 38,000+ schools & sports clubs in Australia to help coaches, teachers & health professionals manage 100,000+ concussions annually. Thanks to Elite Partner ASICS, for their support.
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#SMAReturntoPlay #SoundMindSoundBody

This is a friendly reminder that biological sex is complicated.

This table isn't from some radical leftist propaganda pamphlet; it's from a current evidence-based sports medicine textbook.

Some people are born male, some are born female, and others are born with more complex biological variations.

Unforgetting Our Local History Remembering the Mount Macedon Aboriginals

I wrote this piece about the little known Aboriginal groups that were dispersed by colonial settlers before the Victorian gold rush. It's history that few people living in the Macedon Ranges are aware of. I think local history is incredibly important to remember and share.
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Community Information - Bushfire - Stay Informed: Gisborne, Macedon, New Gisborne emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/w...

Is healthy food more expensive?

#nutrition #health