He can see her more easily from down there

There's never a drover's dog around when you need one

When hell freezes over

Besides, Joyce make Farage look like a genius by comparison

LOL. Not knowing how to behave among regular people with actual scruples and a modicum of empathy is not their strong suit

Fork no!

It worked so well with Latham

Shhhh. Keeping the haters of the hard right apart benefits those of us still partial to a modicum of empathy

Does this slime bucket never go away! Just slink off and hang out with your Incel mates

Accepting that safe housing is not a right, but a privilege for the wealthy

Accepting that 150+ Aust women & kids this year will be murdered & 7000 victims of F&DV will be hospitalised due to the severity of their injuries, largely from male violence. How are men not embarrassed by the sheer scale of the violence?

Young people are hugely vulnerable to danger & lifelong trauma. Co-designed services must aim to meet their safety needs, especially suitable housing - the key resource needed to keep people safe. The scale of this problem for young people should terrify us all
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Australia's total fertility rate hits a record low At 1.461 births per woman, Australia's fertility rate has hit another record low, according to new data from the ABS.

Why would young woman want to have children today? They can't even be safe from (mainly) male violence, let alone keep their kids safe from predators. Maybe work on that, alongside affordable housing and a warming planet, before calling on women to breed.
womensagenda.com.au/latest/austr...

Yup. None of those helluva suss seals will do the job.

‘These men think they’ve done nothing wrong’: the philosopher who tried to understand Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists When 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sen...

The Pelicot trial saw >50 men with nothing in common - age, education, wealth, employment, kids, partners - except living a short distance away, were convicted of rape. How do we ever trust men again? Especially when many of them think they've done nothing wrong?
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The Awe Files | Julia Baird | Substack Field notes from a joy-seeking thalassophile. Click to read The Awe Files, by Julia Baird, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

The Awe Files
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Simmering was something from last decade. We are boiling over

Hardly a plague. I could bear a few more froggy heroes

Thanks for the update

Big time

Why is the gas industry notorious for paying so little tax, despite making billions in revenue?

Santos has made it 10 years in a row paying no tax!

@grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
#auspol

Best thread of the day.
My guesses: bookmark, back scratcher, arm extender for light switch, extended sheet tucker, fly swat. Boring
Possible uses from bed/bedside include: ugg boot remover, weapon to throw at invading pets or kids, smelly shoe/undies/socks thrower, popcorn catapult?

Edward Said Memorial Lecture 'Chris Hedges' Join the Australian Friends of Palestine Association (AFOPA) in 2025 as we host Chris Hedges at UniSA for the Edward Said Memorial Lecture.

If you were hoping to hear Chris Hedges speak at the National Press Club and were stymied by the NPC's cancellation of him...

There is this instead (in Adelaide):
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Never let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Greens is better than ALP is better than LNP. Teals and Indies are on a case by case basis. That blue part that tinges the green might easily betray our values ...

Party loyalty is far from the biggest problem here. The elephant in the room is the policies and values of the major parties to which most politicians are loyal. And say what you like, but a vote for the LNP is never an option. We need to vote out the major parties. Their time is done

We also had a whole heap more journalists being paid a decent wage to be independent and thorough. The dozen or so decent journos left now are stretched a bit tight

Glorious! Well done

Middle class Aussies who say that are the enemy of a decent society. It's time we stand up to those who walk past poverty and homelessness & who vote for cruelty and greed

It says we are doomed as a society. We walk past poverty and homelessness, vote for cruelty and making the rich richer. How much longer does a society like this have? We can choose to lie down or we can choose to stand up and fight. We've been polite for too long and it's not working