Kaz Cooke

As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.

Since the Liberal election review has been leaked to the Age, people will know Dutton was offended it called him “unattractive to women”. I wanted to let Dutton know it’s not his face or baldness that’s the issue. It’s his cold, dead heart, cruel character and mean spirit that make him unattractive.

Would get in.

I only have a study cranny.

Yesssssss. Have you tried a tightly-rolled broadsheet newspaper lightly rapped on her nose?

I stopped ignoring racists a long time ago, hearing white NT politicians say vile stuff 'off the record'. If I hear racism in my presence, I promised myself, I'll call it out. A censure movement isn't to stop behaviour, it's to say on the historical record, this is wrong. Never a waste of time.

Meanjin has been saved, but where are the opportunities for emerging writers? A recent win for a beloved literary journal is a small gain for new authors who face diminished writing pathways.

Jo Pickup let me be one of the peeps to bend her ear about needing new career paths for writers - what with all the crap media sites & A bloody I thundering at us.
(Unrelated: oh, that stock photo of a writer. Save your neck! Screen at eye level!)
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A languid beagle is led, snuffling, into Australian parliament by an encouraging handler, who says brightly: "Find them girl, come on girl, find some guts!" Beagle rolls over and places 4 rigid paws in the air, slowly acknowledging 36 people with one wink each.

Why can't a censure motion be clear? Hanson's not wrong because it makes people angry, nor because it's 'divisive' (happy to divide from her). It's:
racist
hate-speech
discriminatory spite
factually incorrect
indefensible
harmful to children
disproven
unwarranted abuse &
Limelight Tenacity Fixation.

Two panel cartoon. Panel 1: Scientist in white coat is saying authoritatively "Pauline Hanson hasn't got a racist bone in her body!" Panel 2- Scientist standing next to picture of PH using pointer to point out bits of her body "...Everyone knows racism is found in the brain, heart and bile duct"

Given Pauline's performance today, might be time to reup this evergreen...

Please get small cards printed for glovebox & pocket, saying in gold gilt: 'CONGRATULATIONS!' (Then underneath, about 7 point type): Your extemporaneous contribution is simultaneously supernumary, risible, superfluous & superogatory. Your intellect deserves extreme unction!" Gives you time to exit.

I have read this so you don't have to. Summary in Australian: 'Hide some of your shit so your place doesn't look like a shit-show'.

A 'marketing asset tile' (I mean, they have these phrases, you know) to advertise a regional Victoria event, featuring a goofy pic of me taken by pal Annie Maver, the covers of 6 of my books, It's the Menopause, girl stuffs, Up the Duff, If You're a Woman You're Doing it Wrong and Babies & Toddlers. I will be talking about good and bonkers advice for all ages of womanhood ... You can book on the Northern Books website by going to their events page. www.northernbooks.com

Come hang out with me for a fun event at #Kyneton Town, at 7 pm (early night or kick on!) Fri March 13! Plus, I shall answer questions from the audience about ANYTHING. Book tix here: https:/northernbooks.com.au/kazcooke #MacedonShire #Castlemaine #Woodend

It's flap your caftan weather in Melbourne, that's for sure.

It was depraved, wasn't it, teaching white kids that Aboriginal kids must be taken from their families and trained as white people's 'servants'? You understand now: whereas people like Howard, Hanson and Abbott still defend the indefensible for reasons religiously stupid or stupidly religious.

They tried to make sure she became a 'domestic servant', the forced fate of so many other Aboriginal girls. Her achievements were all won as part of a lifelong, hard fight against ignorant policies, racism and heartless discrimination. An honourable woman.

Prof Alice moved to suggest the latest research might not prove humans descend from doe-eyed Neanderthal Fabio & Disney Cinderella-Torpedo-Bosoom. (And surely 'Credit: Chat GPT' should read 'Illustration blame: Chat GPT)

Mate, this sort of comment is useless. If I point out something is wrong, I don't need a bloke saying I shouldn't be surprised. As it happens, I don't sound surprised. Because I'm not surprised. The people who have nothing to add except 'it's not a surprise' are, unsurprisingly, exhausting.

And every one of the owners of the biggest platforms has allowed or ensured the severe enshittification of its service, & in many cases an increase in the abuse and disrespect of women & the endangerment of children. Boy billionaires, making the world worse for everyone else as fast as they can.

Black and white photo staged in a home. A man in a suit braces with an extended back leg against a woman standing straight in a long gown (neck to wrists, and ankles) and holding an open umbrella. The curved handle of the umbrella in the pic is marked A, the gentleman's hand at the top of the handle shaft under the canopy is B and the lady's hand in the centre of the handle shaft is C. There is an aspidistra and curtains in the background.

Please enjoy this instructional photo from Lulu Hurst, one of the Georgia Magnet stage performers, preventing a gentleman from being able to furl her open umbrella due to her ... mysterious electro-strength, late 1800s.

I hope the students are humble and not all, 'OUT of my way, sirrah, for I am a SOUTHERN BEEF & LAMB SCHOOL DELEGATE!'

Picture of Jane Goodall as an older woman with one of her quotes and the source: It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman. That's why there are so many of us. Jane Goodall @fema quotient

“It actually doesn't take much to be considered a difficult woman.

That's why there are so many of us.”

Jane Goodall #AusPol

ABC journalists are doing some proper hard yards already this year. (Doffs millinery.)

I'm so glad for you. x

Israel is responsible for two in three journalist killings across the globe in 2024 and 2025. The Israeli military has committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government’s military since CPJ began documentation in 1992.

Read more in CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549

If only it were that simple. We need better training, more experienced specialists available to everyone, effective regulation & staff reports protected from retaliation. More women in medicine makes a diff, but I've had skilled & compassionate vs not-good-enough doctors, regardless of gender.

Endo is a mofo. Took about 6 ops, hefty medication and a commitment to never have another period again for me to get out the other side. So many women have been through so much. I'm grateful for all the good doctoring I've had - and still resent the bad and the cavalier, even decades ago.

Suffered inappropriate treatment for endometriosis? Here's what to do If allegations that a surgeon performed surgery for "severe" endometriosis on women with little or no sign of the disease have you questioning your own treatment, here is where you can voice your conc...

What to do if you've been operated on by Simon Gordon, thanks to the ABC. If you're concerned about endometriosis symptoms, diagnosis or treatment: I recommend reading the info on endometriosis by the jean hailes organisation. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Hundreds join support group in wake of claims against gynaecologist More former patients of Melbourne gynaecologist Simon Gordon have come forward to express distress over their treatment with many joining a newly-formed private support group.

Love & strength to all women dealing with the aftermath of another possible medical scandal. We MUST end the 'surgeon is god' syndrome & build proper whistle-blowing pathways. The medical regulation system is a failure & it's women who bear almost all the consequences. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...