Simon Katterl

Advancing a rights-based mental health system: the case for a Human Rights Act for Western Australia Western Australia (WA) remains without a stand-alone human rights legislation, such as a Human Rights Act (HRA). This vacuum impacts the human rights of Western Australians in a broad range of syst...

Our co-authored Australian Journal of Human Rights article on the value of a Human Rights Act to Western Australia was published.

We highlight how a legislated and implemented HRA can achieve better outcomes for all.

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YouTube video by Zeteo She Was FIRED for Criticizing Israel — Then This Australian Journalist Fought Back and Won

Important interview.

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It is unbelievable that corporate Democrats can say this.

Carvilles strategy is to play dead for midterms that won't be free.

Can you imagine how ridiculous people who said this of Hitler in 1933 as he corrupted the legal system, undertook political progress and dismantled democratic institutions?

YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder DEMS MUST OUST SCHUMER NOW!

It's unclear if they have the mettle for this, but the Democrats should be ousting Schumer immediately if they care about a Constitutional republic. He's completely unfit for this moment.

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YouTube video by Sky Sports Cricket "I take offence to that, Nas!"

I would contrast McCullum with Geelong Coach Chris Scott.

While McCullum has fairly predictable/religiously consistent approach, Scott will always keep the other coach guessing and try to exploit weaknesses, giving them new looks, slowly deconstructing them.

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The moral contortions we're forced into as we remain part of AUKUS.

Totally agree. Destabilising the globe and causing immense harm to a nation to distract from whatever is on those tapes and files.

Absolutely. Yesterday.

Yeah truly horrific. And so clearly aimed at distracting fun his domestic woes. Unsurprising, but still so depressing how comfortable he is destabilising the entire globe for personal gain.

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Venezuela declares a state of emergency after explosions around capital | ABC NEWS

Our closest security partner, flagrantly violating the "rules based order". AUKUS will go down as one of the worst, and most slow moving, policy disasters in Australian history.
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YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Sportsbet pressured key watchdog into 'watering down' enforcement announcement | ABC NEWS

This is textbook case of regulatory capture.

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Federal Government announces gas reservation policy 80 per cent of Australia’s gas is currently exported – including two thirds of gas produced on the east coast. This has

“The Government has acknowledged there is no gas shortage and exports are the problem, said Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor at The Australia Institute.

Read more: https://thepoint.com.au/news/251223-federal-government-announces-gas-reservation-policy

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The Cth Parlinfo website feels like it hasn't had a UX review since the dismissal.

I'd be keen to chat about this in the context of mental health — addressing the social determinants of mental health/suicide through reduced inequality/increased revenue base for core needs (housing, safety etc) and mental health supports.

The release of the mid-year fiscal and economic outlook (MYEFO) has revealed the cost of changes to superannuation tax concessions and the PRRT’s ongoing failure to deliver fair returns to Australians.

Read Greg Jericho's full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/251217-...

@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social, am reading the great paper on how we could raise more than $70B through relatively simple wealth taxes. Does this exclude taxing the resource (mining/gas) sector, meaning more could be raised?

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“Existing tax settings allow for (and in some ways facilitate) growing inequality, mounting evidence shows the role of inequality in reducing economic growth,” writes Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute.

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Few issues unite progressive and conservative voters. Ending corruption is one of the few exceptions.

Read Helen Haines' full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

Miners exaggerating tax. Again.

What's new is that this is so demonstrably false.

Will they take down false ads? If you see this ad after today, please let me know.

Debunked on @thepointau.bsky.social here, more below: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

Sydney Sweeney makes concession on ‘great genes’ ad controversy The actress first broke her silence three months after the controversial advertisements went live, and it was not well received.

Leaving aside that its hard to believe her that "it was just about the jeans", her view that being silent was the justified result to "negative press" fails to grapple w the fact that she should have spoken up to clarify for the PoC communities impacted.

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So, while the police gets new powers to stop and frisk whoever they want (it’s gonna be brown men and all kinds of women they want to harass) Nazis get to march across the CBD.

Cool beans, Victoria!

Didn't know that, thanks!

Unfortunate that Susan Ley's efforts to undertake collaborative leadership within her party are panned as weak leadership.

Collaborative leadership/governance of an org can work, but if bad actors prioritise their self-interest it crumbles.

Prompts calls for Dutton-style leadership.
#Insiders

The Federal Government has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home Affairs Minister to cancel someone’s Centrelink payment if they are suspected of a serious crime.

Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

Hundreds of millions has been spent to fix mental health crisis. But will it work? Over 40 Medicare Mental Health Centres have opened across Australia in the last year, including 12 in Queensland. We visited one on Brisbane’s north side to find out what they’re all about, and who th...

Medicare Mentre Health Centres are part of the solution, but they can't be in place of peer-led options, and we need to ensure they are evaluated.

My comments in the Brisbane Times.
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Would they listen even if they did!

Deliciously, that is exactly the level of thinking that led them to lose the first test.

#NeverChange

YouTube video by 9 News Australia Pauline Hanson wears burqa in the Senate in repeat of 2017 stunt | 9 News Australia

We're conditioned to prioritise politeness over marginalised perspectives.

Today's Senate event, where Senators Payman, Faruqi, & Thorpe spoke up against workplace racism & misogyny, shows how wrong that instinct.

The Senate's silence was horrifying.

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Every Australian Counts tile with the text: ‘Read from ABC News. National mental health agreement failing, Productivity Commission finds.

🚨 The Productivity Commission has confirmed what we already know: Australia’s mental health system is failing - and half a million people are being left behind.
People with psychosocial disability need support outside the NDIS.
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