Margaret Fowler

One thing that really surprised me about moving to Australia is how timid the Australian worker is. There's hardly an erosion of workers' rights they won't accept. There's an urgent need for workers in Australia to organise and push back against governments and businesses.

Side hustles on the rise as Tasmanians lowest paid but working the most jobs About 1 in 12 employed Tasmanians have at least two jobs, but the number of people with multiple jobs across the country is at an all-time high also, data shows.

It’s not a side hustle, it’s the erosion of the eight hour day our ancestors fought for.

#AusPol

The best advice anyone can give about visiting or transiting through the USA at present is:

Don’t go!

Be warned.

A significant other told me tonight about the trials and tribulations she faced just transiting through the US to get to Europe. It’s not worth the risk, especially with Trump as president. The mess he’s creating will likely take decades to fix. There are no guarantees USA can be fixed now.

Just the fact that. An Australian first nations senator said, MAGA (Make Australia Great Again).
During an Australain federal election, of an lnp conservative press conference, tells you. How brainwashed, Jacinta Price, really is.

Trump administration lists thousands of immigrants as dead in new policy | CNN Politics The Department of Homeland Security requested the Social Security Administration to enter more than 6,000 names of immigrants into its database used to track dead people, according to a DHS official w...

US lists immigrants as dead to force them to self deport www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/p...

Social Security Administration ‘will be using X to communicate’ moving forward The Social Security Administration (SSA) unveiled Thursday that it would use the social platform X to make announcements going forward, instead of traditional press releases or memos typically post…

I thought this was a joke till I found this article thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Our world today could have been such a beautiful, rational, caring, safe place.

Why did Rupert Murdoch have to be born?

Here’s what Dutton isn’t telling you about nuclear reactors This deceptive proposal has all the Trumpian hallmarks: a quasi policy announcement intended to serve sectional interests.

I’ve spent my life fighting nuclear. Here’s what Dutton isn’t telling you about his reactors.

Dutton’s Nuclear policy is a staggeringly bad idea, a stunt and a con. It is a backdoor attempt to pander to the fossil-fuel lobby.

Peter Garrett …

Thread .. 🧵

#auspol #TemuTrump

Malcolm Turnbull:”There will be Australian sailors serving on US submarines, and we’ll provide them with a base in Western Australia.

We will have lost both sovereignty and security and a lot of money as well. That’s why I say it is a really bad deal.”

Have to agree with Malcolm Turnbull on AUKUS.

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

The inherent risk in US hegemony was always that, when the Americans fuck around, everyone finds out. Here we are.

Home Burnet is an Australian-based medical research institute and an accredited international NGO. We strive for a better, fairer, healthier world.

17 years ago today I started at @burnetinstitute.bsky.social as its 4th Director. A constant joy to work at such a progressive place with so many clever & committed people who all strive to improve peoples lives though medical research & public health, leaving no one behind. www.burnet.edu.au

Women earn 78¢ for every $1 a man earns, WGEA data confirms The 2023–24 gender pay gap results have been released today (4 March) by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, showing that half of Australian employers have a median gender pay gap larger than 8.9 pe...

Women earn 78¢ for every $1 a man earns, WGEA data confirms www.hrleader.com.au/people/26546...

COVID-19 pandemic mortality data: report As of 2024, 20 more Australians are dying each day as a result of COVID-19. To understand this ongoing problem better, experts at Burnet have developed a comprehensive analysis of deaths caused by the...

Today @burnetinstitute.bsky.social launched a report on COVID's impact on mortality in Australia. Oz experienced a low toll in the first 2 years, but 30,000+ have died since - now plateauing at 7,000+ deaths/year. What does this mean & what can be done? Read on...

www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...

Dear @australianlabor.bsky.social
Liberal MP Andrew Hastie is literally advocating Australia "show strength" by offering Trump access to Australia's rare minerals. He is literally advocating Australia become a vassal state of Trump's USA. How is this not treason? #auspol #AusVotes25 #USPolitics

Next time you feel like going out to see a movie, why not buy a ticket for one that isn’t from the US?

Live: X/Twitter down for a third time - live updates on the massive outage. users all over can't the social network.. again. By Dave LeClair

Elon Musk wants to run the government like a business. Specifically this business.

www.tomsguide.com/news/live/x-...

Censor, purge, defund: how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come

Accurate and terrifying from @chrischirp.bsky.social

christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...

Please make sure that all Seniors are aware of this.👇

Trump’s Russia Obsession Just Cost the U.S. a Crucial Intel Tool Donald Trump’s clear affection for Vladimir Putin has U.S. allies rethinking a few things.

Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the 4 other members of the Five Eyes spy alliance—Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom—are reportedly examining whether to continue including America in international intelligence.

I'm still flabbergasted that Libby Mettam (WA Lib leader) refused to be interviewed in front of an Aboriginal flag, in solidarity with Federal Labor. I thought she'd be better than that! It's racism to the hilt with the LNP apparently.

And yes, their social media strategy has been woeful. bsky.app/profile/leju...

Firstly, because from the outset the media has run a rabid anti-Albanese campaign. There was no honeymoon from the media. Secondly, from my point of view, they've been tone deaf about #RaiseTheRate and Israel, in particular, and now, our relationship with the US. Yes, I know diplomacy is tricky.

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”

A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

#USAFailedState: The modern day equivalent to Nero playing his fiddle as Rome burned?

Crooked, illiterate #Trump scribbling over world maps with a Sharpie.
We are past the point of embarrassment now.

Will Americans tire of idiot distractions & seek democracy restoration? #Kakistocracy #Auspol #USA