"People often get a bit confused about why the Reserve Bank raises interest rates. They themselves will talk about “excess demand” or a “tight labour market”. What they really mean is they think there are too few people who are unemployed."

Evicting homeless campers violated human rights, Supreme Court rules The Supreme Court has found a south-east Queensland council violated the human rights of homeless campers.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Excellent:

Evicting homeless campers violates #HumanRights. Shame Moreton Bay City Council. Full shame. #NoEmptyHouses #AffordableHousing #RaiseTheRate #HomelessnessIsSystemic #auspol
#HousingNOW stable, secure, affordable, long tenure, known community. #SpaceToLive

Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."

Hergoz signs israel bombs to be sent to Gaza in December 2023 - Australian volunteer Zomi Frankom killed by Israeli bomb in Gaza April 2024.
This certainly not a healing tour for Zomi's family. I feel quite ill as a fellow Australian. #auspol

"Melanie O’Brien is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Western Australia, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars"

I hope not

I voted in the logies in every category for the ABC. In the news category, I abstained from voting for Sarah Ferguson and David Speers.

Liberal Party's "Advance" in Indigenous hate rant - The Klaxon Mega-millionaire-funded disinformation group “Advance” has declared the Indigenous “Welcome to Country” is part of a secretive plan by “elites” to “delegitimise Australia’s history”.

‘Mega-millionaire-funded disinformation group “Advance” has declared the Indigenous “Welcome to Country” is part of a secretive plan by “elites” to “delegitimise Australia’s history”

Good fkn grief 😵‍💫

Remember these lunatics are funded by backers of the Lib Party.
theklaxon.com.au/liberal-part...

#OMGoodness. It is very distressing to read this. Clearly #AmeliaHamer is not a fit and proper person to be a member of the House of Representatives. Especially after the revelation she is a poor "renter" owning two rental properties... also with a stake in a $20million trust fund.

I realllllllllly don't think mainstream Australia understands just how dangerous this clamp down on the unis is.

I am wayyyyyyyyy more scared of this than fucking Chinese boats or African gangs or Terrorists from derkastan or whatever I'm meant to be freaking out about about

Dumb folks like Pete Hegseth have no capacity to learn a lesson...ever

Goldberg indicates Hegseth lied when he denied texting war plans

Collins: Do you think someone should be fired over this?

Buttigieg: Absolutely… if there’s not accountability for a screw up like this, especially from a president who used to fire people on television for sport, what are we even doing here..

Pete Buttigieg has entered the chat.

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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

Trump thinks he is God

This was an amazing show. I was so touched and a bit teary as well. What a great Artist and human Vincent is.

Stoked our 4 Corners story Old School on Cranbrook is nominated for Grant Hattam Award for Investigative Journalism. Old School led to 3 inquiries, forced departure of Australia’s 2nd-highest paid principal & an apology from Cranbrook. It wouldn’t have happened without bravery of many who spoke out.

Portfolio.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Andrew Tate and His Brother Are Said to Leave Romania for the U.S. Andrew and Tristan Tate, the online influencers, are facing investigations in Romania and Britain, including accusations of human trafficking and sex crimes.

You can’t make this stuff up. Trump supporters spent the past few years obsessing over an apparent sex trafficking cabal in charge of our country. And yet one of the first things Trump seems to have done, apparently, is push to get the Tates, charged with sex trafficking, released from Romania.

The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.

Up now on 3RRR's #SpinCycle, hosts @jessielilley.bsky.social
@rachelwithers.bsky.social and
@theshufflediary.bsky.social are joined by @australiainstitute.org.au @amyremeikis.bsky.social. #auspol #AusVotes2025
Listen here: www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...

If you’re looking for a deeper dive into #Craftivism you can download my PhD thesis on Craftivism as form of DIY citizenship here 👉🏼 minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/items/e5f12a...

I’ve just finished this new piece:
Hold Each Other Gently (2025) 67cm x 68cm made with repurposed cotton, silk, beads and cotton thread. ☠️🌼🪱🪡🧵 Hope y’all are hanging in there & being kind to yourself/others in these trying times 💜
#textileart #feministart #craftivism

Been thinking a lot about how hope and dissent are both active practices we need to learn, practice and act upon. #craftivism is just one of many ways we can begin down this path of active citizenship and change making 💜✊🏼

Changemakers: Crafting a difference - Tal Fitzpatrick Artist Talk and Banner Making Workshop Tal Fitzpatrick Artist Talk and Banner Making Workshop at the QVWC - 1 March 12 – 4.30PM - Limited spots!

Melbourne friends: registrations for my #craftivism banner making workshop on Saturday1st March at Queen Victoria Women’s Centre are now open 🎟️
events.humanitix.com/changemakers...

Sounds awesome Ian. Enjoy

Trump wants to turn Gaza into a casino resort. Ita Buttrose thinks only an ‘activist’ could object - The Shot Media doesn't need to normalise all this heinous Nazi shit, but it will anyway. It is structurally incapable of protecting us from barbarity.

Here's me. "Trump wants to turn Gaza into a casino resort. Ita Buttrose thinks only an ‘activist’ could object"