The official who headed Australia's Home Affairs department acted so recklessly and improperly, particularly in his secret dealings with a lobbyist and Liberal Party powerbroker, that it would be very difficult for him to ever work in the public service again. That is among a series of damaging findings contained in a confidential report that led to the sacking of Michael Pezzullo as Home Affairs secretary in late 2023 but which the government declined to release at the time.

‘Can’t be trusted’ yet the former public servant is given air time and appears on expert panels. What does it take in this country for wrongdoing to be taken seriously?! Oh to be rich and powerful. www.theage.com.au/national/can...

Single frame. Yacht named AUST ECONOMY, mainsail RBA, sailing into rough waters. A bunch of hapless passengers on board with captain Michele Bullock hoisting the headsail marked Interest Rate saying “We’re heading into choppy waters! Squeeze the mortgage holders and throw a few employees overboard, to steady the ship!”

Steady the ship.
My @smh cartoon.

Jesus fucking christ, the detail in the article will make you sick to your stomach. Nina Funnell is an incredible investigative journalist

I lack the words to capture it, but ... it's just endlessly remarkable to me that so many people in our society have chosen trans kis -- TRANS KIDS, the smallest, least significant, most vulnerable demographic slice you could possibly pick -- as a repository for all their fears & insecurities.

Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

Difficult women, comfortable power When women refuse to soften their demands on violence, inequality and unpaid labour, the response is often to question their temperament rather than the broken system they are challenging.

"Women who organised mass protests were called difficult. Women who refused to accept apologies as reform were difficult. Women who demanded structural change not symbolic proximity to power were called difficult.

What that word really signals is non-compliance."
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Four Corners case highlights a deeper problem in Australian healthcare The Four Corners program aired on Monday night detailed how Melbourne gynaecologist Simon Gordon performed surgeries to remove the ovaries and uteruses of dozens of young women who did not need these ...

"Four Corners case highlights a deeper problem in Australian healthcare" by @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social
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Anthony Albanese called Grace Tame “difficult” in a News Corp word game. Donald Trump was merely “president”.

Throughout history women who fight to better society get punished and labelled problems

Men who are convicted criminals and whose policies kill are more likely to get a pat on the back

Whatever political compass Albanese had has gone if he thinks he can be dismissive about voter’s anger at resources companies not paying enough tax, and questioning Pocock’s sincerity in raising it as an issue

Time to end the lobbying protection racket The number of lobbyists seeking to influence the federal government has soared, yet they’re bound by secrecy that stifles honest business.

Politicians are outnumbered by lobbyists in Parliament House 15 to one; on sitting days hundreds of lobbyists roam the halls in Canberra, meeting with Ministers to influence government policies.

My Clean Up Politics Act would shine a light on lobbyists’ activities.

New Documents Reveal a Controversial Vaccine Study's Unusual Path to CDC Approval A new investigation has found irregularities in the ethics review of a grant to study effects of a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau.

This a great piece of investigative journalism. @rollingstone.com
This should be required reading for scientists and ethicists.
Ethics matter, especially in science.
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A lot of people, including me, were wondering how an IRB could ever approve this study.

The answer is that no IRB did. The person who “signed off” on approval from the only ethics board that reviewed it had resigned three years earlier. His signature was used without his knowledge.

Qld coalmine expansion approved by Albanese government will clear habitat and fuel climate crisis, scientists say Conservationists estimate coal exported from expanded mine to release CO2 equivalent of about half Australia’s annual carbon footprint

The utter sham of offsets, yet again...

“Destroying the equivalent of 40 MCGs worth of greater glider habitat and then attempting to relocate all hollows and claim this somehow offsets the harm to greater gliders is genuinely deluded, and contemptuous.” - me

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These cops just flat-out assaulted an elderly man.

Plain as day that the cops are the only ones interested in violence.

Front page Epstein files story today reveals Steve Bannon told Clive Palmer to spend $60mil on anti-China and anti-climate change ads for the 2019 election.
D’ya think this could be why we want our media to ask “who’s behind this & who does it serve?” rather than just reporting “pollie said this”?!

Will the MSM NOW accept that if they're sticking with the "Climate 200-supported candidates" narrative, they have to acknowledge the "Advance-supported candidates" as well? Of which there are MANY (looking at you, Freedom Boy).

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On this Pride March day in Victoria a big thank you to Premier Jacinta Allen for slapping down that atrocious, despicable, anti trans Murdoch goon Rachel Baxendale. Imagine on Pride day being so hateful to the most vulnerable of at risk children

#ThankYouJacintaAllen 🌈

Of course we do, while welcoming a man who signs bombs to kill children…

Australia’s grid now relies on renewable energy as much as coal. Those who doubted it look foolish Solar met the majority of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm in the past week as much of the country cranked air conditioners

As much of Australia cranked air conditioners in this week’s oppressive heatwave, solar met 59% of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm.

More than half of this was from small-scale systems spread across about 4 million roofs. The rest was from large-scale solar farms.

The Betoota Advocate "If It Looks Like A Terrorist Attack, Walks Like A Terrorist Attack, But Talks Like A One Nation Senator, Then It Isn't A Terrorist Attack" Says Australian Media

chaserwar The Chaser | John Delmenico Local man unsure if media is describing someone throwing a bomb at a First Nations protest, or just a kid doing some prank calls

chaserwar Following The Chaser | John Delmenico Nation confident in ability to guess the alleged bomber's race based on lack of 'terrorist label

The Chaser @chaser News rooms urge caution around using the word 'terrorism' when talking about throwing a bomb at an Invasion Day protest, "it's not like something extreme happened like a uni student eating a slice of watermelon."

Only the satirical news sites are covering the White Nationalist Perth shrapnel bomb attempt like it should be covered. #Auspol

David Pope in Canberra Times

Put the Hoodoo Gurus on the flag and we'll salute that

How the fuck do we live in a place where 60+ women are killed every year including 4 in just the past few days yet there’s no National Day of Mourning or prominent lapel pins or sobbing politician speeches or Special Envoy or Royal Commission or endless media commentary for THEM?

#NewsCorpse

Statement by singer-songwriter Colin Hay; Down Under “Let me say that I most strenuously disapprove of any unauthorized, unlicensed use of Down Under, for any ‘March For Australia’ events. Down Under, a song I co-wrote, does not belong to those who attempt to sow xenophobia within the fabric of our great land, our great people. Down Under is ultimately a song of celebration. It’s for pluralism and inclusion; unity, not division. Go write your own song, leave mine alone.” – Colin Hay (immigrant)

Men at Work's singer-songwriter Colin Hay is not happy "Down Under" is being used by "March for Australia" events to promote racism and xenophobia. He posted this 👇 on social media today. #auspol #racism #AusMusic 🎶

Breaking: Midnight Oil drummer Rob Hirst dies aged 70 Rob Hirst was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2023.

So sad to hear this news. What an extraordinary musician and a beautiful human. Vale Rob.
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News Corp asks why all writers & other artists are endorsing any & all of Randa Abdel-Fattah's views. That's not it. Writers & other artists are standing by a principle: oppose political pressure to silence any artist because they are First Nations, Palestinian, Jewish, or anything else.

legend status right here 🥇

spineless..

The focus on the ‘sensible centre’ has created a bad map where the road leads to nowhere, ignoring evidence when convenient and stifling democratic debate.

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