Every day I remind myself to keep in mind the following re my adorable LEAH:
She is a part of my life as my Assistance Dog BUT I am her whole life 🐕🦺💚
Posts by SilverGypsy (aka Vicki)
14 hours for the audiobook. Definitely NOT going on my booklist either
Serious concerns about Commissioner Brereton’s impartiality are growing & still, not a single public hearing from the NACC.
To restore trust, we need new leadership at the top & public hearings where it’s in the public interest.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
We need a National Anti Corruption Commission free from any suggestion of conflict of interest. Commissioner Brereton considers Defence corruption referrals while holding the rank of Major General. He wears the uniform, attends events and says nothing to see. I disagree.
Not sure it’s the answer Sky reporter Holly Stearns was hoping for when asking this Victorian elderly couple if they will vote for Peter Dutton,
“I wouldn’t trust Peter Dutton as far as I can throw him.”💥🤣#AusVotes25
The reason it’s good to write hashtags with capital letters for each word is to help people using screenreaders.
Hashtags are useful to low vision users, but only if you help out with CamelCase hashtags.
And of course ALT text.
Thank you!
#CamelCase
youtu.be/-xUFUXMiaDs
i hope reposting becomes more popular here than the other place . the only way we see content is if its shared
Senior economist Matt Grudnoff explains why we need to change negative gearing and the capital gains tax to make the housing market fairer for all.
Who knew, hey. Earthquakes too. Fascinating article.
Thanks for sharing.
Exactly
Here's my latest piece for The Shot @shotau.bsky.social on Aust's political IQ
".... with the election of Babet, certainly Pauline Hanson must have been relieved to relinquish her reigning senate title as Most Likely To Confuse Themselves With A Push-Pull Door."
😎
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
“You don’t need a voice, the government just need to listen and do their job?”
Lock 10 year old kids up ✅
Supply clean drinking water to remote Aboriginal communities ❌
The world is 700% richer than in 1970 but the average person is only 8% richer.
Because the richest 0.01% are 4000% richer.
We are all being robbed every second of every day, and it doesn't matter how much profit or growth there is.
It will never reach you.
The announcements keep coming! This weekend Flinders in Victoria will launch their community supported independent candidate for next years federal election. #auspol #FlindersVotes events.humanitix.com/flinders-can...
In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant per person of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
👆You took the words right out of my mouth
The same people who don't believe the sea is rising have no problem believing Moses parted it and Jesus could walk on it.
A friend of mine is over for dinner- a refugee who spent 6 years on Manus and nearly 2 in a medevac hotel and who has been living, working and building a successful life in Sydney on 6 month visas for three years. He is afraid.
Fuck you to hell, Labor you gutless, careless, immoral arseholes
Read the book and oh my goodness the tears wouldn’t stop. One book I still clearly remember
I’m with you. Love taking the radio to a shady place in the backyard in summer and listening away the afternoon 😊
Never watch ODI BigBash, I like the loong game
A bill that could see up to 80,000 people deported from Australia if it becomes law next week. A law that would create a global offshore detention network where refugees could be sent anywhere and then back to danger. Help us stop it: action.asrc.org.au/deportation_...