Fine for Melbourne aged care home where 45 residents died from COVID St Basil's aged care in Fawkner has been fined $150,000 for failing to provide adequate training to staff in 2020.

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Australians who need care because of age or disability shouldn’t be reduced to an algorithm | Georgia Van Toorn

Photoshopped image of Anthony Albanese talking to a doctor with a spine in front of him next to an image of Grace Tame wearing her 'Fuck Murdoch' t-shirt. Headline: Spineless man frustrated that woman dares to have one

“She just doesn’t have the spinlessness needed for politics,” said Albanese chaser.com.au/national/spi...

Get it tested and removed. A few years ago one of my dogs was diagnosed with a “fatty lump”, I wasn’t comfortable with that so I took her to another Vet. It was cancer and she was in surgery the next day. Don’t take chances - get rid of it. 🐶💕

Please come back next year!

Only in WA…🙄

The vital lessons these survivors are getting in Sydney’s suburbs Swim Brothers is providing free lessons to newly arrived young refugees from Gaza, and in a way that also recognises their recent trauma.

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ABC’s news breakfast cross to its Adelaide reporter this morning is about Taylor Swift’s Era’s tour - instead of this 👇

We are very broken 😞 #auspol

Dreadful.

Fascinating to see Amy Remeikis dropping all these truth bombs about the true agenda behind Dutton’s nuclear push in her new role working for @australiainstitute.org.au. She’s had to leave mainstream media to say this - all of it factual, watchdog journalism. Why can’t mainstream say it too?

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Really don’t think so…

Income support needs a real increase, not just indexation - The AIM Network Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release ACOSS is calling on the Federal Government to substantially boost income support payments after it announced small increases due to routine i...

“The soaring cost of rent, food, and essentials is driving people on income support payments deeper into poverty…

The way to end poverty is by raising the rate of income support. One of the world’s wealthiest nations should not be condemning people to poverty.”

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Police release two more photos of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooter The hunt for Brian Thompson’s killer has yielded new evidence but few answers. New York’s mayor said, “The net is tightening.”

Amazing eyebrows www.smh.com.au/world/north-...

Homelessness much worse than before COVID leaves agencies battling a perfect storm Agencies that help people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness are struggling to house them because of the shortfall of social housing and intense competition for affordable rentals.

You can’t end anyone’s #homelessness if there’s no #housing. State government’s must reinvest in social housing. #fixhousing

To the people fear mongering about the Syrian victory. This one goes out to you.

Same, same…

The government should build public housing rather than waiting for it to be gifted to the community by developers who will extract the cost of it by overdevelopment. Fund it by value capture, land tax, rents or whatever, but don’t let the vulnerable become homeless and hopeless.

Just wondering why lying in wait for someone and then putting several bullets into them is pre-meditated murder, but creating an algorithm to deny someone the medication that keeps them alive isn’t?

ACOSS refers Federal Government to Ombudsman - The AIM Network Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) Media Release ACOSS has referred the Federal Government to the Commonwealth Ombudsman following the latest revelations that income support payments may hav...

“ACOSS has referred the Federal Government to the Commonwealth Ombudsman following the latest revelations that income support payments may have been illegally cancelled, affecting at least 1,000 people between April 2022 and July 2024.”

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I’m so sorry, I have loved following Rex ❤️

Friday essay: ‘A future of dust’ – Jeff Sparrow on Gaza and why, in evil times, writers have a responsibility to take sides Paradoxically, the very scale of the crisis in Gaza makes worthwhile even the tiniest gesture of solidarity.

‘If any good can be salvaged from this evil time, it is the solidarity of ordinary people, the crowds assembling again and again and again at events at which noisy contingents of Jews and Palestinians stand side-by-side…Writers – and everyone else – must take sides…’ Thankyou Jeff Sparrow.

These people are seriously 🦇 💩 crazy.

I sincerely believe this was a significant factor, Maryann. My daughter lives in the US and her partner is a committed Democrat (who voted) but several in their circle did not because of Gaza. I don’t think the older Dems (who, of course, run everything) understood the (rightful) degree of concern.

we have reached the ‘my iphone automatically dims its screen to unreadability to avoid overheating’ time of year here in australia!

Truth…

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AUKUS harming Chinese and Muslim Australians - Pearls and Irritations In electorates with high numbers of Chinese and Muslim voters, it is time for a reckoning with Labor’s AUKUS policy.

In electorates with significant Chinese and Muslim populations, AUKUS raises concerns. Policies like AUKUS fuel distrust, perpetuate racism, and ignore community voices. Voter education is essential to challenge a foreign policy that prioritises militarism over equality and dignity for all. #auspol

Australia's duopoly is cruel, captured and must be destroyed  - The Shot Parliamentary politics cannot save us - but we might be able to save parliamentary politics.  The ALP and the Coalition cannot be trusted.

Here's me. "Australia’s duopoly is cruel, captured, and must be destroyed"