Watching later in life, it’s both funny and incredibly sad- the mother 🥺

There’s ppl on the NDIS for psychosocial conditions where if the supports are withdrawn they will be a threat themselves & others, costing millions in damages. Framing supports as only open to ppl with “profound disability” exposes the stereotypes and prejudices in public understanding of disability

The fucking contempt of these people.

“We’re helping too many people with disabilities” is a hell of a line from a Labor government

It's not just the turtles in trouble. The Gwydir Wetlands should be teeming with life right now, including with more than 100 different bird species such as the endangered Australian Painted Snipe, one of the rarest birds in Australia. There may be just a few hundred Painted Snipes left in the wild.

People in the NT are going to suffer and some will die but who gives a fuck right?

Absolutely this!
A public good should be in public hands.
We need an overarching body administered by the commonwealth that does this work. No more inflated services and aides for participants. Every regional city should have an office and there should be travelling assessors for rural and remote.

07.19 AEST NDIS savings redirected to aged care Tom McIlroy Tom McIlroy The health minister, Mark Butler, will detail savings from the NDIS on Wednesday, and reveal that some of the savings will go to help older Australians with the provision of essential services like showering, dressing support and continence management. Labor is winding back elements of its aged care reforms, removing out-of-pocket costs for non clinical services in the Support at Home scheme. The government has faced criticism from advocates for elderly people, experts and aged care providers, who said these personal care services are essential for people’s independence and ability to stay at home. The minister for aged care, Sam Rae, said the changes will be effective from 1 October this year. Showering, dressing, continence care – these aren’t optional extras. They’re the basics of ageing with dignity, and no older Australian should miss out because of cost. Older Australians, their families and providers told us these services needed to be protected. We’ve listened, and we’re acting.

Don't you fucking dare pit one group of disabled Australians against another

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Taxing our gas.Today’s Age cartoon.

Single frame. Title “Against the Law…” NSW Premier Chris Minns marching in front of the bench in court holding sign saying “SOCIAL COHESION RULES OK” and chanting “WHADDOIWANT? TO OUTLAW PROTEST! WHENNOIWANNIT? NOW!” Court scribe watches on and judge says, “Move on.”

Protest.
My @smh cartoon.

Australian-first lawsuit over 'extreme heat' risks in remote public housing Residents of the Central Australian community of Papunya say the scorching hot outback summers are killing their people in unsafe housing. Now they’re suing the Northern Territory government to try to force change.

Australian-first lawsuit over 'extreme heat' risks in remote public housing: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-22/papunya-...

The Revolving Door Isn’t a Bug … It’s the Business Model

You can’t talk about #AUKUS scam without talking about incentives.

@davidshoebridge.bsky.social is right 💯 to call this out because this isn’t just about one trip or one speech, it’s a pattern.

What you permit you endorse 👇

Israeli Guards Admit Dogs Are Used to Rape Palestinians, Says Analyst Guards at Israel’s notorious Sde Teiman torture camp have admitted their colleagues use dogs to rape Palestinian captives there, according to a prominent Israeli analyst.

So much has emerged re Israel’s behaviour towards Palestinians which should’ve ended all relations with Israel immediately. It hasn’t
Trained rape-dogs? This doesn’t happen in a vacuum & barbarism isn’t normal.

Will Julia Gillard say ‘believe them’? (No) #auspol

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Remember how terrified everyone was of Skynet but thought that won’t be anytime soon…

a chart showing the growth of fossil fuels by type as described in post tetx

Fossil gas and oil were the two key drivers of global energy-related emissions growth in 2025, according to the IEA's latest report.

Another reminder that we urgently need to get rid of these fuels because their use kills our life support systems in the atmosphere

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What is the State of the World’s Human Rights today?

Our report examines 144 countries and paints a picture of States playing with a fire that threatens to scorch the future for generations to come.

Read more: amn.st/63321B6A1y7

Young, humpback whale launching itself into the sky: #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

Jerusalem Post: Despite a “ceasefire” the IDF is giving orders to open fire on everyone in Southern Lebanon trying to go home — “Even if the person is unarmed… based on the idea that there are no civilians left in Southern Lebanon.”

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1/2 This headline on #NDIS encapsulates the failures of privatization.

Either governments have learned nothing from decades of toxic neoliberal policy.
Or they are so beholden to powerful vested interests, that they routinely avoid sensible regulation.

Konrad Benjamin on fire in today’s gas tax inquiry, says those claiming “we can’t afford anything” are full of it, we have plenty of resources to benefit from
“This gas issue is the perfect eg of how it’s a lie”
“We’ve been sold out”🔥 #auspol @punterspolitics.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au

Image shows an area of rural Queensland that is covered by gas fracking wells.

Senator for Queensland Susan McDonald complaining about renewables taking over farmland ignores what fracking for gas is doing in her own state. #AusPol #SenateHearing

The Standard You Walk Past Is the Standard You Accept We check the character and competence of everyone we employ. Why do we lower that bar for the people who make laws?

The Standard You Walk Past Is the Standard You Accept.
We check the character and competence of everyone we employ. Why do we lower that bar for the people who make laws?

Character. Competence. Record.
New Tuesday piece at Before You Vote. 👇
#auspol
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British universities paid security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students Investigation reveals how Horus, a company led by ex-military intelligence officials, was hired during protest movement.

what I can not stand about these tertiary institutions attacking their own students is the complete absence of evidence that pro-Palestine students are a physical threat to anything or anyone. The “threat” is to status quo white supremacy and war machine money.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...

AYCC are the real bloody deal. I just donated, please consider donating too if you can. There aren't a huge number of REAL ONES out there sticking solidly to the task of climate action and fossil phaseout but these amazing ppl are staying strong

Help them!!

emergencyappeal2026.raiselysite.com

Justice for Palestine Legal Defence Justice for Palestine needs your help to fundraise for a legal defence against the new hate speech laws in Queensland. Everyone deserve to speak out for Palestine. Freedom of speech is fundamental to ...

Justice for Palestine Legal Defence against Qld's fascist new laws banning "From the River to the Sea"

Please donate if you can 🙏
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These monsters from the Valley act as if their own perspective is the organising principle of reality. They flatten the world until it reflects their own image back at them, and they call it order. They recast dominance as necessity, exclusion as clarity, cruelty as truth-telling. What they are building is not just a politics, but a way of being in which other lives appear as obstacles, or worse, as background.

On Palantir’s manifesto, their AI fantasies, and how Silicon Valley billionaires think they are the new Guardians of the Universe.
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She’s bloody sick of this shit guys