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Wife, Mum, Nonna; B. Sc (Hons); B. Bus (Marketing), CFP. Qualified to judge ridiculous political rhetoric. Expects better Q & A from politicians & journos
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“Promising to reduce the size of the public service is a cheap political stunt.” New research shows that sacking public servants actually costs the country a fortune, as public jobs are replaced by consultants, contractors and labour hire workers. New research from @futurework.org.au #auspol

submitted 4 hours ago • 14 comments

Independents and Teals have the capacity, if they control the balance of power, to insist on improved performance as a condition of their support. #auspol #teals

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Dept of Social Services disclosed private legal letters with the Catholic Church which were then leaked to The Australian newspaper and used in concert to try and silence survivors of abuse by a senior Church member. Yeah, it's nuts. But they admitted it. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri...

submitted 5 days ago • 40 comments

www.theage.com.au/business/the... Ross Gittins, telling it like it is.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

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submitted 13 days ago • 112 comments

Chain of command. My @smh cartoon.

submitted 15 days ago • 47 comments

I was walking along a very busy road yesterday and a woman’s hat was blown off her head by the wind and kept tumbling further into the middle of said road, so I raced in and grabbed it and returned with “No hat no play!” She did not laugh even a little bit.

submitted 17 days ago • 41 comments

The Liberal Party of Australia has made an ad about its Nuclear Plan, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqV...

submitted 21 days ago • 40 comments

That surreal feeling when an Australian of the Year wears your website's merch to meet the Prime Minister

submitted 33 days ago • 97 comments

The Shot writers reflect: 2024 can go and get fucked theshot.net.au/uncategorize... Thanks to all The Shot writers for all your hard work this year

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Australia’s duopoly is cruel, captured and must be destroyed  theshot.net.au/uncategorize... “The major parties are owned, so the only logical strategy for this election must be to dilute the power of the duopoly as much as possible. Make them work with real people.”

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Shadow. My @smh @theage cartoon.

submitted 72 days ago • 73 comments

This is how to report bullshit

submitted 73 days ago • 13 comments

Have you heard Peter Dutton's Nuclear fairy tale yet? (Who did this?) 😂🤣😂🤣😂

submitted 76 days ago • 13 comments

You can smell the gravitas - Taylor, Littleproud, O'Brien and Dutton. If we could just harness the raw mental energy on this stage we could probably wilt a spinach leaf. What a shitshow of mediocrity and low expectations our politics have become.

submitted 76 days ago • 80 comments

@jasonclaremp.bsky.social Hey Jason, if your government wants to help with cost of living, HECS/HELP credits need to be paid into bank accounts not sit in a HELP credit account until requested or until tax time next FY.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

"It is abundant, free and 100% renewable"

submitted 80 days ago • 27 comments

Wow. This is the Law Council of Australia (our peak legal body) President, Mr Greg McIntyre SC condemning the 3 anti refugee & migrant bills for the significant human rights breaches they enable and urging the Albanese Government to not pass them today. www.miragenews.com/migration-bi...

submitted 91 days ago • 6 comments

Unity ticket. My @smh @theage cartoon.

submitted 98 days ago • 67 comments

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Interesting article by Anne Twomey

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

The giants endlessly profiting from the scammers ads are proposing a "voluntary code".🤣😂🤣 (SMAge story doesn't seem to mention the gutless Commonwealth DPP inexplicably dropping the criminal case Twiggy started. forbes.com/sites/robert... ) www.smh.com.au/interactive/...

submitted 103 days ago • 3 comments

Rick Morton on the money here, but it goes further. Justin Gleeson was due to be announced as the eminent legal person last Mon 4 Nov. But Brereton pulled the rug on it all terrified of Scott Morrison's reaction. Scott Morrison is the unnamed minister, the 6th person in the Robodebt 6. #NACC

submitted 103 days ago • 112 comments