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Kathleen is an #ADHD #Australian mum who writes about #homeschooling #2e #profoundly #gifted #disabled children. She/her. My book: Gifted Myths @GHFPress: https://tinyurl.com/muav2c37
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@albomp.bsky.social take note.

Australia? You're up. No one else is. Start questioning Peter Dutton & every member of the LNP & the Murdochracy HARD about exactly what their plans are. It looks as if, so far, the LNP have declared themselves to be Trump MAGA followers who will do what he does & when he wants. Ask questions.

#auspol Free and fair elections cannot happen if he is involved. www.change.org/p/exclude-st...

I don't care how few of you get this, I'm doing it.

Always remember - budgets are about choices www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

#Auspol.

🧵 #Contradictions — Menticide’s Weapon of Confusion Menticide thrives on contradictions. When leaders, media, or manipulators constantly shift their story, they’re not sloppy — they’re eroding your ability to trust reality. 🧵 #Contradictions #Menticide #FightDisinformation

1/ 🏗️ Does planning impact housing costs? Absolutely. Despite claims to the contrary, planning directly affects: ❌ Access to project finance ❌ Profitability ❌ Material costs In the development cycle, everything is connected. 🧵

We are not America & yet it eerily feels like that’s where Peter Dutton wants to take us on immigration if PM. He has already said he admires Donald Trump, calling him “a big thinker.” This proposal is dangerous, poses a threat to our multicultural Australia & our democracy

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: Two men (30s?) are talking about keeping bees. One says with a grin: "My granny used to swear by champagne with bee stings. She'd have a glass every time she got stung. Said it worked every time." (1)

One third of Australians have dual citizenship - and not a single one of them and their families should vote for the LNP #auspol #abc730

Under the LNP, wages went backwards while corporate profits soared. Now Dutton pretends to care about cost-of-living pressures—when his party created the crisis. #auspol #DumpDutton

How can we help preserve these specimens ? Can international societies step up with governments to have them shipped and stored elsewhere? Can we do fundraisers for this? 🧪 This is no joke. These strains are vital to keep going

How Coalition allowed America to rip us off in "free trade". And how this is not enough for Trump. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

A thoughtful, considered response to bullying behaviour, rather than trying to out bully the bully #auspol #AusVotes25 @johnmenadue.com

Imagine if Clive Palmer cared as much about paying his workers as he does about obsessing over gender. Trans solidarity, always. 🏳️‍⚧️✊

Trump wants to make healthcare as unaffordable for Australians as it is for the US.

President Trump has no place imposing his ideologies on Australian researchers. This is an insidious intervention in Australia’s national sovereignty that runs contrary to fundamental principles of free speech, academic integrity and robust, evidence-based research. www.afr.com/world/north-...

#auspol We should do the same

When “negotiating” the AUSFTA Australian officials were told to agree to everything just so Howard could get to say a deal was done. Time to start going through that deal and removing things…

Imo a much more sensible response is a quick inquiry into the intellectual property parts of AUSFTA with a view to repealing anything that's not in Australia's narrowly defined interest. If we're not getting the market access we expect under our US FTA, they shouldn't get the IP provisions.

Opinion | Peter Dutton's record in both government and opposition is one of regularly damaging national security, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes. Read it here: www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/1...

When I look at a painting, I'm not just experiencing it as a visual object or thinking about how the content makes me feel. I'm also appreciating the skill, innovation, intelligence, etc that it took to actually make that painting. The brush strokes matter beyond the image they create.

We have all seen the terrifying outcomes in the USA of the Trump/Musk government. Equally terrifying is the prospect of a Dutton/Rinehart government.

The USA is not a friendly nation. It is run by kleptocrats. Any political party not currently looking at reshaping our defence and foreign affairs policies is negligent in the extreme. AUKUS must go. The AUSFTA is dead. We have leverage. Time to use it.

My column on the impossibility saving for a deposit that keeps getting bigger the longer you save. www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Just a reminder for anyone new or who missed it - The @australiainstitute.org.au starter pack bsky.app/starter-pack...

As a member of the crossbench, my role is to call out uncomfortable truths that the major parties don't want to. I don't think that we can walk on eggshells around Donald Trump for the next four years. We need to think about our over-reliance on the US alliance.

Prime Minister Albanese just said on ABC Melbourne Radio that Australians should boycott American products. Expect that to go viral. #auspol