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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 1d

Despite having a gay daughter himself - who was the reason Wallace cited for supporting LGBTIQ+ marriage, albeit while also seeking amendments to allow additional discrimination against LGBTIQ+ couples - it seems the Shadow AG does not support inclusive education. 2/
www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12...

'I couldn't believe it was happening to us': Liberal MP on daughter's sexuality

Andrew Wallace struggled to support same-sex marriage as a practising Catholic, but says he changed his views drastically when his daughter revealed she was gay. He shared her story in Parliament toda...

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El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 1d

'"Struggling with feeling like you've failed your children is gut-wrenching." Tamara Rhodes

That feeling of poverty is real.'

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Poverty is about more than income, but that is what we measure

We get detailed measurements of population, participation and productivity. Advocates want to add a fourth "p" — poverty — so we can understand our economy.

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The White Rose Society (Australia) @whiterosesociety.bsky.social · 1d

Counter Protests nationwide this Sunday 19 October against March for Australia:

Melbourne - 11am @ State Library
Brisbane - 11am @ Queens Gardens
Perth - 12pm @ Forrest Place
Canberra - 11am @ NLA Lawns
Sydney - 11am @ Belmore Park
Adelaide - 11:30am @ Beehive Corner

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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 1d

The NT Government is importing culture wars, and putting the safety and welfare of trans women prisoners at serious risk, by announcing they will send trans women to men's prisons. #auslaw #trans #transphobia
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit...

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El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 1d

so great that rich people are being heard with their concerns about staying rich #antipovertyweek

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Government offers major concessions on proposed super tax increase

The government has bowed to pressure on its superannuation tax policy, one of the few revenue-raising measures it had promised, two years on from when it was first announced.

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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly zero surprise that the Albanese Government's social media ban will have a disproportionately negative impact on young LGBTQ+ people - and that they don't appear to have done anything to even attempt to reduce these harms. #auspol
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LGBTQIA+ advocates say social media ban will 'cut off' regional queer teens

LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports ...

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Vanessa Smith @normalness.bsky.social · 1d

“Right now, the system protects organisations more than it protects disabled people.”

(Regarding updates to the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.)

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Autism myths and misinformation in a ‘grey zone’ of legal ramifications - Law Society Journal

The spread of misinformation and disinformation about autism highlights the limitations of disability discrimination laws.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 1d

While the media and political class fixate on tinkering with superannuation, a new report finds that 1 in 7 Australians are living in #poverty.

And it's 1 in 6 children.

In such a wealthy nation, this is an obscene policy choice. #inequality #RaiseTheRate #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

One in seven Australians living in poverty: report

Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

www.abc.net.au

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Mx Maddison Stoff @thedescenters.bsky.social · 1d

So, wait, what happens after that? If the notes "aren't enough to make a full assessment" (because of the provider, who supplies them,) they call *the provider*... and then what? If they don't provide more information and just stick to their decision, what happens?

Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 1d

"If someone has a payment suspension & they want to challenge it & they believe it's either unfair or unlawful, do you hold all the information that you need in the system?"

DEWR: "In some cases the notes aren't detailed enough for us to make a full assessment"

extraordinary misadministration

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 3d

Watching Piers Morgan drag out the “what is a woman” question with Zack Polanski and using it to try and diminish Polanski and then reminded that Morgan’s allyship to women stretches all the way to calling Mohammed Al Fayed “a bit of a rascal”

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Mohamed Al Fayed may have raped and abused at least 111 women and girls, say police

Scale of criminality would make Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94, one of Britain’s most notorious sex offenders

www.theguardian.com

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 3d

Great run-down of the mutual obligations system — both it's current unlawful administration, and it's rotten ideological underpinnings that destroys lives — by @amyremeikis.bsky.social here: www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

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Fahad Ali @fahad-s-ali.bsky.social · 3d

🧵 If this peace deal is successful, we'll be back at the perpetual statemate that characterised the status quo ante. Israel will continue to expand illegal settlements in the West Bank, it will continue to control Gaza's borders and we will be no closer to Palestinian statehood.

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 3d

over nine thousand Palestinian people - around 9,570 people, on these figures - are incarcerated while presumptively innocent and subjected to extraordinary acts of violence by Israelis who literally rioted when there was a suggestion that prison rapists may be held accountable.

Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 3d

'There are more than 11,000 Palestinians in Israeli detention, according to data provided by the Israel Prison Service, 87 per cent of whom have never been charged or convicted.'

Sounds legit.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Israel publishes names of 250 Palestinian prisoners to be freed

Israel's Ministry of Justice provides the names of prisoners it will release in exchange for Israeli hostages, but Hamas says no agreement has been reached.

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Alice Lastname @alicelastname.bsky.social · 3d

A load of corporate speak to justify the commission continuing to ignore legitimate complaints by individual consumers because they’re too busy fluffing around in the background, endlessly setting up a system that promises proactive and reactive regulation, but rarely does anything tangible.

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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 4d

Are you in Australia, aged 20-70, with an increased risk of #BreastCancer via family history, prev ADH or LCIS on biopsy, or other reasons? Hurry to your GP for referral to this FREE, TELEHEALTH service recently started by Prof Kelly Anne Phillips to discuss medical prevention. #ASBD2025

Picture of slide with text:
Preventing Cancer with Medications
(PCMed) Service

Peter Mac

• Frec consultative, telehealth service for healthy women anywhere in Australia at
increased risk of 1" BC

• Primory focus is to initiate BC prevention medication and ensure well-tolerated

•Discharge women to primary care to complete the 5-year treatment course

Support women, referring clinicians and GPs throughout treatment trajectory
(hotline service)

Embedded implementation study to assess feasibility and effectiveness of the
Service (uptake 55%)

Picture of slide with text:
Who is suitable?
Female
Aged 20 to 70years.
No invasive BC or DCIS.
Increased BC risk
LCIS or atypical-hyperlasla
Remaining lifetime BC risk >20% or 10-year risk >5%

And a QR code for referral information

Prof Kelly Anne Phillips appealing at podium

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 4d

Next Tuesday, I'll be speaking at this online event about the Targeted Compliance Framework scandal, & how mutual obligations worsens and commodifies poverty. I'll throw some jokes in as well, dw

Come along if you like - it's free
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/unfinished...

Unfinished Business: 50 Years After Henderson

An initiative of the Australian Social Policy Association and the Australian Journal of Social Issues, as part of Anti-Poverty Week.

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Rocketpilot 🇵🇸 @rocketpilot.xyz · 4d

Barely a week after the Queensland government banned drug testing facilities. All public policy has tradeoffs but the hard right consistently choose the ones that lead to bigger body counts

Person dies after deadly opioid detected in yellow teddy bear pill

Queensland Health issues a public health alert warning nitazenes have been detected in tablets.

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Alice Lastname @alicelastname.bsky.social · 4d

“They will fund charities to feed us wilted vegetables and cans of beans that are more expensive than Coles brands”.

🎯🎯🎯

But also, don’t take more than one (small) wilted vegetable per person in your household at the Foodbank truck.

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Animals Australia @animalsaustralia.org · 5d

With the announcement of the first phase of a ceasefire deal being struck, there's hope on the horizon for the people and animals of Gaza.
Significant uncertainty remains around what changes will be made to the aid supply and distribution process. We will keep you updated as the situation unfolds🙏

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Jane Doe 🐸✊🏽❤️ @noticingclimate.bsky.social · 5d

100 million meals over 10 years = 10 million meals a year. 3 million below poverty, so its at best 4 meals a year per person.

Woolworths supplier Andrew Forrest wealth over 10 years: 2.83 to 12.68 billion. @newsfromoxfam.bsky.social report = hunger is a political choice. #NobodyDeservesPoverty

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 5d

Now that the Deloitte report, about the government's unlawful administration of mutual obligations, is making international headlines, it's worth looking at what's actually in it (apart from AI slop) and WHY it was actually commissioned

A thread👇

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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 7d

There is a past version of you that is so proud of how far you’ve come

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Ginger the garden witch @mkkraemer.bsky.social · 8d

Gilbert the foster kitty is super tolerant of my bullshit.

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 6d

Following Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, organizers have vowed that they will continue “to sail until Gaza is free.” They’ve already announced that the next mission will send a thousand ships to Gaza. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/glob...

Global Sumud Flotilla vows to keep sailing ‘until Gaza is free’ following Israel’s interception of over 40 of its vessels

Following Israel’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, organizers have vowed that they will continue “to sail until Gaza is free.” They’ve already announced that the next mission will send...

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 6d

"Almost eight in 10 people in Northern Ireland believe too much emphasis is put on religion as a source of identity rather than a source of meaning or purpose, a survey has revealed." [Bel Tel]

Poll conducted by Christian advocacy group the Iona Institute and carried out by Amárach Research

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