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Michael Brown @mjibrown.bsky.social · Aug 8

This is part of a broader pattern where visas for visiting researchers and students wanting to study in Australia are being refused or delayed with little or no explanation.

Bat researchers refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific conference.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event

Organisers say move will damage nation’s scientific standing as government refuses to comment on why group of scientists were refused entry

www.theguardian.com

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scouse roar @scouseroar.bsky.social · Jul 26

No TISM, Clouds, Falling Joys, Frente, Models, Kate Miller-Heidke, Lucksmiths, Deadstar, Jebediah, Fauves, Hummingbirds, Tumbleweed, Underground Lovers, Died Pretty, Rocket Science, Radio Birdman, Saints, Custard, Cordrazine, Triffids, Sunnyboys, Drones, Eddy Current Suppression Ring… #hottest100

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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · Jul 26

A disabled woman, limited English, was cut from welfare for 6 MONTHS due to comedy of errors starting with private, $1.3bn job service 'provider' and ending with govt getting their law wrong. Six days after she appealed, dept acted. To protect themselves. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri...

Exclusive: Welfare cancellations paused after tribunal complaint

The employment department quietly stopped welfare cancellations after a complaint from a disabled woman – but did not intervene in her case, which she won six months later.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · Jul 26

Albanese govt hasn’t reversed the 100% increase on humanities degree fees, but wants a pat on the back for cutting student debt by 20%.
Clown show.

How the student debt cut still fails students

As promised, Labor’s first act in the 48th parliament was to cut 20 per cent off all student debt. It’s a long-overdue move and undeniably welcome. Students have spent years shouting into the void abo...

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Jul 26

PM @albomp.bsky.social, you issued strong words yesterday

Will you back words with ACTIONS today❓
Will you #SanctionIsrael❓
Stop selling them weapons/weapon parts❓
End economic investment❓
Expel the Israeli ambassador❓

Or continue to talk in order not to ACT❓
#EndTheGenocide #Gaza #Palestine

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · Jul 15

Australia was invited to this Hague group meeting of 30 nations seeking to end the genocide in Gaza, but has chosen not to attend. The Foreign Minister Penny Wong needs to explain to the Australian public why Australia rejected the invitation.

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Erika Kirk-Vance’s Vinyl Mourning Pants @daryltractor.bsky.social · Jul 13

If I understand correctly she wants to police the media, have power to defund universities/the arts and deport migrants, but she has no influence over her own husband.

The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · Jul 13

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Antisemitism envoy distances herself from husband’s donation to right-wing lobby group

Donation records lodged by a company Jillian Segal’s husband is a director of show that his family trust gave $50,000 to Advance.

www.smh.com.au

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The Medical Journal of Australia @mja.com.au · Jul 13

🔔 NEW in the MJA Indigenous Health Special Issue

Taking up the challenge of eliminating racism in health care through talking about race (and culture)

✍️ Chelsea J Watego, David Singh, Kevin Yow Yeh, Helena Kajlich and Saran Singh

buff.ly/eqvcDnl

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Partikel ☣️ @partikel007.bsky.social · Jun 27

How to use* PPE in healthcare

🧠 Teaching moment:

“The gown and mask aren't hiding your care—they're showing it.”

please inform your healthcare provider about this

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Sourcecontrol.bsky.social 🤜❤️‍🔥🤛 Challenger @sourcecontrol.bsky.social · Jun 26

this is how -we as society- should train our public health workers ❤️‍🔥

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decryption @decryption.bsky.social · Jun 27

god bless the library - mail in STD tests!

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · Jun 27

I think the new universities regular ATEC should make a rule — every time a university kills off a course like music or politics or sociology, they should also have to reduce the salary of the vice-chancellor by $100k

Ariadne Vromen @ariadnevromen.bsky.social · Jun 27

It’s heartbreaking to read about the dissolution of the Politics Department at Macquarie University along with the decimation of Sociology - so many brilliant scholars livelihoods being destroyed www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Proposed Macquarie University restructure will ‘hollow out’ humanities, academics say

Macquarie blames prospect of international student caps and ‘uncertainty’ about domestic student numbers for proposed academic job cuts, fewer arts courses

www.theguardian.com

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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · Jun 9

Frustrated by a narrow view equating surgical #sustainability with operating, @drsteverobson.bsky.social @drjohnorchard.bsky.social and I wrote a thing. Unmet need and met un-need both cost the planet. Where should we operate *less*... and more? #MedSky #GlobalHealth #equity 🌏🌳🔪

The global surgical triple goal: Surgery must improve health, be equitable, and environmentally sustainable

If carbon emissions are not substantially reduced, human health will suffer irreparably. At the same time, global healthcare suffers from inequitable …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Kylie M. Smith @drkyliesmith.bsky.social · May 12

International Nurses Day, based on Nightingale’s birthday, seems like a good day for “Beyond Florence” to make an appearance on BlueSky. The best thing I’ve ever done with @nursingclio.bsky.social nursingclio.org/Series/serie...

Beyond Florence – Nursing Clio

nursingclio.org

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Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control @acipc.bsky.social · May 1

Register now for WHO's Western Pacific Region IPC webinar.

Topic: Strengthening Health Systems for Sustainable Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)

Date: Wednesday, 8 May 2025
Time: 2:00–3:00 PM (AEST)

To register, please click the link below:

who.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · Apr 20

This seems really important:
The Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control is advocating for the use of N95 respirators in healthcare settings.
Canada? UK? US CDC? WHO?
your turn.
www.acipc.org.au/wp-content/u...

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Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control @acipc.bsky.social · Apr 11

ACIPC is calling for IPC expertise to be embedded in the new Australian CDC.
It is essential for protecting consumers and healthcare workers and strengthening readiness for future infectious disease threats.

Read the statement: tinyurl.com/3nfsfsyd

#AustralianCDC #ACIPC

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Matt Mason @mattmrn.bsky.social · Mar 14

Latest publication with @ipcpau.bsky.social @jocelynebasseal.bsky.social Vanessa Sparke & Jacinta Wakefield. Looking at religious influences on IPC practice in healthcare settings. It's complex with more to be done to balance IPC and individual HCW needs. #IPC www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Religious influences on infection prevention and control practices in healthcare settings: A scoping review

Healthcare-associated infections pose a significant global health challenge. While evidence-based infection prevention and control (IPC) interventions…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · Feb 23

www.croakey.org/for-nursing-...

For nursing students facing a warming world, planetary health must be central to their university education

Introduction by Croakey: On the frontline of extreme weather events, nurses have a critical role to play in climate mitigation

www.croakey.org

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · Feb 13

Australia is a very racist country, and our public institutions have been a large reason for the growing level of racism in the past few years.

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Khaled Sabsabi dropped as Australia’s representative to Venice Biennale

Amid political pressure, Creative Australia says deselecting the Lebanese-born artist will avoid ‘divisive debate’

www.theguardian.com

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Eloise Keating @eloisekeating.bsky.social · Feb 5

AirTrunk founder Robin Khuda moved to Aus as a 19-yr-old international student to pursue an accounting degree. Years later he sold his company for $24bn, handed out $65,000 bonuses to employees, and donated $100m to the Uni of Sydney to boost women in STEM www.smartcompany.com.au/people-human...

"Transformational": AirTrunk's Robin Khuda donates $100 million for women in STEM

AirTrunk CEO and founder Robin Khuda has donated $100 million to the University of Sydney to boost women in STEM.

www.smartcompany.com.au

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · Feb 5

If the Aust Govt does not denounce this immediately, we are complicit in approving ethnic cleansing of a historic level

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Feb 5

Trump: The US will take over the Gaza Strip… we’ll own it

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Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social · Feb 3

I know there is a lot going on right now, but I can't stop reacting with horror what is going on in academia in the USA.

It's like watching medieval monks grab manuscripts as their monastery is sacked by Vikings.

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Feb 3

The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive.

Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!

CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025
by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Topics cdc, government, united states, dataset, archive
Language English
Item Size 98.5G
An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · Jan 25

Aboriginal People on INVASION DAY are expected to selectively forget about what happened in the past so that we can move forward as a better country, & ANZAC Day is when we are told to never forget about what happened in the past so that we can move forward as a better country.

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Natalie Elliott @nursingnat.bsky.social · Jan 25

Bluesky I need your help… my volume editor for a book on nursing student wellbeing has been let down and we urgently need someone to write a chapter on Sleep Health. If you have capacity please get in touch, if not, please share with your networks.

a dog laying on a bed with a blue blanket

ALT: a dog laying on a bed with a blue blanket

media.tenor.com

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