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And the Coalition has the gall to lecture people about “Australian values”.
Tim Stephens@proftimstephens.bsky.social‘Angus Taylor has repeatedly refused to say whether he supports multiculturalism in Australia, sidestepping five questions at a press conference about his views and claiming “there’s all these vague words running around”.’ I think it’s a clear ‘no’ from Angus. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“The people we work with are on government payments, so they’re on the jobseeker or on the disability support pension, so $736 at the lowest point. Now the lowest rent in Wagga today is $380 a week. So that prices them out of the market completely.” Keeping people in poverty is a bipartisan policy.
Apple Reader. ePaper display, does only Music, Podcasts, Books (with school, uni and public library integrations), iCloud Documents, Notes, Journal. No App Store model. No notifications. 2 sizes. Small, single page, iPod with reading. Large, double page, 1:1 representations of graphical textbooks
A serious response to this issue would be to introduce a moped licence like the UK, and bring these things up to a standard. Mirror, indicators etc For kids pushed further and further out onto urban fringes and hemmed by highways ebikes are becoming essential transport Of course, this is Australia
Some news, and a further embarrassment to Melbourne University.
Ette Media@ettemedia.bsky.socialBREAKING: After being shut down by Melbourne University Publishing in September 2025 amid controversy over alleged Gaza-related censorship, literary journal Meanjin has been given a lifeline by QUT, which says it has “a long history of supporting progressive and new voices and artists.”
A GOTV effort is not possible if those voters feel unsafe attending polling places. Dems have to act to remove both the threat and the perception of a threat.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.socialThis is a critical point from Sen Chris Murphy: If Dems fold on ICE now, it could be a disaster in the midterms. "The result will be a lot of voters who tend to turn out in midterm elections just won’t." Here's our full exchange. It's powerful stuff: newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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Dr Lilleth@lillethlilleth.bsky.social1/8 Malinauskas has misappropriated cultural safety. Cultural safety cannot be invoked without racial literacy or it is a meaningless exercise. Racial literacy requires that BOTH the interpersonal AND structural/systemic nature of racism is examined. Cultural un-safety is a form of racism. #auspol
Good to see The Greens not backing this draft. The haste is unwarranted and dangerous. Labor needs to come back and do it properly, over reasonable timescales. The legislation's own explanatory memo clearly states that advocacy of terrorism and genocide are already covered under the Criminal Code
