Banana
@bananasaust.bsky.social
Australia
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disability, mental health
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social justice, fairness, kindness, animals, agriculture, nature, science
disability, mental health
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Half of staff psychiatrists Sydney Local Health District – Royal Prince Alfred and Concord hospitals – have resigned, leaked documents show. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jan/30/more-than-half-of-sydney-health-districts-staff-psychiatrists-have-resigned-leaked-documents-show
More than half of Sydney health district’s staff psychiatrists have resigned, leaked documents show
Documents also show plans to maintain services without bed closures and rely on ‘bolstered’ allied healthcare staff and nurses
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Half of staff psychiatrists Sydney Local Health District – Royal Prince Alfred and Concord hospitals – have resigned, leaked documents show. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jan/30/more-than-half-of-sydney-health-districts-staff-psychiatrists-have-resigned-leaked-documents-show
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I guess you've seen this ages ago!
Cut your own grass!
Cut your own grass!
January 31, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I guess you've seen this ages ago!
Cut your own grass!
Cut your own grass!
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Mr. Bluebird is grumpy
(Eastern Bluebird)
(Eastern Bluebird)
January 31, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Mr. Bluebird is grumpy
(Eastern Bluebird)
(Eastern Bluebird)
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True. This gish-gallop of horrors is deliberate, and their sheer scale, volume, and rapidity ae squarely aimed at overwhelming our capacity to speak out against those horrors with any measure of effectiveness.
January 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
True. This gish-gallop of horrors is deliberate, and their sheer scale, volume, and rapidity ae squarely aimed at overwhelming our capacity to speak out against those horrors with any measure of effectiveness.
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Thugs, bullies, drunks, and rapists abounding.
Australians deserve better.
Vote independent for greater integrity in our Parliament.
#Auspol
Australians deserve better.
Vote independent for greater integrity in our Parliament.
#Auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The health minister, Mark Butler, says Parliament House is still “an unsafe place to work” after figures revealed there were at least 30 instances of serious wrongdoing including sexual assault and sexual harassment.
#SexualAssaultIsACrime
#auspol
The health minister, Mark Butler, says Parliament House is still “an unsafe place to work” after figures revealed there were at least 30 instances of serious wrongdoing including sexual assault and sexual harassment.
#SexualAssaultIsACrime
#auspol
Australian parliament still unsafe, Mark Butler says, after rape and stalking among 30 serious allegations reported to HR body
New support service managed 339 cases of workplace wrongdoing in its first nine months, report shows
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thugs, bullies, drunks, and rapists abounding.
Australians deserve better.
Vote independent for greater integrity in our Parliament.
#Auspol
Australians deserve better.
Vote independent for greater integrity in our Parliament.
#Auspol
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75 Reasons why Dutton is unfit to be PM.
Another list with links worth saving.
I can think of a few more for the list.🙄
The rancid hobgoblin is a sociopath whose only objective is money & power. He has no humanity. He is irredeemable.
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Another list with links worth saving.
I can think of a few more for the list.🙄
The rancid hobgoblin is a sociopath whose only objective is money & power. He has no humanity. He is irredeemable.
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Now 75 reasons why Dutton is unfit to be PM
IA's catalogue of 75 major reasons Peter Dutton should not be prime minister.
independentaustralia.net
January 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
75 Reasons why Dutton is unfit to be PM.
Another list with links worth saving.
I can think of a few more for the list.🙄
The rancid hobgoblin is a sociopath whose only objective is money & power. He has no humanity. He is irredeemable.
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Another list with links worth saving.
I can think of a few more for the list.🙄
The rancid hobgoblin is a sociopath whose only objective is money & power. He has no humanity. He is irredeemable.
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
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This is Nellie. She is experiencing her first bad hair day. Please give her a moment. 12/10 (IG: little_cocker_nellie)
January 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is Nellie. She is experiencing her first bad hair day. Please give her a moment. 12/10 (IG: little_cocker_nellie)
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Protected and defended by the church.
If you fund that church you are a collaborator.
If you fund that church you are a collaborator.
George Pell raped, groped two boys in Ballarat, compensation scheme decides
Two men were compensated after the National Redress Scheme accepted they were abused as boys by the late Cardinal George Pell in Ballarat in the 1970s.
www.abc.net.au
January 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Protected and defended by the church.
If you fund that church you are a collaborator.
If you fund that church you are a collaborator.
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"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks"
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
Zuckerberg Says 'Everything I Say Leaks' in Leaked Meeting Audio
"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."
www.404media.co
January 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks"
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...
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ABC - STOP with the Trumpian politics!!
From FB.
From FB.
January 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
ABC - STOP with the Trumpian politics!!
From FB.
From FB.
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"Poverty is killing people but their death certificates say things like suicide,heart attack or stroke it doesn't go into detail about the high cortisol levels in someones system from years of poverty and lack of good food."
New from @artistaffame.bsky.social
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New from @artistaffame.bsky.social
ko-fi.com/post/Mental-...
Mental health
Artistaffame published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
"Poverty is killing people but their death certificates say things like suicide,heart attack or stroke it doesn't go into detail about the high cortisol levels in someones system from years of poverty and lack of good food."
New from @artistaffame.bsky.social
ko-fi.com/post/Mental-...
New from @artistaffame.bsky.social
ko-fi.com/post/Mental-...
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"The government needs to get serious about mental health in this country and can and should be doing a lot more. Instead we have a government that would rather keep people in poverty and then deny them access due to cost for the healthcare they need."
"Poverty is killing people but their death certificates say things like suicide,heart attack or stroke it doesn't go into detail about the high cortisol levels in someones system from years of poverty and lack of good food."
New from @artistaffame.bsky.social
ko-fi.com/post/Mental-...
New from @artistaffame.bsky.social
ko-fi.com/post/Mental-...
Mental health
Artistaffame published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
"The government needs to get serious about mental health in this country and can and should be doing a lot more. Instead we have a government that would rather keep people in poverty and then deny them access due to cost for the healthcare they need."
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Australia’s media and marketing sector remains largely unaware of major privacy changes that took effect in December 2024, even as global evidence shows regulators can enforce new laws within days www.mediaweek.com.au/privacy-refo...
Privacy reforms slip through as global trends show enforcement
Privacy changes took effect in December 2024, and it seems the local media and marketing sector are largely unaware, Chris Brinkworth writes.
www.mediaweek.com.au
January 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Australia’s media and marketing sector remains largely unaware of major privacy changes that took effect in December 2024, even as global evidence shows regulators can enforce new laws within days www.mediaweek.com.au/privacy-refo...
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Read this article. If you don;t understand it, ask for clarification.
We have preferential voting for a reason, and it's NOT to choose between only two parties.
Time to use it.
We have preferential voting for a reason, and it's NOT to choose between only two parties.
Time to use it.
January 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Read this article. If you don;t understand it, ask for clarification.
We have preferential voting for a reason, and it's NOT to choose between only two parties.
Time to use it.
We have preferential voting for a reason, and it's NOT to choose between only two parties.
Time to use it.
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Text Publishing, the latest Australian publisher to be bought out, is now an extremely small subsidiary of a gigantic corporation that trades in content, not literature, writes @catrionamp.bsky.social.
Another publishing house gets swallowed, leaving Australian literature on shaky ground
Penguin Random House's acquisition of Text Publishing leaves Australian publishing further concentrated in the hands of a few multinational companies.
www.crikey.com.au
January 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Text Publishing, the latest Australian publisher to be bought out, is now an extremely small subsidiary of a gigantic corporation that trades in content, not literature, writes @catrionamp.bsky.social.
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The Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, ANZ, and Westpac have entered a partnership with digital identity verifier ConnectID
www.cyberdaily.au/digital-tran...
www.cyberdaily.au/digital-tran...
Australia’s big 4 banks join privacy partnership with ConnectID
Customers of the Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, ANZ, and Westpac can now verify their identity without oversharing personal information.
www.cyberdaily.au
January 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, ANZ, and Westpac have entered a partnership with digital identity verifier ConnectID
www.cyberdaily.au/digital-tran...
www.cyberdaily.au/digital-tran...
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January 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Yeah again why us who can only by essentials aren't noticing your economy things
Economic data shows food and beverage prices still rising faster than long-term average, even as inflationary pressures ease
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Economic data shows food and beverage prices still rising faster than long-term average, even as inflationary pressures ease
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
High food prices becoming ingrained in Australian economy, analyst warns
Economic data shows food and beverage prices still rising faster than long-term average, even as inflationary pressures ease
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Yeah again why us who can only by essentials aren't noticing your economy things
Economic data shows food and beverage prices still rising faster than long-term average, even as inflationary pressures ease
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Economic data shows food and beverage prices still rising faster than long-term average, even as inflationary pressures ease
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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ANYWAY, sorry, here's a bird. Pause and regard the bird. The bird is happy, for the bird has found a peanut. May we all find the small joy of finding a tasty snack today.
(photo by me)
(photo by me)
January 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
ANYWAY, sorry, here's a bird. Pause and regard the bird. The bird is happy, for the bird has found a peanut. May we all find the small joy of finding a tasty snack today.
(photo by me)
(photo by me)
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Somebody say there’s no cost-of-living crisis?! Yeah, nah. Everyday Aussies feeling the pinch on basic groceries. Surviving not thriving. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
High food prices becoming ingrained in Australian economy, analyst warns
Economic data shows food and beverage prices still rising faster than long-term average, even as inflationary pressures ease
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Somebody say there’s no cost-of-living crisis?! Yeah, nah. Everyday Aussies feeling the pinch on basic groceries. Surviving not thriving. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Consumer advocates are up in arms amidst allegations that telecommunications industry regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is too “cozy” with Optus and Telstra, and “colluded” with the giant firms to minimise recent compliance fines ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...
‘Useless’ regulator let Telstra, Optus negotiate fines
ACMA slammed as industry “lapdog”.
ia.acs.org.au
January 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Consumer advocates are up in arms amidst allegations that telecommunications industry regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is too “cozy” with Optus and Telstra, and “colluded” with the giant firms to minimise recent compliance fines ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...