Frances Green
@franciegreen.bsky.social
Podcasts: ‘Buried Treasure: The Story of Lake Pedder’. ‘Lost Birds of Tasmania’. ‘Michael Mansell: A life of Radical Resistance’ (for Radio National, ABC) TV Doco: ‘The Team That Never Played’. Melburnian.
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Today, singer-songwriter Jayden Kitchener-Waters will find out if he still has a job with the NSW Premier's Department.
His alleged infringement was attempting to perform at a departmental event with pro-Palestine slogans written on his guitar.
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His alleged infringement was attempting to perform at a departmental event with pro-Palestine slogans written on his guitar.
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NSW Premier's Department threatens to fire First Nations musician over 'No Pride in Genocide' slogan
Department targets performer over pro-Palestine messaging on guitar
www.deepcutnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Today, singer-songwriter Jayden Kitchener-Waters will find out if he still has a job with the NSW Premier's Department.
His alleged infringement was attempting to perform at a departmental event with pro-Palestine slogans written on his guitar.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/nsw-premie...
His alleged infringement was attempting to perform at a departmental event with pro-Palestine slogans written on his guitar.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/nsw-premie...
If they build it, they will not come.
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If they build it, they will not come.
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Trump’s “Quiet, piggy” remark joins a preponderance of evidence suggesting “how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings,” @sophiegilbert.bsky.social argues.
The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Trump’s “Quiet, piggy” remark joins a preponderance of evidence suggesting “how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings,” @sophiegilbert.bsky.social argues.
Battery Pt. Hobart
where the clouds of Tassie never disappoint.
where the clouds of Tassie never disappoint.
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Battery Pt. Hobart
where the clouds of Tassie never disappoint.
where the clouds of Tassie never disappoint.
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#Congrats to the #winner of the inaugural #NatureWritingPrize, Bridget Webster with her #story 'Like all good fruit'. Bridget’s work stood out to the judges for its remarkable & memorable perspective. Her short fiction evokes the beauty & horror, the transcendental wonder, of death & decay.
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
#Congrats to the #winner of the inaugural #NatureWritingPrize, Bridget Webster with her #story 'Like all good fruit'. Bridget’s work stood out to the judges for its remarkable & memorable perspective. Her short fiction evokes the beauty & horror, the transcendental wonder, of death & decay.
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Wept and wept and wept through The History of Sound, now playing at the British film fest before general release on Dec 18 bit.ly/3LSSwiR
The History of Sound review: abandon all hope of dry eyes | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games
Brought to life with moving performances by Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, The History of Sound is a heart-rending love story.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Wept and wept and wept through The History of Sound, now playing at the British film fest before general release on Dec 18 bit.ly/3LSSwiR
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🎤 When Amyl and the Sniffers’ show was cancelled on Friday night, they placed $35,000 across the bars of seven prominent grassroots music venues around Melbourne.
👉 theconversation.com/amyl-an...
👉 theconversation.com/amyl-an...
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
🎤 When Amyl and the Sniffers’ show was cancelled on Friday night, they placed $35,000 across the bars of seven prominent grassroots music venues around Melbourne.
👉 theconversation.com/amyl-an...
👉 theconversation.com/amyl-an...
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Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
Crayfish Closure Follows Salmon Antibiotic Deployment - Tasmanian Times
The commercial rock lobster fishery south of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel is now closed effective 15 November 2025
tasmaniantimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
please sign. these services are vital for our communities.
gabrielledevietri.org.au/issue/save-c...
gabrielledevietri.org.au/issue/save-c...
SAVE COHEALTH COLLINGWOOD, FITZROY & KENSINGTON - Gabrielle de Vietri
cohealth is a vital community health service that has been a pillar of our community. It provides free, wrap-around health services for over 12,500 community members, including disadvantaged and vulne...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
please sign. these services are vital for our communities.
gabrielledevietri.org.au/issue/save-c...
gabrielledevietri.org.au/issue/save-c...
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...more bad news for Tassal! Tasmanian salmon farm faces audit as wildlife death toll rises tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/tasmani...
Tasmanian salmon farm faces audit as wildlife death toll rises
The mounting wildlife death toll at a southern Tasmanian salmon farm will be investigated as part of an audit of the company’s sustainability accreditation. Eight cormorants were found dead in July an...
tasmanianinquirer.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
...more bad news for Tassal! Tasmanian salmon farm faces audit as wildlife death toll rises tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/tasmani...
A blistering msg to the AFL.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'You're nowhere near': Scathing message for AFL CEO on racism
Australia's race discrimination commissioner says the AFL is falling far short of its responsibility to combat "horrific racism" aimed at its players.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A blistering msg to the AFL.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Such an honour to be in the very first Pearlfest podcast with living legend John Menadue about the dismissal of the Whitlam govt by the Queen's representative GG Kerr. The role of the Queen, Prince Charles, and the 'reserve powers' of the Crown. It's Time for an Aust. republic! #auspol
Launching Pearlcast - the 50th anniversary of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government. Editor-in-chief John Menadue – the living link to the scandal; Jenny Hocking, author of The Palace Letters and Brian Toohey, the journalist who has dug deepest into the darkest elements of the events. #auspol
Episode 1 - The 50th anniversary of the Whitlam government
We kick off with a topic close to our hearts, the 50th anniversary of the Dismissal of the Whitlam Government.
johnmenadue.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Such an honour to be in the very first Pearlfest podcast with living legend John Menadue about the dismissal of the Whitlam govt by the Queen's representative GG Kerr. The role of the Queen, Prince Charles, and the 'reserve powers' of the Crown. It's Time for an Aust. republic! #auspol
Huge fan of this man
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Robert Tickner's astonishing, heartbreaking reunion with his birth mother - ABC listen
Robert was 41 when he tracked down his birth mother Maida and discovered that their lives were more closely linked than he ever could have imagined. (CW: discusses adoption) (R)
Robert Tickner was...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Huge fan of this man
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Queenscliff pines
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Queenscliff pines
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Caroline Hogg, a former Labor Victorian health minister, was a young local councillor when the Collingwood centre opened in the 1970s as part of the community health push across the poorest neighbourhoods. To her shock, a Labor government may well preside over its closure.
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Community healthcare centres under threat
Community health centres are a cherished innovation from the Whitlam era – yet they are at risk of collapse unless today’s Labor governments throw a lifeline.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Caroline Hogg, a former Labor Victorian health minister, was a young local councillor when the Collingwood centre opened in the 1970s as part of the community health push across the poorest neighbourhoods. To her shock, a Labor government may well preside over its closure.
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North have courage
History secured: There is no telling where the record-breaking Roos’ AFLW dominance will end I Nino Bucci
History secured: There is no telling where the record-breaking Roos’ AFLW dominance will end I Nino Bucci
North Melbourne have won more consecutive games – 24 – than any VFL/AFL/AFLW team as attention turns to winning back-to-back premierships
With about three minutes to go before half-time in the game that would decide whether North Melbourne would set the record for the longest winning streak in the almost 130-year history of the VFL/AFL/AFLW, Jasmine Garner – a champion in a team of champions – picked the ball up just inside the boundary.
The Roos had not had it their own way – the second-placed Hawks had kicked the only goal of the second quarter, and were just nine points down. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
North have courage
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The violence in Sudan has left our Sudanese community heartbroken and feeling helpless.
I'm hopeful Australia can work with international partners to push for safe passage, humanitarian aid and peace.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
I'm hopeful Australia can work with international partners to push for safe passage, humanitarian aid and peace.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Family and friends 'taken or killed': From Australia, Emad is watching horrors unfold
As Sudan's Darfur region faces an escalating crisis, hundreds are dead and families abroad wait helplessly for news of loved ones.
www.sbs.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The violence in Sudan has left our Sudanese community heartbroken and feeling helpless.
I'm hopeful Australia can work with international partners to push for safe passage, humanitarian aid and peace.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
I'm hopeful Australia can work with international partners to push for safe passage, humanitarian aid and peace.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Really stunning that the British Royal Family — just about the most insulated institution in the free world! — has managed to enact stronger consequences for an Epstein friend than anything the US has managed at all.
Lot happening in the world but this is truly a remarkable, and damming, development: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/w...
Prince Andrew to Be Stripped of His Royal Title
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October 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Really stunning that the British Royal Family — just about the most insulated institution in the free world! — has managed to enact stronger consequences for an Epstein friend than anything the US has managed at all.
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Disappearing jewels. Today’s Age cartoon
October 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Disappearing jewels. Today’s Age cartoon
Fitzroy Town Hall packed to the rafters at this arvo’s emergency meeting re closure of our health clinics. www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/about-us/new...
Don’t abandon our most vulnerable | News, Yarra City Council
cohealth’s decision to axe its bulk-billing GP clinics in Collingwood and Fitzroy is a gut punch to the communities that need them most.
www.yarracity.vic.gov.au
October 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Fitzroy Town Hall packed to the rafters at this arvo’s emergency meeting re closure of our health clinics. www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/about-us/new...
