@jacquiett.bsky.social
Fmr journo, PR, pub servant, political adviser. Community behaviour change. Horse & dog slave. Feminist fright bat. Safe is better than fair
A sensible overview re kid's social media access law.
NB
* kids can interact where ever you don't need an account
* govt enforcement often focuses on goals for compliance rather than detailing processes
* if parents have a convo with kids, that's half the battle
womensagenda.com.au/politics/loc...
NB
* kids can interact where ever you don't need an account
* govt enforcement often focuses on goals for compliance rather than detailing processes
* if parents have a convo with kids, that's half the battle
womensagenda.com.au/politics/loc...
What we know about the social media ban starting in December
As Australia’s social media age restrictions begin from 10 December 2025, here 's what the changes will mean moving forward.
womensagenda.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
A sensible overview re kid's social media access law.
NB
* kids can interact where ever you don't need an account
* govt enforcement often focuses on goals for compliance rather than detailing processes
* if parents have a convo with kids, that's half the battle
womensagenda.com.au/politics/loc...
NB
* kids can interact where ever you don't need an account
* govt enforcement often focuses on goals for compliance rather than detailing processes
* if parents have a convo with kids, that's half the battle
womensagenda.com.au/politics/loc...
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“Whitlam knew the role of government and how to wield it. But he also knew the role of leadership. Of not allowing mealy mouthed vested interests to narrow the debate window to a reflective strip”
Great piece on @thepointau.bsky.social by @amyremeikis.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Great piece on @thepointau.bsky.social by @amyremeikis.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Whitlam’s legacy is one of possibility and hope. He showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.
Whitlam showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like. And 50 years later, you have to wonder – is it even possible to make Australia brave again?
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“Whitlam knew the role of government and how to wield it. But he also knew the role of leadership. Of not allowing mealy mouthed vested interests to narrow the debate window to a reflective strip”
Great piece on @thepointau.bsky.social by @amyremeikis.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Great piece on @thepointau.bsky.social by @amyremeikis.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
A perfectly rational response to man-baby tantrums about how feminists wrecked their sexist, violent & paternalistic workplace fun. Written by a woman, it's disappointing. We all know women who've internalised patriarchalism. NYT - do a shit load better. Idiots
womensagenda.com.au/latest/the-w...
womensagenda.com.au/latest/the-w...
The workplace was perfect—until women showed up?
Last week, the New York Times, decided to ask the question: "Did Women Ruin the Workplace?". No, this isn’t satire.
womensagenda.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A perfectly rational response to man-baby tantrums about how feminists wrecked their sexist, violent & paternalistic workplace fun. Written by a woman, it's disappointing. We all know women who've internalised patriarchalism. NYT - do a shit load better. Idiots
womensagenda.com.au/latest/the-w...
womensagenda.com.au/latest/the-w...
This kind of systemic racism is why no one believes that NSW Police didn't TWICE actively support an application from nazis to protest outside of our house of parliament
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
150 police visits in 20 months: Indigenous mother takes action after her boys subjected to ‘relentless’ checks
Exclusive: A family has launched a court case against NSW police alleging racial discrimination is behind excessive bail checks
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This kind of systemic racism is why no one believes that NSW Police didn't TWICE actively support an application from nazis to protest outside of our house of parliament
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"Brave" nazis target women who stand up to them with threats & misogyny. What a surprise from the INCELS, cops & haters of the far right
Australia news live: RBA deputy governor says interest rates cut not a ‘mad’ option; Tony Abbott replaced on War Memorial council
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www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"Brave" nazis target women who stand up to them with threats & misogyny. What a surprise from the INCELS, cops & haters of the far right
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The rumours are true. Tickets for our debut live show are on sale for Melb, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra!
ETTE Media Live "IT'S A NO FROM ME" The @ettemedia.bsky.social dynamic duo @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social & @janfran.bsky.social in an evening of sharp, frank and funny witticism and criticism in a world turning to shiticism. #JournalismMatters fane.com.au/whats-on/ett...
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The rumours are true. Tickets for our debut live show are on sale for Melb, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra!
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The Australian people deserve answers from the #Albanese Government following explosive new whistleblower revelations aired on #60Minutes tonight, exposing corruption, cover-ups and criminal infiltration at the heart of Australia’s offshore detention regime #auspol #60mins #nauru
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Australian people deserve answers from the #Albanese Government following explosive new whistleblower revelations aired on #60Minutes tonight, exposing corruption, cover-ups and criminal infiltration at the heart of Australia’s offshore detention regime #auspol #60mins #nauru
For Sydney-based sisters looking to get in the trenches
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November 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
For Sydney-based sisters looking to get in the trenches
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"Australia kind of leads the world in stuffing up the provision of simple public services. Unis are just the latest version."
- co-CEO Richard Denniss unpacks how our university sector became so broken on the latest Follow the Money!💸
@richarddenniss.bsky.social @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
- co-CEO Richard Denniss unpacks how our university sector became so broken on the latest Follow the Money!💸
@richarddenniss.bsky.social @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
"Australia kind of leads the world in stuffing up the provision of simple public services. Unis are just the latest version."
- co-CEO Richard Denniss unpacks how our university sector became so broken on the latest Follow the Money!💸
@richarddenniss.bsky.social @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
- co-CEO Richard Denniss unpacks how our university sector became so broken on the latest Follow the Money!💸
@richarddenniss.bsky.social @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol
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Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #WomensArt
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #WomensArt
Boring title. Interesting work on prevention by fmr NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb
dcj.nsw.gov.au/documents/se...
dcj.nsw.gov.au/documents/se...
dcj.nsw.gov.au
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Boring title. Interesting work on prevention by fmr NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb
dcj.nsw.gov.au/documents/se...
dcj.nsw.gov.au/documents/se...
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Elaine Welteroth, former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and youngest editor of Condé Nast ever, and the 2nd African American to hold this position, changed Teen Vogue to be more politically conscious.
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Ex-Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth: ‘The headlines implied I was a token black hire’
Welteroth was just 29 when Anna Wintour made her editor-in-chief. Months later, the magazine shut down. What did she do next?
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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It's Melbourne Fucup day
Honest Government Ad | The Melbourne Cup
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It's Melbourne Fucup day
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New Australia Institute polling reveals only 8% of Australians are genuinely convinced Australia “shares values” with Trump’s America.
“It is past time Australia rethinks national security – and focuses on fairness and climate action, not blind fealty to America.’
@emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
“It is past time Australia rethinks national security – and focuses on fairness and climate action, not blind fealty to America.’
@emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
New Australia Institute polling reveals only 8% of Australians are genuinely convinced Australia “shares values” with Trump’s America.
“It is past time Australia rethinks national security – and focuses on fairness and climate action, not blind fealty to America.’
@emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
“It is past time Australia rethinks national security – and focuses on fairness and climate action, not blind fealty to America.’
@emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol
As Hollonds says we know how to fix kid's safety. But comparing issues like workplace harassment & childcare workers protection is false equivalence. Women & kids are in existential danger every day. We all seems to think that's ok?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?
From the childcare scandal to regressive ‘tough on crime’ policies, Australia is failing to protect its children | Anne Hollonds
There is an urgent need to make child safety, rights and wellbeing a national priority and to fix the accountability gaps putting them at risk
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
As Hollonds says we know how to fix kid's safety. But comparing issues like workplace harassment & childcare workers protection is false equivalence. Women & kids are in existential danger every day. We all seems to think that's ok?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?
Another toxic man joins the war on women, aided & abetted by the Hollywood spin machine & their media cronies that tear into any woman who differentiates herself from a doormat. PS Love the Tshirts
australianfemicidewatch.org/2025/10/29/w...
australianfemicidewatch.org/2025/10/29/w...
WE'RE ALL DIFFICULT, NO ANGEL & HARD WORK! - The RED HEART Campaign
Her name is Courtney Herron. She was only 25. Henry Richard Hammond killed Courtney in Royal Park, Parkville, on May 25, 2019.
australianfemicidewatch.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Another toxic man joins the war on women, aided & abetted by the Hollywood spin machine & their media cronies that tear into any woman who differentiates herself from a doormat. PS Love the Tshirts
australianfemicidewatch.org/2025/10/29/w...
australianfemicidewatch.org/2025/10/29/w...
We know this for a fact. When will we send experts to respond to F&DV?
"We know police cannot be trusted to identify the primary perpetrator of violence in domestic and family violence."
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
"We know police cannot be trusted to identify the primary perpetrator of violence in domestic and family violence."
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Good intentions aren't enough to keep us from this slippery slope
It is a very, very slippery slope to start cherry-picking about the rights provided to people, even when you abhor the decisions they make.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
We know this for a fact. When will we send experts to respond to F&DV?
"We know police cannot be trusted to identify the primary perpetrator of violence in domestic and family violence."
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
"We know police cannot be trusted to identify the primary perpetrator of violence in domestic and family violence."
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
What about victims from other states? More fantastic, if heartbreaking, journalism from L Milligan
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
ACT becomes the mouse that roared in helping survivors fight for justice
Survivors watched on as the ACT took a historic step on Tuesday in passing a bill to overturn a High Court decision that allowed a church to avoid litigation over the actions of one of its priests.
www.abc.net.au
November 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
What about victims from other states? More fantastic, if heartbreaking, journalism from L Milligan
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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Grovel, grovel, grovel!
Australians are being played for mugs @australianlabor.bsky.social
Like purposely designed toothless #NACC, proposed environmental protection legislation is not even a wet lettuce slap.
Only slap will be sound of resource company donations hitting ALP party coffers
#auspol
Australians are being played for mugs @australianlabor.bsky.social
Like purposely designed toothless #NACC, proposed environmental protection legislation is not even a wet lettuce slap.
Only slap will be sound of resource company donations hitting ALP party coffers
#auspol
But last time we tried to create a National EPA, the Greens and the Coalition teamed up to block it.
Show your support by asking your state or territory Senators to listen to our community and pass legislation to create an EPA: alp.org.au/epa-now
Show your support by asking your state or territory Senators to listen to our community and pass legislation to create an EPA: alp.org.au/epa-now
Tell the senate we need a Federal Environmental Pr
Add your name and send an email to the Senate crossbench
alp.org.au
October 31, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Grovel, grovel, grovel!
Australians are being played for mugs @australianlabor.bsky.social
Like purposely designed toothless #NACC, proposed environmental protection legislation is not even a wet lettuce slap.
Only slap will be sound of resource company donations hitting ALP party coffers
#auspol
Australians are being played for mugs @australianlabor.bsky.social
Like purposely designed toothless #NACC, proposed environmental protection legislation is not even a wet lettuce slap.
Only slap will be sound of resource company donations hitting ALP party coffers
#auspol
If we want our most vulnerable kids safe in childcare, we have to get rid of the profit motive
cpd.org.au/work/senate-...
cpd.org.au/work/senate-...
Senate inquiry submission - Quality and safety of Australia’s early childhood education and care system
CPD’s submission on the quality and safety of the early learning system proposes a long-term vision with 10 key reform elements that can support the creation of a high-quality universal system.
cpd.org.au
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 AM
If we want our most vulnerable kids safe in childcare, we have to get rid of the profit motive
cpd.org.au/work/senate-...
cpd.org.au/work/senate-...
This is urgently needed nationally
The ACT has expanded the liability of churches, sporting groups and other organisations to make them vicariously liable for acts of child sex abuse perpetrated by people such as clergymen, volunteers and coaches who are in positions akin to employment. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
ACT closes 'legal loophole' making institutions more liable for child sexual abuse
Survivors and lawyers welcome the nation-leading legislation, with legal action against churches, sporting groups and others to be affected.
www.abc.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This is urgently needed nationally
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Wongarra man Doug Gimesy removes more than 18 kilometres of barbed wire from his property to create a wildlife haven.
The quiet movement removing barbed wire fences to save wildlife
Wongarra man Doug Gimesy removes more than 18 kilometres of barbed wire from his property to create a wildlife haven.
www.abc.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Wongarra man Doug Gimesy removes more than 18 kilometres of barbed wire from his property to create a wildlife haven.
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Delighted to be on the excellent #SundayShot again, despite the visual metaphor of my lighting. (Off to remedy that now 😬)
Climate, disinformation, Christian Nationalism. As always expertly led by @instanterudite.bsky.social & @davemilbo.bsky.social with the ACF & unmissable @ketanjoshi.co
#auspol
Climate, disinformation, Christian Nationalism. As always expertly led by @instanterudite.bsky.social & @davemilbo.bsky.social with the ACF & unmissable @ketanjoshi.co
#auspol
This week's #SundayShot goes global with Shot favourite @ketanjoshi.co beaming in from Oslo, joined by Dark Money expert @lucyham.bsky.social, with an update on all things EPBC Act from @ausconservation.bsky.social's Brendan Sydes.
As ever, like, subscribe, donate 👇!
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As ever, like, subscribe, donate 👇!
www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Delighted to be on the excellent #SundayShot again, despite the visual metaphor of my lighting. (Off to remedy that now 😬)
Climate, disinformation, Christian Nationalism. As always expertly led by @instanterudite.bsky.social & @davemilbo.bsky.social with the ACF & unmissable @ketanjoshi.co
#auspol
Climate, disinformation, Christian Nationalism. As always expertly led by @instanterudite.bsky.social & @davemilbo.bsky.social with the ACF & unmissable @ketanjoshi.co
#auspol
How prevalent is child sexual assault, domestic violence & sexual assault among Aussie men? Of the 80 convictions of Aust Pollies in Crikey's list published today, 13 men or > 16% were convicted of those crimes. Representative democracy, anyone?
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/31/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/31/a...
Which Australian politicians have been convicted of a crime?
Many venal and vile characters have trod the halls of power in Australia. Crikey has scoured the archives to try and identify every politician convicted of a crime since the 1800s.
www.crikey.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 AM
How prevalent is child sexual assault, domestic violence & sexual assault among Aussie men? Of the 80 convictions of Aust Pollies in Crikey's list published today, 13 men or > 16% were convicted of those crimes. Representative democracy, anyone?
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/31/a...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/31/a...