Katherine Beard
@katherinebeard.bsky.social
Lawyer. Writer. Use to manage bands. Wrote a book. Edited magazines. Family lawyer since 2011. Lives in regional Australia. Still likes dogs.
Yes they do. Rates have increased of 'living separated under the one roof', which is highly dangerous for separations featuring DV/coercive control - which is more common than you think..Soaring house prices may be locking people into marriages, new research shows theconversation.com/soaring-hous...
Soaring house prices may be locking people into marriages, new research shows
Divorce rates are near 50-year lows. The high cost of housing could be a big factor.
theconversation.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Yes they do. Rates have increased of 'living separated under the one roof', which is highly dangerous for separations featuring DV/coercive control - which is more common than you think..Soaring house prices may be locking people into marriages, new research shows theconversation.com/soaring-hous...
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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Worst two-day stock market crashes in the U.S. by percentage loss:
1. 1929 (the Great Depression)
2. 1987 (Black Monday)
3. 2008 (the Great Recession)
4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY
And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.
1. 1929 (the Great Depression)
2. 1987 (Black Monday)
3. 2008 (the Great Recession)
4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY
And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.
April 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Worst two-day stock market crashes in the U.S. by percentage loss:
1. 1929 (the Great Depression)
2. 1987 (Black Monday)
3. 2008 (the Great Recession)
4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY
And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.
1. 1929 (the Great Depression)
2. 1987 (Black Monday)
3. 2008 (the Great Recession)
4. YESTERDAY AND TODAY
And while this happened, the man responsible for it was golfing and dining with enemies of America.
Saw these guys at a pub in Castlemaine last year with the Jurassic Park cars and wondered WTF!? 🧐 Now it all makes sense! 🤣 very cool… The film fans who remade Jurassic Park: how an Australian town got behind a $3,000 ‘mockbuster’ 👏👏👏
April 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Saw these guys at a pub in Castlemaine last year with the Jurassic Park cars and wondered WTF!? 🧐 Now it all makes sense! 🤣 very cool… The film fans who remade Jurassic Park: how an Australian town got behind a $3,000 ‘mockbuster’ 👏👏👏
Prepping is going mainstream… Stockpile 72 hours of supplies in case of disaster or attack, EU tells citizens
March 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Prepping is going mainstream… Stockpile 72 hours of supplies in case of disaster or attack, EU tells citizens
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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media.tenor.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
Donald Trump is seeking to erase the United States as we know it | Laurence H Tribe
March 25, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Donald Trump is seeking to erase the United States as we know it | Laurence H Tribe
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Thinking of everyone in southeast Queensland and northern NSW. The sense of dread must be overwhelming. Although one thing that is clear from the coverage is how incredibly stoic and generous people can be. Take care, all. ❤️
March 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Thinking of everyone in southeast Queensland and northern NSW. The sense of dread must be overwhelming. Although one thing that is clear from the coverage is how incredibly stoic and generous people can be. Take care, all. ❤️
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Stocks tumbled after President Trump imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. They each announced plans for countermeasures. Follow live updates.
China and Canada Retaliate Against Trump Tariffs, With Mexico to Counter on Sunday: Live Updates
China and Canada immediately announced retaliatory tariffs, and Mexico said it would announce its own measures on Sunday. The responses escalated a trade war that has rattled the globe.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Stocks tumbled after President Trump imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. They each announced plans for countermeasures. Follow live updates.
Heart breaking decision by USA.
World Food Programme to close office in southern Africa after Trump aid cuts
World Food Programme to close office in southern Africa after Trump aid cuts
UN food agency received half its budget from US last year and is accelerating merger plan as a result of funding cuts
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) is closing its southern Africa office in the wake of the Trump administration’s aid cuts.
In a…
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Heart breaking decision by USA.
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Leaders of the free world stand united in London
The United States is not among them
The United States is not among them
March 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Leaders of the free world stand united in London
The United States is not among them
The United States is not among them
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As Donald Trump turns the United States into one of the closest allies Russia has worldwide, it's worth revisiting the news item below, which came out immediately after Trump won a surprising victory in November:
March 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
As Donald Trump turns the United States into one of the closest allies Russia has worldwide, it's worth revisiting the news item below, which came out immediately after Trump won a surprising victory in November:
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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Jane Fonda. Legend. An incredible passionate call to arms that will echo around the world. This is a lesson in how to use your platform and unite rather than divide.
Jane Fonda. Legend. An incredible passionate call to arms that will echo around the world. This is a lesson in how to use your platform and unite rather than divide.
fb.watch
February 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
fb.watch/x_8gzJAYoK/?
Jane Fonda. Legend. An incredible passionate call to arms that will echo around the world. This is a lesson in how to use your platform and unite rather than divide.
Jane Fonda. Legend. An incredible passionate call to arms that will echo around the world. This is a lesson in how to use your platform and unite rather than divide.
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This election, be alert to stunts designed to manipulate votes:
“Russia [is] recruiting low-budget saboteurs to carry out vandalism across Europe to stoke division in an attempt to destabilise the West, using an army of online bots to spread their messages.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
#auspol
“Russia [is] recruiting low-budget saboteurs to carry out vandalism across Europe to stoke division in an attempt to destabilise the West, using an army of online bots to spread their messages.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
#auspol
Vandals-for-hire are becoming key to Russia's disinformation war
Grafitti and stickers don't seem like tools a country might use to try and impact public opinion, but that's exactly what Russia's alleged to have used to propel its disinformation network across Euro...
www.abc.net.au
February 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This election, be alert to stunts designed to manipulate votes:
“Russia [is] recruiting low-budget saboteurs to carry out vandalism across Europe to stoke division in an attempt to destabilise the West, using an army of online bots to spread their messages.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
#auspol
“Russia [is] recruiting low-budget saboteurs to carry out vandalism across Europe to stoke division in an attempt to destabilise the West, using an army of online bots to spread their messages.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
#auspol
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Anne Twomey gives a thwacking to the amended electoral disclosure, donations and spending changes. Will be a very interesting HCA challenge when it happens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kfF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kfF...
February 21, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Anne Twomey gives a thwacking to the amended electoral disclosure, donations and spending changes. Will be a very interesting HCA challenge when it happens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kfF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kfF...
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My latest for @theshot.net.au. If Dutton is so appalled by anti-semitism, maybe he shouldn't embolden actual Nazis?
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Dutton’s dangerous dance: decrying one form of racism while stoking all the others - The Shot
Race-baiting and dog-whistling while pretending to care about hate crimes is a precarious dance for Peter Dutton.
theshot.net.au
February 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
My latest for @theshot.net.au. If Dutton is so appalled by anti-semitism, maybe he shouldn't embolden actual Nazis?
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Do more of this Albo… you need more visibility with the kids 🤔#keepduttontrumpout … Albanese’s appearance on Abbie Chatfield’s podcast was a calculated move in a tight ‘influencer election’
February 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Do more of this Albo… you need more visibility with the kids 🤔#keepduttontrumpout … Albanese’s appearance on Abbie Chatfield’s podcast was a calculated move in a tight ‘influencer election’
Trump gaslighting the world in his role as Putin’s puppet… I doubt many Americans will like the positioning of the USA as Russian allies… www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
Trump launches attack on ‘dictator’ Zelensky, implies he stole from US
The past 48 hours have seen relations between Trump and Zelensky rapidly deteriorate while Ukraine and Europe were left out of talks between senior American and Russian officials.
www.smh.com.au
February 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Trump gaslighting the world in his role as Putin’s puppet… I doubt many Americans will like the positioning of the USA as Russian allies… www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
It’s like seeing smoke on the horizon on a 40 degree day in an Australian long hot summer and hoping for the wind to change direction … www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot
It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselves, writes columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It’s like seeing smoke on the horizon on a 40 degree day in an Australian long hot summer and hoping for the wind to change direction … www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As any woman in the back of a locked taxi knows, Sam Kerr should never have been brought to court | Suzanne Wrack
February 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
As any woman in the back of a locked taxi knows, Sam Kerr should never have been brought to court | Suzanne Wrack
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The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.
February 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.