Louise Wilson
@louisewilsonauthor.bsky.social
Author of 12 books (9 non-fiction, 3 fiction). History lover. Meticulous researcher. Background in finance and economics. Hates unfairness. Want to leave my grandchildren a better future.
Please look at the excellent work of not-for-profit #SavetheChildren child care centres in Victoria. Talk about the ‘Power of One’ (the co-ordination work of each centre’s director, eg at Shepparton & Moe) to work miracles for disadvantaged families. Very impressive! #4Corners
If you are not watching ABC 4 Corners now on the crisis in child care then please watch it on iView.
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Four Corners: Series 2025 Betrayal of Trust
A one-hour special reveals deep failures and systemic issues in Australia's childcare sector. Adele Ferguson uncovers shocking cases of child abuse, neglect and injury highlighting gaps in childcare s...
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March 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Please look at the excellent work of not-for-profit #SavetheChildren child care centres in Victoria. Talk about the ‘Power of One’ (the co-ordination work of each centre’s director, eg at Shepparton & Moe) to work miracles for disadvantaged families. Very impressive! #4Corners
Loved reading this tribute to Maria Montessori. In the 1970s, with other young mothers, I set up the Cameragal #Montessori School at North Sydney. I'm pleased to see it's still operating. johnmenadue.com/maria-montes...
Maria Montessori: Feminist and educator - Pearls and Irritations
Maria Montessori’s revolutionised education. Her work continues to inspire a more equitable, compassionate society.
johnmenadue.com
December 21, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Loved reading this tribute to Maria Montessori. In the 1970s, with other young mothers, I set up the Cameragal #Montessori School at North Sydney. I'm pleased to see it's still operating. johnmenadue.com/maria-montes...
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#BREAKING: Australia has split from the US to vote with more than 150 countries at the UN for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" in Gaza
Australia backs UN motion for ‘immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire’ in Gaza
Australia also voted with the vast majority of world nations to demand Israel reverse its ban on the Palestinian aid agency Unrwa
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:16 PM
#BREAKING: Australia has split from the US to vote with more than 150 countries at the UN for an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" in Gaza
Outside Melbourne’s Magistrate’s Court this morning. Complete overkill for the modest group of protesters blocking William St. Earlier I sat through the brief court hearing of Thorpe v #Regev, the latter an Australian accused of promoting #genocide via his role as an adviser to Netanyahu. See 2
December 10, 2024 at 12:59 AM
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👇"As long as no one protests the new fossil fuel plants being built by both major parties, mentions the genocide of Palestine supported by both parties, or wants to escape the military-industrial con of AUKUS supported by both parties, we are allowed to rant endlessly about culture war bullshit."
Here's me. "Australia’s duopoly is cruel, captured, and must be destroyed"
Australia's duopoly is cruel, captured and must be destroyed - The Shot
Parliamentary politics cannot save us - but we might be able to save parliamentary politics. The ALP and the Coalition cannot be trusted.
theshot.net.au
December 3, 2024 at 7:00 AM
👇"As long as no one protests the new fossil fuel plants being built by both major parties, mentions the genocide of Palestine supported by both parties, or wants to escape the military-industrial con of AUKUS supported by both parties, we are allowed to rant endlessly about culture war bullshit."
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Here's me. "Australia’s duopoly is cruel, captured, and must be destroyed"
Australia's duopoly is cruel, captured and must be destroyed - The Shot
Parliamentary politics cannot save us - but we might be able to save parliamentary politics. The ALP and the Coalition cannot be trusted.
theshot.net.au
December 3, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Here's me. "Australia’s duopoly is cruel, captured, and must be destroyed"
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Whistleblower protection - much stronger ones than we currently have - is a missing pillar of Australia’s national integrity framework.
Thanks for continuing to push this, Rex
Thanks for continuing to push this, Rex
November 26, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Whistleblower protection - much stronger ones than we currently have - is a missing pillar of Australia’s national integrity framework.
Thanks for continuing to push this, Rex
Thanks for continuing to push this, Rex
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As Australia heads to a federal election next year, it is vital the next government establishes a whistleblower protection authority.
For the sake of our democracy, Australia urgently needs a whistleblower protection authority
As Australia heads to a federal election next year, it is vital the next government establishes a whistleblower protection authority.
theconversation.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:45 PM
As Australia heads to a federal election next year, it is vital the next government establishes a whistleblower protection authority.
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Anthony Albanese and Mark Dreyfus have failed whistleblowers and Australians. It’s been left to the crossbench (Pocock, Lambie, Haines & Wilkie) to introduce a Bill to strengthen Australia's whistleblower protection laws and establish a Whistleblower Protection Authority. 🤷♂️ #auspol
November 26, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Anthony Albanese and Mark Dreyfus have failed whistleblowers and Australians. It’s been left to the crossbench (Pocock, Lambie, Haines & Wilkie) to introduce a Bill to strengthen Australia's whistleblower protection laws and establish a Whistleblower Protection Authority. 🤷♂️ #auspol
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David McBride continues telling the truth, this time from jail. Jail, he tells us, is dangerous and hard, but he expected that.
What is harder to understand is why Labor’s AG refuses to pardon him and why no senior ADF leader is in jail for war crimes.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
What is harder to understand is why Labor’s AG refuses to pardon him and why no senior ADF leader is in jail for war crimes.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Jailed whistleblower David McBride says he has faced threats in Canberra prison
Former military lawyer David McBride has given an interview to the ABC from the Canberra prison where he is serving a sentence of more than five years for leaking secret military documents to journali...
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2024 at 8:03 PM
David McBride continues telling the truth, this time from jail. Jail, he tells us, is dangerous and hard, but he expected that.
What is harder to understand is why Labor’s AG refuses to pardon him and why no senior ADF leader is in jail for war crimes.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
What is harder to understand is why Labor’s AG refuses to pardon him and why no senior ADF leader is in jail for war crimes.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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Can you help David McBride by donating something towards his legal costs for whistleblowing against Australian war crimes in Afghanistan? He is languishing in prison while the criminals walk free. chuffed.org/project/davi...
Help free David McBride from prison - David vs Goliath
On 14 May 2024, the ACT Supreme Court jailed David McBride for trying to expose the Australian Defence Force’s unethical, harmful and highly politicised leadership. David is not giving up. David McBri...
chuffed.org
September 21, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Can you help David McBride by donating something towards his legal costs for whistleblowing against Australian war crimes in Afghanistan? He is languishing in prison while the criminals walk free. chuffed.org/project/davi...
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Jailed whistleblower David McBride has faced threats frm inmates in prison. He's less than 7mths into his sentence of 5 yrs & 8 mths. His imprisonment & treatment will deter future whistleblowers. Points to significant need for law reform for whistleblowers.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
'It's a dangerous place': Whistleblower David McBride tells of his life in Canberra prison
Former military lawyer David McBride has given an interview to the ABC from the Canberra prison where he is serving a sentence of more than five years for leaking secret military documents to journali...
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Jailed whistleblower David McBride has faced threats frm inmates in prison. He's less than 7mths into his sentence of 5 yrs & 8 mths. His imprisonment & treatment will deter future whistleblowers. Points to significant need for law reform for whistleblowers.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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David McBride stood up for all of us. It’s time we stood up for him. We don’t stand a chance against the crushing of the Govt & their millions of dollars. We can’t appeal without your help. Pls give David a fighting chance by donating to his appeal today👉🏼 chuffed.org/project/davi...
Help free David McBride from prison - David vs Goliath
On 14 May 2024, the ACT Supreme Court jailed David McBride for trying to expose the Australian Defence Force’s unethical, harmful and highly politicised leadership. David is not giving up. David McBri...
chuffed.org
November 19, 2024 at 11:12 PM
David McBride stood up for all of us. It’s time we stood up for him. We don’t stand a chance against the crushing of the Govt & their millions of dollars. We can’t appeal without your help. Pls give David a fighting chance by donating to his appeal today👉🏼 chuffed.org/project/davi...
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This Parliament has not passed bills addressing the homelessness and rental crises, and other cost of living issues.
But the major parties colluded this week on legislation increasing their own public funding, and making it harder for independents to be elected.
Priorities.
But the major parties colluded this week on legislation increasing their own public funding, and making it harder for independents to be elected.
Priorities.
November 21, 2024 at 2:53 AM
This Parliament has not passed bills addressing the homelessness and rental crises, and other cost of living issues.
But the major parties colluded this week on legislation increasing their own public funding, and making it harder for independents to be elected.
Priorities.
But the major parties colluded this week on legislation increasing their own public funding, and making it harder for independents to be elected.
Priorities.
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So get this, former acting C'wlth Ombo Richard Glenn who was in the chair during the first botched Robodebt investigation and who Royal Commission found should have been alert to the "substantial" doubt about lawfulness of income averaging has been appointed as... CEO of the High Court of Australia.
November 22, 2024 at 6:27 AM
So get this, former acting C'wlth Ombo Richard Glenn who was in the chair during the first botched Robodebt investigation and who Royal Commission found should have been alert to the "substantial" doubt about lawfulness of income averaging has been appointed as... CEO of the High Court of Australia.
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If a Government is trying to rush a bill through Parliament, then odds are something fishy is going on.
@amyremeikis.bsky.social explains just how the donation reform changes could reinforce the two-party system, and shut out independents and new parties. #auspol
@amyremeikis.bsky.social explains just how the donation reform changes could reinforce the two-party system, and shut out independents and new parties. #auspol
November 21, 2024 at 5:51 AM
If a Government is trying to rush a bill through Parliament, then odds are something fishy is going on.
@amyremeikis.bsky.social explains just how the donation reform changes could reinforce the two-party system, and shut out independents and new parties. #auspol
@amyremeikis.bsky.social explains just how the donation reform changes could reinforce the two-party system, and shut out independents and new parties. #auspol
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#labor wants to kill #palmer and slow down the #greens, and the #coalition wants to kill the #independents and slow down #OneNation. it’s like, ‘you help me kill my enemy, and i’ll help you kill yours’.
.@simonahac.bsky.social is not a billionaire. But there are actual billionaires “crawling all over our democracy”, who won’t be curtailed by Labor’s donor reforms.
I spoke to Holmes à Court about how the changes hurt new entrants, and why that’s bad for democracy:
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/21/s...
I spoke to Holmes à Court about how the changes hurt new entrants, and why that’s bad for democracy:
www.crikey.com.au/2024/11/21/s...
Simon Holmes à Court on Climate 200, donation reforms and why Kerry Stokes wields more power than he does
Labor’s electoral reforms are framed around diluting the influence of Simon Holmes à Court. But the Climate 200 founder says this will only cut the legs out from under independent challengers.
www.crikey.com.au
November 21, 2024 at 1:44 PM
#labor wants to kill #palmer and slow down the #greens, and the #coalition wants to kill the #independents and slow down #OneNation. it’s like, ‘you help me kill my enemy, and i’ll help you kill yours’.
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BREAKING: Labor and Liberal may not agree on much but when it comes to introducing a new law to stop Clive Palmer, but which actually stops newcomers from competing with them in our elections, you can be sure they'll pass it and lock in the two-party system by Xmas www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3WT...
Honest Government Ad | How to rig elections
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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November 15, 2024 at 3:50 AM
BREAKING: Labor and Liberal may not agree on much but when it comes to introducing a new law to stop Clive Palmer, but which actually stops newcomers from competing with them in our elections, you can be sure they'll pass it and lock in the two-party system by Xmas www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3WT...
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Australian X-pat.
November 16, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Australian X-pat.