Catherine
@catejgarner.bsky.social
'To know the truth is to prepare for it; for it is not mainly reflection and theory. Truth is divine action entering our lives and creating the human action of liberation.' - bell hooks
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'... the horror of the Bondi killings facilitates a renewed ideological campaign against Gaza solidarity by those who always hated the anti-genocide movement.'
overland.org.au/2025/12/on-t...
overland.org.au/2025/12/on-t...
On the need for a renewed democratic universalism - Overland literary journal
If we’re to emerge from this awful spiral, in which one form of identitarian chauvinism spurs the next, we’ll only do so on the basis of a very different politics: one that takes for granted the abili...
overland.org.au
December 19, 2025 at 4:13 AM
'... the horror of the Bondi killings facilitates a renewed ideological campaign against Gaza solidarity by those who always hated the anti-genocide movement.'
overland.org.au/2025/12/on-t...
overland.org.au/2025/12/on-t...
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Focussing on this from a pure security perspective, it’s wild that an IS-linked attack was just carried out in Australia and we’re barely talking about it - the focus is on protestors and universities.
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
December 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Focussing on this from a pure security perspective, it’s wild that an IS-linked attack was just carried out in Australia and we’re barely talking about it - the focus is on protestors and universities.
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
www.afr.com/policy/forei...
I remember going with my dad to the local police station to dispose of some guns during the buyback after the Port Arthur massacre.
Which upon reflection is a really weird activity to do with your child.
Which upon reflection is a really weird activity to do with your child.
🚨 PM Albanese announces new Australian gun buyback scheme for "surplus, newly banned and illegal firearms - the largest buyback since the Howard government in 1996" after Bondi massacre
Expecting "hundreds of thousands of firearms will be collected and destroyed"
Expecting "hundreds of thousands of firearms will be collected and destroyed"
December 19, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I remember going with my dad to the local police station to dispose of some guns during the buyback after the Port Arthur massacre.
Which upon reflection is a really weird activity to do with your child.
Which upon reflection is a really weird activity to do with your child.
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Reposted by Catherine
Somehow, “if a man really liked you, he’d call you” has become received wisdom, but “if a woman really wanted to be having sex with you, she’d be having sex with you” has not.
December 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Somehow, “if a man really liked you, he’d call you” has become received wisdom, but “if a woman really wanted to be having sex with you, she’d be having sex with you” has not.
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The Federal Government has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home Affairs Minister to cancel someone’s Centrelink payment if they are suspected of a serious crime.
Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The Federal Government has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home Affairs Minister to cancel someone’s Centrelink payment if they are suspected of a serious crime.
Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Here, again, is the human cost of the government's unlawful system of payment suspensions
Constant cycles of punishment that you cannot escape - even when you're in hospital
www.kingaroy.org/invisible-ca...
Constant cycles of punishment that you cannot escape - even when you're in hospital
www.kingaroy.org/invisible-ca...
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Here, again, is the human cost of the government's unlawful system of payment suspensions
Constant cycles of punishment that you cannot escape - even when you're in hospital
www.kingaroy.org/invisible-ca...
Constant cycles of punishment that you cannot escape - even when you're in hospital
www.kingaroy.org/invisible-ca...
"Some patients are waiting more than 23 hours for a bed."
"Mental health presentations to emergency departments increased by 11 per cent between 2016 and 2024."
"Nearly 75 per cent of patients now need to be seen within 30 minutes"
"Mental health presentations to emergency departments increased by 11 per cent between 2016 and 2024."
"Nearly 75 per cent of patients now need to be seen within 30 minutes"
Another day, another damning report: Emergency departments buckle under mental health crisis | RANZCP
Imagine waiting almost a full day in a chaotic emergency department while experiencing a mental health crisis. Not because you're waiting for test results, but because there's simply nowhere else for ...
www.ranzcp.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"Some patients are waiting more than 23 hours for a bed."
"Mental health presentations to emergency departments increased by 11 per cent between 2016 and 2024."
"Nearly 75 per cent of patients now need to be seen within 30 minutes"
"Mental health presentations to emergency departments increased by 11 per cent between 2016 and 2024."
"Nearly 75 per cent of patients now need to be seen within 30 minutes"
"The people who would be seeking housing in this area may very well be the people who have a full-time job but are currently living in their car, so we know they are coming with a car... There is no street parking."
What an odd thing to say.
What an odd thing to say.
Gold Coast councillors reject plans for more than 100 affordable housing units over concerns about car parks and neighbourhood character, despite nearby light rail and a growing need for social housing.
Gold Coast councillors reject plans for more than 100 affordable units
Gold Coast councillors reject plans for more than 100 affordable housing units over concerns about car parks and neighbourhood character, despite nearby light rail and a growing need for social housing.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
"The people who would be seeking housing in this area may very well be the people who have a full-time job but are currently living in their car, so we know they are coming with a car... There is no street parking."
What an odd thing to say.
What an odd thing to say.
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Two months ago, I wrote a paper for the Electoral Matters Committee. It clocked in at 23,000 words with 16 data tables, 11 graphs, 204 footnotes and 30,000 datapoints.
I made the case that we should take advantage of this historic juncture to expand participation in our representative democracy.
I made the case that we should take advantage of this historic juncture to expand participation in our representative democracy.
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Two months ago, I wrote a paper for the Electoral Matters Committee. It clocked in at 23,000 words with 16 data tables, 11 graphs, 204 footnotes and 30,000 datapoints.
I made the case that we should take advantage of this historic juncture to expand participation in our representative democracy.
I made the case that we should take advantage of this historic juncture to expand participation in our representative democracy.
Occupational violence is inherently linked to the use of restrictive practices.
The New South Wales health minister says he intends to review security powers at regional hospitals after four guards were injured at Tamworth.
Minister reviews hospital security after patient bites guard
The New South Wales health minister says he intends to review security powers at regional hospitals after four guards were injured at Tamworth.
www.abc.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Occupational violence is inherently linked to the use of restrictive practices.
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The Mental Health Commission of NSW has opened EOIs for representatives to join two newly established advisory bodies: the NSW Suicide Prevention Council and the NSW Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Council.
Calls for community voices to help lead statewide suicide prevention efforts
www.nswmentalhealthcommission.com.au
October 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The Mental Health Commission of NSW has opened EOIs for representatives to join two newly established advisory bodies: the NSW Suicide Prevention Council and the NSW Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Council.
The problem with the concept of rejection-sensitive dysphoria.
The problem with the concept of rejection-sensitive dysphoria
The unscientific trait that’s taken the ADHD world by storm.
medium.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The problem with the concept of rejection-sensitive dysphoria.
I should stop fighting with people on the internet about how silly the idea of RSD is.
I won't, but I should.
I won't, but I should.
October 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I should stop fighting with people on the internet about how silly the idea of RSD is.
I won't, but I should.
I won't, but I should.
I would bet $10 and a box of doughnuts that this leads to an increase in surveillance, an increase in restrictive practices and a decrease in consumer choice and control.
A coronial inquest will be held into a "cluster" of three patient suicides inside the secure mental health wards of a major Brisbane hospital within just seven months.
'Cluster inquest' to probe three patient suicides inside secure mental health wards
A coronial inquest will be held into a "cluster" of three patient suicides inside the secure mental health wards of a major Brisbane hospital within just seven months.
www.abc.net.au
October 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I would bet $10 and a box of doughnuts that this leads to an increase in surveillance, an increase in restrictive practices and a decrease in consumer choice and control.
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"Whether you agree with Zack Polanski or not it is important to have a different view articulated as effectively as some of the radical right have been doing.
"Potentially it helps rebalance the scales a little bit in everyday media discourse"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...
"Potentially it helps rebalance the scales a little bit in everyday media discourse"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...
Zack Polanski: Can the Green Party leader ‘rebalance the scales’ of UK politics? | The News Agents
In little more than a month of leadership, Zack Polanski has grown the party’s membership and become a powerful figure on the left-wing of UK politics. Can he, and the Green Party, take this further…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 5:45 AM
"Whether you agree with Zack Polanski or not it is important to have a different view articulated as effectively as some of the radical right have been doing.
"Potentially it helps rebalance the scales a little bit in everyday media discourse"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...
"Potentially it helps rebalance the scales a little bit in everyday media discourse"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...
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The government has opened the door to PwC once again; despite no evidence it has cleaned up its act. 🧵
October 15, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The government has opened the door to PwC once again; despite no evidence it has cleaned up its act. 🧵
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“Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator.”
Australian researchers have clearly rejected the institutionalised transphobia of the Cass Review. Trans folks should not be ignored in political or medical decisions about their healthcare.
Australian researchers have clearly rejected the institutionalised transphobia of the Cass Review. Trans folks should not be ignored in political or medical decisions about their healthcare.
Australian report says UK’s Cass review should not guide transgender healthcare
QNews LGBTIQA+ News
qnews.com.au
October 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
“Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator.”
Australian researchers have clearly rejected the institutionalised transphobia of the Cass Review. Trans folks should not be ignored in political or medical decisions about their healthcare.
Australian researchers have clearly rejected the institutionalised transphobia of the Cass Review. Trans folks should not be ignored in political or medical decisions about their healthcare.
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Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...
theonion.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
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Could a landmark court decision undermine the right to peacefully protest in NSW?
Could a landmark court decision undermine the right to peacefully protest in NSW?
Human rights advocates fear new ruling could deter people from using system designed to encourage protests and expose them to risk of criminal charges
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A pro-Palestine march to the Sydney Opera House has been blocked by a court. Here’s what protesters will do instead
People organising protests in New South Wales could face a tough choice after this week.
On Thursday, the NSW court of appeal made a landmark ruling that criminalises attending a “prohibited” protest. It came as part of a judgment that banned a planned pro-Palestine march to the Sydney Opera House scheduled for the weekend. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Could a landmark court decision undermine the right to peacefully protest in NSW?
A dear friend texted me to update me on his adventure at the sauna, meanwhile I’m in a Presbytery meeting discussing the risk register.
I used to be cool.
I used to be cool.
October 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A dear friend texted me to update me on his adventure at the sauna, meanwhile I’m in a Presbytery meeting discussing the risk register.
I used to be cool.
I used to be cool.
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any further changes must include justice for the thousands of disabled people who lived and died in these places, and who also fought for liberation
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Psychiatric hospital to 'urban parkland': Sydney's public space dilemma
The challenge of transforming a major piece of Sydney's public space from a former mental health hospital to an "iconic urban parkland" is a delicate dance for the state government.
www.abc.net.au
October 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
any further changes must include justice for the thousands of disabled people who lived and died in these places, and who also fought for liberation
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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The only people who benefit from an escalating surveillance state are the people who sell the hardware. Everyone else suffers.
Ring founder: “I’m focused on: How can I get the highest density of camera coverage in a neighborhood matched with AI to make neighborhoods safer?…It’s not just hard crime.”
Just put this guy and the Flock guy on a deserted island together so they can surveill each other until the end times.
Just put this guy and the Flock guy on a deserted island together so they can surveill each other until the end times.
Ring founder 'backs the blue,' says AI is helping Amazon-owned doorbell unit fight crime
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff returned to the company he founded in April to lead the business, which is part of Amazon's devices division.
www.cnbc.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The only people who benefit from an escalating surveillance state are the people who sell the hardware. Everyone else suffers.