Kate Brown
@kb-08.bsky.social
Educator, mum, sports tragic. Not in that order. PDHPE/HMS all the way!
This… says it all.😞
Media takes break from villainising Welcome to Country to ask how racists could possibly think it’s ok to boo a Welcome to Country
April 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This… says it all.😞
Terrifying…
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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April 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Terrifying…
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"Attorney General shall initiate appropriate action to repeal or amend the implementing regulations for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for all agencies"
What's Title VI?
"prohibits discrimination against or otherwise excluding individuals on the basis of race, color, or national origin"
What's Title VI?
"prohibits discrimination against or otherwise excluding individuals on the basis of race, color, or national origin"
April 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"Attorney General shall initiate appropriate action to repeal or amend the implementing regulations for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for all agencies"
What's Title VI?
"prohibits discrimination against or otherwise excluding individuals on the basis of race, color, or national origin"
What's Title VI?
"prohibits discrimination against or otherwise excluding individuals on the basis of race, color, or national origin"
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Several policies on offer at this election will likely make housing affordability worse.
On this Dollars & Sense, @grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss housing & the 🐘🐘 in the policy debate: negative gearing & the capital gains tax discount. #auspol
theaus.in/42G4hOq
On this Dollars & Sense, @grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss housing & the 🐘🐘 in the policy debate: negative gearing & the capital gains tax discount. #auspol
theaus.in/42G4hOq
Crushing the Australian (and Elinor’s) dream - The Australia Institute
A number of the housing policy proposals on offer in this election will make affordability worse.
theaus.in
April 21, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Several policies on offer at this election will likely make housing affordability worse.
On this Dollars & Sense, @grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss housing & the 🐘🐘 in the policy debate: negative gearing & the capital gains tax discount. #auspol
theaus.in/42G4hOq
On this Dollars & Sense, @grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss housing & the 🐘🐘 in the policy debate: negative gearing & the capital gains tax discount. #auspol
theaus.in/42G4hOq
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Prosecutors say the operation was aimed at gathering information to foil lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry over damage communities have faced from climate change.
Climate activists were hacked. There was a link between the victims and an alleged attacker
Prosecutors say the operation was aimed at gathering information to foil lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry over damage communities have faced from climate change.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Prosecutors say the operation was aimed at gathering information to foil lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry over damage communities have faced from climate change.
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Dutton: "People have seen food prices go up by 30%."
That's a lie (they went up by 12%) #leadersdebate
That's a lie (they went up by 12%) #leadersdebate
April 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Dutton: "People have seen food prices go up by 30%."
That's a lie (they went up by 12%) #leadersdebate
That's a lie (they went up by 12%) #leadersdebate
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no criminal record
no gang ties
no tattoos
active pending asylum case
**19 years old**
sent by trump to prison (forever?) in el salvador
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
no gang ties
no tattoos
active pending asylum case
**19 years old**
sent by trump to prison (forever?) in el salvador
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice deports Venezuelan teen despite reportedly knowing he was not a target
Merwil Gutiérrez sent from New York to El Salvador prison although family says he has no criminal history or gang ties
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
no criminal record
no gang ties
no tattoos
active pending asylum case
**19 years old**
sent by trump to prison (forever?) in el salvador
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
no gang ties
no tattoos
active pending asylum case
**19 years old**
sent by trump to prison (forever?) in el salvador
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Dutton lying about a statement from the Indonesian govt is too stupid for words.
Haven’t seen the Dunning–Kruger effect so perfectly displayed for many a year.
Haven’t seen the Dunning–Kruger effect so perfectly displayed for many a year.
April 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Dutton lying about a statement from the Indonesian govt is too stupid for words.
Haven’t seen the Dunning–Kruger effect so perfectly displayed for many a year.
Haven’t seen the Dunning–Kruger effect so perfectly displayed for many a year.
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This “genius” genuinely believes that healthcare budget analysts can simply be reassigned to making toasters.
April 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This “genius” genuinely believes that healthcare budget analysts can simply be reassigned to making toasters.
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The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024.
This isn't due to luck or skill.
Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you.
Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
This isn't due to luck or skill.
Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you.
Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
April 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024.
This isn't due to luck or skill.
Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you.
Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
This isn't due to luck or skill.
Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you.
Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
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Statistics show inflation has routinely been lower in Australia than in several advanced economies, including some G7 members, since Labor was elected in May 2022. #Auspol www.aap.com.au/factcheck/li...
April 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Statistics show inflation has routinely been lower in Australia than in several advanced economies, including some G7 members, since Labor was elected in May 2022. #Auspol www.aap.com.au/factcheck/li...
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Does the science of learning truly matter or is it just academic fluff? Jared Cooney Horvath explains that while drawing on educational research is worthwhile, pedagogical decisions must always be left to the experts in pedagogy: teachers
How the science of learning became a battleground
The science of learning has become embroiled in an ideological argument that has little to do with the reality of what it can and cannot do for teaching, argues Jared Cooney Horvath
www.tes.com
December 27, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Does the science of learning truly matter or is it just academic fluff? Jared Cooney Horvath explains that while drawing on educational research is worthwhile, pedagogical decisions must always be left to the experts in pedagogy: teachers
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If the federal political/media bubble was remotely connected to the real world, it would agree not to do the ridiculous campaign roadshow that nobody cares about anymore, and rethink how to actually communicate with voters in a meaningful way. It does not, however, possess a brain.
March 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If the federal political/media bubble was remotely connected to the real world, it would agree not to do the ridiculous campaign roadshow that nobody cares about anymore, and rethink how to actually communicate with voters in a meaningful way. It does not, however, possess a brain.
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I just keep thinking of the heartlessness of going to an election promising to sack 41,000 people just because they’ve chosen public service. The LNP talks of small business owners going out of business as a tragedy. How is sending thousands of people into unemployment not?
March 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I just keep thinking of the heartlessness of going to an election promising to sack 41,000 people just because they’ve chosen public service. The LNP talks of small business owners going out of business as a tragedy. How is sending thousands of people into unemployment not?
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Yep. Media, do your fricken job
For the record, Joe Hockey is a defence lobbyist who stands to make millions from defence contracts with the US and other allies. To just describe him in interviews as a former US ambassador and not his CURRENT vested interest role is not just irresponsible, it's lying.
March 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Yep. Media, do your fricken job
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The 'no cuts to frontline services' shibboleth is such a furphy. When Dutton says he wants to cut (or let wither) 36,000 jobs from the public service, everything is affected. The response post ex-cyclone Alfred proves how vital the work of the APS is www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environ...
Cyclone Alfred and the real cost of Dutton’s public service cuts
The involvement of the public service in the aftermath of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred underscores the reality of the Coalition’s promise to cut 36,000 people from government departments.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
March 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The 'no cuts to frontline services' shibboleth is such a furphy. When Dutton says he wants to cut (or let wither) 36,000 jobs from the public service, everything is affected. The response post ex-cyclone Alfred proves how vital the work of the APS is www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environ...
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Vote on his actions not his words; what in his record suggests he has the slightest interest in anyone's human rights?
March 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Vote on his actions not his words; what in his record suggests he has the slightest interest in anyone's human rights?
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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
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This is not good. You know what will really destroy coastlines, whales, fish stocks and views? Rampant global warming. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
In the doldrums: Dutton’s anti-offshore wind agenda halts project
Offshore wind farm developer BlueFloat has paused its offshore wind project, as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton pledges to bar the industry in most locations.
www.smh.com.au
February 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is not good. You know what will really destroy coastlines, whales, fish stocks and views? Rampant global warming. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Very key point made here. Any "shortage" is due solely to exports. We don't need more gas, we need to send less to Japan which has so much it exports our gas to other countries!
(also worth charging the companies to mine our gas and also to tax them properly)
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
(also worth charging the companies to mine our gas and also to tax them properly)
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Forget more gas supply, expert argues. Stop exporting so much
Among the many crises facing the nation in recent years, the east coast gas shortage has been among the most divisive from a political, economic and social perspective.
www.abc.net.au
February 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Very key point made here. Any "shortage" is due solely to exports. We don't need more gas, we need to send less to Japan which has so much it exports our gas to other countries!
(also worth charging the companies to mine our gas and also to tax them properly)
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
(also worth charging the companies to mine our gas and also to tax them properly)
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...