Andrew M
@messengera.bsky.social
Walkley Award-winning journalist. Now Brisbane based, ex Tamworth, Canberra. Opinions mine except the bad ones
Breaking: Queensland’s controversial ban on puberty blockers for transgender patients has been overturned by the supreme court.
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Queensland’s controversial puberty blocker ban overturned by supreme court
Parent of transgender child successfully challenged decision by Crisafulli government to halt treatment for under 18s
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October 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Breaking: Queensland’s controversial ban on puberty blockers for transgender patients has been overturned by the supreme court.
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New from me: the real dark side of Brisbane's housing market
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Evicted and dying of cancer Tammie spent her final months desperately house hunting in Brisbane
‘I’m suffering from as much rage as I am grief, because for so long I had managed to keep her in her own home,’ her mother says
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October 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
New from me: the real dark side of Brisbane's housing market
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Latest from me: Queensland woman says its time for clinic to destroy 30-year-old samples as state and federal health ministers meet to push for reform
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Jessica has 77 half-brothers and sisters through the same sperm donor. She wonders how many more there could be
Queensland woman says its time for clinic to destroy 30-year-old samples as state and federal health ministers meet to push for reform
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September 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Latest from me: Queensland woman says its time for clinic to destroy 30-year-old samples as state and federal health ministers meet to push for reform
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They should make a Blue Murder: Fitzgerald Inquiry!
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Blue Murder at 30: how the miniseries transfixed Australia – and inspired death threats and bootlegs
Based on the real-life crimes of Neddy Smith, the 1995 two-parter was a ‘love story’ between a corrupt cop and a notorious crook. Everyone knew it would be huge
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September 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
They should make a Blue Murder: Fitzgerald Inquiry!
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New from me: A missing cat and motel homes: inside Queensland’s crackdown on those in need of housing help
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A missing cat and motel homes: inside Queensland’s crackdown on those in need of housing help
Critics say the state’s harsher policies, intended to prioritise those in ‘genuine need’, won’t reduce homelessness
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August 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
New from me: A missing cat and motel homes: inside Queensland’s crackdown on those in need of housing help
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From Wieambilla to Porepunkah, violent ‘anti-government extremists’ are a growing threat www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
August 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
From Wieambilla to Porepunkah, violent ‘anti-government extremists’ are a growing threat www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
New from me: Queensland MP says he ‘punches blokes in the mouth’ for comments on his heritage as he backs anti-immigration March for Australia protests at Brisbane press conference
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Bob Katter threatens to punch Nine journalist over ‘Lebanese heritage’ comment
Queensland MP says he ‘punches blokes in the mouth’ for comments on his heritage as he backs anti-immigration March for Australia protests at Brisbane press conference
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August 28, 2025 at 4:08 AM
New from me: Queensland MP says he ‘punches blokes in the mouth’ for comments on his heritage as he backs anti-immigration March for Australia protests at Brisbane press conference
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Sound the Harold Scruby klaxon! He blames e-scooters for an increase in the number of pedestrians killed by cars
Pedestrian deaths up by almost 50 per cent over four-year period
Australia's peak motoring body is calling for more transparency around the cause of fatalities involving pedestrians.
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August 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Sound the Harold Scruby klaxon! He blames e-scooters for an increase in the number of pedestrians killed by cars
Slightly odd to quote Chamberlain to remember the END of the war
August 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Slightly odd to quote Chamberlain to remember the END of the war
Australia rightly ignored the false allegation of terrorism against AJ journalist Peter Greste ten years ago. There might actually be less evidence against Ana's al-Sharif
August 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Australia rightly ignored the false allegation of terrorism against AJ journalist Peter Greste ten years ago. There might actually be less evidence against Ana's al-Sharif
Drawing the attention of
@nogodsnomayors
to this quote by a mayor of a tiny Perth council: "No one on this planet is against dying children, no one hates dying children, everyone loves dying children".
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@nogodsnomayors
to this quote by a mayor of a tiny Perth council: "No one on this planet is against dying children, no one hates dying children, everyone loves dying children".
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City of Nedlands referred to Corruption and Crime Commission
The referral is for a separate matter aside from recent controversies including the council refusing to give up land for a children's hospice and four councillors resigning in a day.
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August 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Drawing the attention of
@nogodsnomayors
to this quote by a mayor of a tiny Perth council: "No one on this planet is against dying children, no one hates dying children, everyone loves dying children".
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@nogodsnomayors
to this quote by a mayor of a tiny Perth council: "No one on this planet is against dying children, no one hates dying children, everyone loves dying children".
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Queensland government held 21-minute consultation on puberty blocker ban at same time it announced decision www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
May 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Queensland government held 21-minute consultation on puberty blocker ban at same time it announced decision www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Great get by my colleague @bensmee.bsky.social. Coalition MP Colin Boyce told climate science deniers blackouts a ‘big political opportunity’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Coalition MP Colin Boyce told climate science deniers blackouts a ‘big political opportunity’
Boyce tells Climate and Energy Realists Queensland that opposition to renewables is growing and fellow MPs should adopt a ‘do nothing strategy’
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April 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Great get by my colleague @bensmee.bsky.social. Coalition MP Colin Boyce told climate science deniers blackouts a ‘big political opportunity’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Where’s the human dignity?’ As bulldozers roll in, this is the face of a Queensland crisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
April 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
‘Where’s the human dignity?’ As bulldozers roll in, this is the face of a Queensland crisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Where am I going to go?’ Dismay as Queensland council begins tearing down tent encampment www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
April 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
‘Where am I going to go?’ Dismay as Queensland council begins tearing down tent encampment www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Moreton Bay council plans to start threatening to fine people next month “We just became the soft touch. I mean, a lot of these people have got smartphones,” one councillor said.
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Queensland council moves to evict homeless people from parks with public camping ban
City of Moreton Bay CEO says change that will see homeless face threat of fines is needed for health and safety
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February 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Moreton Bay council plans to start threatening to fine people next month “We just became the soft touch. I mean, a lot of these people have got smartphones,” one councillor said.
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Spoke to @regedahmad.bsky.social for the Full Story podcast on the trial of a Toowoomba religious sect for the manslaughter of 8-year-old type diabetic Elizabeth Struhs. They're set to learn their sentence today
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The religious sect members who killed Elizabeth Struhs – podcast
On the day the 14 sect members are due to be sentenced, Queensland state reporter Andrew Messenger tells Reged Ahmad about why insulin was withheld from the eight-year-old type 1 diabetic
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February 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Spoke to @regedahmad.bsky.social for the Full Story podcast on the trial of a Toowoomba religious sect for the manslaughter of 8-year-old type diabetic Elizabeth Struhs. They're set to learn their sentence today
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Reposted by Andrew M
14 members of religious sect the Saints were found guilty of the manslaughter of 8 year old Elizabeth Struhs… including her father and mother.
They will be sentenced today.
@messengera.bsky.social followed the trail, and told @regedahmad.bsky.social everything we need to know about the case:
They will be sentenced today.
@messengera.bsky.social followed the trail, and told @regedahmad.bsky.social everything we need to know about the case:
The religious sect members who killed Elizabeth Struhs – podcast
On the day the 14 sect members are due to be sentenced, Queensland state reporter Andrew Messenger tells Reged Ahmad about why insulin was withheld from the eight-year-old type 1 diabetic
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February 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
14 members of religious sect the Saints were found guilty of the manslaughter of 8 year old Elizabeth Struhs… including her father and mother.
They will be sentenced today.
@messengera.bsky.social followed the trail, and told @regedahmad.bsky.social everything we need to know about the case:
They will be sentenced today.
@messengera.bsky.social followed the trail, and told @regedahmad.bsky.social everything we need to know about the case:
Reposted by Andrew M
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Gerald Ridsdale spent three decades abusing kids and then three decades in jail for it
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Gerald Ridsdale, Australia’s most notorious paedophile priest, dies in jail
The paedophile priest died in jail while serving time for the abuse of more than 70 children over three decades
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February 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Gerald Ridsdale spent three decades abusing kids and then three decades in jail for it
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Quite vexing that this story couldnt find space to mention the reason we don't build high quality apartments in this country which is thatthey're illegal
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Could a high-rise apartment replace the classic family home?
Apartment living is a key pillar of government plans to ease the housing crisis by densifying well-connected parts of Australia's largest cities. But some have questioned the viability of the plans, s...
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February 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Quite vexing that this story couldnt find space to mention the reason we don't build high quality apartments in this country which is thatthey're illegal
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Super easy answer is that people - particularly completely innocent people like Sam Kerr - have a right to justice they are ethically permitted to exercise even if someone else in a different country decides it would make it difficult for a hypothetical victim
This by Jacquelin Magnay on Sam Kerr is just disgusting shit.
February 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Super easy answer is that people - particularly completely innocent people like Sam Kerr - have a right to justice they are ethically permitted to exercise even if someone else in a different country decides it would make it difficult for a hypothetical victim