Colleen Rowe
@colleenrowe.bsky.social
Humanist; OT. Passionate about what helps us live life well: good design of our environment; good access to knowledge; doing things differently to reclaim purpose & joy. https://www.workableliving.com.au/ she/her
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All this focus on how crap The Liberals and The Nationals are just takes attention away from how crap Labor is, which is what actually matters
#auspol
#auspol
November 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
All this focus on how crap The Liberals and The Nationals are just takes attention away from how crap Labor is, which is what actually matters
#auspol
#auspol
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"It's likely the case that we need to give police more legislated powers to stop this kind of naked hatred and racism on Sydney streets"
No, Premier.
You need to direct the police to stop neo-Nazis.
Instead of suppressing peaceful protests against genocide. #nswpol
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
No, Premier.
You need to direct the police to stop neo-Nazis.
Instead of suppressing peaceful protests against genocide. #nswpol
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Police authorisation of Sydney neo-Nazi demonstration sparks calls for protest law review
A neo-Nazi protest received NSW Police authorisation to go ahead outside NSW parliament on Saturday morning.
www.sbs.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"It's likely the case that we need to give police more legislated powers to stop this kind of naked hatred and racism on Sydney streets"
No, Premier.
You need to direct the police to stop neo-Nazis.
Instead of suppressing peaceful protests against genocide. #nswpol
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
No, Premier.
You need to direct the police to stop neo-Nazis.
Instead of suppressing peaceful protests against genocide. #nswpol
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
And this 👇
Universities, state education, welfare system, mental health, transparency/accountability, youth justice reform…
Gambling, housing, climate, Gaza, AUKUS etc etc. The captain’s arm has ossified at the tiller as the wind blows us towards the shoals, yet any questioning is treated as mutiny and ruthlessly suppressed. I fear for the ship, crew and the slaves in the hold.
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
And this 👇
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Gambling, housing, climate, Gaza, AUKUS etc etc. The captain’s arm has ossified at the tiller as the wind blows us towards the shoals, yet any questioning is treated as mutiny and ruthlessly suppressed. I fear for the ship, crew and the slaves in the hold.
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Nothing has been done to stop it happening again. And my fear is that #AusPol has become demonstrably more immoral, unethical and bought than in 1975
Nothing has been done to stop it happening again. And my fear is that #AusPol has become demonstrably more immoral, unethical and bought than in 1975
in 2025 the King of Australia detitled his creepy brother for being a PR liability. Not for being a sexual predator. In 1972 KCIII supported a vice regal representative sacking the lawfully elected prime minister who had confidence of the House. For implementing the platform on which he was elected.
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Nothing has been done to stop it happening again. And my fear is that #AusPol has become demonstrably more immoral, unethical and bought than in 1975
Nothing has been done to stop it happening again. And my fear is that #AusPol has become demonstrably more immoral, unethical and bought than in 1975
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So sad when even RACGP jump on the bandwagon of unscientific covid minimisation (yes, I know they’ve been there for ages)
So sad when even RACGP jump on the bandwagon of unscientific covid minimisation (yes, I know they’ve been there for ages)
Misleading framing in the headline, trying to minimise COVID-19 deaths. They carefully picked the first and only month since 2023 where that was true.
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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So sad when even RACGP jump on the bandwagon of unscientific covid minimisation (yes, I know they’ve been there for ages)
So sad when even RACGP jump on the bandwagon of unscientific covid minimisation (yes, I know they’ve been there for ages)
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Prof Deborah Lupton
"The hardest thing for me these days about wearing a mask is that you make others around you feel uncomfortable. You are reminding them that C19 is still a risk and that they should be doing the same. Clinicians and public health experts in particular do not like this reminder"
"The hardest thing for me these days about wearing a mask is that you make others around you feel uncomfortable. You are reminding them that C19 is still a risk and that they should be doing the same. Clinicians and public health experts in particular do not like this reminder"
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Prof Deborah Lupton
"The hardest thing for me these days about wearing a mask is that you make others around you feel uncomfortable. You are reminding them that C19 is still a risk and that they should be doing the same. Clinicians and public health experts in particular do not like this reminder"
"The hardest thing for me these days about wearing a mask is that you make others around you feel uncomfortable. You are reminding them that C19 is still a risk and that they should be doing the same. Clinicians and public health experts in particular do not like this reminder"
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Hard to understand a govt that blocks teenagers from social media but has *no* issue with them accessing online gambling platforms at all, or with them being bombarded with ads for online gambling.
Australia’s teen social media ban has a gaming-sized loophole
The list of banned platforms requires mental gymnastics that the government has struggled to explain, and ignores where kids actually spend their time.
www.theage.com.au
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Hard to understand a govt that blocks teenagers from social media but has *no* issue with them accessing online gambling platforms at all, or with them being bombarded with ads for online gambling.
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Nice line from Rachel Withers: "Insiders say there will be a leadership challenge in the new year either way, with conservatives still deciding which generic-looking A-hole (Angus or Andrew) to back."
Opinion | Sussan Ley's leadership looks more and more done for as the days tick by. Is there a lesson to be found in the mess? @rachelwithers.bsky.social writes.
Sussan Ley never stood a chance
www.crikey.com.au
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Nice line from Rachel Withers: "Insiders say there will be a leadership challenge in the new year either way, with conservatives still deciding which generic-looking A-hole (Angus or Andrew) to back."
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I wonder why so many people are feeling aggrieved and becoming radicalised.
Could it be the breathtaking wholesale betrayal of our values, while lying about it, on a daily basis?
Could it be the breathtaking wholesale betrayal of our values, while lying about it, on a daily basis?
Aust universities will cry poor while stealing millions of dollars from precariously employed workers and throwing money at the mass murder industry.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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It is time to stop referring to the National Party as the “junior partner” in the Coalition. Considering the Voice and now where the Libs are heading on net-zero by 2050, it is clear who is in charge. #auspol
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
It is time to stop referring to the National Party as the “junior partner” in the Coalition. Considering the Voice and now where the Libs are heading on net-zero by 2050, it is clear who is in charge. #auspol
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The duopoly just joined forces in the Senate to vote down an #AUKUS inquiry. Never mind the political, technical & management risks associated with the program, or the $365B price tag - the two major parties are happy sleepwalking with your national security and money. #auspol
November 4, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
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Just an observer from down under. Food stamps are corrupt in they allow big businesses to not pay a fair living wage with the government making up the rest. It’s a corporate welfare system.
Nutrition assistance is NOT corrupt. Food stamps kept my family fed when my mom had to look for work after my dad got sick with MS.
The Trump administration wants kids, seniors, and veterans to go hungry. They are REFUSING to use emergency funds to keep SNAP benefits going.
The Trump administration wants kids, seniors, and veterans to go hungry. They are REFUSING to use emergency funds to keep SNAP benefits going.
Brooke Rollins calls food stamps "an extremely corrupt program"
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Just an observer from down under. Food stamps are corrupt in they allow big businesses to not pay a fair living wage with the government making up the rest. It’s a corporate welfare system.
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Labor’s proposed environmental reforms are a recipe for corruption and political manipulation. Inviting special treats for ministerial intervention.
Ken Henry warns ‘conga line of developers’ would try to exploit exemptions in Labor’s proposed nature laws
Exclusive: ‘Every project developer is absolutely convinced that their project is in the national interest,’ Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation head says
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Labor’s proposed environmental reforms are a recipe for corruption and political manipulation. Inviting special treats for ministerial intervention.
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Showing they have absolutely no understanding at all of what late term abortions are, why they are generally performed, and how incredibly devastating any child loss is
How ignorant and horrible do you have to be to weigh in on an issue with so little understanding and compassion
How ignorant and horrible do you have to be to weigh in on an issue with so little understanding and compassion
“Coalition parliamentarians, including Joyce & Hastie seized on a..new law to give paid..leave to parents of a child stillborn or dies, arguing it shouldn’t be available to..late-term abortion. A senior doctor labelled the comments as “terrible, cynical, awful””
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Barnaby Joyce and Andrew Hastie rebuked for ‘playing politics’ on abortion in debate on stillbirth leave
Experts warn the fearmongering about late-term terminations is straight out of the anti-abortion handbook
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Showing they have absolutely no understanding at all of what late term abortions are, why they are generally performed, and how incredibly devastating any child loss is
How ignorant and horrible do you have to be to weigh in on an issue with so little understanding and compassion
How ignorant and horrible do you have to be to weigh in on an issue with so little understanding and compassion
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It is unclear what fire, in Gaza, has ceased.
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
It is unclear what fire, in Gaza, has ceased.
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dear people,
the nuremberg trials happened because the nazis and their allies were utterly defeated militarily
that
is
never
going
to
happen
to
the
US
please stop waving ‘nuremberg’ or ‘the hague’ at 🇺🇸’s criminal civilian and military regime
odds are none of these people will ever be punished
the nuremberg trials happened because the nazis and their allies were utterly defeated militarily
that
is
never
going
to
happen
to
the
US
please stop waving ‘nuremberg’ or ‘the hague’ at 🇺🇸’s criminal civilian and military regime
odds are none of these people will ever be punished
October 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
dear people,
the nuremberg trials happened because the nazis and their allies were utterly defeated militarily
that
is
never
going
to
happen
to
the
US
please stop waving ‘nuremberg’ or ‘the hague’ at 🇺🇸’s criminal civilian and military regime
odds are none of these people will ever be punished
the nuremberg trials happened because the nazis and their allies were utterly defeated militarily
that
is
never
going
to
happen
to
the
US
please stop waving ‘nuremberg’ or ‘the hague’ at 🇺🇸’s criminal civilian and military regime
odds are none of these people will ever be punished
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The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
Mamdani: “We want to showcase our ideals, not by lecturing people about how correct we are, but rather by delivering and letting that delivery be the argument itself”. Hey #AusPol …
How a ‘sewer socialism’ revival could see Zohran Mamdani become New York’s next mayor
theconversation.com/how-a-sewer-...
theconversation.com/how-a-sewer-...
How a ‘sewer socialism’ revival could see Zohran Mamdani become New York’s next mayor
A pragmatic form of socialism based on improving ordinary people’s lives is winning votes – and making powerful enemies – in equal measure.
theconversation.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Mamdani: “We want to showcase our ideals, not by lecturing people about how correct we are, but rather by delivering and letting that delivery be the argument itself”. Hey #AusPol …
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Of course it’s the human thing to do but it’s also economically and societally smart to eliminate poverty. The pandemic showed us that it can be done, and that we all win from that investment.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Price of poverty hurts us all, yet research reveals an easy fix
In 2020, Australia massively increased welfare payments and conducted a live experiment in ending poverty, but when the subsidy was removed, many were thrown back into hardship. Leaving aside the mora...
www.abc.net.au
October 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Of course it’s the human thing to do but it’s also economically and societally smart to eliminate poverty. The pandemic showed us that it can be done, and that we all win from that investment.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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Grog's rule of privatisation:
"The day you decide to allow the private sector deliver a public service is also the day you should set the future date for the Royal Commission into abuses in the system."
"The day you decide to allow the private sector deliver a public service is also the day you should set the future date for the Royal Commission into abuses in the system."
Adele Ferguson (journalist leading an ABC investigation into child abuse at childcare centres) just told ABC AM that 84% of child abuse occurs in "for profit" (eg privatised) centres.
These centres are putting making money ahead of checking for pedophiles. Who cares about pedos? There's $$ to make
These centres are putting making money ahead of checking for pedophiles. Who cares about pedos? There's $$ to make
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Grog's rule of privatisation:
"The day you decide to allow the private sector deliver a public service is also the day you should set the future date for the Royal Commission into abuses in the system."
"The day you decide to allow the private sector deliver a public service is also the day you should set the future date for the Royal Commission into abuses in the system."
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