The collective mental health damage of active shooter drills in schools across the US absolutely horrifies me. In 15-20 years time what will that damage look like? Glad I don't have to live with it, or send children out to school in that. Heart goes out to those who have to.
Actually, it's pretty nice living in a place where getting shot isn't something that most people have to worry about. Swapping free access to guns for only having one mass shooting every couple of decades and our kids not having to do active shooter drills in school seems like a good deal to us.
December 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The collective mental health damage of active shooter drills in schools across the US absolutely horrifies me. In 15-20 years time what will that damage look like? Glad I don't have to live with it, or send children out to school in that. Heart goes out to those who have to.
Good. Immediate action, no less. Also another national gun buy back scheme for all the illegal guns that have leaked into the community.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
National cabinet agrees to toughen gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack
An urgent meeting of national cabinet agrees to strengthen Australia's gun laws in the wake of the Bondi Beach shooting.
www.abc.net.au
December 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Good. Immediate action, no less. Also another national gun buy back scheme for all the illegal guns that have leaked into the community.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Great article. Hoping Mamdani's team can navigate this to bring down costs of child care/early education. The benefits of good quality early education is lifelong and an investment in the future individually and as a society. Many eyes will be on this.
Universal child care in NYC won't be easy. But it's possible, practical, and could give the United States a desperately-needed blueprint.
I wrote for @nytimes.com about what Zohran Mamdani will need to keep in mind as he looks to deliver on his campaign pledge
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
I wrote for @nytimes.com about what Zohran Mamdani will need to keep in mind as he looks to deliver on his campaign pledge
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
December 13, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Great article. Hoping Mamdani's team can navigate this to bring down costs of child care/early education. The benefits of good quality early education is lifelong and an investment in the future individually and as a society. Many eyes will be on this.
I wonder when Gina will realise she's poured money into a dud, and abandon them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I wonder when Gina will realise she's poured money into a dud, and abandon them.
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This will make Perth a military target.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
‘A facility for them’: Labor says WA shipyard to be used by US for sub maintenance as it commits $12bn
Defence minister says Henderson naval shipyard ‘very much an Australian sovereign capability’ but reveals Aukus submarine partner will use it
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This will make Perth a military target.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Saddened to see that publicly employed climate scientists from @csiro.bsky.social & Burea of Meteorology Australia have to retire before revealing their true research. Shame on all politicians who oversee this. These scientists deserve better than that. www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10...
Gagged and grief-stricken, yet defiant: Ecologists and climate scientists reveal devastating culture of suppression
The beauty and wonder of the natural world is what keeps scientists like Dana Bergstrom fighting to protect it. She's one of many who say speaking out comes at a cost but not speaking up can take an e...
www.abc.net.au
August 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Saddened to see that publicly employed climate scientists from @csiro.bsky.social & Burea of Meteorology Australia have to retire before revealing their true research. Shame on all politicians who oversee this. These scientists deserve better than that. www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10...
Never thought I'd say anything complimentary about Dutton, but his concession speech was very gracious.
May 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Never thought I'd say anything complimentary about Dutton, but his concession speech was very gracious.
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May 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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April 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Nothing like logging on to find out what fresh hell awaits. In a three way tug of war, I reckon China will win. Slowly, methodically and with a highly educated and capable workforce.
March 1, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Nothing like logging on to find out what fresh hell awaits. In a three way tug of war, I reckon China will win. Slowly, methodically and with a highly educated and capable workforce.
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I feel seen
February 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I feel seen
All the Trump crumb maidens (Bondi, Gabbard, Mace, Leavitt et al) think that if they go hard as rascists, LGBT phobes,they themselves will be spared. They forget the beginning of DEI initiatives started with increasing women's representation. They will be eviscerated by dumb white men. Hard lesson.
February 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
All the Trump crumb maidens (Bondi, Gabbard, Mace, Leavitt et al) think that if they go hard as rascists, LGBT phobes,they themselves will be spared. They forget the beginning of DEI initiatives started with increasing women's representation. They will be eviscerated by dumb white men. Hard lesson.
Are Australia and New Zealand going to revise the inteligence co-operation encompassed in '5 Eyes' now that Elon Musk is in charge of data?
February 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Are Australia and New Zealand going to revise the inteligence co-operation encompassed in '5 Eyes' now that Elon Musk is in charge of data?
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You'd be surprised how many times a mom just sits for a minute and thinks "I just can't do this anymore" then wipes her face and dries her eyes and goes back and gets on with whatever she doesn't have the strength to do.
January 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
You'd be surprised how many times a mom just sits for a minute and thinks "I just can't do this anymore" then wipes her face and dries her eyes and goes back and gets on with whatever she doesn't have the strength to do.
Totally agree. We are heading that way - fast. No taxation without representation. I would add, no representation without education. The states is much bigger and for them to burn off a large percentage of voters over 50 years or so, still leaves a lot of people to run the place. Not forever.
So admire David Brooks writing in The Atlantic. His latest piece : "HOW THE IVY LEAGUE BROKE AMERICA" is masterful.
His recipe for a more equitable society is one Australia would do well to heed, given our walled-off private school system, the gutting of TAFE etc.
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His recipe for a more equitable society is one Australia would do well to heed, given our walled-off private school system, the gutting of TAFE etc.
(sorry I can't post here)
November 18, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Totally agree. We are heading that way - fast. No taxation without representation. I would add, no representation without education. The states is much bigger and for them to burn off a large percentage of voters over 50 years or so, still leaves a lot of people to run the place. Not forever.