Colin E Penter
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Colin E Penter
@colinpenter.bsky.social
policy & project work in mental health & social policy; opposes marketisation, privatisation and corporations; campaigner, researcher & writer; voracious reader of poetry & non-fiction, lives in Boorloo (perth) on Whadjuk boodjar
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It’s incredibly disturbing that so many Australian institutions and leaders can reproduce vicious assertions without evidence about the link between Palestinian rights campaigns and the Bondi killings, then use these assertions to ban people from public discourse.
January 8, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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When public services become PR: How charities and corporations blur the line between care and self-promotion

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
When public services become PR: How charities and corporations blur the line between care and self-promotion
There are certainly cases where working with a charity lets government draw on specific expertise and enhance service delivery. But too often, that’s not the case.
thepoint.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 AM