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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Jul 27

This is possibly the best client review I've ever had 😂

(Group exercise doesn't have to include instructors screaming at you.)

Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Jun 30

This is what editors are for.

Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Jun 30

At 5pm today I asked my babysitter if she's available tomorrow from 5. She said yes ... Then asked if it was 5am or 5pm She's a saint who knows I'm so disorganised that <12 hours notice isn't an unlikely scenario 😂😂

Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Jun 19

"it might not be surprising that you would see the crime stats increase because we're seeing an increase in policing," Dr Daley told AAP.
"We're seeing an active increase in law and order responses, because that's what the community has been demanding."
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/899596...

Cost-of-living crisis blamed for soaring crime rates

Youth offending is at a record high in one state, latest figures reveal, as police attribute cost-of-living pressures...

www.canberratimes.com.au

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Jun 13

I was on breakfast radio at 6am. I am teaching a pilates class at 6pm. Full workday in between after corraling kids to school. I am exhausted yet will learn absolutely nothing from this.

Reposted by Dr Kathryn Daley

SHINE for Kids @shineforkids.bsky.social · Jun 11

📢 If you haven't yet, take a moment to read the cover story in this edition of About Time, which features our team.

Here's the article, and why not settle in for the entire edition while you're here?

These are the voices that need to be shared. 💜

www.abouttime.org.au/news-and-inv...

“Kids Soften the Jail”: Keeping Mums and Kids Together in Prison

The Living with Mum program is one of many across the country that permit women to raise their baby in a dedicated area of a prison. These programs vary in eligibility and age restrictions.

www.abouttime.org.au

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Reposted by Dr Kathryn Daley

Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · Jun 1

Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says

Witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on people near distribution point run by Israel-backed foundation

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · May 16

In this piece in @powertopersuade.bsky.social, I challenge the flawed assumption at the heart of drug policy: that the drugs themselves are the problem. Heavy drug use is often a coping strategy for distress. Reducing harm requires care not criminalisation
www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/drugs-a...

Drugs aren’t the policy problem — Power to Persuade

In this post, Dr Kathryn Daley, Associate Director, Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University & Deputy Chairperson, Youth Workers Australia argues for a supportive approach to drug use associ...

www.powertopersuade.org.au

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Apr 21

theconversation.com/prison-needl...

Prison needle programs could save double what they cost – our new modelling shows how

Australia leads the world in community-based needle programs. Yet they’re not used in prisons – which are hotspots for hepatitis C infection.

theconversation.com

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Apr 14

dandenong.starcommunity.com.au/news/2025-04...

Big money for mental health, but gaps remain | Dandenong Star Journal

Dandenong will receive an upgraded Headspace centre dubbed Headspace Plus, if Labor is re-elected at this Federal election. As part […]

dandenong.starcommunity.com.au

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Mar 23

Important points made here about the need for real time data availability for illicit drug supply, along with the obvious case for drug checking.

www.theage.com.au/national/hal...

Half a pill was enough to kill Jetson. Now this drug is infiltrating supply

The teenage apprentice placed an online order for a pill he hoped would help him relax and get to sleep. He never woke up.

www.theage.com.au

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Mar 20

It was a "common misconception" that crime statistics reflected offending, RMIT's Dr Kathryn Daley said.
"Crime statistics are not convictions, & many of them don't even end up before court," Dr Daley told AAP.
"They're what police report on charge sheets."
www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/ar...

New window on 'crime crisis' as bail shake-up looms

Hotly anticipated crime statistics will provide an insight on a

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Mar 18

RIP your inbox.

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Mar 18

Bail reform being rushed through parliament in response to a petition led by Brendan Fevola is the ultimate populist politics. Ruining peoples lives and showing a lack of political leadership. Disgraceful.

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Feb 24

officemate: 'God I enjoy you, Kat'
me: 'If I die can you make sure people remember that I'm funny?'
officemate: 'Oh I will, I'm taking notes'
😂

Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Feb 21

Thanks so much, Lisa. You're such an inspiration!

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Feb 21

Absolutely surreal afternoon today. It is such a privilege to do this work. Awards aren't a motivation to do it, but it's really nice to be seen.

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Feb 21

Prescribed reading in a leadership course I am in ... seems pertinent 😂🙈

Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Feb 20

Brilliant - thanks!

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Feb 20

THIS IS RESEARCH I'M HERE FOR
☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️

Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Feb 20

Large epidemiologic studies have consistently shown an association between coffee and improved health outcomes. This may be one of the reasons: favorable changes to the gut microbiome 🏢🏢

www.scientificamerican.com/article/coff...

Coffee Boosts Beneficial Gut Bacterium

Researchers found a strong connection between coffee and the gut microbiome

www.scientificamerican.com

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Feb 20

Any chance the full speech will be available?

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Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Feb 20

www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

‘Wilful act of bastardry’: Henry condemns tax system for crushing young Australians

Former Treasury boss Ken Henry says a succession of governments have used the tax system to deliberately hurt young people, propping up the old and vested interests like mining.

www.theage.com.au

Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Feb 18

Democracy is in pieces everywhere. A huge part of how this has happened has been the active move to strip civics education from young ppl. This is to keep them disengaged, but it creates generations of people ill-prepared to be active citizens.

theconversation.com/australian-s...

Australian students just recorded the lowest civics scores since testing began. But young people do care about politics

In a new civics report, only 28% of Australian Year 10 students met the ‘proficient standard’ in 2024 compared to 38% in 2019.

theconversation.com

Dr Kathryn Daley @katdaley.bsky.social · Feb 14

Paper accepted and an ethics application approved in what feels like an otherwise frantic, but simultaneously unproductive (??!), week. Bizarre.

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