Mez
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In news which should be shocking to absolutely no-one with an ounce of commonsense or humanity, providing gender affirming care to trans young people reduces risks of harm.
Preventing trans young people accessing treatment has never been about "protecting children"
www.advocate.com/health/trans...
Preventing trans young people accessing treatment has never been about "protecting children"
www.advocate.com/health/trans...
Transgender youth who receive hormone therapy are less suicidal: study
"Suicidality significantly declined" among trans youth who receive hormone replacement therapy, a new study has found.
www.advocate.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:23 AM
In news which should be shocking to absolutely no-one with an ounce of commonsense or humanity, providing gender affirming care to trans young people reduces risks of harm.
Preventing trans young people accessing treatment has never been about "protecting children"
www.advocate.com/health/trans...
Preventing trans young people accessing treatment has never been about "protecting children"
www.advocate.com/health/trans...
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Anthony Albanese could surrender leadership of the Labor Party to Josh Frydenberg and The Australian would still run stories condemning him for not doing enough.
It's a fight, Mr Albanese, not a good-faith negotiation.
Get out of the mainstream media bubble and fight back.
It's a fight, Mr Albanese, not a good-faith negotiation.
Get out of the mainstream media bubble and fight back.
January 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Anthony Albanese could surrender leadership of the Labor Party to Josh Frydenberg and The Australian would still run stories condemning him for not doing enough.
It's a fight, Mr Albanese, not a good-faith negotiation.
Get out of the mainstream media bubble and fight back.
It's a fight, Mr Albanese, not a good-faith negotiation.
Get out of the mainstream media bubble and fight back.
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This from 2024, we could just re-issue without a change.
“An expansion of the already troubled AUKUS deal is yet another example of how Australia’s alliance with the United States makes our country less safe, the Australia Institute has said.”
australiainstitute.org.au/post/aukus-e...
“An expansion of the already troubled AUKUS deal is yet another example of how Australia’s alliance with the United States makes our country less safe, the Australia Institute has said.”
australiainstitute.org.au/post/aukus-e...
AUKUS Expansion Reveals Folly of Blind Allegiance
An expansion of the already troubled AUKUS deal is yet another example of how Australia’s alliance with the United States makes our country less safe, the Australia Institute has said.
australiainstitute.org.au
January 3, 2026 at 8:47 AM
This from 2024, we could just re-issue without a change.
“An expansion of the already troubled AUKUS deal is yet another example of how Australia’s alliance with the United States makes our country less safe, the Australia Institute has said.”
australiainstitute.org.au/post/aukus-e...
“An expansion of the already troubled AUKUS deal is yet another example of how Australia’s alliance with the United States makes our country less safe, the Australia Institute has said.”
australiainstitute.org.au/post/aukus-e...
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what the fuck (copy and paste)
January 3, 2026 at 9:10 AM
what the fuck (copy and paste)
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So the Australian Banking Association and the Insurance Council of Australia want a Royal Commission do they?
Interesting.
Interesting.
January 2, 2026 at 6:20 AM
So the Australian Banking Association and the Insurance Council of Australia want a Royal Commission do they?
Interesting.
Interesting.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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I have long thought that if John Howard had been the opposition leader after the Port Arthur massacre, he would have fought tooth and nail against any changes to gun laws, and used the event & proposed law changes to attack the govt & cause division.
This week shows that to be true.
This week shows that to be true.
December 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I have long thought that if John Howard had been the opposition leader after the Port Arthur massacre, he would have fought tooth and nail against any changes to gun laws, and used the event & proposed law changes to attack the govt & cause division.
This week shows that to be true.
This week shows that to be true.
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Trans kids won't disappear. Just like restricting abortions doesn't stop unwanted pregnancies. All it does is drive people to less safe care and ruin lives.
Never, ever fall for the line that transphobia is about protecting women. It is only about hate, it only ever has been about hate.
Never, ever fall for the line that transphobia is about protecting women. It is only about hate, it only ever has been about hate.
What did you think would happen when you restricted access to care?
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Trans kids won't disappear. Just like restricting abortions doesn't stop unwanted pregnancies. All it does is drive people to less safe care and ruin lives.
Never, ever fall for the line that transphobia is about protecting women. It is only about hate, it only ever has been about hate.
Never, ever fall for the line that transphobia is about protecting women. It is only about hate, it only ever has been about hate.
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End all funding every single private employment services provider.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?
Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?
Run by multiple departments and hundreds of private companies, advocates warn errors will continue to rock a system ‘in crisis’
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It’s a system designed to help Australians who most need it. Yet its created continuous scandals, with parts of it paused because the government can’t say if it’s operating legally.
Hundreds and thousands of Centrelink clients are affected by its frequent problems, being charged or overpaying debts incorrectly calculated as another class action is launched. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
End all funding every single private employment services provider.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
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Transphobes on this site, as in all other aspects of life, are the worst people you ever can be unfortunate enough to encounter.
October 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Transphobes on this site, as in all other aspects of life, are the worst people you ever can be unfortunate enough to encounter.
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Just a reminder that no politician or bureaucrat has ever faced any charges for Robodebt
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Just a reminder that no politician or bureaucrat has ever faced any charges for Robodebt
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What does anyone think a meeting between Albanese and Trump would actually achieve?
September 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
What does anyone think a meeting between Albanese and Trump would actually achieve?
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Head of the AMA, Danielle McMullen: "There are no studies showing that paracetamol use in pregnancy causes autism."
Any journalists giving one iota of credence to Trump's claims deserve to be sacked for propagating lies.
Any journalists giving one iota of credence to Trump's claims deserve to be sacked for propagating lies.
September 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Head of the AMA, Danielle McMullen: "There are no studies showing that paracetamol use in pregnancy causes autism."
Any journalists giving one iota of credence to Trump's claims deserve to be sacked for propagating lies.
Any journalists giving one iota of credence to Trump's claims deserve to be sacked for propagating lies.
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A friend asked me how all this ends, and well... in the past it ended with cities in ruins and a war crimes trial.
But that feels optimistic.
But that feels optimistic.
September 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
A friend asked me how all this ends, and well... in the past it ended with cities in ruins and a war crimes trial.
But that feels optimistic.
But that feels optimistic.
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Glou Wine Bar in Collingwood - the bar that donated all of the drinks VS used during our federal election campaign - had Nelson Alexander reach out to ask if they could have their Christmas party there. Their response is marvellous.
September 9, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Glou Wine Bar in Collingwood - the bar that donated all of the drinks VS used during our federal election campaign - had Nelson Alexander reach out to ask if they could have their Christmas party there. Their response is marvellous.
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It's not a 'clash' if it's neo-Nazis storming a group of people - it is an attack. Also, it's always ok to punch a Nazi. Hope that helps.
August 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It's not a 'clash' if it's neo-Nazis storming a group of people - it is an attack. Also, it's always ok to punch a Nazi. Hope that helps.
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Iran are such an easier bad guy for our media and government.
That the Israeli ambassador remains in Australia is a disgrace.
That the Israeli ambassador remains in Australia is a disgrace.
August 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Iran are such an easier bad guy for our media and government.
That the Israeli ambassador remains in Australia is a disgrace.
That the Israeli ambassador remains in Australia is a disgrace.
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We know that outsourcing public service work to the private sector costs three-times as much as hiring public servants to do the work and we know it’s eroding our public service - so why this Government is spending even more on consultants is beyond belief.
August 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
We know that outsourcing public service work to the private sector costs three-times as much as hiring public servants to do the work and we know it’s eroding our public service - so why this Government is spending even more on consultants is beyond belief.
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Israel is evil.
Israel has called up 60,000 reservists. (CNN)
August 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Israel is evil.
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Any commentary about AI productivity benefits that does not mention how much of an energy suck it is should be binned without hesitation.
And the ones that do mention it should be binned after a second of hesitation.
And the ones that do mention it should be binned after a second of hesitation.
At the Press Club yesterday a reinforcement of the message from the Productivity Commission's interim report. To paraphrase: Australian creatives' work has already been harvested by foreign AI companies. We should change legislation locally to make Australian AI companies competitive.
Copyright reform could power local AI industry
Productivity Commissioner says critics have missed the point.
ia.acs.org.au
August 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Any commentary about AI productivity benefits that does not mention how much of an energy suck it is should be binned without hesitation.
And the ones that do mention it should be binned after a second of hesitation.
And the ones that do mention it should be binned after a second of hesitation.
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I note with great interest, the usual Zionist loud-mouths and scarf counters, who rush to ignite hysteria about anything they fantasise is antisemitic, are strangely silent on actual Nazi-sympathisers marching through the streets of our major cities.
Where is Jillian and her reporting book?
🤔
Where is Jillian and her reporting book?
🤔
August 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I note with great interest, the usual Zionist loud-mouths and scarf counters, who rush to ignite hysteria about anything they fantasise is antisemitic, are strangely silent on actual Nazi-sympathisers marching through the streets of our major cities.
Where is Jillian and her reporting book?
🤔
Where is Jillian and her reporting book?
🤔
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He's just a little guy
August 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
He's just a little guy
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Similar but subtly different British translations
1.
“Anyway, I won’t keep you any longer”
Translation: I’m going to walk away from you now because I want to go.
2.
“Anyway, don’t let me keep you any longer”
Translation: I have to stay here, so I can’t walk away, but I want YOU to walk away.
1.
“Anyway, I won’t keep you any longer”
Translation: I’m going to walk away from you now because I want to go.
2.
“Anyway, don’t let me keep you any longer”
Translation: I have to stay here, so I can’t walk away, but I want YOU to walk away.
July 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Similar but subtly different British translations
1.
“Anyway, I won’t keep you any longer”
Translation: I’m going to walk away from you now because I want to go.
2.
“Anyway, don’t let me keep you any longer”
Translation: I have to stay here, so I can’t walk away, but I want YOU to walk away.
1.
“Anyway, I won’t keep you any longer”
Translation: I’m going to walk away from you now because I want to go.
2.
“Anyway, don’t let me keep you any longer”
Translation: I have to stay here, so I can’t walk away, but I want YOU to walk away.