David Maywald

Passionate about my family, sustainability, lifelong learning, and making a positive difference ☀ Board Member and Father ツ Thankful to live on Ngunnawal land

[Purush Janata Party @RealPJP4India]

Is Indian women extend support for Indian Men?

[Manderådet @manderadet]

Mændenes Internationale Dag 19. november er i høj grad en international begivenhed!

[Fergus Hodgson, CAIA @FergHodgson]

@DavidMaywald Thank you to these kind women and @MensAllianceNI.

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[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

breaking my silence https://t.co/yC1I1g6sO6 via @YouTube

[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

breaking my silence https://t.co/0DHg2J8F4O via @YouTube

[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

International Council for Men and Boys has a Spanish-speaking Interest Group, which is meeting today via Zoom. Our Members in Argentina, Spain, and Mexico have been some of the most active and effective across our international community...

The Spanish-speaking Interest Group has ICMB Members from El Salvador, Ecuador, Perú, the United States of America, Puerto Rico, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brasil, and España.

This is one of the nine Interest Groups that bring together ICMB Members from around the world. You can see the various Interest Groups, and when they meet monthly online, here:

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[James L. Nuzzo, PhD @JamesLNuzzo]

"ASF is concerned that the proposed Digital Duty of Care framework, while intended to protect Australians from online harm, risks undermining the very freedoms and individual responsibilites that contribute to a healthy society. We believe the Bill represents a significant and potentially harmful expansion of regulatory authority, and recommend that it not proceed for the reasons outlined in our submission." @paulgconlon @aus4science

[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

A Major Breakthrough for Men and Boys: US$30 Million for Positive Change...

Wonderful news from the United States! On 21 October 2026, ICONIQ Impact announced the launch of its Boys & Men Co-Lab, an ambitious philanthropic initiative aiming to mobilise US$30 million to improve the wellbeing and opportunities of boys and men.

This is precisely the kind of constructive, evidence-based investment that we desperately need.

The initiative will support 18 organisations working across three critical areas:

🔹 Community: Strengthening friendships, mentoring, belonging and positive male relationships.

🔹 Fatherhood: Supporting engaged fathers, strengthening families and removing barriers to father-child relationships.

🔹 Education and Skills: Helping boys succeed academically, develop confidence and realise their potential.

Particularly encouraging is the involvement of respected philanthropists, researchers and advocates, including Richard V. Reeves, alongside major philanthropic foundations.

For too long, male disadvantage has been overlooked and underfunded. This initiative recognises that investing in boys and men benefits families, communities and society as a whole...

As we celebrate Men's Equality Month throughout November and the approach of International Men's Day on November the 19th, this announcement offers genuine hope.

Congratulations to ICONIQ Impact, its founding donors and all 18 participating organisations!!

May this inspire philanthropists, governments and community leaders worldwide to follow their example...

The Future Is Everyone.

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#GenderEqualityForMen #MensEqualityMonth #InternationalMensDay #TheFutureIsEveryone

[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

Book review of As a Man Thinketh (1903) by James Allen

Small Book, Profound Wisdom...

Few books pack so much practical wisdom into so few pages. James Allen’s As a Man Thinketh is a remarkably concise, accessible, and helpful classic of personal development, at only 38 pages in length. It can comfortably be read in a single sitting, yet its lessons deserve a lifetime of reflection.

Allen’s central proposition is simple but powerful: our thoughts shape our character, choices, circumstances, and ultimately our destiny. Drawing inspiration from biblical wisdom, particularly Proverbs 23:7, he argues that cultivating constructive, disciplined, and purposeful thinking is essential to living a flourishing life...

Across seven short chapters, Allen explores the relationship between thought and character, circumstances, health, purpose, achievement, and serenity. He champions personal responsibility, self-mastery, perseverance, and the deliberate cultivation of virtue.

What makes this book especially valuable is its emphasis on individual agency. Rather than encouraging victimhood or helplessness, Allen reminds readers that meaningful change begins within...

Some of his claims about thought determining circumstances may be overstated, overlooking external constraints and misfortune. Nevertheless, the underlying message remains compelling.

This is an uplifting, timeless little masterpiece that every young man, father, mentor, and aspiring leader would benefit from reading. Packed with exceptional wisdom, for a remarkably modest investment of your time.

[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

The ONLY way out of Modernity https://t.co/6K5wmkb0KU via @YouTube

[Peter Liversidge 🇦🇺 @bosshogpl]

Thankyou for ypur excellent summary of the problematic framing of this train wreck of a series from the ABC. One positive out of this is that not many people would be watching this series apart from rusted-on feminists already convinced that men are morally inferior to women.
A negative aspect is that our feminist-captured government treats awful fanatics like Chantel Contos as the solution to the gender wars raging in our society.

[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

On Saturday and five days prior to International Men's Day, women will march for men in Belfast. This is how men and women of goodwill are working towards genuine equality...

Thank you to all of the organisers and to Men's Alliance Northern Ireland.

[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

@blackbelt392299 There was no recording of this member-only event. I encourage you to join ASF for future events, it's well worthwhile.

[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

THE STATE OF MAN: A HUGE MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR AUSTRALIAN MEN AND BOYS

Last night, I joined Prof Gigi Foster, Dr James Nuzzo and Jason Strecker at the Australians for Science & Freedom Members' Forum to critically examine the ABC's three-part series The State of Man, presented by Marc Fennell.

My overall verdict? A profoundly disappointing, ideologically skewed portrayal of masculinity, with some redeeming moments.

The standout was Trinity Grammar School's Woollamia program, where Year 9 boys spend a term in the bush, developing resilience, responsibility, brotherhood and maturity through positive male mentorship and rites of passage.

Unfortunately, much of the series concentrated on controversial influencers, misogyny, extremism, pornography and supposedly problematic masculine attitudes.

The state of some parts of the manosphere is NOT the state of man...

Where were the serious examinations of boys' educational underachievement, male suicide, homelessness, workplace deaths, fatherlessness and declining male wellbeing?

Where was the celebration of fathers, husbands, workers, volunteers and the countless men contributing positively to society?

The documentary's selective experts, questionable research interpretations and ideological framing were particularly troubling...

Its concluding emphasis on online regulation, featuring eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant and extreme feminist activist Chanel Contos, closely aligned with the Albanese government's censorship agenda.

Will this documentary improve relations between men and women? I doubt it. It risks reinforcing existing polarisation by treating masculinity primarily as a problem requiring correction.

We need something fundamentally different: an evidence-based, compassionate, balanced examination that honours masculinity, recognises male vulnerabilities and celebrates the contributions of men and boys...

Gender equality must work for BOTH sexes.

#TheStateOfMan #Masculinity #MensEqualityMonth #GenderEqualityForMen #InternationalMensDay

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[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

STACKING THE DECK: HOW LABOR'S CENSORSHIP AGENDA IS BEING MANUFACTURED

Australians should be deeply concerned about the Albanese government's Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026.

This week's Senate hearings have exposed serious concerns about sweeping regulatory powers, threats to free speech and the manufactured appearance of public support…

Dany Elachi, founder of the grassroots parents' organisation Heads Up Alliance, delivered a devastating critique.

He warned that the legislation appeared driven by ideology, with input from government-funded, left-leaning organisations who are effectively lobbying the government to pursue its own preferred policies.

He described the bill as having the "fingerprints of illiberalism all over it", warning that its extraordinary breadth could be weaponised against lawful speech and political dissent.

This is precisely the democratic distortion exposed by the Institute of Public Affairs.

Its August 2026 report, Stacking the Deck: How Government Lobbies Itself and Funds the Distortion of Democracy, identified $2.24 BILLION in taxpayer funding flowing to 100 selected advocacy organisations over five years.

The IPA argues that governments are effectively financing organisations that lobby governments, creating an artificial impression of community consensus…

Consider the evidence used to promote Labor's online regulation agenda:
• Dublin City University: The sensational claim that boys encounter misogynistic content within 23 minutes arose from an experiment involving just ten artificial accounts.
• Monash University: An Australian Education Union-funded report relied on a self-selected teacher survey, conflating vastly different behaviours under the banner of "gendered violence".
• University of Melbourne: Taxpayer-funded research examined misogyny and male extremism without equivalent scrutiny of misandry, while advancing recommendations targeting the manosphere (with the potential for anti-feminist advocacy to fall within counter-extremism measures).

These studies deserve rigorous scrutiny, not unquestioning political and media amplification.

Meanwhile, the bill raises fundamental questions about ministerial discretion, vague definitions of harm, enormous financial penalties and incentives for platforms to suppress lawful expression.

Protecting children is essential. Giving governments expansive powers over what Australians can say, read and discuss is something entirely different…

Labor must explain why such extraordinary powers are necessary, why less restrictive alternatives are inadequate, and whether supposedly independent advocacy has been artificially amplified through public funding.

Democracy requires open debate, not governments funding the chorus demanding greater government control.

Australia deserves transparency, intellectual honesty and freedom of expression.

#FreeSpeech #DigitalDutyOfCare #AustralianPolitics #CivilLiberties #StackingTheDeck

[Ryan Dally @Ryandally08]

#BREAKING Anthony Albanese is doubling down on censorship. After weaponising “misinformation” laws to silence regular citizens, Albo is now trying to hamstring artificial intelligence to stop the relentless criticism of his failing government.

In a frantic, 15 minute “snap” press conference today, Albo announced sweeping new AI “guardrails” and “significant penalties” for tech companies.

The irony? Journalists weren't even allowed to see the reports before the presser began.

When confronted by a reporter who asked if he was simply terrified of “harder questions” Albanese deflected, hiding behind the classic excuse of “protecting national security.”

This isn't about safety; it's about control.

This is the same government that already has the eSafety Commissioner, the Misinformation Bill, and a track record of trying to control what Australians can say.

Now they want the same power over the AI tools people use to analyse their failures, their broken promises, and their open borders.

They call it “shaping AI rather than AI shaping us.”

Australia is not a “first mover” in responsible AI. It’s a first mover in government control of the tools that expose government failure.

The social licence they’re worried about isn’t AI’s.

It’s theirs.

[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

AUSTRALIA'S WAVE OF JOB CUTS: HOW MUCH WORSE WILL IT GET?

Australia is experiencing a substantial wave of redundancies, restructures, offshoring and workforce reductions in 2026. And it's not just big corporations shedding jobs. Governments, universities, professional services firms, retailers and smaller employers are also cutting back.

Here are the job cuts from nine major employers:
🔻 ANZ: 3,500 employees + 1,000 contractors
🔻 NAB: 2,500
🔻 WiseTech Global: 2,000
🔻 Atlassian: 1,600
🔻 Canva: 1,271
🔻 Commonwealth Bank: 1,000
🔻 Qantas: 850
🔻 Telstra: 650
🔻 Westpac: 250

That's 14,621 positions and contractor engagements across just nine companies.

My wider research, drawing on media reports, company announcements, unions and redundancy trackers, identifies dozens more organisations announcing or implementing reductions during 2026.

OTHER MAJOR EMPLOYERS
• KPMG Australia: several rounds, potentially approaching 800 positions
• Woodside Energy: 500+ globally
• Whyalla Steelworks: approximately 600 employees and labour-hire workers affected
• BHP: approximately 300
• Southern Cross Media: 250 FTE
• Crown Melbourne: approximately 200
• Seven Network: up to 200
• Deloitte Australia: approximately 170
• Treasury Wine Estates: approximately 170
• EnergyAustralia: reportedly 150
• CSIRO: approximately 100 positions affected

Additional reductions have been reported at Coles, Woolworths, EBOS, Bendigo Bank, Lendi, EY, PwC, MYOB, SiteMinder and numerous smaller businesses.

GOVERNMENTS ARE CUTTING TOO

The Victorian Government announced more than 1,000 public-service position reductions under its Silver Review, followed by another 140 executive positions in August 2026. Unions report hundreds of additional restructures.

The ACT Government has targeted approximately 130 positions in City and Environment and 65 voluntary redundancy offers in Health, alongside restructuring in Justice and Community Safety, Infrastructure Canberra and CIT.

Tasmania has a longer-term target of 1,700 public-service reductions by 2030.

Universities are also under pressure, including ANU, Western Sydney University, UTS and Wollongong.

WHAT IS DRIVING THIS?

Several forces are converging:
1.Artificial intelligence and automation replacing or transforming work.
2.Offshoring to lower-cost countries, particularly India.
3.Rising operating costs and pressure on profitability.
4.Weak productivity growth and subdued investment.
5.Government budget pressures and organisational restructuring.
6.Changing consumer demand and business models.

Australia urgently needs stronger productivity, business investment, entrepreneurship and private-sector job creation.

We also need serious discussion about retraining, redeployment and the consequences of AI and offshoring for Australian workers and families.

A healthy economy must do more than eliminate jobs. It must create new opportunities.

Are we witnessing the beginning of a much larger structural transformation of Australia's labour market?

[Kat A 🌸 @SaiKate108]

Upon deeper analysis The Digital Duty of Care Bill seems designed as part of a global censorship push to introduce sweeping surveillance powers.

Incredible analysis from Margaret Chamber ( institute of Public Affairs) who has uncovered a hidden amendment to the Privacy Act which unleashes the eSafety Commissioner’s ability to gather massive information on people.

Where information on political views, biometric data, religious believes, ethnicity could be collected without consent and could be shared overseas with regulators like OfCom.

[David Maywald @DavidMaywald]

Albo's DDoC is straight out of the tyrant's playbook. Topher Project Ep 542 https://t.co/K4ozaNYsgO via @YouTube

[Keith Marlow @keithmarlowau]

The Digital Duty of Care is an utter labyrinth full of weakly defined requirements all enforced by fines up to $200k per infringement. This will effectively kill off any online commercial activity in Australia. There are no effective carve outs for small businesses and it appears to be retrograde in scoping as well..

The DDoC will kill off businesses left, right and centre all over our economy - even if you do succeed in creating the assessments, they are no guarantee you won't get fined - given the weakness and breadth of the definitions of harm. I also suspect getting an assessment done will not be cheap, given the legislative scope and depth - this certainly ain't no rego check...

I suggest you watch Topher's video in full if you operate anything online - be you a sole trader, a small business, a start-up or a bigger business - all are in its sights.

This bill needs to go into the bin and never see the light of day - it will have a dramatic impact on our economy and I think will permanently dent our growth rate going forwards. Nobody in their right mind will want to do anything online in Australia, digital innovation will die on this bill (if it wasn't dead enough already).

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