Anne Rule also on bsky.social

Curious citizen,guardian , and knot untangler. Yes!
Living on Wurundjeri lands, Kulin Nation.
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[Anne Rule also on bsky.social @AnneRule3]

"The ex-partner of a woman on the NSW Mid North Coast has been found guilty of murdering her two-year-old son as she slept." SMH 21/07/26
The ex- partner is noted so far away from the murder he committed , that you have to re read the sentence to confirm it wasn't the mother.

[stranger @strangerous10]

Larissa Waters says it’s ”time to wake up” to One Nation’s use of foreign AI bot farms flooding social media with “racist, hateful messages”
“to promote ON & attack everyone else”
“Tsunamis of trash funded by billionaires”
“Australia can’t keep sleepwalking into fascism”💥

[Anne Rule also on bsky.social @AnneRule3]

@strangerous10 Thought he was being interviewed by Melania for a second, the resemblance was striking.

[The Shovel @TheShovel]

Australians will pause at 11am tomorrow to observe a minute’s silence, in order to reflect on the hardships endured by rich men who sabotaged their careers on purpose in order to generate maximum media coverage and victimhood status.

Read more: https://t.co/4ain0rsixR

[Dirtyleftie @CraigSarg73]

Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club address.

The vision?

Cut education, health, childcare, climate programs, the ABC, SBS, Aboriginal programs and government departments. Scrap the NDIS and NIAA. Pull back from international cooperation. More coal. Nuclear.

Yet somehow also spend more on hospitals, schools, homelessness and cost of living relief.

When asked how she would help working Australians, she pivoted to business owners, complained about wage rises, workplace protections and workers being “lazy” and on their phones. Apparently owning a fish and chip shop 40 years ago qualifies you to lecture Australians about running a business in 2026.

Asked about interest rates? Admitted she has no control over the RBA but claimed spending cuts would magically bring rates down.

Asked about migration? Straight into fear campaigns about Muslims and Europe.

Asked about her daughter’s taxpayer-funded job? Refused to answer, attacked journalists and cried “trashy journalism”.

Asked about SBS helping migrants integrate? Her answer was basically: watch Sky News and learn English.

Asked about childcare? Complained about qualifications and pay rises for childcare workers.

Asked about abortion? Repeated the myth that women are having abortions the day before giving birth. They aren’t. Late-term abortions are extremely rare and usually involve serious medical complications or fatal fetal abnormalities.

And when asked why Aboriginal programs should be cut, she argued everyone should be treated equally.

But equality isn’t pretending everyone starts from the same place. Aboriginal Australians still experience poorer health, education and social outcomes. You don’t close those gaps by removing the services designed to address them.

That’s like removing a wheelchair ramp and calling it equality because everyone now has the same stairs.

If you’re asking Australians to hand you government, you should be able to answer questions about your policies without changing the subject every time it gets uncomfortable.

[Sista Ruth (Cate) ♿ @SistaRuthDOPD]

Fake internet accounts, or "astroturfing" networks, run by political PR crews and strategists are designed to manufacture the illusion of grassroots public support, harass political opponents, and control the daily news cycle. #Hanson #auspol #OneNation
https://t.co/c7Pd2GeR3D

[PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE @Protect_Wldlife]

🔊 SOUND UP 🔊

It’s true, an Elephant never forgets 🐘.

This is Darrick Thompson. He left his career as a Toronto firefighter to devote his life to caring for Elephants at the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand with Lek Chailert. He had to leave them for 14 months due to a family emergency. He couldn't have expected this upon returning.

🎦 Credit: @ElephantNatureP.

[Angela Pippos @angelapippos]

I couldn’t help but think of my grandparents during Hanson’s address. They came to Australia with no English and set up a cafe in Adelaide. They contributed so much to the fabric of society, as did all the Greeks who settled there. Shame on Hanson for demonising migrants. #NPC

[Sally McManus @sallymcmanus]

24 000 people soak up half the capital gains tax benefits. They are also rich & powerful. Right now they are having an almighty meltdown because they have to pay the same tax rate as the rest of us.

[Anne Rule also on bsky.social @AnneRule3]

@MikeCarlton01 I thought that was a very measured, accurate, and articulate response to the question. Well done !

[Louise Greene @GreeneLouiseAus]

I am absolutely fed up with the relentless targeting of Grace Tame.

Let's be clear. There is a difference between fair criticism and a public pile-on. What we keep seeing directed at Grace is not constructive debate. It is constant scrutiny, personal attacks, outrage cycles and a level of judgment that seems reserved for women who dare to speak too loudly, too honestly or too unapologetically.

Grace Tame survived child sexual abuse. She helped change laws. She gave a voice to countless survivors. She has spent years doing work that most people would never have the courage to do.

Yet the attacks never seem to stop.

A few weeks ago it was the Prime Minister taking aim at her. Now it's Charlie Pickering. Before that, countless commentators, columnists and social media critics. Different names, same pattern.

And frankly, it disgusts me.

No, women in public life should not be immune from criticism. Nobody is. But there is a world of difference between criticism and the kind of sustained public hounding that seeks to diminish, discredit and exhaust someone.

As someone who has experienced public judgment and media attacks, I know how destructive these campaigns can be. They reduce human beings to caricatures. They erase context. They encourage outrage while ignoring the very real emotional toll on the person at the centre of it.

What troubles me most is that women who survive violence are so often expected to be perfect. The moment they become angry, outspoken, political, imperfect or inconvenient, they are treated as fair game.

Grace Tame has contributed more to the conversation about sexual abuse and survivor advocacy in this country than most of her critics ever will.

Maybe it's time some of the men lining up to take shots at her stopped and asked themselves a simple question:

Why are they spending so much energy attacking a survivor instead of supporting the change she helped create?

Enough. #gracetame #charliepickering

[Anne Rule also on bsky.social @AnneRule3]

@Wallabyjlw @blakandblack @flightcentreAU Maccas is the new safe haven...CCTV, they call the cops when there is a disturbance and the coppers usually respond.... Vicpol heading towards no public allowed in police station, everything online or by 000..

[Anne Rule also on bsky.social @AnneRule3]

@_B___S My dog...the best breed there is..

[Anne Rule also on bsky.social @AnneRule3]

@lachiemc64 @RonniSalt @j4gypsy Visions of thunderdome come to mind....

[Anne Rule also on bsky.social @AnneRule3]

@strangerous10 I see in comments that Pauline Hansons One Nation are constantly referred to as ON, dropping the PH, probably in an effort to shift the perception from acidic to alkaline in the hope it's more palatable....Not sure it's working but it is noticable.

[Anne Rule also on bsky.social @AnneRule3]

@RonniSalt @TimFishyFish And then they algorithmed NDIS ( Robodebt 2.0) and introduced co payments for MyAgedCare after heaps of providers increased their costs. Yep they definitely learnt their lesson,not....

[Anne Rule also on bsky.social @AnneRule3]

@CallissClan Thinking of you all as you adjust to a world without your beautiful fur friend Alba.
May peace come to your heart in time. I enjoyed the adventures, so many thanks for sharing over the years.🐾💜❤️‍🩹

[Anne Rule also on bsky.social @AnneRule3]

@Gerashchenko_en For someone notoriously adverse to skin contact and with a heightened level of concern for assassination, this version looks unusually engaging and friendly. Even accepting a note from a politiburo member, perhaps a doppelganger...

[amante2 @AmeliaBee7]

Wilcox nails it 👍

[Anne Rule also on bsky.social @AnneRule3]

@RonniSalt Seems to be getting thru Ronni.
How's life in the wheat belt?