Ashlee Betteridge

Aid & development consultant (comms, research, project mgmt). Particularly interested in PNG, Indonesia and Timor-Leste. She/her. Living on Ngunnawal land.

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I've decided to have a go at Substack! 'A bit better' is a newsletter about trying to improve the world a bit, while distracting ourselves from the garbage fire on an as-needs basis. https://t.co/qtDbwhcwK9

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if it feels like there has been less news coming out of Gaza today, consider that Israel has totally cut internet access today, no electricity, no food, no aid, international journalists and UN workers slain in cold blood, a blackout of information is the point

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@Tito_Ambyo I finished school in 2003, a unit in HSC Modern History on the Indochina war (Vietnam and Cambodia) was the deepest we got into SE Asia. I knew barely anything about Indonesia when I took a job in Jakarta! Learned so much, couldn't believe I hadn't learned more at school.

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@chill_AID Shiv is very Thinking and Working Politically.

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@AubreyBelford @OCCRP @ABCaustralia So great to see these partnerships and these important stories being deeply investigated.

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@em_wynne In NSW it is not on the ballot but you have to put them on all your campaign materials like posters and flyers (unless you have an office, which most local councillors do not).

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@GordonPeake They were excellent! A future in podcasts for them (or governance, who knows?)

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@DrKate_Miller @GidMK Yep and the hype around these drugs is not considering possible long term effects, not adequately discussing the severity of side effects, nor considering (in my experience) that they are pretty much an injectable eating disorder.

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@heathermurphy @chill_AID @dfat It reminds me of 'Survivor' (the TV show not the Destiny's Child song) -- Outlive, Outplay, Outlast, Out-Compete

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@evcricket Yes I ran a 600+ person paid conference using Eventbrite. Works well and takes a lot of hassle out of it especially on refunds. Just be aware you get paid out after the event as a lump sum. If you don't have a GST exemption you'll also need to have that in your pricing.

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@niltiac @kerryn_baker Yeah I don't have kids and I mostly work from home. Talking about my own preferences here!! Even referred to myself in the singular, never purported to speak for all non-morning people...

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@RabeeTourky @MarkDando4 Is this from APS as a whole though or just APS in ACT? Isn't only about a third of the APS in Canberra?

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@RabeeTourky @MarkDando4 Didn't the defined benefit super end for new PS employees nearly 20 years ago? No Millennials would be on this. The median age is 35 and less than half the workforce are even in public service. So this is not typical for Canberra.

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@DrDemography Even putting the housing crisis aside, imagine being in any other business, and not expecting or anticipating to be in the red sometimes? The entitlement is just.... wow.

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@Tom_Swann Unfortunately for me I am not disabled enough for a pass but completely unable to ride a bike or walk for more than 200-300m without needing to rest. Not lazy, but I just get to miss out on everything.

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@DrDemography @Sue_Webeck 🥂 to being the wrong kind of woman from another wrong kind.

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@janine_hendry ‘Ofa Guttenbeil-Likiliki, working for the rights of women and girls in Tonga for 18 years and calling out colonial approaches to development.