BallaratWritersFest

More than words on a page. Hear, share and explore writing and ideas in the heart of Ballarat.

[Emma Alberici @albericie]

Let me get this straight .. airline crew / pilots / stewards are exempt from quarantine. Let the absurdity of that sink in. The only people who are literally flying around the world’s hot spots are not required to quarantine. Hey but if you live on the northern beaches of NSW ..

[Samantha Maiden @samanthamaiden]

I’ve read some patronising, sexist crap in my life but this article, which calls the incoming First Lady “kiddo” and tells her to stop using Dr honorific because she’s got a PhD not a medical degree is genuinely next level https://t.co/dVdXgP0CZW

[Ronni🧂Salt-WhoWroteGunnawahYeahThatOne @RonniSalt]

Man who lives in several taxpayer funded houses with chefs, gardeners and personal assistants and who uses taxpayer funds to support his mother and mother-in-law in housing and also uses private planes to fly to harbour side parties would like you to know how selfless he is.

▫️

[Jamie @mintcustard]

Thank you to everyone for your kind support and messages. Please follow @removethecaps and share the stories of thousands with similar stories all around the world. No one wants anything for free, we are just Australian citizens trying to get home to our lives and families.

[Jamie @mintcustard]

Well, it happened. My ticket to Australia for next Sunday was cancelled today, 24 hours after I moved out of my rental. Airline said no flights til February. How many more #strandedAussies will be left homeless and desperate because there is no clear system to help us get home?

[Clare Linane @ClareLinane]

Can you share this to help me reach @SaraBareilles? My 15 year old daughter had to paint someone she admires and this is the result. I’d love to surprise her by letting her know Sara has seen it!

[Rohan Smith @Ro_Smith]

In case you missed it, the two German nationals who skipped quarantine were taken to the domestic terminal in Sydney by police after a "language barrier" led to a misunderstanding, NSW Police say. The officer thought they were "exempt", which raises more questions. @newscomauHQ

[Judith T Soon everyone will have been against this @JuAvrilT]

@Ro_Smith @newscomauHQ The first question being "why is anyone exempt?"

[BallaratWritersFest @ballwritersfest]

😊🙄

[Sally Rugg @sallyrugg]

Just bought something that needs assembly

Shop guy: you got a partner?
Me: yes
Him: He’ll know how to set it up
Me: She
Him: Oh, um, she’ll... um... know how to set it up
Me: Yes. But I will be setting it up
Him: Yes. Okay. Because... you know... how to set it up
Me: Yes

[Ronni🧂Salt-WhoWroteGunnawahYeahThatOne @RonniSalt]

Guys,

I know we like to give some sections of the media some stick, but it is very important right now we support & fight for the @4corners team.

They're under attack from the Morrison govt & the @australian.

Share on facebook, pass around info at work, retweet.

Help them.

[Ballarat Council @cityofballarat]

The team at the @ArtGallBallarat are busily getting ready to re-open the doors this Saturday! 🚪👋🖼
Guests will be able to explore the six exhibitions on display as well as a refresh of the gallery's collection 🤩
Click here for details: https://t.co/VZbo79y838

[Ballarat Council @cityofballarat]

#ThrowbackThursday
On Dec 13, 1981 fire destroyed historic sections of the 1862 Ballarat Railway Station.
The fire swept through the master’s office, booking office, station tower interior & part of the foyer, causing about $500,000 damage.
[📸 via the Ballarat Courier archives]

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

I was so disappointed by @abcnews report on study into appalling gaps between rich & poor kids educational outcomes. Teacher quality is not the problem. 20 years of divisive, discriminatory funding for disadvantaged schools (virtually all are public) by govts is.

[MichaelH @nawagadj]

@vanbadham @BlotReport Not the entire management;

“ 4. Governance
4.1.4 Implementation of Public Health Measures
The Australian Government will also be responsible for residential aged care;”
p.21
Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Feb 2020

[BananaFiefdom @bananafiefdom]

@vanbadham Not to mention delegating Federal Aged Care by stealth- running some centres so badly That Dan took over. Then there's quarantine, which Newscorpse & the LNP used to hound & harrass Dan w like an abusive spouse who never lets anything go, despite it being a Federal responsibility

[SubHumanAussi @BillBEN69663961]

@vanbadham @ScottMorrisonMP & Sky , read this one wrong.
BACK FIRED 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thought they could shit on @DanielAndrewsMP ,
Couldn't lay a glove on the man.
Over 100 days !!!!!
Vic 100% behind @DanielAndrewsMP
We desperately need INTEGRITY in Aus politics & @DanielAndrewsMP excells.

[Peter 1959 @Koalakid59]

@vanbadham He spend most of question time today taking credit for the States work - but still refuses to take responsibility for the Aged Care deaths

[💥Dr💥 Julia Baird @bairdjulia]

Again, it begs the question: what if a group of Muslim teens were found to be planning to "whack" the genitals of strangers, "get with" under-15s, have sex with "Asian" or Anglo women, spit on the homeless, "shit on a train", rip the head off a pigeon?

https://t.co/09PQKYsYRu

[Samantha Ratnam @SamanthaRatnam]

I wasn’t going to be at Parliament today as I'm on maternity leave. But there are 2000+ active COVID cases in Victoria and we need to work together right now to defeat the virus. I’ll vote for a 6-month extension so the CHO can quarantine COVID cases and keep us safe. #springst

[Kerryn Goldsworthy 🤓🤔🙄😳😱 🎓📚📝🎶🥂 @AdelaideBook]

I am so very sorry to hear this news. John Bangsund was the only editor who ever let me get away with a page-long sentence, because he understood exactly what I was trying to do with it. He was a fantastic editor and a very funny man.