If you read one deep-dive article this weekend, make it this forensic look at how Murdoch's mafia-style culture of fear over Australian politics. It spells out how they operate, and how it distorts our democracy. https://t.co/ExoL61ZL13
Campaign updates: https://t.co/1CPRRwhMGY
1) Prime time hearings, now.
2) Subpoenas to Trump WH and camp officials. This is a RICO case
3) Visit local post offices with cameras - show people what is happening.
4) Events with those getting Rx late
5) Involve governors
5) No rest, no vacation. Go to war for our country.
Amy McQuire has written one of the most powerful sentences in Australia’s history.
A few sentences rival it. None surpass it.
It is a masterpiece of meaning.
@amymcquire
@SatPaper
Read this remarkable poem by @jorie_graham, about this moment but so much more. My friend Jorie paints sounds and feelings with words and pauses. Captures memories and wisps of hope. Recalls dreams and wishes. Here’s one of her latest, from @LRB:
A deeply insightful piece by @JeremyRLent on the deep implications and epic opportunity created by COVID-19 as it opens the way to exploring otherwise forbidden conversations and possibilities. https://t.co/ca1YdT5lAY
Today, headspace and other mental health orgs join @NMHC to launch #InThisTogether – a national conversation which shares practical tips to support the mental health and wellbeing of Australians during #COVID19. Follow & share these tips, and seek support when you need it.
We want to see your rainbows 🌈! Comment below 👇 & include your picture 🖌and we will share. Let's spread some happiness together 😁.
#ChaseTheRainbow#StayHomeSaveLives
'Being honest about our past means having this difficult conversation…'
In a moving online exclusive, @teelareid explains why 2020 needs to be a year of reckoning, not reconciliation, with Australia's past.
Read this preview of #MattersofTrust today. https://t.co/PenMc66iY1
On this day, non-Indigenous folks celebrate our multiculturalism. Too few know Australia's always been this way.
Fellow settlers: let's stop being defensive and instead use today as an opportunity to learn about the survival humanity's oldest civilisation. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe
Ten weeks ago Murdoch said “there are no climate change deniers around I can assure you” when questioned on News Corp’s stance on climate change. Then Bolt produces this today. I rest my case. And this mob control 70% of Australia’s print media. #MurdochRoyalCommission
A New Zealand man brought an emotional support clown to a meeting where he knew he’d be fired. The clown blew up balloons and folded them into a series of animals throughout the meeting, then mimed crying when the man was handed a pink slip. https://t.co/a6bbL27ee9
@LegalAidNSW lawyer Jackie Finlay: People with a disability can be dependant on the perpetrator of DV - they need care and support 24/7 or they can’t survive. There is a potential for 24 hour care to be provided by the government.
#NDIS#WDVCAPForum#DFVandDisability