Bec Bridges

Taking it one tweet at a time ~ she/her

[Monash University Publishing @MonashPub]

'Climate Clangers: The Bad Ideas Blocking Real Action' by Jennifer Rayner calls out three bad ideas that are blocking action on #climatechange at the speed and scale we need right now. Read what they are on our website:

Read more: https://t.co/eQKNbZRK7V

#inthenationalinterest

[MilesFranklin @_milesfranklin]

'"The 2023 longlist is a reflection of the breadth and depth of contemporary Australian story-telling. The eleven longlisted novels define Australian literature as a transformative space where writers are singing the songs of the nation today." 2023 Judging Panel.
#MFLA2023

[Sean Kelly @mrseankelly]

"One of the distinctive aspects of Albanese as prime minister is how willing he is to talk openly about politics; Howard, perhaps, is comparable."

With about a week until the next issue, re-upping my piece on the 1st year of the govt and what it tells us

https://t.co/qTW1foqORF

[B E Ayshford @episode2480]

The average income for Australian authors is 11,000. Yet Australia is one of the only countries in the world where literary prizes are taxed as income. This needs to change @AlboMP @Tony_Burke David Marr said 'you win at Randwick, its untaxed. You win the Miles Franklin it is".

[Bec Bridges @bridgesbec]

"Key to the neoliberal regime winning supremacy has been its claims to price stability. Their academic economist foot soldiers entered the room waving around credentials, promising to slay our new common enemy: inflation."

[Bec Bridges @bridgesbec]

"From airlines to aged care, corporate greed has debased our essential services, disposing of decent jobs in the process."

Brutal but true from @ak_pennington https://t.co/Pv78KxpyN6

[Cora Roberts @cora_l_roberts]

Future of Work @adelwritersweek session asks ‘What does it mean to lift wages in service industries?’ @ak_pennington says ‘If you can’t pay people a liveable wage, you shouldn’t be doing business.’ Hear hear 👏 w @benschneiders @sallymcmanus @GrogsGamut talking to @PaulBarclay

[trent probably @ernmalleydidit]

2023 twitter predictions part 1/365 🧵

[Bec Bridges @bridgesbec]

Good haul from last night's @TheStellaPrize longlist announcement! Couldn't help myself 🤭

[Bec Bridges @bridgesbec]

"We’re always getting through something to get to something else to get through, using various time-saving techniques that maximize the amount of time we have to get through things while keeping our attention divided into a thousand things we then get through."

[Bec Bridges @bridgesbec]

"There’s nothing to stand against anymore, just endless little covens of people telling each other how valid they are."

[Bec Bridges @bridgesbec]

https://t.co/gMhv8inYGe

[Rae Johnston (she/her) @raejohnston]

Walkley Young Indigenous Scholarship recipients spend six weeks of their placement at Junkee.

https://t.co/rOcSaFrgo7

[Monash University Publishing @MonashPub]

'Disconnect: Why We Get Pushed to Extremes Online and How to Stop It'

with @jordanguiao and @arielbogle at @Gleebooks Glebe

Wednesday 16th November. 6:00pm for 6:30pm start.

REGISTER NOW | READ MORE ABOUT THE BOOK #Disconnect #booklaunch #authorevent

https://t.co/okj3QX9bYa

[Elaine Johnson @Elaine_EnvLaw]

A really important piece of work by ⁦@GrataFund⁩ on how the threat of an adverse costs order in Australian courts limits access to justice, and tips the scales heavily in favour of those with deep pockets.

It doesn’t have to be this way 📖👇 https://t.co/pgM3jI7cVV

[Croakey News @CroakeyNews]

Embedding self-determination is crucial to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders receive equal access to culturally safe care. Pat Turner describes the crucial role of the ACCHO network. #GiantSteps22

[Bec Bridges @bridgesbec]

@melbknowledgewk 2022 program just dropped!

@VACCHO_org has curated an event with Community leaders speaking on what strong, safe, and culturally appropriate health and wellbeing practices could and should look like in our city.

#MKW22

https://t.co/njvBE2KTTK

[Pearson In The Wind @LukeLPearson]

FYI Close the gap and closing the gap aren’t the same thing…

Close the gap was a campaign calling on government to do better.

Closing the gap was what govt called their response so they could blur the optics between them and pretend there is no protest, just a govt initiative.

[Josephine Sukkar @JosephineSukkar]

Honoured to have been invited to deliver this important address and thank Paul Briggs, Chair @KaielaInstitute & Prof Duncan Maskell, VC @UniMelb for the invitation #DungalaKaiela

Racism in sport: So where to from here? https://t.co/4WvQQ5iPYX