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[Sherele Moody (Femicide Researcher) 🌈 @ShereleMoody]

This magistrate in Western Australia has shown how incapable he and his colleagues are at understanding the dynamics of abuse and the manipulation used by perpetrators.
The guy bashed a woman and yet it is her who is painted as the perpetrator and he who is painted as the good bloke who only deserves a $1500 fine for bashing a woman.
During my 28 years as a journalist, I covered thousands of court cases involving women impacted by physical and sexual violence.
In that time, it was rare for a victim to be polite and docile under cross-examination.
The criminal system is adversarial - it's set up to tear victims of violence down.
The defence has to prove their client innocent and they will go to great fucking lengths to do this.
When a defence lawyer goes to town on an abuse survivor, she goes into protection mode - and who the fuck can blame her.
Chances are, this guy will go onto abuse many more women and he may even kill one.

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[Amy Remeikis @AmyRemeikis]

Teenagers are too young for social media, and also apparently too young to protest for what they believe in. But 10-year-olds apparently can understand criminal responsibility.

[Megan @CatchMegan]

@macaulaybalkan @Stringy32 My parents' neighbours poisoned a giant gum in front of their property. Council employed arborists to remove dangerous limbs and leave the trunk insitu like a skeletal reminder of their malfeasance.

[Megan @CatchMegan]

@subwayaustralia I am a support worker for a young person. I have been chasing up her pay for weeks. She did not receive any pay slips via email. I have contacted the hiring email address and have not received a response. Please advise next steps before I contact fair work.

[Penny Allman-Payne @senatorpennyqld]

Labor admits its employment services system is broken.

But it reckons its punitive and incoherent mutual obligations regime should remain in place AND that people on income support should be comforted by the fact that Labor is in government.

The gall of these people.

[Amy Remeikis @AmyRemeikis]

Can not stop thinking of MSF psychologist Scarlett Wong's comments about all the 'frozen' children she saw in Gaza – children who were so starved, their emotions had shut down. They had lost the ability to even express despair. All because Israel has stopped any and all aid

[jeremy poxon @JeremyPoxon]

"A group of 99 prominent Australian women have written a letter to Anthony Albanese, demanding...a substantial increase to Jobseeker and Youth Allowance in this federal budget." #RaiseTheRate https://t.co/3iIA7Mk0Lb

[Megan @CatchMegan]

More than 43,000 kids under 10 seek homeless support a year – what's being done for them? - ABC News https://t.co/XlgauTlbxy

[Ben Norton @BenjaminNorton]

Contrary to the claims of "free-market" fundamentalists, the rich economies in the West have relied much more on industrial policy: government intervention with state policies to encourage industrial production

Neoliberal "small government" dogma is the polar opposite of reality

[Megan @CatchMegan]

One of the worst things Scott Morrison ever did was loom on the stage, while Grace Tame told her story. So gross. I just saw this again, and it is so jarring.

[Megan @CatchMegan]

https://t.co/YShFFpY2vO

[Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers]

Great article today by @disgracebaldwin

[CAPTAIN QUOLL @jonkudelka]

Lot of people who are very happy with how the economy is set up to create a desperate underclass are mad at Tim for saying so.

[Amy Remeikis @AmyRemeikis]

Some Australians seem more outraged by accusations of racism than by racism itself

(Also telling the reaction to Warren Mundine saying he had experienced racism, compared to when Marcia Langton spoke about racism) https://t.co/YI1UDNDpNU

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

The best Peter Dutton can come up with about Indigenous Australians

[boston married @Boston_Married]

Sarina Russo blatantly abusing employer position and govt trough feeder contracts to push her political views on low income workers.

[Megan @CatchMegan]

@larsereth @myelingames Hey, arborist . I will be so grateful if you can help me out. My son is a climbing arborist. Every night, he spends over an hour removing the sap and discolouration from his hands. Do you have a fast method? Google methods don't seem to work for Eucalypts.

[Aaron Dodd, Curmudgeon @AaronDodd]

“The poison in Australia’s bloodstream” #auspol #VoteYes https://t.co/b2jhiCXz8E

[Dr Ingrid M🪁 @iMusing]

the question is why it took so long for PwC dealings to be exposed, Speers tells ABC radio. It is a real head scratcher”, he says, apparently unaware that “time�� and “a change of federal government” are two different things.

[AbortionChat @AbortionChat]

“We’ll make exceptions” they say.

“No abortion is a life saving abortion” they say.

And yet….we keep hearing these stories. And they keep getting worse.

https://t.co/iUQBfqWpK4