Dr Helen MacLean

Ex-research scientist, chorister, follow politics, society & sustainability, also science, music, cats & AFL (Geelong). On Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung land, Naarm

[Dr Monique Ryan MP @Mon4Kooyong]

Today I'm introducing a Private Member’s Bill into parliament, to change the date of HECS indexation and make the system fairer for millions of Australian students and graduates.

HECS indexation is applied before repayments in the preceding financial year are credited to graduates' accounts - so they pay indexation on debt they've already repaid. We wouldn't accept that on our mortgages or credit card debt.

Parliamentary Budget Office costings that I commissioned recently showed that graduates would save $3.2 billion over 10 years if we change the date of indexation so that payments are accredited before it's applied. It's a simple change - 1 June to 1 November.

The Bill will be before parliament today. Let's see how the government responds.
https://t.co/Mtr2BcgRVc

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmith]

Hanson is too busy to turn up for the job she’s paid for, but not too busy to claim taxpayer money for expenses she can't justify.

When the AEC asked for proof of expenditure, Hanson withdrew claims totalling $800k+.

"Please provide evidence” is One Nation’s natural predator.

[Michael Pascoe @MichaelPascoe01]

What's become pretty typical of the anti-tax reform campaign, this time AFR. If you make it through the sob story to the 12th par:
"Pritchatt, 36, has been investing in property since he was 17 and has a portfolio of 25 properties."
https://t.co/DIaJRXTBmo

[Kon Karapanagiotidis @Kon__K]

FACTS.

[Sherele Moody (Femicide Researcher) 🌈 @ShereleMoody]

'Please tell other girls … just to be careful'.
These are the precise words of the Australian man who bashed 17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla to death, stuffed her naked body in a suitcase and dumped her along a railway line in Thailand.

STORY: https://t.co/Mqc13Zkl5h

[Dr Helen MacLean @DrHMacLean]

@ShereleMoody Absolutely sickening.

This is also part of the "monoculture" and "Aussie values" that we inflict on the vulnerable girls of Asia.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Trees. Trees. Trees. They matter. Plant them. Protect them.

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Paraguay v Australia is the World Cup’s only group-stage match between a country with no coastline and a country with no land borders.

Paraguay is landlocked in the middle of South America. Australia is surrounded by ocean.

Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, geography-based World Cup analysis.

[Disinfolklore @Disinfolklore]

⚡️ New here. This account has one job: to teach you to see the stories that are being used to move you — and to hand the controls back to you. It’s called Disinfolklore. Welcome. Welcome followers!

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

Turns out following science is … good for national security

[Dr Helen MacLean @DrHMacLean]

@lesstenny Yep

[Alex Taylor @AlexTaylorNews]

This was a famous French weather forecast in 2014 trying to alert people to what France would be like in 2050 because of climate change

Only 12 years on and most of us are already hotter - my town 43 today and not the 34 predicted👇

[stranger @strangerous10]

Albo says it’s a “fact” that One Nation “pretend" to stand for battlers.
“They have planes given to them by Australia’s richest person”
“They want it to be easier to sack people”
“They oppose increases in the min wage”💥
The banner at NPC said it all really #auspol

[Dr Tracy Westerman AM @TracyWesterman]

Hanson “Unlike the Prime Minister I welcome scrutiny”

Also Hanson:
- bans the ABC and SBS at her press conferences.
- platforms defunding the ABC and SBS as a core policy
-Calls Sarah Martin from the Guardian a trashy journalist for asking her about her daughter’s $160,000 One Nation advisory role-and then publicly bans her from all future pressers.

And here’s the PM on SkyNews last night giving a wide ranging interview - without threatening to ban anyone who asks him a tough question.

[Mark Kenny @markgkenny.bsky.social @markgkenny]

Pauline Hanson seeks to walk back her opposition to paid parental leave volunteered at the Press Club last week. I do not imagine it will be the last such retreat.

[Ryan Hart @thisdudelikesAI]

If someone hacks your Gmail, they don't need your passwords.

They can reset everything.

Bank. Instagram. Apple ID. Crypto. PayPal. Password manager.

Your Gmail isn't email.

It's the master key to your entire life.

Here's how to lock it down in 10 minutes ↓

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

This is not a normal statement from a normal cabinet member of a major nation. 

This statement from Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir is the statement of a war criminal. 

The racist, extremist Israeli government does not deserve one nickel of U.S. support.

[Aaron Smith @aaronsmith]

Pauline Hanson went full Trump rather than answer one simple question about her daughter's tax-payer funded job.

This 6 point chronological timeline shows exactly what Hanson was dodging:

1. Sean Bell lived in Queensland and, was Pauline Hanson's adviser for 9 years.

2. NSW One Nation Senator Warwick Stacey resigns after just 6 weeks.

3. Sean Bell is then parachuted into the vacant NSW seat by Hanson.

4. Pauline's daughter Lee Hanson is then hired as Bell's adviser, having never performed that role ever before, and on a salary up to $180k - all taxpayer-funded.

5. MPs can't employ their own family - so Lee, who lives in Tasmania is assumed to be technically employed by Sean Bell - a NSW Senator. Very convenient.

6. Despite being employed as an Advisor to a NSW senator, Lee still lives in Tasmania and spends much of her time campaigning for One Nation.

Now you see why Hanson went 'full Trump' rather than answer.

[Walter Masterson @waltermasterson]

Name a better take than this on the Iran war, I’ll wait.