Mark Ridgeway

Retired!

[Jacinta Allan @JacintaAllanMP]

Sexism just has no place in our political debate, full stop.

A billboard truck using sexist language has been driving around Melbourne as part of a secret and well-funded political campaign.

People are entitled to disagree with me. That’s democracy.

But I care that this attacks women.

And I care about who’s next.

The political debate in this country has become corrosive over the last few years.

So much so that behaviour which would once have been condemned is now just another part of life.

Media don’t call it out.

They report on this like it’s fair game, like it’s normal.

But nothing about this is normal.

If you don’t take a stand against this creeping culture, it has a tendency of taking over.

You only have to look at America to know that.

I cannot stand back and let Victoria become a place where this sort of language is fair game against any woman at work - or any woman in leadership.

If we don’t draw a line, the line will keep moving.

At the end of the day, I just want my kids to grow up knowing that women deserve the same respect as men.

I want girls to know that they should never need to aim lower just to feel safer.

And I want boys to know that they don’t have to put women ‘in their place’ to make their own way in the world.

Sexism hurts everyone.

If the media won’t call out it, I will.

[Joe2: Woke & proud of it. @eatatjoe2]

There is so much misinformation & most media is complicit in that, by not reporting facts.
Significant funding has gone to fire protection in Victoria. There's a long standing RW anti-Govt group stoking division. #springst #auspol

[Sahar A @Sahar_A_Writes]

For a community so vehemently claiming to oppose hatred, the booing of Prime Minister Albanese by some at the Bondi memorial was deeply distasteful. It degraded a solemn moment for the Australians lost & Australia's dignity. Grief is sacred. It should never be politicised #auspol

[Mark Ridgeway @markdridgeway]

ABC Managing Director Hugh Marks: Statement on Laura Tingle and Sarah Ferguson https://t.co/Yek05FkhMd

#auspol

[Mark Ridgeway @markdridgeway]

This cause is close to my heart and is something we can only achieve by coming together - please sign: https://t.co/5Dlox9l2Oe via @getup

[Mark Ridgeway @markdridgeway]

Thankyou Amy! Article from Amy Remeikis in The New Daily calling out the abhorrent political opportunism exhibited by some of our leaders following the Bondi atrocity.

#auspol #Auspol2025

Some leaders are stomping on our shattered hearts https://t.co/fvrk7BBZGl

[Mark Ridgeway @markdridgeway]

@ChristyDanFan Happy birthday Christy! Love your work. 👍🎉🎁👏

[Mark Ridgeway @markdridgeway]

@Fiestylady @ShiannonC Me too!

[Mark Ridgeway @markdridgeway]

@AmyRemeikis Excellent article. Thanks Amy

[Mark Ridgeway @markdridgeway]

Another excellent article from Amy Remeikis in the New Daily unpacking what we should be expecting from our political news reporting.

#auspol

[Amy Remeikis @AmyRemeikis]

We like to pretend politics is very hard - while not including any context to help people understand

https://t.co/ujTLbDWunO

[Amy Remeikis @AmyRemeikis]

We like to pretend politics is very hard - while not including any context to help people understand

https://t.co/ujTLbDWunO

[Kos Samaras @KosSamaras]

It’s like they saw the May 3rd result, blacked out from shock, then woke up in a parallel universe where voters are begging for higher emissions and coal-fired nostalgia. The denial is almost spiritual at this point.

[Mark Ridgeway @markdridgeway]

Thanks to Amy Remeikis from the New Daily for this bit of very sensible perspective over the proposed superannuation changes.

#auspol

Moral outrage seems to be saved for taxing the rich https://t.co/ZAhQFJmVnZ

[Mark Ridgeway @markdridgeway]

I always make time to listen to Professor Marcia Langton. This is something we need to hear. Article in the latest Saturday Paper.
#australiavotes #auspol

Dutton, Advance and the Welcome to Country https://t.co/W8ztRus4Kl via @SatPaper

[Mark Ridgeway @markdridgeway]

Worthy piece from Amy Remeikis in The New Daily on the habit of certain politicians of shutting down discussions around climate change using the excuse of ‘ now is not the time’.

Coalition under Dutton to live in the past https://t.co/NXPffq8Xm1

[Dan Fangirl 🤓 @ChristyDanFan]

The myth that the Liberal Party are better economic managers than Labor debunked in a short video.

Share the f*** out of this!

[Mark Ridgeway @markdridgeway]

@abcnews I was absolutely gobsmacked today at the apparently sheer glee and enthusiasm with which the ABC news reported a projected Peter Dutton win. Given their fractious history with the LNP (when in government), this is the last thing the ABC should celebrate.

[Mark Ridgeway @markdridgeway]

I’m absolutely gobsmacked this morning at the sheer glee and enthusiasm with which the ABC reported a projected Peter Dutton win. Given their history with the Libs, this is the last thing the ABC should celebrate.

#auspol

[Mark Ridgeway @markdridgeway]

@vogrady2132 @abcnews Thanks for this Vince. I watched and it was an appalling line of questioning that seemed more about doubling down on an opportunity to parrot Dutton’s ‘idea’.