Twitter would not act, the police would not act, so @TamePunk had to use her own platform to call out her abuser Bester for his continuing harassment and threats targeting her. Then, Twitter suspended his account. It's not good enough, survivors shouldn't have to do this.
Why are GPs reducing bulk billing?
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When Medicare started, a decision was made to privatise primary care.
Hospital staff and infrastructure are paid for by governments.
GP staff and infrastructure are paid for by GPs.
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HCW comment (35 yrs experience): if I have to do another shift like that one I'm done, I'm retiring early. I was working with one of the young staff today (3yrs experience) & she's as burnt out in 3 years as I am after 35. She's looking at what else she can do (to make a living).
Can’t help but feel this all started all because Sophie Mirabella was too much of a jerk for her safe coalition electorate that the community got together to work out an ‘anyone but Sophie’ option
I could cry about #COVID19 in Australia right now:
- ripping through the community, incl children
- ambulances & EDs drowning
- HCWs burntout, leaving in droves
- no clear idea of long terms risks such as #LongCovid
- no transmission mitigations, no plan
I could go on...
Here we go again. Another bloke with a lot of power, wealth and enormous amounts of influence resigns over these sorts of issues. Will be interested to see the PM’s response.