Robert Wade

Direct messages welcome.
I will protect your confidentiality as best I can.
New South Wales, Australia, law must apply, plus that of where you are.

[Jeremy Stuparich @jeremystuparich]

Very sorry to hear that Fr Michael Tate AO died today. I met him both when he was the Justice Minister in the Keating Government and when he was Vicar General in the Archdiocese of Hobart. He was unfailingly courteous and good company. May he rest in peace
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[Helen Mac 🍉🎒 @LoveCrochet6]

@PeterCronau These former politicians all benefit from AUKUS. It was a set up to ensure glorious riches for the most despicable dregs on the taxpayer purse.

[James 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇦 @EasyPeasy_3]

His date of birth is 17 Dec 2005. Please retweet this. If you know him, please tell him to remain anonymous. He just needs to contact DKMS, even if it’s to say ‘no’. That would give us closure.

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

Approximate passports costs:
🇨🇦 Canada = ~$170
🇬🇧 United Kingdom = ~$195
🇺🇸 United States = ~$180
🇳🇿 New Zealand = ~$225

Australian 🇦🇺 passport cost...$422

Passport fees and charges are expected to generate $1.12 billion for the 2029/30 FY. In the same FY, expected revenue for PRRT is projected to be $1.25 billion

[Bludn Gore (Supervisor) @Bludn_Gore]

The point that is so often lost in Australia’s nicotine debate.

The most important comparison is not between vaping and doing nothing.

It is between vaping and smoking.

If the choice is between an illicit cigarette and an illicit vape, I would rather see someone using a vape.

The reason so many people are frustrated with Australia’s current approach is that it has created a situation where some smokers face greater barriers to accessing lower-risk alternatives than to accessing cigarettes.

The real public health goal should not be to force people into an all-or-nothing choice.

It should be to move as many people as possible away from combustible tobacco.

A world with fewer smokers is a healthier world, regardless of whether policymakers are comfortable with the pathway people take to get there.
@jamomartin @drjoesDIYhealth @caphraorg

[Anni B - really old metal things @ArchaeoAnni]

We've been invited to a family member's party. Sounds great, except it's a living wake. The dear lady has aggressive terminal cancer. She doesn't have very long left.
What the hell do you say? Has anyone here ever been to a living #wake? #Dying
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[Robert Wade @rwade300]

@MissIgraine Can you find the science on which variants each booster might protect against?

[🎶𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 ✨ @Old_But_Gold50s]

Widely acclaimed as one of the greatest duets of all time, this 1987 archival footage from Ibiza captures the iconic song "Barcelona." It stands as a vivid testament to the perfect fusion of Montserrat Caballé’s sublime operatic vocals and Freddie Mercury’s captivating stage presence—a masterpiece that left an indelible mark on music history and went on to become the official and defining anthem of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

[Mossy @ianamossyd]

Thats because we're World Leading ™️

[Robert Wade @rwade300]

@ianamossyd WHO has given awards to governments which manufacture cigarettes.

How fair can they be 😌

[Arielle Selya @ArielleSelya]

7 countries where non-combustible product use has outpaced cigarette smoking:

[Arielle Selya @ArielleSelya]

Alex Wodak kicks off #GFN26 with an optimistic Michael Russell Oration on non-combustible products displacing smoking.

Sometimes, despite policy

[Robert Wade @rwade300]

@healthgovau Lying about tax increases isn't the only lying Albo is doing.

[Robert Wade @rwade300]

@Scarlett_Greta Are there captive animals visible during his shows?

[Sahar A @Sahar_A_Writes]

Barnaby Joyce, who had an affair with a staffer, who was found sprawled drunk in a gutter yelling "cunt", lectures Grace Tame over the Herzog rally:

"Given an honour by the Australian people you have a responsibility to conduct yourself in a way that inspires..."

Beyond parody.

[💧Michael West @MichaelWestBiz]

BHP proceedings against MWM have been discontinued by agreement of the Court and BHP. The Simon Turner defence continues. We are back to being a court reporter!

[Charles A. Gardner, PhD @ChaunceyGardner]

@SMCPublicHealth Here is how to quit vaping. It is super-easy. Barely an inconvenience...

You do not know this because you never talk with ex-smokers who have quit by vaping.

[Dr. Nick Coatsworth @nick_coatsworth]

The argument against decreasing the tobacco excise was destroyed yesterday with official statistics showing a 40% increase in nicotine consumption in Australia since 2017, mostly since 2021. Advocates and academics keep arguing that reducing excise will increase smoking. Now the evidence is clear. Prohibition through punishing cost has already done that. Time to stop listening to people who have failed Australians.

[aijamayrock @aijamayrock]

My waiter had dementia and forgot my order.

I visited a cafe in Japan that ONLY hires people with Dementia. It's called the Cafe Of Mistaken Orders.

Sometimes the servers bring you the wrong food, never bring your order, or sit down and join you instead.

But the point of this cafe is to be a place for dementia patients to feel needed and have purpose.

And this cafe is working. Japan has discovered that being socially connected actually slows down the progression of dementia.

So now there are 8,000 dementia cafes all over Japan!

The U.S. should be more like Japan. We should keep elders out of nursing homes, find ways to give them purpose, and part of society until their last days.

[Pam @PamThis]

@healthgovau The fact is youth don't need these gross exaggerations and lies. Youth vaping halved in NZ without them and that is a country where the Ministry of Health promotes vaping to smokers, gives them free vape starter kits and has a retail market for devices and flavours.