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Centrist / Moderate | Does not suffer fools | Author of #OnMerit | Mostly lurking | She/her
Sydneyhachette.com.au/paula-matthews…Joined December 2008

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34.0% of all interactions on Australian politician Facebook pages yesterday were on posts by Gerard Rennick. Then: Malcolm Roberts (21.4%) Pauline Hanson (17.6%) Mehreen Faruqi (5.4%) Jana Stewart (3.4%) Peter Dutton (2.0%) Jason Wood (1.6%)
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Facebook rots the brain
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The Aust federal pollies' Facebook posts with the most interactions on Aug 24 were from 1: Gerard Rennick 2: Malcolm Roberts 3: Gerard Rennick 4: Pauline Hanson 5: Pauline Hanson 6: Mehreen Faruqi 7: Malcolm Roberts 8: Jana Stewart 9: Peter Dutton 10: Matthew Canavan
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Nicely done - thank you
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Review by @GreenJ "Patrick attempts to put Turnbull – and a grouping of female journalists he aligns in common purpose – at the heart of this fall. It’s an argument that on the evidence falls somewhere between scapegoating and delusion" twitter.com/theage/status/…
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I got called a β€œpro-vaxxer” yesterday, and if you think I’m going to stand here and let someone accuse me of supporting one of the most effective public health breakthroughs in human history that’s responsible for saving hundreds of millions of lives…you’re absolutely correct.
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the first piece of work published using the 2022 Australian Cooperative Election Survey, collected during the recent federal campaign through the panel congrats , and Kate!
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NEW: @MQ_Sociology's Shaun Wilson w/ @LawMq's Kate Gleeson & @PsyMQ's Rob Ross (@Robert_M_Ross) on voter attitudes to religious organisations & LGBT students & staff Data from the 2022 Australian Cooperative Election Study (hat-tip @ShaunRatcliff) theconversation.com/australians-re
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SMH editorial: β€œPM Anthony Albanese’s eight-day trip to Europe over the past week was no holiday – he visited a war zone – and used every day to promote vital Australian interests”. Comparing it to Scott Morrison’s Hawaiian holiday is nonsense
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Is this posted with any degree of self awareness whatsoever about the wasted years of climate inaction of which this bloke was one of the key architects?
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Devastating scenes across #Camden and south-west Sydney. This is the fourth time this year that buildings, homes and businesses in the area have been submerged by rising flood water.
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Then you're really going to be shocked when you look up how many ships and sailing vessels carry that name. People like naming vessels, "old workhorse."
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Whoah now, minding my own business listening to #Rush's 'Cygnus X-1', and having recently watched #TheExpanse, suddenly hear Geddy give it "On my ship the Rocinate..". Now that can't be a coincidence can it? I get the Don Quixote reference but two spaceships called that!? No way.
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Olsen will get it because Marvel is a juggernaut but I think Shohreh deserves it. Strength and power without any of it needing to be because of her ability to commit physical violence and all of it wrapped in grace and class.
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#WorldWomenHeroesAwards Nominees for "Best Actress in a Science Fiction Serie" πŸ’ŽShohreh Aghdashloo #TheExpanse πŸ’ŽLou Llobell #Foundation πŸ’ŽElizabeth Olsen #WandaVision πŸ’ŽCelia Rose Gooding #StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds πŸ†VOTES START ON JULY 1st awards.adamatoulon.com #womenintv
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I now conclude my time as a Senator in the Federal Parliament. It’s been such a privilege to represent South Australia. Unconstrained by party lines, I never held back and I never voted against my conscience. I’m proud of what my team and I achieved. No regrets! #auspol
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Media tropes of perps as β€œgood guys” or β€œevil psychotic monsters” have not helped our understanding of domestic & family violence. As Tom Meagher, husband of Jill Meagher, wrote back in 2014: β€œWe must not forget most violence against women is perpetrated…by men they know.”
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In February 2020, #HannahClarke was killed by her husband Rowan Baxter who burned her alive. He did the same to her children. At the time, he was recognised in the media as a "good man" and "good father. Men who murder their families are NOT, and will NEVER BE, good men.
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This is so good.
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Census 2021: how Covid-19 changed Australia – search the data for your town or suburb, then tell us about your area! theguardian.com/australia-news
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I haven't threatened that anywhere. I've said I want to be constructive but wasn't elected to be a rubber stamp for the government which means scrutinising + consulting. Crossbench senators have had min. 2 parliamentary staff since 2010 while govt staff has gone from 368 to 481.
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