Dear Labor Right,
The nation desperately needs Labor to win govt in May. Stop giving Morrison and the media fuel. 😠 #auspol #ausvotes #AlboForPM
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David Menadue
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HIV activist and writer,experienced in governance of community and health organisations - interested in politics, health, social justice
Balaclava VictoriaJoined April 2014
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Ukraine got an actor turned into PM, Australia got a PM turned into an actor.
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shelter dog with a big smile being adopted
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This week one speech calling for more protection for LGBT kids touched hearts.
Labor MP 's public tribute.
His son, Paddy Quilter-Jones joined us to explain what it meant to hear the emotionally charged dedication.
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The religious discrimination bill, if it passes into legislation will see many future LGBTIQ kids contemplating and some committing suicide. And the bill is so unnecessary. Australia already has robust and quite adequate religious freedom! The bill MUST be stopped!!
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Abandoning trans kids in the religious discrimination bill is a cynical and cowardly move which is going leave them - some of our most vulnerable children - once again facing the bullshit cultural wars alone, and without protections
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Reminder that the only reason the Religious Discrimination Bill even exists is to appease:
• Losers in same-sex marriage survey
• Conservative MPs even after Ruddock's religious freedom review found Australia DOESN'T have religious freedom problems
• Israel Folau or something
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The minister who shared the text with van Onselen and gave permission to use it was Peter Dutton. If PM Morrison has one more week in free fall the prospect of a leadership change pre-election is real. Party rules don’t count if most MPs think you will lead them to defeat.
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You have done an incredible job for the nation. So impressive. So articulate. So strong. Thankyou
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With only a week to go ‘til I’m washed-up, I’d just like to thank you all for your support this past year.
Although I didn’t choose the award, I’ll forever be grateful for the honour.
Change was made before, is happening now, and will continue—growing in volume, every day 
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This young man should be released at once. Just think what potential he holds for helping build a good productive life in this country. Yet we squander his potential, take away his youth, and ruin his mental health. How cruel and inhumane can this country get! We are PARIAHS!
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“In the company of the desensitized, any show of emotional openness is likely to be targeted.” - Dr Gabor Maté #HealingTrauma @ScottMorrisonMP
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Tonight hundreds of candles are lit in solidarity with innocent refugees who've been held hostage by the AUS Govt in the Park Hotel for no crime!
We continue our fight till all of them get free.
Because it's happening in the name of good Australia. They shouldn't be there!
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WTF Age reports a jump in COVID cases in Vic yet reports NSW hitting vaccine milestones while the have 3 times the number of cases as Vic. Don’t tell me that is impartial bias free reporting. So sick of LNP controlled media in this country. #NeverForget
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URGENT 🗣 We have less than 48 hours to ensure the parliamentary inquiries considering the Religious Discrimination Bill hear our voices.
have created a People's Submission you can sign that will be sent to the members of these inquiries: bit.ly/3paHbgt
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Proud to have collaborated with our community and clinical partners to help people "age-well" with HIV and featured in the xmas edition of Impact. burnet.shorthandstories.com/Supporting-peo via
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Liberal electorates received three times more taxpayer money than Labor-held seats, as a detailed analysis of more than 19,000 grants reveals a highly politicised system rife with uneven spending. See the funding your electorate received. smh.com.au/interactive/20 via
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A lot of ignorant rubbish gets written about the ABC, from the Right and the Left. But this observation from in Crikey is right up there.
Aunty’s news division cowed?
I don’t think so. Not by anyone.
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Mangled by Macron: Morrison’s French farce shows lack of character -
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The spring edition of the PLC newsletter is out now - featuring community legend , PLHIV advocate , the future of HIV care and much more.
READ: thorneharbour.org/news-events/ne
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Auuugghhhhhh something in my eye
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Farmer, Ben Jackson from Guyra in northern NSW, found a special way to pay tribute to his Aunty Deb Cowdery. He wasn't able to go to the funeral because of border closures.
"I feel a bit hopeless here on the farm, but I wanted to show my love somehow," Ben told The Weekly Times.
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Truly sad :NSW Premier announcing the death of a 30 year old woman from COVID. Delta variant is hospitalizing a lot more young people, though they've always been at risk of, especially, Long COVID. Get the appropriate vaccine ASAP
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So Morrison was happy to call out the "Victorian Virus", as he did the "Wuhan Virus", but I am betting he never refers to this little episode as the "NSW" Virus.
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Relying on human nature to ensure that millions of people will simultaneously 'do the right thing', as a public health measure in response to an outbreak of #COVID19, strikes me as being just about as useful as faith-based contraception...
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In an interview with Rafael Epstein on RN Drive, Norman Swan said he’s angry about the vaccine rollout. He said the level of incompetence is breathtaking and when you talk to people on the inside they say it’s worse than you imagine it from the outside. abc.net.au/radio/melbourn
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With calls for fresh COVID vaccine ads, what can we learn from past campaigns? Our special rep and Exec Director recall how the Grim Reaper campaign marginalised the LGBT community. This article by : abc.net.au/news/2021-05-2?
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I am so depressed and hopeless about the state of my country tonight. And I see no end in sight. The present Government is likely to be re-elected because most Australians don't care. They are not bad people, just unthinking. Australia is now the home of inhumanity and cruelty.
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Some seriously silly questions about "why Victoria" at the presser right now. Virus transmission is a highly stochastic (i.e. random) process. This type of rapid cluster growth was inevitable. That it has occurred here in Victoria is pure chance. Contact tracing efforts amazing.
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Yes, I agree - it could not be worse. And our Federal government endorses this nonsense and thinks it's going to be acceptable to teenagers in 2021?
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Dear @PatsKarvelas, The #MovingTheLine #consent video looks like a late-1990's Christian educational video on "relationships" set in a cheesy 1950's milk-bar. Syrupy, confused, badly-scripted and poorly-acted. It is utterly woeful.#AfternoonBriefing #auspol
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Pathetic, just pathetic. This man is a devious, mendacious charlatan. Not a leadership bone in his body.
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My short Easter message.
Release ‘em.
That’s it.
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In her own words, “I was a political problem...it’s time for both sides of Parliament to ADDRESS this problem”...for every woman of every age, ethnicity, ability, colour...right across the country. #BrittanyHiggins 🙏🏽
#March4Justice Canberra
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We’re on the verge of a huge win for the rights and dignity of LGBTQ people, that will actually save lives – but it's at a critical point!
This way we can spend less time talking about the views of tennis players and more time tackling the mental health challenges and discrimination experienced by LGBTIQ+ people.
That's how we build an Australia where everyone is equal, no matter who they are or whom they love.
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If Margaret Court was making similar derogatory comments about Aboriginal people or Jews or people with a disability, would the Council for the Order of Australia or the GG give her an AC and say “It is only for her tennis”? Uber 💩💩💩 #auspol
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Leading epidemiologist Mary Louise McLaws tells there should be mandatory masks on pub transport and supermarkets across the country, not just in NSW.
Federal Health Minister tells it is up to state govts to decide
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Thank goodness the US democratic system came through this far
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The US Electoral College formerly declares @JoeBiden and @SenKamalaHarris elected as President and Vice President.
Now for the graceless departure of the flatulence that has besmirched the presidency for the past 4 years.
In spirit of independent scrutiny (I care about good policy & don't care which party delivers it) it needs to be said that NSW used private contractors to run security at quarantine hotels & only reason I can see for why people didn't get sick was good luck not good management
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