Boyd Fraser
@BoydFraser1
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With Sir Simon Fraser as my great-grandfather & former PM Malcolm Fraser as second cousin my love of politics & deep interest in public policy is not surprising
Melbourne, Australia
Joined November 2015
Post my mother's death at the Cabrini hospital, I made exhaustive efforts to hold the hospital to account - see https://t.co/hMI4kYnaXy The regulatory regime is hopelessly inadequate!!! Dr Gordon's story is unsurprising. @MaryFFallon @Milliganreports
abc.net.au
Complaints had been made about this gynaecologist for years. Only when hospital management discovered that Four Corners was looking into his practice, did it start investigating further.
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A disappointing feature of my interactions with the City of Melbourne is that I have NEVER felt that the council regards access to drinking water a priority. My emails speak to this: https://t.co/bppu8bZIzm
@LexiDaish @Nicholas_Reece @alimoore004 @LordMayorMelb @theage
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In July 1888, in the choking heat of London’s East End, around 1,400 women and teenage girls walked out of the Bryant & May match factory and into history. They were poor. Many were Irish. Most were teenagers supporting entire families on wages so low that a single fine—for
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A week ago, Jon sent the photo below, which is in fact from Queensbridge Square, to illustrate how the drinking fountain could be reconnected. There has been NO further communication from him nor City of Melbourne!!! @LexiDaish @LordMayorMelb @Nicholas_Reece @theage @alimoore004
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Updated version of the "Grand Old Duke of York" - as of 8.30pm on Sunday 22nd Feb, charting this week's royal #PrinceAndrew news - with ukelele, violin, and djembe for some 🎶 variation.
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Peter Mandelson’s had a torrid few days, hounded on his doorstep by the Daily Mirror press pack, so naturally, he took a little breather with Prince Andrew at Pizza Express. {satire}
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In common with Annie Moylan, whose sepsis symptoms were misdiagnosed at Holmesglen Private Hospital, which is owned by Healthscope, James' parents didn't draw a distinction between this hospital and The Alfred. @ktshtn @LexiDaish
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abc.net.au
A Victorian coroner hands down her findings into the death of a teenager who suffered a severe allergic reaction to a delivery meal — but it's unclear if more urgent treatment would have saved his...
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Queensbridge Square drinking fountain hasn't worked for 4 months! The City of Melbourne has ignored South East Water's solution of an above-ground connection. Both have failed to respond to my email https://t.co/gssIWFDEwk
@LexiDaish @LordMayorMelb @Simon_Bouda @Nicholas_Reece
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Freedom tastes like the open sky. Before flying, it looked again at the one who gave her back her wings. Gratitude also takes the form of flight.
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With, according to City of Melbourne & South East Water, a burst water main beneath the Red Stairs and/or nearby buildings, making repairs impossible, the status of the competition is a minor issue. @Nicholas_Reece @DANNYTRAN @alimoore004 @Raf_Epstein
southbanklocalnews.com.au
A suite of long-anticipated public-realm upgrades across Southbank appears set for another reset in 2026, with the City of Melbourne quietly shelving its much-debated Red Stairs design competition...
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Vivian Bullwinkel bravely stood up for her murdered colleagues when she appeared at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal in 1946 to tell the world what had occurred at Radji Beach. Perpetrators largely evaded earthly justice; the commander of the Japanese unit committed suicide.
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“Chin up, girls, I’m proud of you, and I love you all.” These were the final words of Matron Irene Drummond on 16 February 1942, moments before 22 Australian nurses were marched into the sea and Japanese soldiers opened fire on them. This atrocity, known as the Bangka Island
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'This kind of warfare has to be lived through to be really understood'. This British newsreel from 1944 follows Australian troops as they battle the Japanese in New Guinea. You can find the newsreel in full on our website: https://t.co/b7A1LbrgZJ Film: IWM WPN 163
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Two lovely photos of gifted leader Matron Irene Drummond (with glasses), with her nurses. Even in the last minutes of her life that terrible day on Bangka Island, Irene did not stop caring for her young nurses, calling out "Chin up girls! I'm proud of you and I love you all".
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