Louise Milligan
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Reporter @4corners . Author: Witness, Cardinal. First novel: Pheasants Nest. Walkley winner. Press Freedom Medallist. Moved by sources’ courage. Personal account
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“I simply didn’t want the book to end given the sheer delight of the story-telling. Pheasants Nest is a stunning debut.” I grew up reading book reviews in
@theage
, so seeing this amazing first newspaper review of my novel tonight makes me weep with joy.❤️
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Christian Porter has discontinued his case. The ABC will pay him no damages. I stand by my journalism & proud to work
@4corners
& grateful to the ABC & our brilliant legal team for supporting public interest journalism. Thanks, everyone, for your support.
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Yet again, high profile men go after woman who, after surviving appalling trauma, goes on to become Australian of the Year, works tirelessly to educate the community about said crime, but has the temerity not to conform to the men’s expectation of how such a woman should behave.
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I am overwhelmed by the decency of so many of you. I can’t possibly keep up with all the messages on all the platforms, but please know I see each one and I am so buoyed and grateful and inspired by the overwhelming evidence that kindness and commitment to the truth prevails.
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“Why don’t other women come forward?”
Take a look at what is being done to a woman who lies in her grave.
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I’ve been inundated w messages offering to raise legal fees. Thanks so kindly but I’m indemnified by my employer. All I hope is you watch & read my journalism & all women journalists’ work on problems for complainants of sex crimes & harassment in courts, in politics, everywhere.
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Today I observed Melb
#WomensMarch4Justice
- a sea of people who want better for every woman & girl. Then came home to my little girl, who unprompted said at school they were asked to nominate a woman they admired, who stood up for other women. My little lady chose her Mum. ❤️
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To the 2021 old boy of Redfield College from a prominent family who threatened my safety on social media ahead of our investigation into his alma ahead of tonight’s 4 Corners, police are investigating. You cannot threaten women. Enough. I trust the school will assist
@nswpolice
.
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Gosh this is an absolutely stunning picture of Yolngu woman Magnolia Maymuru and her little one, Djarrarana, on the cover of
@vogueaustralia
. Makes your heart sing. ❤️
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I am proud, I am moved, that I am a parent of a son who is autistic. Every single day he teaches me so much. He makes my heart full.
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The other thing I can’t shake about this whole secret government business is it was Christian Porter who advised Morrison it was legal. The same man who refused to inform parliament who paid him huge sums of money for his legal fund to sue a public broadcaster (& me).
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Never had a dog - didn’t grow up with them. But my husband & kids risked surprising me with this little guy today. We pick him up next month so my son named him August, Augie for short. I picked him up, he snuggled into me & I just burst into tears. Welcome to the family, Augie.
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No-one commissions snarky profiles of male investigative journalists. No-one cites “activism” when men relentlessly, admirably pursue stories on war/casinos/finance. No-one explores their irrelevant childhood/calls their old school. Male investigative reporters aren’t the story.
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Rosie Batty to
@TamePunk
31/1 ‘I dearly hope you won’t have to deal with the kind of abuse I had, but I fear you will. At first, everyone is delighted for you but as your messages gain impact.., the backlash grows & directs back towards you with ugliness you can never anticipate’
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It’s surprising when journalists (or news presenters) seem to think an anti-corruption commission is a pesky irritation ruining everything. Or calling for enforcement of parliamentary disclosure rules - preventing corruption/bought favours - is mob rule.
@barriecassidy
spot on.
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“I would rather go down as a disappointment to an institution than sell out as a puppet.”
@TamePunk
is not holding back.
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Just want to thank the Stewarts for their candour, their decency, their restraint.
#4Corners
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I never met Kate, but I have read many, many pages of her correspondence and spoken to dozens of people who knew and loved her. I feel confident that she would have been very moved and gratified to see that
#IBelieveKate
is trending number one in Australia.
#auspol
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I stand by my journalism & I strongly deny any completely spurious claims that social media posts have “perhaps” been deleted. Happy Easter, all.
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We are still absolutely committed to the 27 redacted pages being in the public domain. I am sure our colleagues in the media are too. We stand by the truth and the excellent witnesses who came forward and were prepared to put themselves on the line.
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No, Andrew Bolt, I do not apologise. Your support of a man who a 5-year Royal Commission found knew about insatiable paedophile clergy & did absolutely nothing, a man now swanning about Rome like whole thing was a bad dream, is sickening. Your lack of empathy for victims is vile.
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George Pell is dead. This will be a very triggering day for a lot of people. Thinking of them.
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Last time I spent this long in Canberra was for the spill against
@TurnbullMalcolm
. I left feeling I needed a shower after toxic goings on. This time, it was so different - parliamentary corridors full of women, more diverse, a sense of hope & optimism. Hopefully it will last.
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Last word: Today the room feels filled with a woman who I never met, a woman I missed by a day. A woman whose presence was etched out in the many, many letters of hers I read. A smart and complicated woman with very loyal friends. A woman who tried really, really hard.
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Woman next to me on plane with delightful baby on her lap. Passenger in front insists on reclining her seat (on 90 minute flight 🙄). The mum very politely, sweetly asks passenger in front to put seat forward, as it’s squashing baby. Passenger refuses. What’s wrong with people?
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Bursting The Canberra Bubble. My story, tomorrow night.
MONDAY ON
#4CORNERS
: ‘BURSTING THE CANBERRA BUBBLE.’ Don’t miss it. Here’s a preview
#CanberraBubble
#auspol
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This offensive garbage was sent to federal parliamentarians. Please let me know, MPs/Senators, if you have received same.
1. I’ve never had an abortion.
2. It no one’s business if I had.
3. I’m not writing a book about abortion.
4. Whoever did this is truly vile. 😞
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Genuine question: Given drastic shortage of workers in many industries, concerns about supply chains, etc, why not allow the refugees detained in hotels for years on end to live in the community and work?
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A reminder: The child abuse Royal Commission heard survivors of child abuse often turned to substances: heroin to dull pain, alcohol/dope to make them forget. I’ve met 100s of survivors & so many said this. They were victims of crime when they should have been enjoying childhood.
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BREAKING:Want to know why our
@4corners
story in public interest? Want to know why women silenced? Here’s why:
@RachelleJMiller
due to start new job w Defence contractor today. She arrived & they said they “need more time to consider” her contract given media appearance.
#auspol
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#Auspol
Clarification: NSW police didn’t “end” their investigation. The investigation never began. Complainant never made statement. When I inquired, they were very interested to know if I knew of other complainants against
#CabinetMinister
. My answer: “Not in your jurisdiction”.
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Thank you to everyone who has sent kind messages over the past few months. And to everyone who believes in truth, decency and accountability. And let’s not forget that underneath all that has transpired, whatever way you look at it, lies great sadness.
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How is the fact a complainant of a sexual crime was wearing a long tan dress & a “nude heel” relevant to a court report? The accused walked into court but there’s no description of his attire. We should stop gratuitous references to women’s appearance unless we do same with men.
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On the former Attorney’s attempt to restrict public access to our full defence: “The ABC supports having all materials in these proceedings, which are in the public interest, open to public scrutiny.”
#ChristianPorter
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I keep thinking “well, today was a LOT”. And then the next day is a lot more.
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Our kids are going to look back, disgusted, and say “how can you have done this to us? What was wrong with you people? Dithering and arguing for decades despite what you knew and then all of a sudden you realise it’s a hot mess?”
#COP26
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For all of you so moved by the plight of Kaila Jobson in our
@4corners
story, No Place To Call Home, last week, I have some wonderful news. Kaila’s been offered a place. The little ones will each have their own bedroom. She’s crying tears of joy. Thanks, Australia, for caring. ❤️
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If he wants to dispute that, happy to refresh his memory and release the terms he offered.
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Going to duck out & get back to life & job for a while. Thanks again for the lovely messages, excellent people. As to the after-dark-emboldened rump who say I’m a “fucking whore”, or write me off as an “idiot”, you know you’re meant to be convincing me I’m the bad one, right? 👀
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ABC statement just now on that utterly misleading press conference.
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21 yrs ago, I proudly started work at the national broadsheet. I loved it. They praised my work. They were friends & colleagues. I left on good terms to work in TV. Fmr Editor-in-Chief David Armstrong gave me my start. A kind & wise man. Shared with his permission & my gratitude.
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In April 2020, during COVID lockdown, I had a man - a Pell defender - who had been repeatedly threatening me. He was eventually charged and convicted. The very decent young officer from
#NSWPolice
spent many hours taking my entire statement by phone.
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I held on to
@juliahbanks
’ secret allegation for a year. She disclosed her story of parliamentary sexual harassment the morning a woman took her own life. Neither of us knew the woman, nor that she’d died. Neither of us will forget. Hope Julia,
@BrittHiggins_
et al make change.
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The Attorney-General is now being referred to the Legal Practice Board of WA by a group of high-profile academics, according to
@LaTrioli
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Don’t think I’ve ever seen a year where the response to women speaking up for themselves & other women has been so resoundingly: 🤐. Shut them up. By contrast, the response to men behaving badly is resoundingly: 🤷. Move on. Get over it. Then carnival duly moves on.
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Delighted about 3
@MelbPressClub
Quill nominations for our
@4corners
stories Boys Club & Inside the Canberra Bubble. Grateful for brilliant colleagues
@MaryFFallon
@L_Day
@lucethoughts
@PeterCronau
@neighbour_s
@MoragRamsay
who are best in the business & always have your back. ❤️
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“This is an absolute affront and I am staggered Porter thought he could get away with it..If he does not know the identity of the donor, he should not accept the money..Everything about our political system depends on disclosure & accountability.”
@TurnbullMalcolm
to
@frankelly08
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Yes. She was.
#EXCLUSIVE
: The ex-wife of Attorney-General Christian Porter was among thousands of West Australians to march across the Perth CBD in protest of gender discrimination and violence. 🔒
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Thinking of all survivors of sexual crimes and how unbelievably triggered they must be right now. And how they should be loved and supported and understood and respected and heard.
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Hats off to the lovely nurse who was cool as a cucumber and compassionate as the little boy ahead of my child completely freaked out about getting his COVID vaccination. He was clearly terrified but he finally got there. Nurses really are great humans.
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My teenager is anxious about lockdown, afraid of COVID, has additional needs, but his resilience knows no bounds. I’m SO proud of him. Today he overcame, once again, needle phobia & is fully vaccinated. He shows more wisdom & maturity than many others much older than him.
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Thinking of every survivor and every woman who marched for justice who is struggling with the latest news from the nation’s capital.
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Me “perhaps” (perhaps, perhaps, perhaps) deleting tweets is brought to you by the same peeps that had me tailing the Commonwealth Attorney-General with private investigators. On the front page! Exclusive! With zero proof. Because, again, it didn’t happen. Happy Friday.
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The unreconstructed misogyny that is permeating some of the commentary about this election is off the charts. It also completely ignores that women are 50 per cent of the population and are sick of being spoken to and about in this way. And they vote.
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“Having escaped the lion’s den Mr
#Lehrmann
made the mistake of coming back for his hat.” Kind of sums up the whole thing.
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I’m
@SydneyAirport
& at new full-body security screening was made to take off fitted business jacket (only had little camisole underneath). Have never had this happen anywhere. Man in front, in big bulky jumper, not made to change. It was embarrassing, uncomfortable, creepy 1/
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Will be fascinated to see if the many, many Coalition women - staffers and politicians - who have been privately expressing their frustration to me over the past year about sexism/sexual harassment/sexual crime in federal parliament will be attending the
#March4Justice
today.
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Never, ever under-estimate the ability of the old boys network to be just that. Old. Boys. Desperately clinging on to what they think is, and want to be, power, but is really just a bit sad and desperate.
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I got sad news today about a very fine person. I was sitting in a cafe in Darwin, failing dismally in attempting not to cry. An absolutely lovely woman (a stranger) came & put her arms around me & the simple kindness of it took my breath away. Humans can be golden sometimes.
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One thing I will say is it was ...surprising... during
@ScottMorrisonMP
’s press conference, when the actual woman in the equation was asked about the
@4corners
story last night on, you know, how tough it is for women in parliament, the PM jumped in and interrupted her.
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THREAD: Two years ago, myself & Sally Neighbour were subjected to a vile attack by The Australian. Today a
@AusPressCouncil
adjudication finds the editorial was inaccurate, unfair, lacked balance, caused unnecessary distress & not in the public interest.
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“What was the security breach?... I am one of the only people who knew what happened and no-one has come to talk to me, no-one has asked me what happened.” Nikola Anderson,
@4corners
.
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Any suggestion I’m “at war”, least of all with ABC MD, with whom I have an excellent relationship, is completely untrue. I declined to speak to any journalist about this - in fact, I’ve been very unwell after operation. James Madden
@australian
didn’t give me courtesy of a call.
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Happy St Patrick’s Day. Proud to have been born in Dublin and to come from generations of strong Irish women. ☘️❤️
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Flying home from my last
@4corners
shoot of the year. Tired, losing my voice, but looking forward to bringing some compelling public interest journalism early in the new year. Thanks to all who have put themselves on the line for us this year. Happy holidays & stay tuned. ❤️🌲💪
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This little guy arrived today. Just in time to cure some serious junior lockdown blues.
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Alan Tudge and Michaelia Cash strongly reject the allegations of
@rachellejmiller
and don’t accept liability. And yet she was paid $650k.
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There is something completely mind-bending about the juxtaposition of these new revelations about
@ScottMorrisonMP
’s secret government and his comments a few weeks ago to the Pentecostalist flock about how “we don’t trust in government”. (Or the UN).
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Did I just hear Peter Dutton say on the wireless that strict application of border rules was having a negative impact on people’s mental health? I mean yes, it is, but, um...
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There are fantastic people nominating to be staff-elected director of the ABC & hats off to all. For me,
@latingle
is the pick. Of course she’s whip-smart. She’s also unafraid, collaborative, incredibly decent & loyal, has strong ideas for the ABC’s future. She won’t let us down.
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Prime Minister has just quoted me in parliament to prove Labor also has issues re toxic behaviour. True, but of dozens & dozens of calls we made to staff & politicians from all sides, vast majority of allegations, volunteered, not sought, were about Liberal & Nationals.
#auspol
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I think this election, yet again, says fascinating things about the Australian electorate’s propensity to ignore concerted media campaigns from certain quarters. I remember a Premier years ago telling me the power was overstated. He was right. Yet again, it is.
#VicVotes2022
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My goodness, a previously healthy two-year-old, someone’s little darling, has died in Sydney from COVID. Those poor parents.
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Imagine being this person. Australian political leaders, of all persuasions, have not had pressure like this in generations.
This man does not stop. Thank you to everyone who is doing the right thing. We are in this together.
#istandwithdan
❤️❤️❤️
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Alcohol does not make you sexually harass women. Sexism - thinking women are less than you and should just put up with your behaviour - does.
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Tune in to
@4corners
. This one’s for the women of Parliament, on the phone to me for 5 months. Women privately so frustrated, but who feel silenced and sidelined. And it’s for all the wives. In far-flung locations, holding up electorates, wrangling the kids alone. We salute you.
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“He’s a member of parliament, the idea that the Member for Cook says he doesn’t engage in day to day politics I find an extraordinary dismissal by a former Prime Minister.”
@AlboMP
to
@PatsKarvelas
on
@ScottMorrisonMP
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Today would have been the 51st birthday of someone who was very brave until she couldn’t be brave any more. “Happy birthday” is not the phrase. But pausing to think of a woman who I came to know through her excellent friends, who miss her terribly.
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In a cab on Harbour Bridge in rainy Sydney, & bowled over to have just been presented 2019 Press Freedom Medal. I dedicate it to J, a courageous man who stared down apex of power to achieve justice, to R, who didn’t make it, & to all the men who told me their truth.
#journalism
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From
@MikeCDouglas
, defamation lawyer & academic at Porter’s alma mater, UWA: “Porter can try to spin this however he likes. He was suing in one of the most pro-plaintiff jurisdictions in the world, with the most pro-plaintiff defamation law in the world, & he has given up.”
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A reminder: A sexual complaint by the highly-regarded
@roseycatherine
is what saw Mr Joyce out of Nats’ leadership in 2018, not a consensual affair. He denies it. Ms Marriott wanted it resolved privately, but was outed by the party. Today’s tough for her.
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I’ve been in acute physical pain & dependent on others for weeks. Saying so bc first, I so admire those of you who live this every day. We must do better by you. Second, want to thank every one of you who sent incredibly kind messages, who had no idea. It really kept me going.
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The trolling, threats, culture warring I’ve seen, after reporting on Opus Dei-aligned (not Catholic Education office) schools in no way represent what I was taught at an ordinary Catholic school, an ordinary Catholic parish. I was taught decency, charity, social justice, love.
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Have been working all the hours, life is a lot, am tired and running late, but
@MelbPressClub
#Quills
here I come. 🤞🥂
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Here’s another one. These people actually exist.
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Can the men on this
#qanda
panel actually let the brilliant
@sammostyn
speak? It’s quite offensive to watch them, sitting on either side of her, speaking over the top of her, patronising her, not letting her finish sentences.
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Well here’s another turn-up for the books from Jo Dyer
@instanterudite
. Who has now through her solicitors
@marquelawyers
sent a legal concerns notice to Christian Porter for defaming her in his press conference yesterday.
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As a journalist, the secrecy, obfuscation, spin you see around the actions of public officials gets worse every year.
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The son of a single mum who was a disability pensioner…
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THREAD: This Thursday, June 24, people will light
#ACandleforKate
. June 24 marks 1 year since a woman called me about sexism in Canberra. She was scared of consequences of speaking out. Neither of us knew of Kate. Neither of us knew that that morning, Kate took her own life. 1/
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So anyone who has raised money: Send it to a charity or service helping the victims of sexual assault or domestic violence - I know they do it tough and could do with all the help they can get.
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The ignorance shown by some people about the impact of child abuse on the trajectory of a child’s life and how it affects adulthood is depressing. Imagine what it would do to you/your children to have a devastating trauma as a child which you struggled to scrub from your brain.
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Honestly I hate to be a spoilsport but after a day of seeing RUOK stuff all over the place, given the state of things here and internationally, the answer to the question seems a fairly resounding “no”. And RUOK Day feels like the mental health equivalent of Earth Hour.
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Year 11/12 teachers in Melb really worried about being forced back to work, unvaccinated, in poorly ventilated classrooms with 20+ young adults. Virus transmitted from “fleeting contact”. If they’re under 40, not eligible for Pfizer or AZ. Why aren’t they a priority?
#CovidVic
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“Why was this person feted and promoted? How, through three prime ministers, did he remain the “ideal candidate”? By what measure? What does this say about our democracy and its – and our – standards?”
@JohnRHewson
in
@SatPaper
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Life is often hard. The world is often too much. This, on the other hand, is totally adorable.
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