In Aust. Ms Dhu died in custody for unpaid fines. A victim of Dom violence. Asked for medical assistance didn’t receive it. No Charges. Mr Ward a respected elder, blew over the limit. Put in a police van & transported 4hrs without A/C. Was literally cooked alive, no charges 1/9

My NDIS plan manager just emailed to tell me I will no longer be reimbursed the full cost of my services. These are fully approved in my plan, and just... cost that much. I'm lucky I can afford the out of pocket. Once again, if you're disabled and poor you're out of luck in Aus.

There have been lots of standout acts in this pandemic, but the greatest ones right now are with all those getting tested at first sign of any symptoms. That will run down each and every remaining chain of transmission. Testing centres here: coronavirus.vic.gov.au/where-get-test…

Got tested this morning, got my negative result just now. That's an 11 hour turnaround! #COVID19Vic

"In fact, the plastics value chain is a near-perfect example of how gender norms and roles lead to inequalities when they are not addressed head-on. Even the material “plastic” is gendered." weforum.org/agenda/2021/05…

What if the celebrant at your funeral was a robot? A new paper on memorial services conducted by and for robots - on Earth and on Mars! - by my colleagues in the DeathTech Research Team: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/GWDGYRN…

What is a Council of State, and where can I get one? theguardian.com/world/2021/jul…

« If you show compassion to one person…. Where will it end? » - Australian proverb

The Australian environment minister thinks it's important that officials "see" the reef before the next meetings... on 16-31 July. Is it due process for foreign officials to personally inspect the reef? In a pandemic? theguardian.com/environment/20…

BREAKING - VIC’s answer to a vaccination ad - 👇👏👏👏♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ Please RT and spread on social media 🙏🙏 A little bit emotional now ♥️ actually in tears of joy and proudness 🥲😉

In Australia it is 22nd March.

Look, there are plenty of problems with social robots, but “Relationships with robots aren’t authentic because they don’t empathize like you, they don’t experience the world like you” continues to be a strange (and ableist) take on what relationships are.

If you only read the Herald Sun then you might not have heard about the #IPCCReport at all. This is the only relevant headline from the website, halfway down after THREE articles on the footy. Nothing on the Twitter feed yet. I'm sure it's coming! 👀

My group chats are blowing up this morning with all of my female friends in their late 20s/early 30s who want to have children absolutely beating themselves up and agonising over that decision. Genuine question: does anybody in government understand that's how we feel?

The #Census2021 links all respondents to the first name, so it was impossible for me to indicate that I am related to some but not all of my housemates. Which seems like interesting data?

Hey! I'll be talking in this! Probably about my career transition from the bench to government policy

I registered for #UnitingBusiness LIVE at #UNGA! The UN UN Global Compact is virtually convening business leaders from around the 🌎 to take stock of where we are, address gaps in progress & drive business ambition on the #GlobalGoals unglobalcompact.swoogo.com/unitingbusines…