eX-detainee Refugees who arrived by boat in Australia strongly condemn the UK government’s proposed adoption of Australia’s neo-fascist, anti-refugee “stop the boats” blue-print riserefugee.org/ex-detainee-re… #UK #BlockTheBill #asylum #stoptheboats #Refugees #Australia Ian Wright

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is a perfect time for PM et al to make a public statement about whether neo-nazis openly marching in our streets is a yeah or nah for them? What if the white supremacists are wearing Harmony Day t-shirts?

"Hybrid immunity" through mass infection may be the current strategy of choice for many countries, but it's not a PH strategy. Public health = preventive medicine. Mass infection/reinfection doesn't prevent harm, it causes it. Mass infection is not a public health strategy. /end

The Senate Inquiry into Missing & Murdered First Nations women, gender diverse people & children has disappeared itself into silence. A summary of our article with @amymcquire_ theconversation.com/what-happened-… With thanks to Tarita Fisher & Debbie Kilroy #FreeHer for their review.

Forced exposure vs “feels uncomfortable.” How the high risk patient sees unmasking in medical settings vs how the The Washington Post caption frames her. *continues screaming*

There's some serious goalpost shifting going on. The people that told you long covid was rare in general, and exceptionally rare in kids and for reinfections, have been unequivocally proven wrong by several studies. So now the talking point is "your lifetime risk of LC isn't 99%"

Creative health campaigns would help to reduce the spread of COVID-19 Michael Toole 🇺🇦 @profmiketoole.bsky.social tells MaryGearin "Promoting the benefits of masks, just as we have campaigns about road safety, smoking, HIV prevention. I haven't seen that level of creativity." abc.net.au/news/2023-07-0…

How governments are (still) failing the public on COVID control croakey.org/how-government… #publichealth

A NEW species of Peacock Spider, but with a sombre fate. 🌈🦚 😔 Last October, Lucyna Kania, Reef Coakley and I found this incredible Peacock Spider in the dunes of Eglinton in Western Australia. The only area this spider has ever been found in is designated as a future housing

A lot of people getting upset at this announcement, so I did a bit of digging into what it does and doesnt mean.

The ABC investigating itself is akin to police investigating police. No accountability shown. Look at this list - no breach, no breach, no breach, no breach

Should be noted a large amount of these “no breaches” are in relation to ABC coverage of Gaza

"As part of the Healing Country project we were generously invited to attend Wilya Janta’s Papulu-ku Nyinjjiki (Seeing Houses) exhibition in Tennant Creek... This was the first time Wilya Janta presented their architectural designs to the community" - Kris Vine

Nothing like denying the lived experience and chronic illness of the population abc.net.au/news/2024-03-1… ping Croakey News People's CDC #LongCovid

We've had the same terrible messaging from Australian medical experts. When our Health Minister was quoted as saying that 99.6% of Australians have hybrid immunity to COVID-19, I filed an FOI request to get to the bottom of it. What was actually said was that blood tests