'Politicians put politics first and people second.'

Following his passionate statement on QandA last night, Gary Adshead talked to criminologist Vincent Hurley about why he felt the urge to tell it straight.

📲🎧HEAR THE FULL STORY: brnw.ch/21wJiQI

Good on Matt for standing by his principles.

But it’s so very disappointing to see this endless, ongoing national failing.

Mental Health Australia chair Matt Berriman resigns, calling out government 'inactions' - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2…

⚡️An unprecedented event in the 🇪🇺European Parliament.

Deputies refused to make a decision on EU Council funding due to the fact that EU countries have not yet provided Ukraine with additional Patriot systems

The decision of the European Parliament is called an unprecedented…

Chef José Andrés said his 7 aid workers who were killed by the israelis were targeted DELIBERATELY – this is a war against humanity, he says

I wish I’d never made this film.

I wish I’d been able to exchange this for Russia never attacking Ukraine, never occupying our cities, never killing tens of thousands of my fellow Ukrainians. But I cannot change the history. I cannot change the past. But we all together can…

8:23 pm in #Kyiv

I am going to watch it now. Join me if you want. I hope so much that it is available worldwide (please let me know if it is in your country).

A Ukrainian documentary film, The Hardest Hour, by director Alan Badoev and the TV channel «1+1 Ukraine», created from…

Wow. Never thought I'd be retweeting a Grammys performance, but this is pretty great. Best moments are indeed her smile at the start, and Taylor S dancing and singing along with the chorus.

I’m going to be thinking about this for a long time. One can imagine that Tracy was nervous, having not performed publicly in years. Many may not remember, but some weren’t accepting of a darker skinned queer Black woman with tightly coiled hair. So her smile is everything. 🥹

This performance was fab .. always loved Tracy Chapman as an artist .

Consultant Cardiologist, Dr Rae Duncan (Rae), was interviewed today on BBC’s Sunday Show.

In this thread 🧵, I’ve pulled out some of the key highlights.

Kudos to Martin Geissler (@mmgeissler) who had clearly done his homework in advance & asked excellent questions.

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But WHY?

Seriously folks, why?

JayJay ABC News I think I'd prefer Barry Cassidy for Ita and Laura Tingle as Chief Political lead, replacing David Speers.

Replace Ita Buttrose with Laura Tingle immediately!
ABC News #SackItaButtrose #auspol

For English speakers, here is the first message on social media,from وائل الدحدوح Wael Al dahdouh after Israel killed his son Hamza.

The number of journalists killed during Israel’s war on Hamas is appalling and unprecedented.

79 in just three months, according to Committee to Protect Journalists

Journalists in Gaza are our eyes and ears for the truth, and must be protected, like civilians, under the laws of war.

A bit of thought and money went into this

Yup:)

Barron falls, near Cairns. Before and after Jasper 😳
I've been there a couple of times and never seen it like this!

This raised hand will be etched into the annals of history, inscribed on the page of disgrace.

This compromises the integrity of the #UNSC , which should be an instrument for peace, operating within the framework of Int'l Law rather than working against it.

Tks Coalition Tea Lady. What a perfect send off for the great Shane MacGowan.