This demonstrates the absolute furphy that “turnback” policies had anything to do with refugee safety. A shameful policy. smh.com.au/world/asia/no-…

Insufficient funding of public education.

It’s time for the world to acknowledge the greatness of Gerald Murnane. abc.net.au/news/2024-10-0…

Solidarity between wharfies & horses: a beautiful thing. #ausunions

In case you need a costume idea for tomorrow...

Terribly sad to hear this news. I was lucky enough to work on a project with Matt and witness his endlessly inquisitive mind. He made an enormous contribution to workers’ OHS through his tireless reporting on James Hardie and asbestos. Read his book “Killer Company”.

women in PHLEGM (poetry, history, language, english literature, ghost stories, music)

"Public Bar" - Painting by artist and Communist Noel Counihan, 1963.

Builders' Labourers' Federation Banners hanging on construction sites in the city of Sydney NSW, c. 1985. (Photo by Stuart Davidson) [1/3]

Exams and ATARs aren't about learning, they're about schools operating a massive, expensive, time consuming and harmful admissions filtering scheme for the sole benefit of universities. #abolishVCE

Lots of gaps (particularly in the frozen section) at Woolies in Dennington (just outside Warrnambool). The workers’ strike is having an impact across the state. Solidarity with the striking United Workers Union members! #ausunions

How many idiotic things are politicians gunna do before they fund public schools, pay teachers decently and sort out workload and class sizes? Maybe the mathematics ambassadors can work it out. FFS. Did ANYONE ask for this?

Re more testing of phonics in Gr 1s - every minute testing is a minute teachers aren’t teaching. Note this hasn’t been backed by the teachers union, I wonder if any teachers support this. #ausunions

Solidarity with our fellow ASU Victorian Private Sector Union members at Maurice Blackburn taking industrial action today! 🦅 #ausunions

Workers at Sydney Trains are currently threatened with suspension of Industrial Action bc of the below - NSW Labor - Merivale Venues - Veolia Waste Services - Manildra All Labor has to do is come back to the table but won’t. They would rather use other bosses to smash workers

Small thing but I love that "latte drinker" is somehow still meant to be a solid burn even in 2025. Latte is not a fancy inner city drink! You can get a latte from a machine at petrol stations for $2! There's blokes in the bush happily paying $7 for almond chai!!

The arm on that lad… members of the public stepping up with much-needed hydration for Hanssen Construction Pty Ltd workers in the extreme CBD heat. While all other metro operations pulled up their hooks and shutdown when temps crossed the safety margin last week, here was

They called it a famine in Ireland too

No Joy Division t-shirts on a dead planet #auspol