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@EcuNurse

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Retired mental health nurse; public health, COVID safety, social justice, human rights; welfare advocate, clean air, animal welfare; Pro-Palestine.

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@EcuNurse
Wendy
2 years
I won’t forget my 1st Tweet…an unflattering reference to our Deputy PM, Barnaby. Someone responded, “You seem like a good person…how come you only have four followers?” 🤣 Thanks whoever you were - you encouraged me henceforth to back the newbies - just as people supported me.
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2 years
The anxiety and distress caused to Monique Ryan and her 87 year old mother-in-law, by Josh Frydenberg’s attempt at petty point-scoring, is insufferable and well beyond the pale.
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2 years
Josh was asked by the SMH in Mar 22 if he had a pact with his wife that their family would stay private. “Yes,’ he responded, ‘and I prefer that.” How odd!! Weren’t they plastered all over the Herald Sun on the weekend?
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3 years
The Doherty Institute's director Sharon Lewin has said the combination of greatly increased transmission rates and uncertainty over vaccine protection meant Australia needed to pause its decision to live with COVID. Did you hear that #domicron ?
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2 years
Who still wears a mask when they go to the hairdresser?
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2 years
Do not forget: $20 billion in JobKeeper was given to companies whose revenue actually rose during the first 12 months of the scheme. It was supposed to support jobs, but most of the $20 billion paid to companies, went to share dividends, share buy-backs, and executive bonuses.
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2 years
Wtf? I’m so angry I am shaking. ‘Our’ Labor Govt has decided to end more than 70 different telehealth services, wind up of pandemic leave payments despite Australia entering into a devastating third wave of the virus, and today, end free Covid tests for concession card holders.
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2 years
Watching the Labor Election launch in WA, my heart is swelling 💕
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2 years
Ha ha, despite Twitter’s strict warning that I cannot follow any more people for 24 hours, I have discovered, after enormous persistence, that I can sneak in one additional person every 15 minutes! 🤣🤣
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2 years
This woman is impressive 🔥
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2 years
So many good people to follow on Twitter ⭐️ I’m just getting started…
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3 years
When NSW reported 136 new locally acquired cases, back in July 2021, Gladys declared the state’s Delta outbreak ‘a national emergency’. What should we call 11,201 new cases? A fcuking disaster?
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2 years
I’m feeling really downhearted today. I just want this bloody election to be over and done with. Another five days.
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10 months
#Lehrmann Not a cover up?? A cleaner who was called into Senator Reynolds’ parliamentary suite after the alleged rape gave evidence that he was told by his superior: “You need to look for something like a party, like condoms or something like that.” AFR 22 Oct 22
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2 years
Morrison’s long campaign was designed to run down Labor’s lead so he could exploit his alleged ‘campaigning genius’. It has failed spectacularly. Whatever Morrison learned during his troubled marketing career may have been successful in 2019, but it no longer works.
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2 years
What the hell is Mark Butler thinking?? More than 70 different telehealth-related consultations have been cut, including 33 initial and complex specialist items, 40 specialist inpatient items, and GP consultations that last longer than 20 minutes.
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2 years
Are you being asked why you are voting early, when you front up? Are they pretty lax about it? I would have thought fear of getting Covid either before or while voting should be enough!
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2 years
What upsets me about you @AlboMp , is that you tricked us. We believed you were our chance to have an equitable society, where the workers, disadvantaged, poverty-stricken & disabled would have equal worth to the wealthy, ruling class. With no-one left behind. You lied.
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2 years
A picture is worth a thousand words
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11 months
And Netanyahu calls the Palestinians animals?
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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera
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I’ve thought about the funeral of murdered journalist Shireen Abu Akleh a lot in the last few weeks
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1 year
Nazis claimed Jews were an existential threat to Germany, & had to be destroyed. Starvation was a central strategy in the Nazi genocide against the Jews. Today, the siege of Gaza amounts to intentional starvation of civilians as a method of warfare. Can you see the similarity?
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9 months
How can Penny Wong be one of Australia’s three most popular politicians? Are we a nation of Zionists?
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"Australia’s foreign minister has declined to meet with the UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories amid Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza"
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2 years
Scott Morrison’s gross pay is $274.62/hour. Morrison has labelled Albo a “loose unit” because he has guaranteed to raise the minimum wage ($20.33/hr) by 5.1%, which equates to a rise of $1/hr! He is abhorrent.
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2 years
The US is stuffed.
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2 years
After tweeting about the cut of more than 70 Telehealth Services, the past two days I have been accused of impatience, whining, misrepresenting the truth, slagging off at Labor, being irrational, plain wrong, told to check my facts and blocked. My patience has reached a limit.
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2 years
@megsymegs @KafkaVoltaire I completely understand your point, but in Australia there are more than 250 Indigenous languages including 800 dialects.
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2 years
A short text conversation I just had by text…
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1 year
The rusted-ons need to read this. Who’s betting they won’t? “Labor’s rusted-ons can’t deny the decay any longer. Anthony Albanese's Labor looks nothing like the party of old, writes Guy Rundle. Those on the left must now take active steps to oppose it.”
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2 years
Prof Esterman says, "In Australia it (XBB1.5] has the potential to cause another wave. But we have such high levels of immunity from previous infections and vaccination, it is unlikely to be as bad as the BA.2 or BA.4/5 waves," he said. I call bullsh^t.
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Wendy
10 months
Is it possible to remain on good terms with long-standing friends, whose ideological views, you discover, are diametrically opposed to your own?
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1 year
The world was horrified to learn what the Nazis did to the Jews during the Holocaust, but now sits back and applauds Israel’s debasement and genocide of Palestinians 😡 This is monstrous.
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2 years
I’m fed up with people asking me, belligerently, why I am wearing a mask. These days I say, “Because I have a high IQ.” Not always received well 🤣
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10 months
@PeterCronau Boycott the Guardian
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10 months
Should the US be expelled?
@TheMendozaWoman
Kerry-Anne Mendoza 🏳️‍🌈🍉
10 months
If the UN General Assembly doesn’t invoke Article 6 against the US, UK and Israel for committing genocide, the UN is finished. Spoiler alert: the UN is finished
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10 months
The head of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has said, "the pulverising" of Gaza now ranks "among the worst assaults on any civilian population in our time & age", & civilian deaths in Gaza will be a "permanent stain" on Israel & its allies. It’s up there with the Holocaust.
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2 years
@katea76 Ffs @samanthamaiden it’s called a slip of the tongue. You swing wildly from one side to the another and your tweets are rarely worth reading.
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3 years
@mel_wright123 @almuformby The NSW Govt is no longer doing everything to minimise Covid as a threat. In fact it’s doing virtually nothing.
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2 years
You know you live in Perth when you turn the cold tap on and you have enough hot water to do the dishes.
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2 years
Some one asked me if I am ‘a true Labor voter’ for criticising Mark Butler’s callous neoliberal decisions. My answer? Until recently I was.
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1 year
I feel so strongly, that if I were a teacher, I would buy a huge Samsung or Philips HEPA Air Purifier for my own classroom, and would be cracking open the windows in winter. I’d encourage every child in my class to wear a mask and to stay home if sick.
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2 years
Why is this not more widely known? Abhorrent 😡
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Mark Dickenson #auspol is my worst nightmare!
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33% of all suicides in Australia are on Jobseeker. Well over half of all suicides are on a payment. It is all in the ABS stats. The govt has actually thrown fuel on it with Indue and #robodebt . The number of suicides linked to Centrelink could be as high as 70%. #auspol #ausvotes
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10 months
I cannot believe the immaturity and stupidity of people on this platform ignoring the Judge’s warning that derogatory comments about counsel will shut down the live stream. Is this their objective? #BruceLehrmann
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2 years
Before the election I thought I had found my Twitter people. It is only since, I have discovered who they really are.
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1 year
Condolences to all Australians on the loss of Bruce Haigh.
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Bruce Haigh
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#auspol China is not a threat despite incrediblly irresponsible war mongering in SMH. Climate change is and Albo can't get his head around it. No one telling him what to do. No guts to take on FF companies and no central planning/resources to take on simultaneous climate events.
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10 months
@rickpidcock In 1977, I was separated from my husband, pending a divorce. I was not allowed, by law, to apply for a passport, without his permission and signature. We had no children.
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3 years
@samanthamaiden @GladysB The journalists at the NSW pressers are as culpable as the NSW Govt. Deplorable 🤬
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2 years
What’s your view of how #AlboforPm is performing so far at the National Press Club?
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2 years
If you haven’t already seen this, spare two minutes of your life to watch it. Great viewing, with an election looming!
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2 years
Doesn’t Hamish realise that a great leader, must, by necessity, have a great team?
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Linda O'Connor
2 years
Hamish on #TheProjectTV suggesting that Albanese isn't as comfortable and prepared to be PM as Morrison because he allows the press to ask follow up questions and defers to his ministers sometimes for responses. I know which style of leadership I'd prefer!
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2 years
My thanks to the many people who have recently chosen to follow me! Frustratingly, I am currently blocked by Twitter to follow any more people back. Once the restriction is lifted I will get cracking again!
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I am not here to make friends, although I have made many wonderful ones along the way. I am here to have intelligent, perceptive, factual, constructive, open-minded and authentic discussions about current events in this country and the world.
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3 years
Hence it is critical to slow transmission through ttiq, masks, social distancing, QR codes etc
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3 years
@Green_Girl100 @Cheyleia She has the right to refuse to work if she is symptomatic. Everyone has the right to be excused from work if they are sick, whether it be a cold, or laryngitis or bronchitis. Who the hell does her employer think he is? Unbelievable!
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10 months
Isn’t this the account that some on here suspect is Bruce himself? How would ‘Masculine Excellence’ know the woman’s name and details of what she did the next morning?? #Lehrmann
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1 year
The population of the United States is 334 million. Can anyone explain why the two top Presidential hopefuls for the Republican Party are tRump and DeSantis? Are they really the ‘best’ they can find? Have the Republicans sunk that low?
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2 years
So Albanese has backflipped! “Australian government announces COVID-19 testing requirements for travellers from China from January 5.”
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2 years
Of what calibre is a Prime Minister refuses to debate the Leader of the Opposition, or to be interviewed, on the ABC, the the nation's independent public broadcaster?
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2 years
@JillannFarmer I think my experience is quite common. I visited my doctor’s surgery and was instructed to remove my N95 and replace it with a surgical mask. When I objected and offered to replace mine with a sealed, fresh N95 mask, they refused and said I must abide with their policy.
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11 months
Honestly, who can blame them? Never judge someone until you have walked in their shoes.
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Thousands of Palestinians who broke into UN food warehouses in the besieged Gaza Strip are ‘scared, frustrated and desperate’ after 3 weeks of war, says director of UN Palestinian refugee agency ⤵️
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“Palestine Was An Empty Land” Outside of Israel, in particular in the United States, the assumption that the promised land was empty, desolate, & barren before the arrival of Zionism, is still alive and kicking. This is FALSE. 1/
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11 months
@Mivasair These protests are happening all over the world this time…
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3 years
So the esteemed Nick Coatsworth said this morning that children going back to school will not have an impact on the trajectory of Covid-19 Omicron cases. How many times has this dipstick been wrong before? He’s playing with fire.
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11 months
You are shameful @SenatorWong No moral fibre whatsoever. I once wanted to see you as PM. Now I want to see you out of politics, permanently.
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Senator Penny Wong
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Hamas has no respect for international law, but we do. Civilians and hospitals in Gaza must be protected. We need steps towards a ceasefire, but it cannot be one-sided.
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@95markr Why didn’t Labor extend them? Are you excusing them for callous decisions?? Butler has the Ministerial discretion to extend them. Doctors, the AMA, and even Anne Ruston are slamming his decisions.
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2 years
The thawing of relations with so many countries continues…Defence Minister Richard Marles has held a one-on-one meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Singapore, officially ending a two-year diplomatic freeze between Canberra and Beijing.
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I’ve written almost 20 letters to Aust/MPs & Senators, pleading for a cease fire & adequate humanitarian aid, for the Palestinians in Gaza. They’ve already endured life under a brutal apartheid regime, for decades. I’ve had ONE response…from WA Senator Fatima Payman.
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3 years
@sallymcmanus @Susan29191404 Endangered Carnaby cockatoo
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@EmergencyBK Pauline Hanson can’t even string together a sentence that is grammatically correct.
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2 years
Brilliant! Except I’m seething after watching this! You will be as well
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1 year
I’ve been a bit on edge this morning, as my beautiful little dog had to have an anaesthetic for teeth cleaning. He has a heart murmur so it’s risky. The vet nurse just sent me this photo of after he woke up. All good 🎉🎉
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2 years
@ShiannonC @JRWeaver55 Celia Hammond WA Lib’s Curtin Federal representative has lost to Independent, Kate Chaney (although hasn’t yet officially been called). This is significant. Curtin is Julie Bishop’s old seat.
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@find_findlay James. Much appreciated that you took the time to write such an informative account. So good to hear you got through the experience unscathed.
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“If we can’t agree as a polity that generous super tax concessions provide disproportionate benefits to people who really don’t need the help, while depriving the budget of funds for services that we all need and value, then things are really cooked.” Katharine Murphy
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2 years
How good is Western Australia? 🎉
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2 years
I should clarify, I have been reasonably active on Twitter about a year now, but just getting exposed to so many great people recently who I intend following…
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How can this hollow, hypocritical man live with himself? I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. “We were duped.” #FreeFreePalestine #IStandWithPalestinians
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Robert Martin 🇵🇸
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Australian Prime Minister Albanese was a staunch supporter of Palestine until he had the power to make a difference.
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@TexTexington @ChristianDrakes Ultimatums don’t sit well with me! Please continue to protect yourself. If you can, use HEPA filter air purifiers in the main living areas of your house and bedrooms. Open windows (tell your kids to dress warmly) Lobby your kids’ school for clean air.
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2 years
Twitter is heavily restricting the amount of people I can follow 🙁 I will @follow you back as soon as I can!
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I don’t think the Voice goes far enough…but at least it’s a start. Isn’t it?
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2 years
@BrightWolf3 Yep, my response to the people who have ridiculed China for it’s zero Covid policy is, “Careful what you wish for”. Now that Covid is running rife in China, 2023 will be a disaster.
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Has it occurred to you @SenatorWong , that the 2.2 million Palestinians who live in Gaza (less the >10,000 recently killed by the IOF) are effectively hostages of Israel? The immediate release of all hostages, you call for, would include the Palestinians…
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Senator Penny Wong
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Australia welcomes the G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement:
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2 years
I must be annoying the rustedons…losing followers today.
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2 years
@PlsUseYourBrain @thegrumpypoof @ChrisMinnsMP Just imagine if the money spent on the NSW NYE fireworks, was distributed to those living in poverty.
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@worldzonfire @AlboMP Brilliant post! Well said, Eddie.
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2 years
Bugger, bugger! I have fractured my knee. CT scan tomorrow to determine severity, then ortho to discuss surgery or immobilisation for six weeks. What a bummer.
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2 years
This says it all.
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I slept terribly last night, thinking of: The beautiful people of Gaza, trapped & bombed to smithereens; The vulnerable, who are maliciously ignored during this ongoing epidemic; Rape victims; People on welfare, barely surviving; Our indigenous people, denied a voice; And so on…
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PALESTINE…not Israel 1946
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2 years
The opposition health minister, Anne Ruston, has called on the Fed Govt to release the health advice underpinning its decision to end free Covid tests for concession card holders. Jeezus what next @Mark_Butler_MP This is a disgraceful decision…1/
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I saw my specialist doctor today. He commented I was still wearing a mask. I replied, “I don’t want a bat-mutating virus that causes cognitive damage, cardiovascular damage, immune system damage and possibly Long Covid”. He said, “I think I’ll put a mask on”…and did! Win!
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2 years
To clarify, concession card holders will not receive free RATs from the end of this month.
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3 years
@QuentinDempster @PaulBongiorno @GladysB All of WA’s contact tracers are on the job, to no avail. Numbers are now too high in the #Berejiklian paradise. ☹️
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@SMpwrgr @ACSQHC @KashPrime This is the WA Government’s Health Promotion Brochure to prevent COVID, influenza and other respiratory infections
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I was saying to someone recently that I am not prepared to eat indoors in a restaurant over winter, and I will re-evaluate the situation in summer. I was told there is NOTHING we can do about the spread of CVID-19, and to stop worrying.
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I got excited for a second… “Albanese said that Israel is not fighting another country, but “a people in an occupied land”.” No, not our PM, but Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories. Different species altogether 😫
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@HeathdonSMcGreg @AlanBixter “Mild” to an epidemiologist does not mean that same that “mild” indicates to us. Mild to us means not feeling so bad. Mild to the public health professional just means you aren’t in the hospital. It can still knock you off your feet, debilitate you and be termed mild.
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2 years
This decision is abominable 😡 America has sunk to a new low, and it can’t sink much lower. Trump, and his cronies in the Republican Party, have much to answer for. #RepublicanWarOnWomen #LNPCorruptionParty #AlboForPM
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Willy Lowry
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A visibly shaken and angry Senator Elizabeth Warren just spoke in-front of #SCOTUS . @TheNationalNews
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The standard of reporting on the ABC has deteriorated under Ita’s control, but what would we do without the wonderful @4Corners ? A great investigative program which shines with fearlessness and integrity.
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