Legal & political commentator.LGBTQI+ Mum & fmr snr lawyer w multi invisible disabilities.Lived exp of trauma.Passion 4 social justice. Living on Whadjuk land
My beautiful dog Spartacus passed away this morning in my arms. He was my companion through years of battling major depressive disorder and losing my Dad to suicide. I keep looking around and he's not there. He's gone and it's agony
I just got ghosted during a date. Man x from Bumble insisted we meet in Fremantle then went off to get a round of drinks and the menus only never to return. Luckily I found some nice people to hang out with. But still who literally runs away from a date? I'm not that terriying!!!
How many peeps out there think McGowan should reconsider opening the boarders given the clusterfuck taking place in the Eastern States right now? Do you think McGowan will go ahead? If he does do you think WA is better prepared than Eastern States? My disability makes me worry!
Crying my eyes out. Having an invisible disability is so hard. People expect you to be so much better and more capable than you are. Then you have to constantly disappoint people by not meeting their expectations. No I can't get out of bed & no, it's not because I'm lazy or bad
Aboriginal ppl have survived invasion, massacres, enforced removal fm traditional Lands, cultural genocide (incl Stolen Generation). The laws that allowed these things were all made by non Indigenous ppl. Don't you agree it's time they had a say in laws that affect them
#VoteYes
I'm a single mother with a disability. I had Covid I left a message for JSP to tell them I couldn't make meetig. They never called back. Now I'm getting kicked off my payment. I'm still ill. I'm crying don't know what to do
#servicesaustralia
#Centrelink
#auwu
#DisabilityTwitter
just had a Centrelink review officer on the phone. Told that I didn't make sense when saying Electro Convulsive Therapy affects the working memory. They had never heard of ECT & thought I was making it up! Who do you employ to do these reviews?
@AusUnemployment
@centrelinkgovau
Why is is not being seriously discussed by the media, that bondi junction attack was targeted against women? and that could be an ideological reason? Is it simply that misogyny is seen as the norm and not an ideology?
One thing that makes my blood boil with Robodebt is the fact that the Ministers involved were all lawyers themselves & any decently trained lawyer w half a brain would sniff this out as illegal immediately! The fact they all pretend they didn't know it was illegal is pure BS!
I guarantee you, from the times I was a lawyer for clients in the Children's Court, it's not longer sentences these kids need. It's a background of less poverty, more love, less DV & generally more hope that there will actually be purpose in their lives
My 9yo daughter painted this for me when I was v sad. She knows Jacarandas are my favourite trees. She's pictured the flowers raining down & even the purple blanket on the ground. She told me to keep it close by & look at it whenever I get sad. Such beautiful loving child
$3.4 billion WASTED by the LNP on the French submarine deal. What would you have preferred to see this money spent on?!? For me, I would have liked the money to have been used to increase social security payments above the povery line
@JaneKin54322448
@ArtistAffame
1. Yes, being a child of a single mother back then Was a very different story to today. Today I'm harassed by a disability employment agency until the point of feeling suicidal. Today I don't even get rent assistance, I have to share a room w my daughter in my Mother's home.
Another death in custody! What is this Country going to do about this shameful mounting death toll? I call on a commitment by all State and Federal Governments to the full implementation of the 1991 Royal Commission into IADC. That would be a start. We need to say NO MORE!
Went for an emergency apptmt at my GP. Referred me for urgent CT scan to check for infection & stones etc.
@SKG
then cancelled me saying I have a debt for $800 from 2018 when I was in hospital delerious w sepsis! They cancelled my urgent scan now I'm getting no medical assistance
@ShiannonC
Can you imagine it being acceptable for a female MP or party leader to do this? He's permanently beetroot coloured, he needs to take responsibility and take himself to a rehab clinic
I've personally been a victim of Revenge porn when my exhusband sent ppl stolen pictures of me. It's so humiliating it eats into you soul. Why are the
@nswpolice
doing anything about
#peterpoulis
. Investigate him, charge him. Do something FFS!!!
@scarlettrfranks
2. For me it was because I knew that it would just be my word ag his & my internal thinking (which I know is not right but still v deeply ingrained) I put myself in a risky situation, I knew all the ppl. I think women who report and go through with Court are so brave! ❤️❤️🙏🙏
Being a lawyer with mental illness. Many bosses wld say yr not ambitious enough b/c I'd arranged a 9.30 start. Also similar things bc I would take my paid sick leave & leave when my baby was sick. I got told "u need to choose btwn being a mother & being a lawyer" I'm not joking!
The social worker at my local Services Australia office was able to help me by fixing up the payment termination. She is a great social worker, working in a very messed up institution. She's been helping my family deal w the bureaucracy from time to time since my father's suicide
@scarlettrfranks
1. Oh God that's awful. I am so sorry to hear that. That must have been such a retraumatisation for you. You were very brave for facing it and I'm so sorry you got no justice. Certainly I've never reported any sexual assault I've experienced...
My uncle who is a quirky former University lecturer & a Dr of Philosophy actually got hungup on by scammers! This is because he rambled on asking them detailed questions & giving them philosophical feedback on their approach. They told him he wasn't serious about the deal 🤣🤣
I think it's the end for poor Sparti. We're off the vet & I think they'll tell us it's time to say goodbye. I want to be there with him when he goes to sleep, he's such a good dog that's been there for me constantly when Ive needed a companion. No judgement, just love.....
The JSP however have wrongly suspended my account now~ 5 times even tho I have had medical certs from my drs saying I'm not well enough to look for work. They are making my life hell & wasting the Services Australia employees time by them having to fix the wrongful cancellations
@drlouisehansen
My friend in the navy has PTSD bc the LNP govt ordered them not to rescue asylum seekers in the water! They don't care about the lives of asylum seekers! Navy personel disobeyed orders & saved ppl from water, friend still has nightmares. Detention is not to save lives as claimed!
Calling
@Centrelink
now. Trying to get an advance before Christmas. I got hung up on 3 times! Now I finally got thru to wait to speak to someone & the wait time is 30 mins. Hello Centrelink we R people too, why do u have phone numbers if it's impossible to talk to anyone?
I went to see my Psychiatrist today and bought 2 of my medications. That's my entire fortnightly parenting payment gone. I now have around $8 until next week
I feel as though saying no to
#Porter
is not enough. The Government continues to force him on us regardless. This is another obvious incident of gaslighting and an example of misogyny. Thanks for hearing us
#ScottyFromGaslighting
I'm at home alone tonight and I really, really miss my doggy Spartacus. So sad he's gone, he was always here keeping me company. Always lying at the end of my bed. Crying now thinking of him 😭
@mana_sean
So sorry Sean. 2 yrs ago I held Dad's hand as they turned off the life support after he suicided. Later I asked my best friend (who lost her father at 21) what do I do now? She said to me "you just keep on living day by day". Her words helped me a lot, so I pass them onto you ❤
That JSP is Maxima Group Incorporated, Vic Park
@MaximaGroupInc
they are the ones that don't return my calls & suspend me many times despite me having medical certificates to say I am unfit to look for work. I have never received a return call from them often getting the attached
@FatherBob
No you didn't Bob, you showed some vulnerability and feeling. You are brave enough to do that and therefore you're setting a good example for people. Holding it all in is what can lead to bad mental health outcomes for people
@GDixon1977
@knarfnamduh
I would if I was well enough. I have Complex PTSD and it's flared up by interactions with institutions like Services Australia. Because I was a victim of DV I can't even answer the phone to unknown numbers
My daughter & I were on the way out & our tyre blew out! A lovely young man helped us change the tyre for the spare. My daughter was freaking out a bit but we got home safely. So thankful for the kindness of a stranger ❤❤❤
Does anyone know the cause of national medication shortages we are experiencing at the moment??My pharmacist says they have no idea when mediations will be back in stock. This is scary for people dependent on regular meds for their health. WTH is going on
#medicationshortages
As many of you know I've been bed ridden since leaving hospital on 24 hr IV antibiotics with home nursing everyday. So what does my exhusband do? He chooses this as the time to update child support to say our daughter is spending more time at his house & BTW I might have a job!
@AriDrennen
@Pyewacketstare
Saying LGBTQI ppl tear families apart is the biggest load of crap I've heard! It's prejudice that ruins families!! My family has accepted our many gay members & extended family since the 1980s. Gay members are crucial to our family and certainly do nothing to tear it apart! ❤️❤️
Robodebt: in my view suicide was a reasonably foreseeable outcome for Centrelink's vulnerable clients. Eg if u take a poor person that has depression& PTSD & you start accusing them of debts that are fictitious, unpayable & using debt collectors to hound them at all hours.
@JennyMi11374978
@BethanyinCBR
Jenny, glad that the Royal Commission was so thorough and well carried out. I'm happy you are seeing some justice done. I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope the prosections recommended by the Commissioner are carried out in full!
@LadyFKAL
I felt that 2 for a while after the divorce. It's so horrible! But then after some bad stalking I decided all pick ups & drop offs were to be from my Mum's house & when I moved house I didn't give him the address. All comms thru Mum too. It enabled me to take bck some power x
1. So I've been the last week in hospital. I got a bad bladder & kidney infections with some pretty nasty drug resistant bacteria. Bacteria creates a noxious gas that can kill kidney tissue. Iplus once I got to hospital found out I also had covid. Lucky to pull through guys...
@TamePunk
The level of gaslighting by Members of the Govt under ScoMo has skyrocketed! I'm a disabled Mum that has been a DV victim recognise the patterns of abuse replayed by Govt in the way they try to 'spin' the truth. I support yr initiative to use accurate language abt child sex abuse
@criprights
Sam, I honestly think you should release the information. It's very relevant because of the FOI order and the fact that Jenny seems to be the informal top advisor to the PM
@ShiannonC
@WgarNews
My daughter (10 yrs) believes Aust Day should be moved from invasion day to the day when the Aboriginal peoples got their land back. I suggested that day cld be when the High Ct ruled in favour of Mabo to recognise Native Title. I mean if a 10 yo can work it out, hoe hard is it?
I'm in lots of pain today & unfortunately I can't get trauma shit out of my mind today! Can't stop thinking of what my ex & his partner did to me and feeling really v sad & angry. They stole my daughter. I got her back but left w CPTSD. I want my life back! 😭
@TRyanGregory
My Oma lived to 91 & was the most beautiful person with v interesting perspective. She survived WW11, became stateless, immigrated, lived in a tent with 2 kids in the bush, raised 5. She taught me to love & live w/o judgement of others. This man wld have had her killed bc old?
@ArtistAffame
Melissa is right I attended a v expensive private school & worked as a lawyer at a top firm. My parents were high in the public service & fairly wealthy. Then my stepdad suicided, I went thru a divorce w extreme DV & staking & was bullied at work. I'm now so ill I live in poverty
Hey world out there, u want to know abt DV & what it does to a person? What extreme psychological abuse & bullying can do to a person? Ask. I was once a lawyer at the top of my professn I now live w CPTSD & the humiliation of trying to raise a daughter on $450 pw
#DVMatters
#ptsd
@isawwhatudid_
@JulianAndrew63
I'm not a Jew hater. I'm a Genocide hater. I don't care whose carrying it out its Genocide, you don't get a pass from that no matter who you are
I set up the petition demanding that PM holds an inquiry into the allegations ag Porter. Being in the WA legal profession I've ruffled feathers. Recieved patronising remarks claiming I don't understand the law! Please share
#March4Justice
#JusticeForKate
My beautiful dog Spartacus is dieing. He is my support dog & has been there for me thru the last 12 years of my struggle with disabilities. This morning the cancer continued its growth & He has lost his eye sight. He will probably only be with me a precious few days longer 😭
@SBSNews
Disgusting. He allowed priests to to on abusing children amongst othe things, how is he possibly "Australia's greatest ever Catholic"? Do these people just ignore the Royal Commission's findings altogether?
1/2 I've been admitted to hospital for Electro Convulsive Therapy. It's a treatment I've had before & found sucessful treatment for my major depressive disorder. While I'm in here I'll tweet things that come up for me each day
#MentalHealthMatters
#depression
#ECT
#mentalillness
Well done
@MarkMcGowanMP
for making the right & difficult decision to push back WA border opening 👏 Thank you for considering the vulnerable people in our State & valuing our lives!
@annaspargoryan
I make sure I'm really lovely to my partner's ex wife. I always be sure to compliment her and try to make her life easier if I can. She is always lovely back. Life's too short. Building good relationships makes everyone's lives easier
So much for alleged bulk billing. Mid March & met my Medicare threshold. Means I've paid $900 in out of pocket medical expenses in 3 months & live on the single parenting pension. This is a significant portion of the income my daughter & I live on. Doesn't include meds
#Medicare
I can't take it anymore. I'm still sick with a post covid secondary infection. How can they keep threatening me. Im a mother of a 10 year old girl
#billshortenmp
#anthonyalbanese
#auwu
I'm a single mother with a disability. I had Covid I left a message for JSP to tell them I couldn't make meetig. They never called back. Now I'm getting kicked off my payment. I'm still ill. I'm crying don't know what to do
#servicesaustralia
#Centrelink
#auwu
#DisabilityTwitter
Get frequent UTIs & I think the latest 1 may have turned into a kidney infection. I'm in agony in the kidney region, I'm nauseous & can't move around much. Managed to get an appointment with my GP around midday. Just a wait to then, no pain killers left....ahhh this is awful! 😪
Just got back from a session of Electro Convulsive Therapy. I've got memory disruption already and it's just my first session of this round but I must say my mood is quite a lot lighter already. Hope it works this time 🙏
@MoistenedTart
Who needs them! To your little one all she needs at this age is an interested and loving mother. She is thriving because of all of your love and care. Interested grandparents are just an optional extra, not necessary esp if they are not interested
@blakandblack
I've seen the practices of many property developers up close in legal practice and I can say with confidence they are some of the most corrupt business people I've come across
@ElenaFilipczyk
contact these people. They have a whole disability advocacy service that's free. If they can't help they should be able to point you in the right direction
@MoistenedTart
Yep this guy is super creepy! If he's only 30 he can date someone his own age and have kids. His whole premise for dating teenage women is a farce. He's just a sex pest
We have a confirmed case of chicken pox at my daughter's primary school. Bloody anti vaxxers. They won't be happy until we've all dies of some nasty preventable disease!!!
Dutton didn't attend the apology to the stolen generations because he says his life experiences of Aboriginal ppl made him think an apology wasn't called for. He believed that the stolen generation was justified to "help" Aboriginal children bc of poor conditions & abuse (thread)
@Kat73737
@Maureendoyle52
@SKG
F**k off you rude person. So you're complaining I'm a drain on the public purse but then incredulous that I have private insurance. Well my health is so bad & public system so inadequate I have to spend my v limited money on private health insurance
I remembered that when my BF who was black & tall (w the gentlest soul) met Mum for 1st time in the yard at night. They were nice to eachother but afterwards he asked me "oh no did I scare her" & I said "No" & then GOT IT. This is what black men must fear out of many interactions
For me
#raisetherate
is about not wanting to live & to raise my daughter in abject poverty. It's about being a disabled mother who does not have to rely on charity of others. To not live in cramped housing w my mother. To not aw tell my daughter, I'm sorry we're too poor for that
@Sarah_Haar_
/police do this all the time w violence ag women.whenI was being stalked by my ex online & abused. I was told can't do anything unless u get a restraining order. This was not true & crimes had already been committed. The standard is fob off women who complain about male violence
Now that I no longer work due to disability, EVERYONE I know or talk to is voting Labor and/or Greens this election. Do other people get the vibe this election is going to be a landslide to Labor??
Can I be included in LGBTQI+🌈 if I have had sex with women (but mostly attracted to men) & never had a relationship with a woman? I also have always been a big supporter of gay & lesbian rights my whole life having an extented family & friend group w many gay & lesbian members?
Getting difficult now w Christmas coming up, w inflation running hot, no increase to government payments, threats to cut me off even though they have my latest medical certificate re chronic illnesses & the kids talking constantly about the many gifts they want. So stressful 😓
I have an invisible disability. So today getting on the bus I had 2 Karen's challenge my right to take a seat. Bus was full so I sat sideways to watch my 10 yo was ok. I then got told off for how I was sitting sideways bc I was clearly blocking ppl. Ffs mid yr own business karens
When I was escaping violence, my child had been stolen by my ex & I was so sick as result the govt didn't give me money for months! A woman's NFP gave me $50 & that's all I had. I was lucky enough to be able to borrow from friends & fam otherwise I wld have been on the streets
This is so true. I've been in hospital for mental health treatment many times and only one boss ever sent me flowers. My Dad sometimes brings orchids in pots
Day 1 EMDR. Did my first memory from 3 yo, domestic violence. Image based. Then my brain went to my stepfather's suicide. Holding hand when he died. Speaking at funeral. After listened to music singing along. Chain smoked.Felt lighter. Now exhausted. Chillin
#EMDR
#cptsd
#therapy
Just for a bit of fun, I've got bloody shingles again!! 3rd time I've had them. This is the other side of having mental illness & Fibromyalgia people often don't think of. The depressed immune system. Bed, antivirals & plenty of water for me now 🙄😬😮💨
Friends I think I need to go into the Clinic for some ECT treatment. I have been very depressed for months now & constantly physically ill. Also my PTSD is being triggered constantly leaving me exhausted & raw. I think I need to have some rest away from the everyday stressors 😔
My Aunt died today. She was in her early 70s. She decided she wanted to die when her husband died earlier this yr. She was always VERY strong willed & has managed to die within a few months of him. RIP Aunty Elena. You were a unique & strong woman who survived a LOT in your life