Andrew Baillie

@andrewbaillie.bsky.social

He/him, Clin Psych, Prof Allied Health, @sydneyuni.bsky.social & SLHD, boundary spanner, implementation science SHP, addictions Matilda Centre & Edith Collins Centre. Unceded Lands of the Eora Nation.

USA soccer player Folarin Balogun is the epitome of why birthright citizenship matters: opening doors and creating opportunities to help our nation reach new heights. Attempts to upend birthright citizenship are unlawful and un-American. Team USA will show what unity looks like tonight.

World Cup 2026: Folarin Balogun, the US star who would not be allowed under Trump's plan

Folarin Balogun scored two goals on his World Cup debut, but he is the type of person President Trump is trying to ban under birthright citizenship.

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Global health advocates are calling on #FIFA to end its Coca-Cola World Cup sponsorship by 2030, warning that football’s biggest stage is being used to market sugary drinks linked to obesity, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. ⚽🥤 ✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @vitalstrategies.org 📖⬇️ & 🔁🙏

FIFA Urged To Kick Coca-Cola Out Of World Cup - Health Policy Watch

Ahead of the kick-off of the World Cup football tournament on Thursday, global health advocates are demanding that FIFA, the international football

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Today is #WorldNoTobaccoDay 🚭 Tobacco and nicotine companies deliberately design their products to hook you. Sugars, flavours, and cooling agents all mask the harshness of nicotine so you inhale more, and get addicted faster. Let's break the addiction. Help is available 👉 bit.ly/4wIK34X

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Today marks 35 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody made 339 recommendations to address systemic racism and over-incarceration of First Nations people. Since then, more than 630 First Nations people have died in custody, including 12 so far in 2026.

“There was no time to process, only to move, to respond, to try to save lives.” Safa Bleik was at a hospital in Beirut when Israeli forces launched strikes across Lebanon on 8 April. She shares what it was like in the emergency room:

Lebanon: Testimony from a night of mass casualties in Beirut | MSF

Safa Bleik was at a hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, when Israeli forces launched mass-scale strikes across the country. She recounts a night spent trying to stabilise patients with serious injuries.

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