Colin James PhD
@colinj51.bsky.social
Living on Awabakal land in Australia, never ceded. Lawyer, coach, educator, researcher, and runner ...sort of. Selected publications - https://tinyurl.com/5dxv67v9 NEW BOOK OUT NOW on trauma-informed law - https://tinyurl.com/tfz9hx7f
Pauline Hanson's comment that "Domestic violence is a two-way street" was in context and consistent with her previous statements going back decades. theconversation.com/pauline-hans...
Pauline Hanson was once dubbed ‘queen of the men’s rights movement’. Her 30-year career shows why
As consistent as her beliefs on race and immigration, Hanson has been championing men’s rights causes for 30 years – at the expense of women.
theconversation.com
Why does the Reserve Bank want to make Australians feel poorer? 🤔 Co-CEO Richard Denniss answers this question and more in the latest episode of 'What's the Point?' 🏦🏦🏦 #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
"Black Site" scandal. Australia's involvement in the disappearance of 64 "prisoners" during the invasion of Iraq, inquiries hit a brick wall. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
A priests search for the fate of 60 Iraqi prisoners - ABC listen
For six years, a Church of England priest has been trying to uncover the fate of more than 60 Iraqis taken prisoner by Coalition forces during the 2003 Iraq invasion.
abc.net.au
Richard Denniss is going on tour for his new book, More Fool Me: How the gas industry tricked Australia. You can book tickets via our events page: https://australiainstitute.org.au/events/ The essay is out now: https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/more-fool-me-vantage-point-issue-6
The extreme beauty of nature. www.quantamagazine.org/the-organism...
The Organisms That Make Earth’s Harshest Places Home | Quanta Magazine
Extremophiles that thrive in the most unforgiving environments aren’t just biological curiosities. Understanding their resilience has many implications for us.
quantamagazine.org
Meanwhile, in the US, experts worry that the pursuit of Fauci is helping to create a "chilling effect" on public health staffing and infrastructure. www.npr.org/2026/07/30/n...
After Fauci Senate hearing, experts worry about 'chilling effect' on public health
The accusations against Dr. Anthony Fauci, once the nation's leading infectious disease expert, have some experts worrying that these events may further erode public health staffing in the U.S.
npr.org
Writing your Will today? Consider this. www.thelifeyoucansave.org.au/cause-funds/...
All Charities Fund
This general fund is a great opportunity for donors seeking to support the wide range of cost-effective, highly impactful charities that contribute to alleviating premature death and unnecessary suffe...
thelifeyoucansave.org.au
Better than any religion....mindfulness (with compassion). theconversation.com/good-things-...
Good things take time – but new research suggests mindfulness can make the wait easier
Mindfulness can change how we experience time, making it easier to wait for future rewards without relying on greater willpower.
theconversation.com
If you are Australian and want to save the world, consider signing these three petitions. knittingnannas.org/2026/08/03/t...
Three Petitions to Sign
Take Action! Three petitions to sign about waste, saving vulnerable species and establishing Southern Highlands Wollondilly National Park.
knittingnannas.org
Can’t believe Trump is trying to jail this hero!
Dan🌹🔵🌊🇺🇸@arepublic86.bsky.social · last wk.Just an appreciation post for this guy. The COVID pandemic would have been far worse without Dr. Fauci's decades of experience as guidance through it. Had he been working under an adult president and not the child that presided over 2020, he would have saved even more lives without having to contend
Pine Gap is presented as a joint facility, but its US-controlled war-fighting role means Australia could become a target before its government has time to decide anything at all, Peter Cronau writes. #auspol #PineGap #AUKUS
The myth of a joint Pine Gap
While Washington sets the priorities and commands decision-making, Australian operational staff at the base are outnumbered by Australian 'guards and gardeners'.
pearlsandirritations.com
The age of fossil fuels is ending – what will the exit look like for Australia? Gas executives are "not looking at the technological changes that are reshaping their own industry," says @assaadrazzouk.bsky.social. "You're going to end up with lots of stranded assets." #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/3RYU52g
Maintaining the Gap. Australian governments continue to fail in their colonisation of First Nation people. theconversation.com/closing-the-...
Closing the Gap is failing, yet again. Is it time we do away with it altogether?
New data show just four of the 19 targets are being met or are on track to be so. With such a poor track record, it’s time for a different approach.
theconversation.com
Managing the situation. Commercial media and tabloids minimise bad news about big customers, but thanks to the ABC.... www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Harvey Norman and Latitude face $55m penalty for misleading ad campaign
The two businesses misled customers into taking out credit cards and paying additional fees in a 60-month interest-free payment scheme, the corporate regulator says.
abc.net.au
Why are we even talking about nuclear as an option for Australia? Because it's a great political distraction. In the latest episode of "What's the Point?" co-CEO Richard Denniss wades into the nuclear debate and sheds light on why we're even discussing it. #auspol
Underfunding Australia's national broadcaster is a cowardly and passive way to undermine it. All governments hate the transparency and exposures created by ABC investigations and reporting. www.themonthly.com.au/sally-neighb...
The news division
Amid stories of power struggles and personal conflict within the ABC, news director Justin Stevens was unceremoniously pushed out in May. What’s behind the turmoil?
themonthly.com.au
Should SpaceX be forced to clean up its debris and garbage off the moon? theconversation.com/an-abandoned...
An abandoned SpaceX rocket is about to crash into the Moon. The real problem comes next
As the Moon starts getting crowded, questions of safety and responsibility are becoming hard to ignore.
theconversation.com
A party of disaffected litigants? One Nation's views of Australia's family law system are revealed. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts deride family law system, calling DV a ‘weapon’ and court a ‘slaughterhouse’
Resurfaced comments by the One Nation leader underline her criticism of paid family violence leave and domestic violence support groups
theguardian.com
If you have kids and you accept the science showing climate change is aggravated by burning coal and gas, consider objecting to the Hunter Valley Operations coal expansion by Sunday 2 August. knittingnannas.org/2026/07/27/o...
Write submission to oppose more coal
It’s quick and easy to write a submission objecting to Hunter Valley Operations coal mine as there is so much evidence against it.
knittingnannas.org
Good news dept. womensagenda.com.au/latest/media...
Media founder to political hopeful? Hannah Ferguson considers run against Anthony Albanese in Grayndler
Cheek Media CEO Hannah Ferguson is considering taking on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in his inner-west Sydney seat of Grayndler.
womensagenda.com.au
These Israeli Jews were protesting against settler violence supported by the Israeli govt, and were supporting Palestinian rights. Lucky they weren't in Australia, where the PM's hand-picked envoy would have labeled them antisemitic. #auspol
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 2w agoDozens of Israeli activists protested in Tel Aviv against settler violence in the occupied West Bank after a deadly confrontation near the Palestinian village of Tal. Israeli police later arrested several demonstrators.
Albo asserts the National Conference was “purposeful and united”. United in denial of a genocide and purposeful in avoiding debate on AUKUS. This is not democracy in action. It is a denial of reality and a craven act of capitulation to US warmongering and hegemony. Disgusting!
Yes Albo, the party has changed. Not for the better. No point being cohesive and united if the soul of the party is sold to militarism, US hegemony, and a craven fear of challenging genocide and Trump. Intimidating the membership into silence demonstrates weakness not strength!
"We’ve got vice-chancellors here in third-tier universities who are paid more than the vice-chancellors of Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard. It’s insane." Australia is a sucker country for poker machine owners, coal miners, gas sellers, and university VCs. www.crikey.com.au/podcast/cut-...
