"The question is whether our statistical systems are keeping pace with what really matters." Dr. Julie Smith asks this in her Austaxpolicy article, Beyond GDP: Why Measuring Child Health Equity Should Matter to Economic Policy. @jpsmith1.bsky.social @miraztax.bsky.social

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Rising inequality is causing strife everywhere. Those setting the rules in international measurements are trying to improve how governments can track inequality. But how to measure the material well being of infants and young children? @austaxpolicy Read this www.austaxpolicy.com/beyond-gdp-w...

Rising inequality is causing strife everywhere. Those setting the rules in international measurements are trying to improve how governments can track inequality. But how to measure the material well being of infants and young children? @austaxpolicy Read this www.austaxpolicy.com/beyond-gdp-w...

Beyond GDP: Why Measuring Child Health Equity Should Matter to Economic Policy - Austaxpolicy: The Tax and Transfer Policy Blog

When governments debate economic progress, inequality, or fiscal sustainability, they typically rely on evidence derived from national accounts, GDP, and taxation statistics used to measure… Read More...

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"Let’s not use right-wing tropes that income support is rising out of control. Rather, we should be wondering if those on income support are being forced to live in poverty and despair, and just how much that is contributing to issues such as mental health."

Greg Jericho@grogsgamut.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Sorry ABC - 8m are not on "income support". My fact check for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

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Built to fail? NACC: the integrity body undermined from within

The National Anti-Corruption Commission’s performance since its inception has been widely condemned. The leadership of Commissioner Paul Brereton, in particular, has drawn heavy criticism. Indeed, the...

thepoint.com.au

Please consider helping this appeal. The shutdown of civil dissent that we currently suffer started with silencing whistleblowers having evidence on animal cruelty. Then climate change protesters. … then … Remember this:”First they came for the …. Then they came for me.” chuffed.org/project/figh...

High Court battle: Help us defend the right to expose animal cruelty

For two years, we have been locked in a legal battle over a fundamental question:Does the public have the right to see evidence of animal cruelty even when companies want it hidden?

chuffed.org

If Australia needed further motivation to transition to renewables, the Iran conflict and consequential fuel shortages surely offers it, writes Sam Roggeveen. satpa.pe/cDDr9VS

How the Iran war compels a rethink of US alliance

ANALYSIS: As the world wrestles with a crisis of the United States’ making, now is the moment for Australia to rethink its alliance.

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Always angling for another 'trip' on 'Air Force 1' ?

Ashok Dadhwal@ashokdadhwal196.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Trump touted a “15-point” Iran ceasefire plan just days ago. Now the White House is walking it back, with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying reports of such a plan were “not entirely factual” and never fully confirmed. Confusion grows over US strategy.

The NACC robodebt report: A heartbreaking work of staggering incompetence www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/13/n...

An excellent study of baby milk marketing in Australia showing how the public is misled by online marketing. Milk formula is now a $55 billion industry & an excuse for governments, health providers & employers to duck responsibilities for enabling breastfeeding. theconversation.com/australia-ma...

Australia may ban infant formula advertising. Here’s what the online ads actually say

Online ads targeting parents in Australia prey on anxieties about their babies’ nutrition and wellbeing.

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New paper with Melissa Bartick and @jpsmith1.bsky.social on breastfeeding, breast pumping and "human milk feeding." We call for support for breastfeeding and not just providing expressed breastmilk, preservation of "breastfeeding" as a term, and breast pumps to be added into the WHO Code scope.

be like Dennis Richardson. Stop co-operating with the zionist project. thenightly.com.au/politics/ex-...

Bondi RC takes hit as former spy chief sensationally quits

Former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson has quit his role assisting the anti-Semitism royal commission after less than three months.

thenightly.com.au

This population‑based research from Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden examines how often first‑time mothers experience births without major interventions or complications — including physiological births — and reveals important differences between countries. Read the full article: zurl.co/qXRR7

Birth interventions and outcomes among first time mothers: A population-based register study in four Nordic countries

Although the Nordic countries generally report lower caesarean section rates compared with middle- and high-income settings, caesarean section represe…

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www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

'Wanton cruelty': Man fails to reduce sentence for dragging kangaroo behind car

A Bywong man's attempt to have his sentence for aggravated animal cruelty reduced, after dragging a conscious kangaroo behind his car last year, is dismissed in the Queanbeyan Local Court.

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the phrase “more than a dozen pregnant children” ringing in my ears www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Cut-price Costello Tim Wilson on Sky just now: "It’s very clear to me that when there’s an increase in petrol prices, Jim Chalmers collects more excise revenue." Excise is not based on price changes. It's indexed twice a year in line with inflation.

Well, something's very clear to everyone

Amy Remeikis@amyremeikis.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Cut-price Costello Tim Wilson on Sky just now: "It’s very clear to me that when there’s an increase in petrol prices, Jim Chalmers collects more excise revenue." Excise is not based on price changes. It's indexed twice a year in line with inflation.

High Court battle: Help us defend the right to expose animal cruelty chuffed.org/project/figh...

High Court battle: Help us defend the right to expose animal cruelty

For two years, we have been locked in a legal battle over a fundamental question:Does the public have the right to see evidence of animal cruelty even when companies want it hidden?

chuffed.org

High Court battle: Help us defend the right to expose animal cruelty chuffed.org/project/figh...

High Court battle: Help us defend the right to expose animal cruelty

For two years, we have been locked in a legal battle over a fundamental question:Does the public have the right to see evidence of animal cruelty even when companies want it hidden?

chuffed.org

This job ad for a new Woodside CEO is surprisingly honest

Lilly@lillyull.bsky.social · 8mo ago

www.thejuicemedia.com/honest-gover...

these people are paid around $6,000 per week by the Australian public to hustle among themselves for spots inside their own organisations. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Sussan Ley says David Littleproud rejected offer of talks this week after Coalition breakup

Liberal leader proposed meeting ‘without any preconditions’ to discuss two parties’ relationship after last week’s split

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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”

Seems like every new Epstein files event results in the US bombing or invading someone.

How is the 2.5 year govt response to Gambling Ad reform coming along? @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social FOI docs show behind-the-scenes responding to Nine and Newscorp #auspol michaelwest.com.au/gambling-adv...

Gambling advertising reform in 2026? Don't bet on it - Michael West

Will 2026 see change to Gambling Advertising in Australia? The answer has to be ‘No’ if new FOI documents are anything to go by.

michaelwest.com.au

How in the goddamn flying fuck do we live in a country where the murders of 15 people from one racial/religious group ONCE requires both a Royal Commission AND the deployment of the army but the murders of 80 women EVERY YEAR since time immemorial fucking doesn’t?? #NewsCorpse

People like this exist. Unbelievable. He calls kangaroos vermin. What would you call him? citynews.com.au/2025/man-who...

Man who dragged kangaroo along road had 'no remorse' | Canberra CityNews

A man has pleaded guilty to committing an act of animal cruelty against a kangaroo after he tied a rope around its neck and dragged it along a rural NSW road.

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Tim Bryer - another unsung hero. Tells ANZ about Crown casino 'suspicious transactions'. Zach Szumer investigates money laundering cover-up, banks protecting big clients #AUSTRAC #crown #auspol michaelwest.com.au/money-launde...

Money laundering. ANZ and Crown covering for each other? What about AUSTRAC? - Michael West

ANZ staffer identifies suspicious Crown casino transactions. Loses job. Despite two royal commissions and AUSTRAC investigating - silence

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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Greenland has announced it will annex the United States, citing humanitarian concerns, chronic leadership instability, and an urgent need to protect valuable land from reckless mismanagement. Officials assured Americans they'll soon enjoy free healthcare, quieter politics, and less gold plating.