Geoff Field

Geoff Field

@geofffield.bsky.social

Former radio person escaped from the asylum !! no DM's unless I know you. More info at https://www.geofffield.com.au/biography/

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Chris Pomfret
@chrispomfret.bsky.social

Barnaby Joyce is on ABC TV saying that the children’s cartoon character Bluey depicted in the One Nation political cartoons being run over by a car is an overreaction. ABC boss said earlier they are considering suing One Nation. Robert Irwin has also said he wants to sue. Sue them!

Geoff Field
@geofffield.bsky.social

Can we expect a comment from Sam Rae - where is the aged care minister - AND his empathy for all the issues needing attention in his portfolio ??? #Auspol

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au

Dementia deaths surpass one in 10 to remain Australia’s leading cause of death

abc.net.auDementia deaths in Australia surpass one in 10 of all fatalitiesThe Australian Bureau of Statistics says it is the first time the deadly condition has accounted for more than 10 per cent of all Aussie deaths.

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Wendy Harmer
@wendyharmer.bsky.social

Like so many of us, freaked out that bad actors using AI might steal our Super savings. Time to hit the mattresses (stuffed with cash)? Ironic that most future jobs in IT will be in shoring up defences to protect us from AI. Like the legendary Ouroboros... the snake that eats itself.

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Geoff Field
@geofffield.bsky.social

With the lack of coverage of important international stories on our ABC, it’s interesting to note what stories do get prominence 🙄

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Pearls and Irritations
@johnmenadue.com

Rising seas are sharpening conflicts between beachfront property, public access and coastal ecosystems. Better planning and stronger scientific advice could keep more of those battles out of court, Bruce Thom writes. #ClimateAdaptation #Coasts #Planning

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Andrew Wilkie MP
@andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social

The Govt's new aged care algorithm has been assessed as neither fair nor consistent. The Govt must listen to experts and ensure they don't pursue another robodebt-style automation designed to cut costs at the expense of desperately-needed support #auspol

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Geoff Field
@geofffield.bsky.social

What is going on at ABC TV News Brisbane? Last nights top story on a weekend drive by shooting and no mention of the ombudsman aged care report. Stop trying to cooy the commercial networks. Thank God for SBS

Geoff Field
@geofffield.bsky.social

“The Albanese government’s proposed reforms would give US big tech unrestricted access to Australian and international content. This would allow AI companies to get access to everything Australians and their global fellow creators create online under an “opt out” model”

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com

In a rush to lure AI companies, the Australian government risks undoing a creative ecosystem that has taken decades to build

theguardian.comIn a rush to lure AI companies, the Australian government risks undoing a creative ecosystem that has taken decades to buildIf proposed copyright reforms proceed, Australia will become a global IP-laundering paradise. Why would a UK business license its TV shows here if they can be scraped at will? Australia and the UK have always had a shared love of creativity. We consume each other’s TV, news, music and books. Our chefs appear on each other’s TV channels and quite frankly I was bereft when the ABC’s The Newsreader ended its run in the UK. That shared love though, appears not to be reciprocated by the Australian government. Its rush to attract AI investment from big US tech, and the extreme copyright reforms that it believes need to go along with it, threatens a creative ecosystem that has taken decades to build. Dan Guthrie is the director general of the Alliance for Intellectual Property in the UK Continue reading...
Geoff Field
@geofffield.bsky.social

What is going on at ABC TV News Brisbane? Last nights top story on a weekend drive by shooting and no mention of the ombudsman aged care report. Stop trying to cooy the commercial networks. Thank God for SBS

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Senator David Shoebridge
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social

AI companies say their products can cure cancer, take us to Mars, but apparently not respect the copyright of artists and creators... that just doesn't add up. Maybe the Minister isn't afraid but artists and others are!

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3wombats
@3wombats.bsky.social

So much for calming things down more like lowering the tone

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au

One Nation cartoonist refuses to apologise to Jacqui Lambie over episode on her medical condition

abc.net.au'Get a reality check': Cartoon maker refuses to apologise to Jacqui LambieSenator Jacqui Lambie is calling on the One Nation candidate and creator of the party's 'Please Explain' cartoons to drop out of the race for an upper house seat in next month's Victorian election.

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stranger
@strangerous.bsky.social

Jacqui Lambie really unloaded on ON’s Mark Nicholson (fake criminal lawyer), says he should “not be in parliament” for refusing to apologise for his misogynistic cartoon & claiming it’s his “job to pick on ppl” Lambie “He should drop out”🔥 Grown man bullying women—yep, drop out

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Geoff Field
@geofffield.bsky.social

"And he may want get his mind out of the gutter because, quite frankly, what he's doing is just disgraceful” #Auspol

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au

One Nation cartoonist refuses to apologise to Jacqui Lambie over episode on her medical condition

abc.net.au'Get a reality check': Cartoon maker refuses to apologise to Jacqui LambieSenator Jacqui Lambie is calling on the One Nation candidate and creator of the party's 'Please Explain' cartoons to drop out of the race for an upper house seat in next month's Victorian election.

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Zem
@zem-australia.bsky.social

these algorithms are deliberately coded to ensure that services are not approved... that's their purpose @albomp.bsky.social has fallen short of nearly every @australianlabor.bsky.social voters expectation across nearly every issue... disappointing #AusPol #AusNews www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

abc.net.auAged care funding algorithm neither fair nor consistent, ombudsman findsA damning report has laid bare serious concerns about the use of Australia's automated aged care funding system.

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Geoff Field
@geofffield.bsky.social

Society should be judged on how it treats the young and elderly. Has Sam Rae said anything yet ?? 🤔 #Auspol

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Geoff Field
@geofffield.bsky.social

"And he may want get his mind out of the gutter because, quite frankly, what he's doing is just disgraceful” #Auspol

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au

One Nation cartoonist refuses to apologise to Jacqui Lambie over episode on her medical condition

abc.net.au'Get a reality check': Cartoon maker refuses to apologise to Jacqui LambieSenator Jacqui Lambie is calling on the One Nation candidate and creator of the party's 'Please Explain' cartoons to drop out of the race for an upper house seat in next month's Victorian election.

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Geoff Field
@geofffield.bsky.social

“In a statement, Minister for Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, and Minister for Aged Care, Sam Rae, said: "The Government will consider the Ombudsman's report carefully as we continue to improve our aged care system, including the assessments system." Over to you Sam an co.

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au

Aged care funding algorithm neither fair or consistent, ombudsman finds

abc.net.auAutomated aged care algorithm needs a human override, ombudsman findsA damning report has laid bare serious concerns about the use of Australia's automated aged care funding system.
Geoff Field
@geofffield.bsky.social

“In a statement, Minister for Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, and Minister for Aged Care, Sam Rae, said: "The Government will consider the Ombudsman's report carefully as we continue to improve our aged care system, including the assessments system." Over to you Sam an co.

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au

Aged care funding algorithm neither fair or consistent, ombudsman finds

abc.net.auAutomated aged care algorithm needs a human override, ombudsman findsA damning report has laid bare serious concerns about the use of Australia's automated aged care funding system.

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Pearls and Irritations
@johnmenadue.com

What happens if parts of northern Australia become too hot to live in, or the Great Barrier Reef turns white forever? Senior CSIRO scientists say Australia needs that conversation before it is too late, Peter Hannam writes. #Climate #CSIRO #auspol

Geoff Field
@geofffield.bsky.social

Hanson accused the Labor and Liberal parties of trying to “censor” One Nation’s cartoons and vowed that the Please Explain videos “will not be going anywhere”.

bystander1.bsky.social@bystander1.bsky.social

"One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has rejected any link between the party’s controversial cartoons and increasing security threats against politicians."

indailysa.com.auHanson hits back after AFP chief's cartoon claims - News | InDaily, Inside South AustraliaOne Nation leader Pauline Hanson says the party's controversial cartoons "will not be going anywhere".
Geoff Field
@geofffield.bsky.social

“It is a crime largely hidden in plain sight – and one many people would barely consider a crime. However, it could land her a maximum sentence of seven years in prison”

The Guardian@theguardian.com

How cocaine conquered the UK: in pubs, festivals and workplaces the drug has become an everyday habit

theguardian.comHow cocaine conquered the UK: in pubs, festivals and workplaces the drug has become an everyday habitPreviously considered a middle-class drug, price drops have made cocaine more widely available, and created a new set of problems

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Simon Rosenberg
@simonrosenberg.bsky.social

The PM has been telling everyone to turn the temperature down. He might want to have a word to Lachlan Murdoch about turning the temperature up with climate-denying conspiracy theories about BOM manipulating temperature data. #auspol

Graham Readfearn@readfearn.bsky.social

The Australian newspaper has been claiming a "forensic audit report" shows BoM's temperature data has "widespread error". For 15 years climate sceptics have been claiming a conspiracy around the data. Is anything different this time?

theguardian.comThe BoM’s temperature record keeping is under attack – again. What’s going on? | Temperature CheckAn ‘audit’ of the Bureau of Meteorology main dataset for measuring climate change claims it contains ‘widespread errors’. It doesn’t stack up

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stranger
@strangerous.bsky.social

AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett calls out violent political rhetoric such as Pauline Hanson’s car ramming video—for having a "direct correlation" to real attacks on politicians. Speers: “Like a cartoon that suggests someone should be hit by a car…?” Barrett: Yep.💥 #auspol

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bystander1.bsky.social
@bystander1.bsky.social

"A functioning Fourth Estate would be hounding every politician for evidence of them doing the jobs the apathetic Australians voted them in to do. But Australia’s Fourth Estate is not functioning. Nor is the USA’s. Nor is the UK’s. 💥The common denominator is News Corp. 💥"

independentaustralia.netIn the wake of the Helen Haines alleged attack we only have ourselves to blameWhen we get better journalists, we get better politicians, and then we’ll get better solutions to society’s critical problems.
Geoff Field
@geofffield.bsky.social

“Controversial radio host Sandilands is another interesting example, having shifted from his public friendship with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to expressing support for Pauline Hanson and One Nation”

bystander1.bsky.social@bystander1.bsky.social

"Political commentary can alienate existing audiences. People may enjoy someone’s comedy or television appearances without necessarily trusting their political judgement."

theconversation.comHughesy, Karl and co: what happens when celebrities turn political?Celebrities may not directly sway people’s votes but they do shape conversations in the media. That is a significant form of political power.

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Simon Rosenberg
@simonrosenberg.bsky.social

Moral squalor, indeed. How are those 'shared values" travelling, @albomp.bsky.social ? #auspol

The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121@fightingliberal.bsky.social

America must reverse Trump’s moral squalor | Robert Reich The president shows a unique disregard for the opinions, norms and ideals of the nation – and, for that matter, humanity ...

theguardian.comAmerica must reverse Trump’s moral squalor | Robert ReichThe president shows a unique disregard for the opinions, norms and ideals of the nation – and, for that matter, humanity

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bystander1.bsky.social
@bystander1.bsky.social

"The second constant in the story of the ABC is the obsession of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, which watches the ABC with a jaundiced eye. In its reporting, every error is amplified; every misstep, either real or imagined, becomes a story."

theguardian.comThe ABC’s internal politics can be toxic. But protecting Australia’s democracy is worth the pain | Margaret SimonsSome of its former executives (in my amateur opinion) have PTSD. And yet our public broadcaster remains a major cultural asset, making Australia resilient and livable

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Twang 🍉
@twangmaker.bsky.social

Joel Fitzgibbon has been lobbying for Ben Roberts-Smith since at least April. He appeared on Murdoch News 24 multiple times and called 2GB at least twice. Never once did the media tell their audience that Fitzgibbon is being paid by the weapons industry, and this is a coordinated campaign. #auspol

Twang 🍉@twangmaker.bsky.social

Labor Party guy Joel Fitzgibbon was once Australia's Minister of Defence. Now he works for lobbying firm CMAX. He lobbies for military and oil companies: • Navantia (navy ships) • Electro Optic (space/military) • Raytheon (weapons) • Stryker (weapons) • SYPAQ (drones) • Emperor (Oil & Gas) #auspol

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Independent Media Australia.
@indymediaaus.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

‘It’s pretty toxic… but just a little, I want to be like that’: what young men think of manosphere content https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/its-pretty-toxic-but-just-a-little-i-want-to-be-like-that-what-young-men-think-of-manosphere-content/ #AUSpol

womensagenda.com.au‘It’s pretty toxic… but just a little, I want to be like that’: what young men think of manosphere content**While extreme and fringe manosphere communities require specialised intervention, our findings also point to a large “moveable-middle” that is already critical of the masculinity content they see, writesKrista Fisher, _The University of Melbourne_ ; Emily Lewis, _The University of Melbourne_ ; Vivian Gerrand, _Australian National University_ ; _Deakin University_ , and Zac Seidler, _The University of Melbourne_ in this article republished from The Conversation.** Masculinity content promises young men self-optimisation and success, but often delivers health harms, risk taking, unattainable standards, gender stereotypes and misogyny. The latter is the strongest predictor of violent extremism. Policymakers, advocates, teachers and parents are all calling for change. But young men are often absent from these conversations and calls for solutions. Our new research brings their perspectives into the story. We asked 142 young men aged 16 to 25 years in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States what they think, and how they make sense of masculinity content on social media. Their verdict: “some of it’s fucked, some of it’s useful”. These young men described being pulled in multiple directions and valuing practical self-help advice. At the same time, they critiqued “toxic” messages about masculinity and health behaviours that harm men, women and marginalised groups. ## A blueprint for self-improvement? Like most wellness content online, masculinity content manufactures insecurities and sells solutions through self-optimisation. Finance, fitness and dating advice all promise to make young men desirable, confident and successful. For some, they felt it genuinely helped. Kieran*, a 24-year-old from the UK, said: > I am looking for the lessons and takeaways that can have a positive impact if I implement them in my life. And I ignore the rest. Overall, I like it. It has helped with my self-confidence, and has helped me with discipline & exercise. Masculinity content offered support that young men didn’t get elsewhere. For some, it was a roadmap to the kind of success they equated with self-worth: financial security, a partner, a successful career and a fit physique. But many simultaneously saw a darker side. They called out unsustainable lifestyles, influencers exploiting young men’s insecurities, and the superficiality of this content being unable to grant young men real, long-term wellbeing. Andy, a 22-year-old Australian man, said: > It’s pretty toxic but at the same time I can’t help but want the confidence that their methods seem to provide. Like I don’t want to be a part of it because it’s messed up, but just a little I want to be like that so I feel respected or at least deserving of it. ## Navigating the manosphere Even though they were not asked about it specifically, the majority of young men referenced the manosphere and manfluencers, such as self-described misogynist Andrew Tate. Some endorsed restrictive and oppressive models of masculinity and traditional gender roles in relationships and families, equating this with the type of man they wanted to become. But many more disliked the promotion of misogyny, violence, risk taking and health harms they saw online. A 19-year-old named Cam told us: > It’s fairly 50/50. A good portion of the content is focused on masculinity without scrutinising women. Whereas I feel that the louder minority latch onto overly masculine role models who promote the idea that in order to be a successful male, you have to belittle women. Some felt manfluencers hijacked young men’s fears of not measuring up and their desire to better themselves, turning them towards the degradation of women and girls. Harley, aged 19 and from the US, said: > …[the content] tends to misguide young men down incel/alt right thinking through the guise of life coaching/motivation. Participants handled these tensions through selective engagement, navigating which messages to act on and which to reject. They saw susceptibility to radicalisation and online harm as being shaped by what young people bring to platforms as much as by the content itself. That included age, background, mental health struggles, romantic rejection and loneliness. But selective engagement had its limits. Participants readily identified vulnerability in others, but none identified it in themselves. Twenty-one-year-old Australian Riley said: > If one’s motivation for going to the gym purely stems from their hate for their ex […] then although they may get ripped, their internal issues will never get fixed. It preys on young boys who have gotten their heart broken for the first time and turns them into violent, women-hating people. Seeing hate isn’t the same as stepping away or stopping it. Many young men still tolerated misogyny and harmful health messages if it means access to the self-improvement advice they liked and wanted. To stop the influence of misogyny online, this complacency must be challenged and the platforms on which young men access masculinity content held to account. ## From discomfort to action In this discomfort is an opportunity. While extreme and fringe manosphere communities require specialised intervention, our findings also point to a large “moveable-middle” that is already critical of the masculinity content they see. Many young men want self-improvement advice, purpose and community, without the misogyny, health risk-taking and damaging stereotypes of what a man should be. Rather than passive consumers of manosphere content, our study highlights opportunities for boys and men to help combat it. If passed, Australia’s digital duty of care legislation would allow young men to be able to opt out of algorithms that monetise hate and drive harms to women, girls, gender-diverse people and men themselves. Whether young men actually do so remains to be seen, but it presents an opportunity for change. Our research shows some young men already have concerns about the masculinity content they see online. With the right support and messaging that sells the shared benefits of gender equality, now is the time for us to ensure they can use their discernment to do something about it. Doing so would create a better digital world for themselves and everyone around them. _* Names have been changed to protect privacy._ **Krista Fisher, Research Fellow, Centre for Youth Mental Health, _The University of Melbourne_ ; Emily Lewis, Research assistant, Movember Institute of Men’s Health, _The University of Melbourne_ ; Vivian Gerrand, Associate Lecturer, _Australian National University_ ; _Deakin University_ , and Zac Seidler, Associate Professor, Centre for Youth Mental Health, _The University of Melbourne_** **This article is republished fromThe Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.** Share this manospheremasculinitymensocial media by Women's Agenda 8 hours ago ## Stay Smart! 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