samtay.bsky.social

samtay.bsky.social

@samtay.bsky.social

Lawyer,Dv survivor,feminist, former law enforcement. Anon for dv safety reasons.

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samtay.bsky.social
@samtay.bsky.social

Suddenly RBA saying “data centre construction is taking up construction workers” is there ANY evidence of this - or is RBA again just making stuff up as they go?? #auspol

Kim Wingerei@kimwingerei.bsky.social

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol House price falls weighing on economic growth, RBA says. The deterioration in Australia's housing market will help slow the economy and get inflation back under control, the Reserve Bank says....

michaelwest.com.auHouse price falls weighing on economic growth, RBA says - Michael WestThe deterioration in Australia's housing market will help slow the economy and get inflation back under control, the Reserve Bank says.

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

Disability statistics hide the burden public schools carry https://pearlsandirritations.com/e/daily/2026-08-06/474893/ #Auspol

pearlsandirritations.comDisability statistics hide the burden public schools carryAggregate disability statistics suggest the schooling sectors share responsibility, but they can conceal where the most complex support needs actually land – and what public schools are expected to absorb.

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SallyRCbra
@srpassesiton.bsky.social

Replying to @strangerous.bsky.social

Seems she doesn’t even understand what ‘democracy’ means. Saying the ABC ‘doesn’t do democracy’ obviously makes no sense.

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Kim Wingerei
@kimwingerei.bsky.social

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol The rules stopping Australia from building more homes. Allowing more homes to be built in places where people want to live will help fix Australia's housing crisis, the Productivity Commission says....

michaelwest.com.auThe rules stopping Australia from building more homes - Michael WestAllowing more homes to be built in places where people want to live will help fix Australia's housing crisis, the Productivity Commission says.

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Kenbehren
@lyns84.bsky.social

“We have really impressive women, but why aren’t they seen as contenders?” … The challenge for women in cabinet is also that they are constrained by this kind of command and control culture.” #auspol

apple.newsLabor women outnumber men in the caucus. Why are they overlooked as Albanese’s potential successor? — Guardian AustraliaKate Ellis now heads an all-female executive as women hold a majority in the party room for the first time. But when talk turns to leadership, women barely rate

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stranger
@strangerous.bsky.social

Have been watching the antisemitism RC closely & struggling to find actual examples of antisemitism. Zero institutionalised racism, segregation, or systemic exclusion like First Nations people still face. Examples lack evidence & rely on hearsay. Clearly just a massive beat-up.

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David Marler
@qldaah.bsky.social

"You can say all that you want about being tough on crime and putting victims first, but if it doesn’t come with CCTV footage for the news, then it’s clearly not a government priority." The Crisafulli government has no intention of addressing DV. #qldpol www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

theguardian.comThe Queensland government promised to put victims first. Instead it buried a report from domestic violence survivorsExclusive: Report from LNP-convened panel heavily criticises police responses to family violence and calls for civilian oversight

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stranger
@strangerous.bsky.social

Barnaby Joyce crucified after trying to dodge questions on Pauline Hanson & Gina Rinehart’s vacation in Sicily — as Ferguson reminds him of the $40k cheque took from Rinehart. Joyce insists he gave it back. Ferguson “So why is it OK for Hanson to take planes, 5 star travel…”🔥

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Lenre
@lenreli.bsky.social

Replying to @lenreli.bsky.social

A note that as PM, he could bring in more laws to help women who suffer from DV, or all the women being killed by men, etc at any moment. At most he will go on another blokey podcast and get photo-ops for whatever bullshit as he continues to take lobby money and also have no morals. #auspol

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stranger
@strangerous.bsky.social

Niki Savva takes aim at Abbott’s “very strange” & “very extreme” speech at a RW conference in London saying it could have just as well been delivered by Hanson/ON. “Maybe he should be President of One Nation?” 💥 Speers, agitated, tries to cut in. Savva ignores, powers on.💥

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stranger
@strangerous.bsky.social

Larissa Waters says it’s ”time to wake up” to One Nation’s use of foreign AI bot farms flooding social media with “racist, hateful messages” “to promote ON & attack everyone else” “Tsunamis of trash funded by billionaires” “Australia can’t keep sleepwalking into fascism”💥

samtay.bsky.social
@samtay.bsky.social

The attitude of the police sergeant is evidence of why domestic violence continues in Australia #auspol

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au

NSW Police sergeant unlawfully accessed internal database for friend accused of domestic violence

abc.net.au'Snuck a look': Police sergeant accessed database for DV-accused mateA NSW Police officer has admitted to unlawfully accessing the force's internal database to locate details about a domestic violence complaint against his friend.
samtay.bsky.social
@samtay.bsky.social

Up until now media & rent a crowd breathlessly bleating “housing crisis” “housing is unaffordable” now it’s changed to “house prices plummeting” “negative equity” #auspol

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au

June saw biggest monthly fall in national housing values since 2022, Cotality finds

abc.net.auHome prices 'fully in decline' with biggest national fall since 2022Australian home values record their biggest decline in more than three years as the housing market slowdown that began in Sydney and Melbourne spreads across the country.
samtay.bsky.social
@samtay.bsky.social

#NewsBreakfast not too sure how listening to a Gina Rhinehart paid privileged, white, male,swimmer receiving top tier surgery “to get him racing at the commonwealth games” while ordinary people fester on waiting lists just to be able to get to work or go household chores #auspol

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stranger
@strangerous.bsky.social

Pauline Hanson confirms she wants to end maternity leave, claiming it forces businesses to “fold” Clearly just rubbish. And clearly One Nation want to force women to choose b/w having kids & having a job. Not a policy, a dangerous misinformation campaign. #auspol

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David Marler
@qldaah.bsky.social

Unlike the US, Australia does not have "at‑will" firing but there is the Fair Work Act to follow for dismissals. Gina Rinehart would push Pauline Hanson to dismantle it. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

abc.net.auPauline Hanson says businesses 'can't sack' lazy workers. What's the reality?Pauline Hanson's claims that Australian businesses are "tied" to lazy workers they "can't sack", are labelled inaccurate by some employment law experts and small business advocates, while one HR repre...

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

More women are turning to share housing later in life and the system hasn’t caught up https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/more-women-are-turning-to-share-housing-later-in-life-and-the-system-hasnt-caught-up/ #AUSpol

womensagenda.com.auMore women are turning to share housing later in life and the system hasn’t caught upWhen we talk about Australia’s housing crisis, we usually talk about house prices, rents, supply shortages and affordability. What we talk about far less is what happens after someone decides they can no longer afford to live alone. For a growing number of Australian women, shared housing is no longer a temporary phase between university and adulthood. It is becoming a long-term reality. Women are entering share housing later in life following divorce, separation, widowhood, relocation, financial hardship, or simply because the cost of housing has outpaced their income. Students, professionals, migrant women, single mothers and retirees are increasingly competing in the same rental market. Yet while the demographics of shared housing have changed dramatically, much of the infrastructure supporting it has not. Women are still expected to navigate largely unvetted online spaces, meet complete strangers and make decisions about who they will share a home with based on limited information. For many, the process can feel uncomfortable, risky and isolating. It was this gap that led me to launch SheShare, a compatibility-matched, women-only flatmate platform in April 2026. The idea wasn’t born from a desire to build a startup. It came from repeatedly seeing a problem that wasn’t being addressed. Time and time again, I heard stories from women who felt they had few options. Women dealing with inappropriate behaviour from prospective housemates. Women concerned about who they would be living with. Women trying to find people whose lifestyles, values and living habits aligned with their own. Women who weren’t just looking for a room, but for a home environment where they could feel comfortable and supported. I kept coming back to the same question: if shared housing is becoming a permanent part of life for so many women, why isn’t there better infrastructure to support it? Unlike many technology startups, SheShare wasn’t built with venture capital funding or a large team. The platform was built through a combination of my own savings, skills I had developed from building websites over the years, support from my father, countless hours of learning and problem-solving, and the emergence of AI tools that allowed me to achieve more than would have been possible as a solo founder in the past. Like many founders, I spent a lot of time figuring things out as I went. What surprised me most wasn’t how difficult building the platform would be. It was how quickly women understood why it needed to exist. The conversations that followed launch revealed something much bigger than a housing platform. They revealed a community of women navigating significant life transitions while searching for stability. Women rebuilding after divorce. Women moving cities for work. Women arriving in Australia for the first time. Women balancing rising living costs while trying to maintain their independence. Again and again, I heard the same themes emerge: compatibility, trust, community and the desire to feel at home. One of the biggest misconceptions about shared housing is that affordability is the only thing that matters. Of course affordability matters. But anyone who has lived with the wrong housemate knows that compatibility can have an enormous impact on wellbeing, mental health and quality of life. The right housemate can turn a difficult period into a positive one. The wrong housemate can make even an affordable home feel stressful and unstable. That’s why compatibility became a core part of SheShare. People aren’t just looking for a room. They’re looking for an environment where they can live comfortably alongside another person whose lifestyle, expectations and values align with their own. As SheShare has grown, I’ve become increasingly conscious of something important. This story isn’t really about me. While I happened to build the platform, the real story belongs to the women using it. It belongs to the woman rebuilding her life after separation. The student moving away from home for the first time. The migrant woman navigating a new country. The single mother trying to create stability for her family. The woman in her fifties discovering that share housing is now part of her financial reality. Their experiences are what shaped the platform.Their stories are what continue to shape its future. If there’s one lesson I’ve learned from building SheShare, it’s that many of society’s challenges persist not because nobody sees them, but because people assume someone else will solve them. Sometimes solutions don’t begin with governments, corporations or major institutions. Sometimes they begin with ordinary people recognising a gap and deciding to do something about it. The real story isn’t that a woman built a flatmate platform. The real story is that so many women needed one. Share this cost of livinghousing crisisshare housingwomen entrepreneurs by Talika Thomas 18 hours ago ## Stay Smart! Get Women's Agenda in your inbox * Email * Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Δ ## Latest news ### Refugee and migrant women know their stories best. It’s time we paid attention. ### The expert-backed cash flow tips for business owners ### An alarming 12 hours of efforts to restrict reproductive health in Australia ### My son has a feeding tube. His story deserves better than a hospital brochure. ### Basically, Pauline Hanson wants to abolish a bunch of things ### How an International Court judge thinks about hope

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Winkypop
@winkypop.bsky.social

#auspol

Jon Piccini@jonpiccini.bsky.social

Hanson's ideology is rehydrated Thatcherism. Which broke unions, immiserated workers and destroyed communities. But, at least the UK in the 80s had council houses to sell and state assets to privatise, giving the economy a sugar hit.

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David Marler
@qldaah.bsky.social

The federal senate is in Queensland this week to ask about housing. However, Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie is backing developers with the removable of affordable housing from their contracts. #qldpol

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Sargent Salt & Pepa
@giza009kkg.bsky.social

At the small end of the scale, the more than 430,000 batteries installed through the Cheaper Home Batteries scheme over the past year takes the total to around 600,000 Australian homes with storage. #RenewableEnergy 🏋️‍♂️🔋 #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/passive-home...

reneweconomy.com.auPassive home batteries deliver "enormous benefits" to the grid, says AEMO - even if not orchestrated in VPPsAustralia's huge and growing fleet of home batteries are delivering "enormous benefits" to grid, even without being connected to VPPs, AEMO chief says.
samtay.bsky.social
@samtay.bsky.social

@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social time for businesses to step up - often see them complaining about “rising energy costs” Do any of them have solar & battery?? Probably not! #auspol

Kim Wingerei@kimwingerei.bsky.social

Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol Businesses MIA on rooftop solar and battery revolution. Solar is a common sight on houses but less so on warehouses, offices and other commercial buildings due to a complex knot of challenges that need un...

michaelwest.com.auBusinesses MIA on rooftop solar and battery revolutionSolar is a common sight on houses but less so on warehouses, offices and other commercial buildings due to a complex knot of challenges that need unravelling.
samtay.bsky.social
@samtay.bsky.social

#AfternoonBriefing good grief now we have Clive Palmer being interviewed?? the commercial networks because he spends lots of money for ads - and ABC acting like a little brother following along “just coz” #auspol

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Mrs. Betty Bowers
@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

NBC should sue this disgusting, lying maniac for billions of dollars for defamation. Stop playing nice with is vile idiot. Enough.

CALL TO ACTIVISM@calltoactivism.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: TRUMP JUST HAD HIS WORST MELTDOWN YET. Trump completely unravels when Kristen Welker challenged him on his California election claims. He called her "crooked" and "stupid," and abruptly WALKED OUT Thank you, Kristen for challenging his BULLSH*T!

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Gavin Gatenby
@gavingatenby.bsky.social

In enthusiastically backing fossil fuels, the LNP and the PHONies have hitched their wagon to a dying beast. #auspol

Neil Grant@neilgrant.bsky.social

Chart of the day. The energy transition is happening in real time! 😍

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Simon Rosenberg
@simonrosenberg.bsky.social

"Class relations didn’t weaken. In fact, #inequality worsened in many countries. Neoliberal policies, including those adopted by social democratic parties, made the rich much richer, but they slowed the growth in the wellbeing of the majority of people, and left the working class behind." #auspol

David Peetz@davidpeetz.bsky.social

Q: How much has the number of people who see themselves as ‘working class’ fallen? A: Zilch. theconversation.com/politicians-...

theconversation.comPoliticians have long misunderstood the ‘working class’. The rise of the far right shows how mistaken they have beenClass has always mattered, and now labour parties around the world are finding out why.

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Simon Rosenberg
@simonrosenberg.bsky.social

Has there been any investigative reporting on the connections between the Australian Israel lobby and One Nation? With such a potentially volatile national election in two years, you can bet that there is much behind-the-scenes effort to keep the Australian parliament pro-Israel. #auspol

Owen Jones@owenjones.bsky.social

Discussing the Israel lobby is not antisemitism. Indeed, the Israel lobby and what Jewish Americans think are completely different things.

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Brant Reeves
@bireeves95.bsky.social

Every State Should do this…. “Michigan is now SUING the big oil 'cartel' for artificially driving up energy prices and colluding to suppress renewable energy and electric vehicles. GOOD.”

samtay.bsky.social
@samtay.bsky.social

USA has sunk to the “show and tell time” president - what a goose - and the American people that are enabling this is are just as ridiculous

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Wow Trump struggles to remember the name of the Washington Monument:

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Dean from Australia
@deanfromaustralia.bsky.social

One Nation is the single most destructive force alive in Australian politics. This nation would be insane to give them any sort of power or influence. They have achieved nothing in 30 years. They offer nothing but grievance. I'm sick of hearing about them. #auspol