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<Kate claims the doctor shook his head and told her: "You've got yourself into a predicament. This is your miracle baby; it would be so much easier if you just have this baby.">
of course, there are anti-abortion campaigners who believe women are reckless and indifferent to pregnancy and *expect* doctors to give them an abortion at the last minute because its convenient. they are wrong, and that is not what happened in kate’s case.
i don’t know kate, but here’s what i imagine:
*it’s never easy or convenient to take time off work to go to a doctor, or to be unwell for any period of time
*it’s never easy or convenient to be pregnant — morning sickness is real, and hyper-emesis can kill. it’s not always convenient for bosses if women are in early stages of pregnancy
*kate missed a blood test appointment — for work reasons
*it’s never easy or convenient to be heavily pregnant
*it’s never easy or convenient to give birth or care for a new born
how many of the f****s in the ALP (or politics generally) who approved the internal review line
<"The party would be wise to reconnect with people of faith on social justice issues>
think social justice is forcing women back to work or workplace training /onto the unliveable jobstart when their children are young?
<<A decision announced by Gillard on the day of her now famous misogyny speech in 2012 cut back the amount of assistance paid to single parents, forcing them onto lower benefits when their children reached the age of eight instead of the previous cut-off age of 16.>> (SMH talking about raising of the age again, in 2023) — (to be fair, gillard was only accelerating a policy introduced by john howard)
WOMEN DO NOT HAVE BABIES SO THEY CAN BLUDGE ON WELFARE
WELFARE SUCKS for everyone, poverty sucks for everyone
we should stop treating children like pawns. children are people. children flourish if they are wanted, if their parents are well, and if they are not living in poverty
if you think women should be baby farms for the convenience of oligarchs or to appease your imaginary friend, you can 
right off.
The Sydney Morning Herald · Controversial Gillard-era parenting policy to be ditched in federal budget
we might not have returned to the grisly days of backyard abortions, but it seems the current system of legal abortions is still paternalistic, and religious right factions are influencing policy
this is the story of one woman’s journey…
ABC News · Dollars, distance and political power: Inside the barriers to abortion access
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This week, the freshly re-elected #Albanese Labor government scandalously approved a forty-year extension on the operational life of the gas hub, a move that not only threatens the priceless petroglyphs, but represents permission for #Woodside (the massive gas company that basically runs the state of Western Australia) to profit off a #CarbonBomb that will, once extracted and burned, add somewhere between four and six billion tonnes of climate-wrecking ocean-acidifying carbon dioxide to the active carbon cycle. The cumulative climate pollution from the life of this one project will thus considerably exceed the sum of Australia's projected national domestic emissions for the next decade or more.
Of all the legacies of this Labor government, this decision (alongside giving the green light to dozens more coal and gas projects) will ultimately be the most impactful. The carbon released for the short-term profits of a wealthy few will contribute to massively disrupting and degrading the habitability of the planet for everyone, continuing to shape life on Earth for at least the next forty thousand years.
/web/20250529055300/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/28/approval-of-woodside-lng-project-gambles-with-ancient-heritage-for-short-term-gain
#Auspol #FossilFuelIndustry #DirtyEnergy #DirtyEnergyDirtyPolitics #FossilGas #Murujuga #BurrupHub #NorthWestShelf #Woodside #ALP 2/2
The Guardian · No one committed to Paris goals can seriously argue Woodside’s LNG project should operate until 2070
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Glencore Australia's Ulan Coal Mine expansion near Mudgee approved
> Assessment reports for the approved NSW mine expansion state that the project will put threatened species at risk and see hundreds of hectares of land gradually sink.
>Glencore Australia will be required to prepare a Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Plan,
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Well that's easy, don't mine coal.
Thanks #ALP voters, could have voted #Greens but decided civilisations collpase was better :(
ABC News · Glencore Australia's Ulan Coal Mine expansion near Mudgee approved
So tired of the soap-opera of #auspol There's nothing to fear from the #coalition except more double-dealing BS. The next drama will come from the #ALP when it over-reaches its 'mandate.' With a further erosion of trust and patience in the guv, they way will be open for a new #independent democracy Australia can teach the rest of the world a much-needed lesson, that politics can be done differently and not lead us all into a handbasket to you-know-where.
Murray Watt on #RadioNational
The EPA laws were "Delayed/prevented by the Coalition and the Greens".
Bullshit.
Tanya Plibersek had the Greens squared-away. The Coalition was irrelevant. The EPA was shot in the head by Albanese to keep WA seats safe. End of.
And now? When they could lay waste to WA seats, and *still* easily win the next election? Now, when the full range of nation-changing levers are just begging to be pulled? Now, what is the most important item on the agenda?
Send Murray Watt to WA to kiss the gas ring of Santos and Woodside, and deliver the message that an EPA will never be able to reject based on climate.
The ALP is clearly saying #GetFucked to the #Greens (and to the #climate). We need gas, coal and oil more than we need you.
The remaining question:
#Tanya, really, are you seriously going to sit there taking this shit?
#ALP how fucking meek will you be? You have two terms to change the nation. Is "meh" all you fuckers have got written on your wishlists?
I previously said that the #ALP can't claim a mandate for anything because they didn't actually introduce any new, big policy initiatives. That said... we continue to need a boring, stable government after two decades of circus politics and that's good.
However, Albo's biggest mistake to date was dumping Dreyfus and Husic. You don't change a winning team because of an unexpected landslide.
The factions have ignited the inevitable implosion...
Troubled by unseasonal extremes of weather?
This is our new normal. Until it gets worse.
The longer we delay serious action on #ClimateChange the worse it will get.
ABC News · Drought in South Australia, Victoria a hint at lasting shift in rainmaking weather patterns
I don't think the #ALP can claim a mandate on anything because they didn't really have any big new policy ideas...
However, we the people, can claim a clear and present mandate that we DO NOT WANT nuclear power or far right extremist hate. That much is crystal clear...
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It's a poison chalice for the #ALP
More seats means more minions pushing harder idealogical demands.
The #ALP will start fraying at the edges in about 12 months, which will give the #LNPClownCar a look in at the next election...IF... they're smart enough to elect a small L leader and come back to the sensible centre (BIG IF).
My only regret is that the independents didn't take more seats and get a minority #ALP gov't.
Dutton...
️... huge bonus points
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Day 29 
“A re-elected #Albanese government says it would find a further $6.4bn in savings by continuing to #slash the federal government’s use of #consultants and #LabourHire firms and ensuring #PublicServants do more core #work themselves.
The savings were announced as part of #Labor’s #policy #costings by the treasurer, #JimChalmers, who also downplayed a warning from global rating agency S&P that big #spending election commitments could put Australia’s treasured #AAADebt rating at risk.”
Public servants VS Consultants.
#AusPol / #ALP / #elections <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/28/labor-releases-election-promise-costings-including-saving-of-64bn-from-cutting-more-consultants>
The Guardian · Labor releases election promise costings including saving of $6.4bn from cutting more consultants
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"The other prep he’s neglected is policy development. Is there a single headline policy he’s announced yet that hasn’t fallen apart on the first knock?"
Dutton's koolaid-sipping frottagerati tell him every moment; any brain fart, follow-through notwithstanding, will induce lust-swoons in the electorate. They would not know how to attack policy even-if you politely broke the circle to jam in a whitepaper in place of a tongue.
The #Greens, and the #ALP, get crazy angry about policy in their closed rooms. A policy that can survive that? It will be OK on it's own in the big wide world.
Also, subscribe to the fabulous @JB. In spite of his casual disregard for deadlines, he is a bloody good read:
https://open.substack.com/pub/aliensideboob/p/a-dog-ate-my-defence-policy
Alien Sideboob · A dog ate my defence policy.
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Peter Dutton doesn’t know much.
What he does know is policing…surveillance, arrest, punishment, incarceration and deprivation of civil liberties.
Peter Dutton will not be happy until his security forces have you under constant surveillance, his security thugs can stop you without reasonable cause and his draconian public safety edicts take away your civil liberties.
Any government lead by him will use police (state) tactics because that is all he knows
A Peter Dutton lead government will undermine Australian democracy, disregard the rule of law and imperil individual rights.
#auspol #peterdutton #lnp #labor #alp #election #Election2025 #vote
www.abc.net.auDutton announces $750m crime packageFollow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.
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Casanna Untersäss, #Graubünden #Schweiz
#MountainMonday #alps #alp #ski #photo
Peter Dutton doesn’t know much.
He admitted that when he responded to a question about climate change during one of the debates.
What he does know is policing…surveillance, arrest, punishment, incarceration and deprivation of civil liberties.
Any government lead by him will use police (state) tactics because that is all he knows
Oh, and he does not respect the courts.
A Peter Dutton lead government will undermine Australian democracy, disregard the rule of law and imperil individual rights.
With the upcoming federal elections in May here in Australia, Peter Dutton, the leader of the Slightly More Conservative but Anti Renewable Energy Party has been doing his best to look like his idol, Trump.
Here he is contorting his little mouth so as to imitate the sponging mouth parts of a pre-Cambrian bottom feeding sea creature, like Trump!
(Thanks to @mustardon for image)
