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A security guard checking on the welfare of a young ministerial staffer found her "completely naked" and in a foetal position in her boss's parliamentary office, a rape trial has heard.

This article advances the notion of “extractive humanitarianism” to designate the role played by data extraction and knowledge extraction operations in refugee governmentality. It argues that extractive operations rely on refugees’ active participation to their own governmentality—what I define as participatory confinement. The piece engages with feminist literature on unpaid labor and shows that participatory confinement implies that refugees perform unpaid labor activities, which are disgui...

In Australia today, the rate of violence against women is unacceptably high and all types of violence can lead to long-lasting mental health issues. Women with a history of early life trauma, who then experience intimate partner or other violence, can suffer significant mental health adverse effects.

Ah yes, the conservative mindset. All spending is government waste except MY spending. All abortions are immoral except MY abortion. All welfare is bad, but MY situation is different because I just had a bit of bad luck. Paying for healthcare is socialism unless it's MY healthcare. Of all the things I wish we could teach, I wish we could teach empathy.

@DadRedfern @djackmanson We all get duped sometimes but believing government press over the explicit, direct claims of tower residents themselves & community orgs is an enormous stretch

Our investigation...revealed a 16-year history of systematic failures to adequately review the suitability of the carers, conduct quality standard of care checks and thoroughly examine allegations of child abuse within the out of home care setting. https://t.co/yydPCVbFk1