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In its most significant proposal yet, the commission has put forward 46 recommendations amounting to a sweeping overhaul of Victoria's child protection and criminal justice systems. It is the first time in Australian history a government will be forced to respond to a major reform agenda put forward by its own truth-telling commission.

There was an alleged racist comment," said Luton manager Rob Edwards. "The police are dealing with it. They have spoken to Carlton and got his take on it, so it is with them now; I have no more comment on it. He is alright - he was, at the time, pretty angry but he seems fine now."

I went for a walk while the sun was very bright and I ended up with blind spots. But the blind spots didn’t go away. They grew and grew until I realized I could only see half a person walking toward me on the path. Then the blind spots turned into a high intensity halogen strobe light show of a brightness that I haven’t experienced in about twenty years. It’s mostly gone now, thank goodness. Around 2000, I was afflicted with this across about 75% of my vision 24/7. It is utterly debilitating....

yep, we saw it happen here with Covid prevention. A couple years ago we “aren’t safe until everyone is safe”and now our president is literally saying it’s fine if disabled people die as long as you don’t have to see a mask in a grocery store. And the “good guys” went all in on genocide.

“We just can’t have a system that treats arrests more leniently than other ways of punishing your critics.” This week's top story: A small-town #Texas dispute that spiraled out of control has landed at the U.S. Supreme Court, with potentially widespread consequences. https://www.texasobserver.org/small-town-politics-national-consequences/

n publicising Laura Tingle’s ‘counselling’, the ABC risks giving the bullies a victory Margaret Simons No matter what the national broadcaster does, News Corp and the Australian will keep gnawing at it https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/01/abc-laura-tingle-counselling-news-corporation

Abolish capitalism, exhibit eleventy-million: "Moderna is quadrupling the cost of covid vaccines, from $26/dose to $110-130. Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel calls the price hike "consistent with the value" of the mRNA vaccines. Moderna's manufacturing costs are $2.85/dose, for a 4,460% markup on every dose... What will Moderna do with the billions it reaps through price-gouging? It won't be research. To date, the company has spent >20% of its covid windfall profits on stock buybacks and divide...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_Indian #Book #PlayingIndian #PhilipJDeloria Explores the #history of the conflicted relationship 'white' America has with #Indigenous/#FirstNationsPeople