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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This and the Lindsay Clancy trial remind me that some US states actively hate women. "Texas continues to face a maternal health crisis. The state’s maternal mortality rate exceeds the national average, and approximately 80% of pregnancy-related deaths are considered preventable." l1nq.com/z5opga1

Texas delays maternal mortality report as deaths in wake of abortion ban remain unexamined

Baker Institute experts, writing in the Houston Chronicle, warn delayed state report could hinder maternal health policy and leave critical deaths from 2022-23 unexamined.

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

As Week 12 comes to a close, Semester 1 is done and dusted. Once again, I had the best students and loved almost every minute of it. 😀 Now all I have to do is mark 89 final submissions. 🤪 See you on the other side.

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Today, we celebrate. No offence to the amazing staff but we hope to never see you again. 😀

My darling husband is flipping off the doors to Radiation Oncology.

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Andy @vicozandy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This is grim. Constant hum, excessive lighting, and 24/7 diesel generator toxins in the air. Data centre madness already in Aus, completely stampeding human rights (and home values!)

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Buzzing noise keeping neighbours awake at night in Aussie suburb: ‘Wish we hadn’t bought here’

The sound is not only irritating, it's a reminder of a much bigger concern.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Chalmers has been talking up trying to reduce the difference between how much wage earners and investors pay in tax. The Treasury did some research to show just how big the difference is. I cover it in my column www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

They found for example that someone who earns $150,000 through wages pays an average tax rate of 29% while someone who earns the same amount but gets a significant amount from non-wages pays just 27.5% because of all the discounts and ability to minimise tax – in effect paying $2,250 less in tax just because they were able to game the system:

Chart showing this is below.

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Compare the pair. The Oz media doesn’t seem to care what ordinary Aussies want or need. And they care less about the tenets of good journalism, like honestly, accuracy and fairness. Oh well, as long as their team wins, I guess.

On the left we have yesterday’s budget headlines.
‘Your capital, his gain’
‘The Jim Reaper’
‘Chalmers bursts Boomers’ bubble’
‘Wave goodbye to tax breaks’
‘Chalmers’ budget. From landlord paradise to clever country?’

On the right, the reaction to a Conservative budget from ScoMo.
‘Ute beauty’
‘Full strength recovery’
‘Election Injection’
‘Rebuild of dreams’
‘Superspender event’
‘It’s all about that bass’

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The tower that almost existed - mostly in the minds of hack journalists and their News Corp editors. No applications or planning permits were ever submitted but that didn’t stop multiple stories from multiple newsrooms. #AusPol #BollocksNews

abc.net.au

Plan for Trump Tower on Gold Coast scrapped as brand labelled 'toxic'

The branded tower proposed for Surfers Paradise would have been Australia's tallest building.

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

My view crossing the footbridge near the entrance to my building. Don’t let anyone tell you that suburban universities are anything but amazing. It looks like a creek but it’s called The Moat and there’s an urban myth about a certain male body part being retrieved from the murky depths. 😀

The view crossing the footbridge into my building at work. The centre of the image looks like a creek with tallish trees on the left-hand side. There are dead branches sticking out so it doesn’t appear to be very deep. On the right-hand side is long, green grass and other small shrubs with a pathway that has a metal railing to protect walkers from falling in.
You can see the reflection of the sun in the water’s surface and at the top of the frame is a hint of bright blue sky with a fluffy white and grey cloud.
The creek is dark greeny-brown because it’s not actually a creek. We call it the Moat but I think it’s some kind of water reticulation system.

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JRBsays @jrbsays.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A cost of $25bn (and counting) to American tax payers. My guess is that figure is dwarfed by how much The Emperor’s acolytes have profited from this questionable war. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Pete Hegseth denies Iran war is a ‘quagmire’ as cost to US hits estimated $25bn

As defense secretary testified before the House, Trump posted AI-generated image of himself with a weapon and the caption: ‘NO MORE MR. NICE GUY’

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Mark @mark-melbin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The Huffington Post provides the mandatory context for stories involving Donald #Trump. #journalism

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Great piece. Nailed it. “America under Trump is no longer the guarantor of our security, our trade, or the international rules-based order, and has demonstrated it will be disloyal to even its closest allies … It’s no longer to our global advantage to be regarded as a close US ally.” #AusPol

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Word of the day. Pseudologia fantastica: a mental disorder characterised by persistent, pervasive, and often compulsive lying. Used in a sentence: Donald Trump probably has pseudologia fantastica. I wish he’d shut up.

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Antony Green @antonygreenelec.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

While writs have been returned for the SA election, the discovery of an unopened absent early ballot box from Port Pirie is causing problems. The votes match the roll mark-off, with 81 for Narungga where One Nation won by 58 votes. I've just posted on the subject. antonygreen.com.au/sa2026-it-tu...

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SA2026 – it turns out the count ain’t over

Just when you thought counting was over for the SA election, it turns out another box of absent early votes has been located. The votes were cast at the Port Pirie Early Voting Centre in the electo…

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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Pauline Hanson, please explain. The political intrigue behind the case of the coal miner v BHP. They've been keen to bury it but now there's a class action looming with estimates in the billions for casual miner wage theft #auspol michaelwest.com.au/pauline-plea...

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Pauline, Please Explain | The West Report - Michael West

It's David v Goliath, the case of the coal miner versus BHP and the politics behind it. With the Labor Government close to the unions, and big mining, and the Coalition tight with BHP and the coal lob...

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

An excellent article from Grace Tame for The Shot. “Ours is a world where child sex offenders are not only living and working among us, they’re cocooning and controlling us in a veil of false comfort woven from the top down. By design, we depend on them.” #AusPol

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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

SCAG pics.

Antisemitism Czar with AG Rowland, Julie Inman Grant and SCAGgers.

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Like others before him, Gates isn’t taking responsibility. He’s just trying to rehabilitate his reputation. Like Chomsky, Gates claims he was aware of some "18-month thing" that had limited Epstein's travel, but he didn't properly check his background. Didn’t bother to check? #AbsoluteBollocks

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

When News Corp writes about ex-premier Andrews, it’s called a Dantrum.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Interesting post about the coordinated anti-AOC smear campaign. It's 2016 again! Fake local news outlets on Facebook getting picked up until eventually it winds up in the Washington Post.

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I Caught POLITICO and the New York Times Laundering Pink Slime "News"

How the sexist backlash to AOC and Gretchen Whitmer at the Munich Security Conference led me to a scammy "local news" outlet pushing a coordinated right-wing narrative

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

News Corp says the Trump family and Altus Property Group have been “given the green light” to build a 91-storey branded hotel. They didn’t speak to acting Gold Coast mayor, Mark Hammel, who says no developer application has been submitted yet. All this palaver for a brand deal. #AusPol #Dodgy

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

An invitee to the Advance conference said that Angela Merkel “did more damage to the fabric of her country than the Nazis did, than Hitler did, 80 years ago.” Because immigration, apparently. Can’t believe there are sections of the local Jewish community that support this organisation.

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Centre-right 'betrayed' West, MAGA figure tells Australian conservatives

Benjamin Harnwell, the "international editor" of Steve Bannon's War Room podcast, says centre-right politicians have "betrayed" the West by supporting "mass immigration".

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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Of course being the nephew of the Attorney General has nothing to do with getting no jail sentence for killing an Aboriginal person and showing absolutely no remorse only further racism. None at all. They said so. 🤬

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

A tariff “refund” mostly goes to whoever wrote the tariff check: the importer of record. That’s not the same person who paid more at the register. So refunds -- if they're offered -- might sound like consumer relief, but in reality, they're corporate windfalls.

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Scratch the surface and the disgusting underbelly will be revealed. “He pushed her up against a wall and tried to kiss her. Ms Slorach resisted and turned her face away. ‘And when I said, “Get off me, no”, he called me a frigid bitch.’ She was 12 years old.” #AusPol #RapeCulture ab.co/4c8CZqn

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More assault allegations surface against footballers in tiny town of Balmoral

More women come forward with allegations of sexual assault in a small Victorian town, years after a rape victim was shunned by the town.

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I’m calling bullsh*t. “Mr Amon…continued making conversation in the days afterwards about topics including ‘what I was doing at school that day’…” Here’s an idea, maybe people in their mid-30s should avoid meeting up with school-aged children for sex. #AnotherRapeyNewsDay Sigh. ab.co/46dG5Ws

ab.co

'Consent of a child is not a defence': Ex-MP's sexual assault trial begins

The complainant in the sexual assault trial of former Liberal MP Rory Amon has told a court of the alleged incidents that took place in a car park toilet when he was 13.

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

A convicted rapist is vetting and training One Nation candidates to enter the Australian parliament. Pauline Hanson and her financial backers do NOT care that their “campaign director” is a rapist. They worship Trump and Maga so a sexual assault conviction is probably a job requirement. #AusPol

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

#RapeCulture in action. Powerful people refusing to answer journalists’ questions about sexual assault is very on-brand for the times. It’s depressing that locals fell into line so quickly. If you scratch the surface of this shitty town, I’m certain you’ll find much worse. #AusPol ab.co/3Oo37DX

abc.net.au

When a young woman is raped by two friends, her small town turns against her

A local footy star and his mate are convicted of raping their friend. In the tiny town of Balmoral, where the footy club reigns, the town makes it clear whose story they believe.

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Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Just in case there were any doubts about where Angus Taylor will take the Liberals. His Chief of Staff Sam Riordan will be coming back to the Liberal Party fold after a stint working for Australian Energy Producers (the lobby group of big oil & gas).

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Am thinking the Sydney Writers Festival has just become much improved

KPMG pulls branding from Sydney Writers’ after Abdel-Fattah invite

KPMG partner fined for using artificial intelligence to cheat in AI training test
Firm says person fined A$10,000 is one of over two dozen staff in Australia caught using AI in exams since July

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Jesus wept, this is ridiculous. Pauline Hanson is baying for Muslim blood on Sky News but this bar is apparently a crime scene because of posters. Vance and Trump dressed as Sgt Schultz and Col Klink is not offensive. It’s kind of accurate. #AusPol #BogansHeroes www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

An example of one of the posters that was removed, supplied by Dissent Cafe and Bar. It’s a black-and-white, photoshopped image of Trump dressed as Colonel Klink and JD Vance resembles Sgt Schultz.

The photo attribution reads:
Dissent Cafe and Bar was closed, a gig cancelled last-minute and a crime scene declared after police seized five posters in the window.

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

People who are angry at Grace Tame are telling on themselves. They don’t want children to be harmed but they’re willing to look the other way if it happens. We saw it with the RC into institutionalised abuse. Powerful people defended horrific actions. And now they’re angry? #AusPol bit.ly/3MhUCJZ

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The attempt to punish Grace Tame tells us everything about how we treat women who speak up

Are Australian of the Year recipients like Grace Tame meant to be moral mannequins frozen in the moment of their acceptable suffering?

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Do they have enough people eating raw onions? “…regardless of whether he is in parliament, party headquarters or writing Substack essays and appearing on Sky News and the rightwing speaking circuit…Abbott once again wields control over the Liberals’ philosophical direction.” #AusPol bit.ly/3OmcAvt

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Will Tony Abbott return to frontline politics? The Liberal party’s most polarising figure can imagine a way

The former PM is open to resurrecting a parliamentary career if Angus Taylor does what Peter Dutton wouldn’t and actively drafts him in

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Here’s another example of Libs being stuck because of their dedication to billionaires. We know nuclear is ridiculous when compared to renewables but the Libs can’t shift their policy because it was written by their bosses - Rinehart, Murdoch, Forrest et al. #AusPol www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

abc.net.au

Libs revisit nuclear energy plan - ABC listen

Despite the Liberal Party's disastrous results in last year's federal election, it appears the party is again considering including nuclear power in its energy policy.

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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Re-shared in an attempt to capture the southern hemisphere journal editors. 🤓

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The Libs will adopt Trump-style immigration policies because that’s who they are. The party is wedded to Murdoch, SkyNews and other rightwing entities. Taylor and Co will crack down on migrants, non-white people and moderate Libs. And they’ll have full support of all the Oz billionaires. #AusPol

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, News Corp sings the same fascist tune: Immigration crackdown Shut the door Love it or leave Ad infinitum. #AusPol

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Dr Jeremy Walker details the “enormous war chest” of Advance & lists funders inc Gina Rinehart, James Packer, IPA board, Woodside’s Charles Goode & “the priv foundation of Jillian Segal” - who pay Advance to “flood social media with aggressive Far Right disinformation”🔥 #auspol

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🇦🇺 WyndhamVic @wyndhamvic.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Absolute proof that these brain dead Liberal numpties have no policies at all. It's so bad that they are recycling the old ones that got them booted in 2022 and decimated in 2025. "...Taylor says nuclear should be part of Australia's energy mix.." Un fvcking believable! 🙄

abc.net.au

Live: Taylor says nuclear should be part of Australia's energy mix

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says nuclear energy should form part of Australia's energy mix. Follow live.

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Angus Taylor will try to unite the Liberal Party using traditional Liberal values: fear, loathing and hating immigrants. “…[S]enior sources have told Four Corners that the Liberal Party is actively discussing a controversial approach to immigration inspired by a recent UK Labour policy.” #AusPol

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Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot @buchanan.today · 16/02/2026

I kid you not, the Business Section of today’s Australian has a full-page story headed “What would Thatcher do?” FFS, it’s Thatcher that landed us here in the first place. She’d likely rob the pension funds of the working poor, but surely we’ve advanced beyond that regressive neoliberal wet dream?

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

This timeline sucks. “Gender studies…brought a critical lens to the biological determinism Trump invokes. And this critical lens extends to revealing how gender hierarchies enable the kind of abuses that some men in Epstein’s circle seemingly believed they had the right to commit.” bit.ly/3ZF1YKr

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Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott

Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

More Nine Entertainment Liberal PR dressed up as news. Taylor is the leader of the opposition, not the government. He can write to Albanese all he wants. Nobody cares. Maybe he could drop a note to Emmanuel Macron and challenge him to a duel over net zero. #AusPol #PenPals bit.ly/4rWjnKT

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Taylor challenges Albanese to work together on big spending cuts

The opposition leader and his deputy Jane Hume have acknowledged they made mistakes as the party’s economic team at the last election.

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The world sends its thanks to RFK Jnr and Trump. “The outbreak comes amid declining uptake of the MMRV vaccine across the UK, with only about 84% of children receiving both doses by the age of five, well below the 95% level needed to prevent outbreaks.” #WelcomeBackMeasles bit.ly/46aVKWn

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Fast-spreading measles outbreak takes hold among under-10s in north London

UK Health Security Agency urges parents in Enfield to get their children vaccinated as Easter holiday travels approach

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Ingrid Vaughan @ingridvaughan.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

To be true to its origins, it should definitely be called the Epstein ballroom. “The project is being financed by private donors and large corporations including Meta, Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Palantir Technologies, Google and Comcast.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Renderings show most detailed vision for Trump’s White House ballroom

Trump sparked public backlash when he abruptly began demolishing the East Wing, to clear space for his ballroom

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