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Jane Caro

@janecaro.bsky.social
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Novelist ‘Lyrebird’ ‘The Mother’, author, columnist, social commentator, feminist, atheist, activist, emcee, public speaker.

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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My mum and me both alumni of Macquarie Uni, being interviewed about the experience of getting older. lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026....
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Changing the face of ageism: “It’s a ‘you’ problem, not the older person’s problem
Meet Macquarie University alumni Jane Caro and Kate Caro, a mother-daughter duo whose stories are shaped by resilience, feminism, a challenge to ageism and a shared belief in the power of mature-age e...
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
💙👏👇
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AL @al-redy5.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@janecaro.bsky.social @blakandblack.bsky.social @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social @nickfeik.bsky.social @theguardian.com ⏬ Under CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 21A Stalking Evidence provided. Relocated 5 times in 8 years - Coercive Control (Alleged stalker is associated with Police/ADF). 🚨 #vicpol #auspol
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When you’ve lost white people in Florida.
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Myoclonic Jerk @myoclonicjerk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It wasn’t just the 7 men that showed up for the raping, either. Texts were sent out to the entire frat making it known that she was available for them. Not one called the cops. Not one rescued her. Every one should be complicit.
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WomenWarriors @womenwarriors.com · 23/09/2026
KNOW THE ENEMY... @janecaro.bsky.social @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social @urocklive1.bsky.social @cwebbonline.com @itsjustjules123.bsky.social
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Maybe they’ll ask me next year.
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James Anwyl @jmanwyl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hi Alfie, are you familiar with @janecaro.bsky.social and her efforts to illuminate the damage done to the education system in Aus. Our state funding paradigm undermines public education, exacerbates disadvantage and dutifully services the already priveleged. A real mess. bsky.app/profile/jane...
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Jim @jim1984.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Our school funding is like the USA’ Jim Crow racial segregation where the Supreme Court laid out the separate but equal doctrine. Except it was never equal and provided institutionalized disadvantage. Shame on our governments and their enablers.
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Can’t wait to return to Canberra and talk about public education and all things literary. Do join me if you can.
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huntsoph.bsky.social @huntsoph.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Thought you might like this article Jane. The separating off of “advanced” students, as well as the wealthy ones, is a race to the bottom… www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The same reason we kept funding subsidies for housing investors for so long...the wealthy send their kids to very expensive schools and they want the govt to subside that habit too.
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
He is not doing enough but he is the first PM in decades to do anything at all that helped public schools. Not enough. Not nearly enough. But something.
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Sunshine Coast News ~ Australia @sunshinecoastnews.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Meanwhile in #Australia... The New McCarthyism - How Israel’s advocates are working to silence dissent in Australia @janecaro.bsky.social @chelseaman.bsky.social @anthonyklan.bsky.social @gekko.bsky.social @amsickofpollies.bsky.social
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Or, preferably, the fair go?
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Dr Emu, Graham Pringle, PhD @emugraham.substack.com · 19/09/2026
This graph shows Commonwealth funding, and as schools are funded by states the figures could be thought to be misleading But even when state funding is brought in, the per student funding for private students is 105% and for public students under 88%, which looks pretty similar F at levels of govt
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Lee Murray (she/her) @cousincat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Fuck. Right. Off. #AusCoalition #TemuTrumpists www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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’National pride’ and ‘Western values’ the focus of Coalition education plan that would reduce First Nations content
Curriculum proposal, unveiled by shadow education minister Julian Leeser, would also cut content about sustainability and Australia’s engagement with Asia
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Can you explain how its means tested exactly? As I have long argued needs based funding for fee charging schools is the educational equivalent of a hunger relief program for the well fed.
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Thommo67 @thommo67.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We absolutely do. Another of Albanese’s disgraceful legacies. Its insanity writ large #auspol
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Still won’t fully fund public schools until 2034 and even then…
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hmmm. Pretty odd kind of ‘means testing’ if you ask me.
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Rob Phair @robphair.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@australianlabor.bsky.social @janecaro.bsky.social #EverySchoolEveryChild #auspol #Straya #PublicEducation
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Maybe. They are the only ones I know about.
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Albo, Plibersek and Bowen all sent their kids to public schools.
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Jim Pembroke @jimpembroke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yep. Gotta question this system in which government contributes something towards EVERY child's education. At some point a private school's own financial capacity becomes so great, it is obscene to give taxpayers money. #auspol
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Yllek @yllekaj.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This divide's been so visible for so long that I feel it's just become a part of the furniture😠 Sure, our country has "tall poppy syndrome" but that doesn't stop a lot of 'us' trying to suck up to those tall poppies to try & get a spot alongside them. That means, no rocking the boat & fund the rich
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Alt: The Rock says it's time to fumigate
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In Australia, we publicly fund privilege, not opportunity.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A Labor govt who won't cut $ to wealthy private schools does not inspire confidence that it will take on "the fight against socio-economic segregation between schools, growing privatisation and the marginalisation of public schools as a pillar of democracy." pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
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Why are we still funding Australia’s wealthiest schools?
Australia’s wealthiest private schools continue receiving public funding despite mounting budget pressures, raising questions about whether government spending on education reflects need and the broad...
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Noooooooooo!
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Jane Voter @janevoter2018.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Not voting isn't a protest. It is a green light for others to hike your rent, track your data, and shape your neighborhood without you. They don't need your approval; they just need you to stay home. Don't let them win by default. Register, make a plan, & vote early if you can. #GetReadyToVote
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Sunshine Coast News ~ Australia @sunshinecoastnews.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Be the type of human that *doesn't* make this face after being told genocide is amoral.
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We had many - see article.
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Avoiding offending the powerful private school lobby. Better to fiddle about with phonics.
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Rohena Duncombe @princelysum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@janecaro.bsky.social Hi Jane, Jason Clare in QT seemed to suggest that (re)introducing phonetics would improve our kids literacy and numeracy. I'd have thought funding and teacher/child ratios would be more important. I'm sure you know about this. What is/ are the reason/s we are so behind please?
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Tramping with Trumpists was not how I expected to spend my walking holiday. My latest column in Nine Media. www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/li...
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I went hiking with some Trump supporters. What happened next was surprising
You can choose your friends, but not always your travel companions.
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Rohena Duncombe @princelysum.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Singapore's kids results are much better than ours and UK have improved more than us. What are the comparative student teacher ratios, and the pro rata public school funding levels between these 2 countries and Australia please? #auspol #education # @janecaro.bsky.social @ jasonclaremp.bsky.social
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Jason Clare MP (@jasonclaremp.bsky.social)
Atticus & Jack's dad. Louise's husband. Minister for Education. Cricket Tragic. Pearl Jam fan. Star Wars kid.
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Quinn Leone @quinnleone.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Early Voting harder to sabotage.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The title really says it all.
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Rep. Jermaine Johnson @drjljohnson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Y'all, I need you to hear this. A new ACLU of South Carolina analysis found we removed nearly 1.2 million voters from our rolls since 2022, net 85,571 fewer than before, and Black and Brown communities got hit hardest. Check yours at scvotes.gov before Oct 2. #NewSC #JohnsonSkardon
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Home - SC Votes - South Carolina Election Commission
The mission of the State Election Commission is to ensure every eligible citizen has the opportunity to register to vote and participate in fair and
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George Costanza @sydols.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/GQLQe... @jasonclaremp.bsky.social when will you understand that the major of voters (Blaxland etc) DO NOT WANT TO TAXPAYER FUND PRIVATE SCHOOLS!! #auspol @australianlabor.bsky.social @australiainstitute.org.au @davemilbo.bsky.social @janecaro.bsky.social
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Especially since they don't want ex-felons to ever have the right to vote again.
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I wish I had. My mother might have.
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Goodbye Gloria Steinem and thank you for everything you did for the liberation of humanity. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... www.gloriasteinem.com
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Gloria Steinem
The official website of the writer, lecturer, political activist, and feminist organizer, Gloria Steinem.
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Jon Ossoff: "Did anyone really think the sexually abusive president who used to party with Jeffrey Epstein would release the Epstein files?" Trump sure is fighting hard to keep the proof of his innocence from seeing the light of day. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It is an honour to be part of the team that brought democratic oversight and critical analysis to the AUKUS disaster. Peter and his team of Commissioners have given their time, expertise and commitment for free and have done a great service for the nation. Now for the report!
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Jane Caro @janecaro.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
More autonomy for teachers & respect for their professional expertise. Let them teach the kids they have, know & care about. Stop the meddlers, reformers & control freaks interfering. In Australia, fund it properly.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people.
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