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Ben Parsons

@parso81.bsky.social
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State Secretary of TAFE Teachers Association NSW. Teacher, skateboarder, lifesaver, punk rock dad 🤘🍺 #UnionStrong #RebuildWithTAFE

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 07/04/2026
Accused Pinochet agent turned Bondi nanny Adriana Rivas to be extradited to Chile
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Accused Pinochet agent turned Bondi nanny Adriana Rivas to be extradited to Chile
Woman denies allegations of aggravated kidnapping during Augusto Pinochet’s 1970s military dictatorship * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A former Sydney nanny and cleaner accused by Chile of being a torturer and kidnapper for Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship in the 1970s will be extradited to Chile to face court over kidnapping allegations after losing her seven-year battle to remain in Australia. Adriana Elcira Rivas, now in her 70s, is accused of participating in the disappearances of seven people in 1976 – including a woman who was five months pregnant – while working for Pinochet’s secret police force. Continue reading...
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Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
It must be so strange to non-Australians to casually observe our easter traditions. Come Good Friday, we all pile into our cars with caravans and travel several hours somewhere before returning on Monday. Our media obsess over how many people have crashed and died on the roads. So strange.
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MaTT FLaMMaBLe @mattflammable.com · 01/03/2025
Can we start renaming his real estate now?
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Emily Mayo @emilymayo.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
This ad, and others like it l, are doing the rounds across NSW right now. It’ll be in the cinemas across January. Most people in NSW don’t know that we are charging, strip searching and locking up ten-year-olds. youtu.be/XEYJ0tz2qgo
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Raise the Age NSW
YouTube video by UnLtd: power to help
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Ben Parsons @parso81.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I am very happy to announce the following election results: ✅TAFE Relief Officer: Elected, 1st place ✅Schools & Other Officers: Elected, 6th place ✅TAFE TA Secretary: Elected Unanimously Thank you to all my union friends!!! #RebuildWithTAFE #UnionStrong 💪
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Ben Parsons @parso81.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I am very happy to announce the following election results: ✅TAFE Relief Officer: Elected, 1st place ✅Schools & Other Officers: Elected, 6th place ✅TAFE TA Secretary: Elected Unanimously Thank you to all my union friends!!! #RebuildWithTAFE #UnionStrong 💪
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Michael Sciffer @msciffer.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
NSW Teachers Federation council debating @albomp.bsky.social underfunding of NSW public schools
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Chris Jones @drcgjones.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Hey @tafeeducation.bsky.social - you know any others in the VET sector we can create a starter pack for?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
This is a real team effort, fellow patriots. 🇺🇸
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
We’re not going back.
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Freddy Mercury died of AIDS 33 years ago today. With modern medical technology, he likely would have lived. Never forget how much progress against major infectious disease has been made in a short time. We are at risk now of rolling back much of that progress.
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Michael Sciffer @msciffer.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Australian school segregation entrenches social inequalities largescaleassessmentsineducation.springeropen.com/articles/10....
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The substantiveness of socioeconomic school compositional effects in Australia: measurement error and the relationship with academic composition - Large-scale Assessments in Education
This study examines the effect of school socioeconomic composition on student achievement growth in Australian schooling, and its relationship with academic composition utilising the National Assessme...
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tafedefender.bsky.social @tafedefender.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/882772...
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Getting TAFE right would be a boon for the country
All Australians benefit from better education.
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Ben Parsons @parso81.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Comrades! I seek your vote for my re-election as #NSWTF #ReliefOfficer for 2025 at next weekend’s state council. With my energy and experience, I am ready to hit the ground running on DAY 1 next year #RebuildWithTAFE #UnionStrong
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Mike Soskil @msoskil.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The Teacher Union Organizers and Education Association Leaders Starter Pack is now 60+ strong after some recent adds. Welcome, @parso81.bsky.social @kristenrec.bsky.social & @marisolgarciaaz.bsky.social We’re stronger together! go.bsky.app/AjeZG6X
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Michael Sciffer @msciffer.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Armidale Secondary College parents and teachers call on @albomp.bsky.social to fully fund NSW Public schools
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Michael Sciffer @msciffer.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Australia's segregated schooling system harms the learning of students theconversation.com/the-type-of-...
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The type of school does matter when it comes to a child’s academic performance
The way Australia’s school system is structured is especially unfair on students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Ben Parsons @parso81.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Another good day running Branch Meetings and recruiting new members with the Tamworth legends Ali, Simone & Jacinda #UnionStrong #RebuildWithTAFE ☺️💪
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Ben Parsons @parso81.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Huge branch meeting at #Armidale #TAFE this week with 39 members present and a big motion passed unanimously #UnionStrong #RebuildWithTAFE ☺️💪
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Correna Haythorpe @chaythorpeaeu.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Excellent statement @msciffer.bsky.social
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tafedefender.bsky.social @tafedefender.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Did Musk buy twitter to destroy it? Couldn’t stand the democracy
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BiBi @24bibi.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
THIS is what happens when religious #RWNJs are elected... EVERYTHING goes into regressive mode. #NZ is a cautionary tale for when ##AusVotes2025...and #Qld is already seeing what happens under #CrisafooliLNP‼️😡 www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
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Moment MP leads haka to disrupt New Zealand parliament
Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke led the haka and ripped up a copy of a contentious bill being voted on.
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Correna Haythorpe @chaythorpeaeu.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
And here is another one from SA UNIONs
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Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Friends, this is GREAT!
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Marcia Aurelia 💙 🖕 Elon and the Felon @marciaaurelia.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Sums up the current state of the US politics
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
A frustrating thing for me right now is the media narrative that RFK Jr is just an “anti-vaxxer” when he has said so many crazy things about other stuff over the years. We compiled 10 nutty clips on various topics, which still barely scratches the surface. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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'Viruses Are Our Friend'— 10 Off the Wall Video Clips from RFK Jr. Resurface on Bluesky
Past comments include denying AIDS and calling vaccinated children "damaged"
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Ben Parsons @parso81.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I had a great experience this week running a #ClassroomManagement workshop with a great team of educators from the New South Wales Teachers Federation’s Centre for Professional Learning. This is the the first time #TAFE and #TAFEteachers have been included with school #teachers in events like this
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