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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Great report from Sisters Inside sistersinside.com.au/wp-content/u...

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Let's just be clear that avoiding a conviction won't mean he has cleared his name. There's already been a decision with a civil legal finding that he committed heinous acts. youtu.be/hctJAZSrnro?...

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Ben Roberts-Smith’s first statement after release from custody | ABC NEWS

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Watched Insiders. We need to move past "budget neutral" tax reform. Offsetting new gas taxes with corporate cuts will ignore our structural deficit. The real question should be What standard of living do we want & what tax/policy settings fund/enable it? Can't deny/avoid the structural deficit.

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Our co-authored Australian Journal of Human Rights article on the value of a Human Rights Act to Western Australia was published. We highlight how a legislated and implemented HRA can achieve better outcomes for all. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Advancing a rights-based mental health system: the case for a Human Rights Act for Western Australia

Western Australia (WA) remains without a stand-alone human rights legislation, such as a Human Rights Act (HRA). This vacuum impacts the human rights of Western Australians in a broad range of syst...

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

It is unbelievable that corporate Democrats can say this. Carvilles strategy is to play dead for midterms that won't be free. Can you imagine how ridiculous people who said this of Hitler in 1933 as he corrupted the legal system, undertook political progress and dismantled democratic institutions?

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

It's unclear if they have the mettle for this, but the Democrats should be ousting Schumer immediately if they care about a Constitutional republic. He's completely unfit for this moment. youtu.be/dXwJr3NavzI?...

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DEMS MUST OUST SCHUMER NOW!

YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I would contrast McCullum with Geelong Coach Chris Scott. While McCullum has fairly predictable/religiously consistent approach, Scott will always keep the other coach guessing and try to exploit weaknesses, giving them new looks, slowly deconstructing them. youtube.com/shorts/wpe-c...

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"I take offence to that, Nas!"

YouTube video by Sky Sports Cricket

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

The moral contortions we're forced into as we remain part of AUKUS.

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Our closest security partner, flagrantly violating the "rules based order". AUKUS will go down as one of the worst, and most slow moving, policy disasters in Australian history. youtu.be/E-XvHEBuSLQ?...

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Venezuela declares a state of emergency after explosions around capital | ABC NEWS

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The Cth Parlinfo website feels like it hasn't had a UX review since the dismissal.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/12/2025

The release of the mid-year fiscal and economic outlook (MYEFO) has revealed the cost of changes to superannuation tax concessions and the PRRT’s ongoing failure to deliver fair returns to Australians. Read Greg Jericho's full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/251217-...

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

@mattgrudnoff.bsky.social, am reading the great paper on how we could raise more than $70B through relatively simple wealth taxes. Does this exclude taxing the resource (mining/gas) sector, meaning more could be raised? australiainstitute.org.au/wp-content/u...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/12/2025

“Existing tax settings allow for (and in some ways facilitate) growing inequality, mounting evidence shows the role of inequality in reducing economic growth,” writes Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at The Australia Institute. Read more: australiainstitute.org.au/report/submi...

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/12/2025

Few issues unite progressive and conservative voters. Ending corruption is one of the few exceptions. Read Helen Haines' full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

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Rod Campbell @rodcampbell.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Miners exaggerating tax. Again. What's new is that this is so demonstrably false. Will they take down false ads? If you see this ad after today, please let me know. Debunked on @thepointau.bsky.social here, more below: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Leaving aside that its hard to believe her that "it was just about the jeans", her view that being silent was the justified result to "negative press" fails to grapple w the fact that she should have spoken up to clarify for the PoC communities impacted. www.theage.com.au/culture/cele...

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Sydney Sweeney makes concession on ‘great genes’ ad controversy

The actress first broke her silence three months after the controversial advertisements went live, and it was not well received.

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Victor Sojo @victorsojo.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

So, while the police gets new powers to stop and frisk whoever they want (it’s gonna be brown men and all kinds of women they want to harass) Nazis get to march across the CBD. Cool beans, Victoria!

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Unfortunate that Susan Ley's efforts to undertake collaborative leadership within her party are panned as weak leadership. Collaborative leadership/governance of an org can work, but if bad actors prioritise their self-interest it crumbles. Prompts calls for Dutton-style leadership. #Insiders

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 26/11/2025

The Federal Government has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home Affairs Minister to cancel someone’s Centrelink payment if they are suspected of a serious crime. Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Deliciously, that is exactly the level of thinking that led them to lose the first test. #NeverChange

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

We're conditioned to prioritise politeness over marginalised perspectives. Today's Senate event, where Senators Payman, Faruqi, & Thorpe spoke up against workplace racism & misogyny, shows how wrong that instinct. The Senate's silence was horrifying. youtu.be/c4oe1EXro6s?...

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Pauline Hanson wears burqa in the Senate in repeat of 2017 stunt | 9 News Australia

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everyaustcounts.bsky.social @everyaustcounts.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🚨 The Productivity Commission has confirmed what we already know: Australia’s mental health system is failing - and half a million people are being left behind. People with psychosocial disability need support outside the NDIS. Read the article: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Every Australian Counts tile with the text: ‘Read from ABC News. National mental health agreement failing, Productivity Commission finds.

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

"Qld has the highest rates of involuntary treatment among the Australian states & this has steadily increased since 2016. Internationally, Australia has the 2nd highest rate of involuntary treatment & our rate is x15 that of Italy. Non ha alcun senso!" archive.li/GeLHZ

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Great news that IALEC are becoming a stand-alone lived experience peak for First Nations people. www.health.gov.au/ministers/th...

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Dr Emu, Graham Pringle, PhD @emugraham.substack.com · 14/11/2025

"One in every two mental health hospital admissions in Queensland are involuntary according to Simon Katterl from the Mental Health Lived Experience Peak Queensland" The WHO recommends involuntary treatment be abolished, not including crisis 72 hour holds (if I remember correctly)

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

"We don't want to deter people from getting help - but why would you admit yourself to a public mental health ward if you stood a 50 per cent chance of having your rights taken away? I sure as hell wouldn't." 9now.nine.com.au/a-current-af...

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Giaan's story won't be just 10 minutes of memories and grief - but a push for change

Today? I fight. For Giaan. For myself. For my daughters and everyone I love. And for every person right now...

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Giaan, 17, had her life taken by the system meant to protect her. When will we break the chain of harm & coercion? We desperately need a comprehensive & empowered watchdog over mental health services—one w lived experience leaders & real power to act. 9now.nine.com.au/a-current-af...

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Giaan was discharged from a hospital's mental health unit. She was dead 10 days later

At least five patients with links to a mental health unit on the Gold Coast have lost their lives in the la...

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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Giaan was discharged from a hospital's mental health unit. She was dead 10 days later

At least five patients with links to a mental health unit on the Gold Coast have lost their lives in the la...

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The Productivity Commission's Report is an opportunity for the Commonwealth Government to catch up to other states and territories on mental health reform, and to lead us nationally. Mental health reform has stalled and this is an opportunity for a reboot. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

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Half a million Australians with psychosocial illness without support

A scathing Productivity Commission review concludes that Australia's mental health system is failing and needs a rewrite, while warning that 500,000 Australians are unable to access the care that they...

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Centrist Democrats to make a public holiday to commemorate Dick Cheney because those were the good old days when politics worked.

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

New research from me today revealing widespread breaches of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 by public mental health services. Here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

As CEO of MHLEPQ, I'm clear the proposed power to cancel Centrelink payments based on an outstanding warrant is a dangerous overreach. It ties social security to policing, erodes the presumption of innocence and harms the most marginalised. @antipovertycentre.org www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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'Power grab': Labor under fire over new move to cut off Centrelink payments

The last-minute additions have been called into question, with advocates arguing they set a "dangerous precedent".

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Amelia @theartfulldodger.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I got out because i am hard to squash and could see through them even when pregnant and manic and insane I sat on a bed with bill there slowly listing off the 22 times they had broken the mental health act and 6 times the law The hospital rep argued back, tied to discredit me I out argued her

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Amelia @theartfulldodger.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I was released after 5 days of hell & a sudden removal of all medications to a woman carrying a baby But what would have happened if i wasnt white, if i didnt have advocates calling the hospital on my behalf, if i didnt know my way around the law & legal speak If i didn't speak english Abolish it

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Amelia @theartfulldodger.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

As someone who was kept prisoner and threatened with indefinite imprisonment due to multiple gross medical misdemeanours in a hospital psyche ward (after voluntarily admitting myself) both against my will and the law I support with all my heart the abolition of carceral care We have rights!!

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💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 31/10/2025

Trans people push to make healthcare more inclusive in the regions Trans people have shared their struggles accessing healthcare in regional and rural areas. Advocates say doctors are often dismissive and some even refuse to treat trans patients. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

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Why being trans in regional Australia means higher healthcare hurdles

A Queensland trans man says healthcare workers did not fully understand his needs when he sought fertility treatment.

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Devastating news for Ben's family. Reminded that my father named my middle name after his brother Klaus who was struck with a ball playing cricket at 13 with dad, leading to health complications and his death. Broke my dad and his mother. youtube.com/shorts/OywqY...

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Teen dies after being struck by cricket ball in training nets | ABC NEWS

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

"The reality is: exponential growth is not environmentally sustainable. Growth for growth’s sake has led to a concentration of wealth & widening inequality. Growth for growth’s sake has led to the toxic consumptogenic system polluting our planet & making people sick." www.croakey.org/productivity...

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Productivity Commission urged to ditch economic growth mindset, for the sake of our health and planet

As the Productivity Commission finalises its reports to Government on reform priorities, researchers have put forward four suggestions for how

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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Progress is not inevitable. But nor is it impossible. History is long and it only bends towards justice with our collective will.

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Paul Fawcett @paulyfawcett.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I’m watching the Treaty vote. Ayes 21 Noes 16. Victoria has a Treaty with its First Nations People. #springst

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