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Simon Katterl

@simonkkatterl.bsky.social
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He/him | CEO, Mental Health Lived Experience Peak Queensland | Mental Health Law, Regulation & Human Rights Advocate | Bylines in the Guardian & the Age | Research: shorturl.at/DpKkE

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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
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Really sad to see AOC lose her way in the last year. youtu.be/Xi2dTrdJ-l8?...
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AOC FLAMED For Nonsense Answer on Pelosi Replacement
YouTube video by Breaking Points
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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This is sad that he's been so mislead. 7news.com.au/sport/cricke...
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Jackson Warne blames government and COVID shot for father’s death
‘Yes, he smoked and he drank, but how many more people in their eighties and nineties still smoke and drink a lot more than dad?’
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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 · 27/01/2026
Important interview. youtu.be/cHzwCkblSpI?...
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She Was FIRED for Criticizing Israel — Then This Australian Journalist Fought Back and Won
YouTube video by Zeteo
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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
Totally agree. Destabilising the globe and causing immense harm to a nation to distract from whatever is on those tapes and files.
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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Absolutely. Yesterday.
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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Yeah truly horrific. And so clearly aimed at distracting fun his domestic woes. Unsurprising, but still so depressing how comfortable he is destabilising the entire globe for personal gain.
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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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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
This is textbook case of regulatory capture. youtu.be/v6d7cXp7QFk?...
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Sportsbet pressured key watchdog into 'watering down' enforcement announcement | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 23/12/2025
“The Government has acknowledged there is no gas shortage and exports are the problem, said Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor at The Australia Institute. Read more: thepoint.com.au/news/251223-federal…
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Federal Government announces gas reservation policy
80 per cent of Australia’s gas is currently exported – including two thirds of gas produced on the east coast. This has
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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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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I'd be keen to chat about this in the context of mental health — addressing the social determinants of mental health/suicide through reduced inequality/increased revenue base for core needs (housing, safety etc) and mental health supports.
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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
Didn't know that, thanks!
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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 · 26/11/2025
Medicare Mentre Health Centres are part of the solution, but they can't be in place of peer-led options, and we need to ensure they are evaluated. My comments in the Brisbane Times. www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
brisbanetimes.com.au
Hundreds of millions has been spent to fix mental health crisis. But will it work?
Over 40 Medicare Mental Health Centres have opened across Australia in the last year, including 12 in Queensland. We visited one on Brisbane’s north side to find out what they’re all about, and who th...
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Simon Katterl @simonkkatterl.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Would they listen even if they did!
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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
YouTube video by 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
They probably think soul is a rare earth.
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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...
9now.nine.com.au
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 · 05/11/2025
On queue.
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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
Indeed! At least in Victoria there are these reporting requirements. Here in Queensland there's not even that. We need to be able to point to these things as issues to be solved.
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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
Do you support the proposed Ministerial powers to override the standards? Are there any limitations that you would put on it?
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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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PeculiarAmelia @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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