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Thirza White

@thirzawhite.bsky.social
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General Secretary of the CPSU Tasmania. Musings 100% Unionism, Public Services, Politics, Feminism, Tassie, Parenting and NueroDiversity. Dyslexic enjoy the typos, don’t @ me about them. Views my own. Nipaluna based.

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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Services rin for profit always costs the most vulnerable www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Video shows baby girl being hit in face by laughing childcare worker
An ABC investigation into for-profit childcare giant Affinity Education highlights ongoing systemic issues around staffing, oversight and safety inside the billion-dollar enterprise.
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Did the Tresurer, accuse Labor of wasting time after they finished early as they had no business to discuss? Parks members are also pretty in about with Ministe Duigan. edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
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ATTACK ON DUIGAN VOTED DOWN - Hobart Mercury
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Going to be hard to get experts to do work for Tasmania after the undderminding of Gruen #politas
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Well that’s a problem, someone deemed them non-essential and they are essential.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL. #HandsOff
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
It starts…watch every bussiness lobby group now roll out their ‘research’ on the need to lower red tape and taxes. What’s missing from this article is the fact new suburbs have to be connected to services, taxes help ensure they are not waste lands with no schools, transport of service hubs #politas
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Today the Treasurer announced an immediate job freeze for all ‘non essential roles’ in an attempt to ‘right size the public sector’.
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Solidarity to every park worker in America who has fought fires, led rescues and protects our wild places. The thin green line is a position of activism in many countries and now, rangers activism is needed in the US #auspol #union #proudtobepublic
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Which ever way you look the public service is under attack, Trump, Dutton and Rockliff. Here in Australia cutting the public service to fund corporate welfare and electoral hand outs prior to an election. In reality, cuts to the public service just cost shift to ordinary Aussie’s #auspol
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The skill, committment and determination of our remote fire fighters who put their lives on the line to save our natural and unique conservation sites is phenomenal. It’s beyond time we recognise Parks and Wildlife as an emergency service #politas #fire #PWS
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Last year they tried to reduce staffing to the Monitoring and Comliance Unit, this year they are out their doing photos ops #politas
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
450M of cuts over 4 years to Tassie services. Being rolled out now, yet the Rockliff government is refusing to release the details. This information is in the public interest, it should be released. This government promised transparency and fails at every turn #politas #integirty
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
What a dud deal. This would pay for three rangers in PWS, instead we are paying for a profitable companies marketing. Corporate welfare #politas
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Australia at the forefront of extinction, not a race you want to win. And Rockliff government cutting the agency tasked with slowing this, NRET #changenotcuts #politas
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Victim of it’s success or privatisation? In the beginning funded to be a complement to existing services then over time funded diverted so it becomes a primary service provider. And it fails under the demand. edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
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HEADSPACE FLAILS UNDER DEMAND - The Australian
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Are Parks are under pressure for all the right reasons, people want to go see our wild places. But the efficiency dividend must be lifted, so they can protect and manage the very places people want to visit #parks #tourism #tassie #protect #changenotcuts
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Hear hear we must position Parks as the primary resource for hiking information. Otherwise we will see the instagram effect lead inexperienced walkers into dangerous places. Our parks are so central to our tourist experience yet we fail to adequately invest in them.
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Nice for Bill Shorten to attend the ALP Tassie Chrissy drinks, great speech. Might not have made it to PM but the legacy of the NDIS is something to be proud of. Needs a bit of work to include those with #nuerodiversity but what a baseline to work from.
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Well behind best practice for protecting whistleblowers, no one wants to be a whistleblower but democracy is undermined if we don’t support whistleblowers.
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
This approach to public services is critical, it’s all a lot better if we have skin in the game so to speak.
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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The Climate Council is doing good work presenting the facts re costs of #renewables vs #nuclear. I don't expect the mainstream news media will bother reporting this data. Perhaps @australianlabor.bsky.social and the @greens.org.au could address Dutton's misinformation. #auspol #energy #ClimateAction
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
That’s a moment in time.
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Multipartite discussions in action. If we are going to find the solution to workforce shortages and building the workforce of the future we need to delve into the what and the why #JSC #politas #auspol
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Indigenous Australians are missing out on clean energy jobs despite being in the regions #auspol #JobsandSkillsAustralia
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The news on jobs is both good and bad. Interesting stats - if your industry is not gender balanced more likely to experience skills shortages #auspol #politas
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
The Board, most of parliament, workers and the CPSU against the privatisation of the Public Trustee. Might be time to listen! #politas #keepitours
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Not predictable at all, I bet they also discipline employees who use AI to write reports.
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
So really we just need a more interventionist government with stronger legislation to benefit us all.
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Fascinating discussion on #burnout on Radio National. Almost all stories talking of the impact of work on burnout, too much work, too little support. Need for structural reform.
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
So much work to do in this space, and it only gets worse when you get to some of the states.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 26/11/2024
If you paid any tax in 2022-23, you paid more than all of these multinational gas corporations did on $36 BILLION income, exporting Australian gas from QLD. Really makes you think. #auspol
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
@730Report excellent reporting on the dodgy model for the distribution of disability inclusion funding for #earlyeducation. The only body that should approve and manage government grants and funding is government #integirity #disability #auspol @barbarapocock.bsky.social
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Christmas has begun. Yesterday’s Unions Tas pageant, had to threaten the kids with coal to get them to go #Christmas #Tasmania #union
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Chris Merridew talks complete sense; the Treasury building are incredibly unique and must be retained, community use could be improved but must not be sold off #KeepItOurs Hobart Mercury - TREASURY FEELS THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH ... YET AGAIN edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
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TREASURY FEELS THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH ... YET AGAIN - Hobart Mercury
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Is it positive that reports of bullying have gone down if 48% didn’t feel safe from reprisals when reporting? Or has reporting just decreased? Tassie Needs Stop Bullying Orders. Hobart Mercury - PUBLIC SERVICE BULLYING REFORMS REMAIN INADEQUATE edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
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PUBLIC SERVICE BULLYING REFORMS REMAIN INADEQUATE - Hobart Mercury
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Why are we surprised that #Trump has chosen celebrities for key plum roles!
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Australia needs reform of our whistleblower protections, no whistleblower should go to jail for sharing information that is in the public interest #publicsector #auspol #730Report
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Attempting to apply for the NDIS again for our kid, $5k for various reports to support his application, on top of all the reports required to get a diagnosis. This is a ridiculous barrier for almost everyone #NDIS #DLD #Dyslexia
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
OMG how cute is Dr Harry on the painting and chat show Anh Du does #nationaltreasure
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
If this wasn’t so serious we would all be glued to the story for the drama. Instead many of us have ‘put in place boundaries’ to save ourselves from the toxicity 😝 and despair #Trump
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The #privatisation playbook includes 1) underfunding services to erode community support 2) fund rising demand in the not-for-profit sector 3) over time start funding the for-profit providers. This privatisation by stealth allows governments to avoid any community consultation #politas
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The clock is ticking surely.
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I am not sure rolling out Simon Holmes a’Court, to talk down the electoral reform bill is quite the move many think it is. #auspol #electoralreform
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Storm has hit all the way down in Tas.
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
No wonder our #ERs are overwhelmed can’t get the kid into the #doctor for a week at a minimum, and they have changed policy so he is no longer bulk billed as over 5 #health #fail
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Keen to get into this #book, as #language is such an important part of social change. Words matter. But as a #dyslexic I got views about the need for flexibility.
A book called ‘The Conscious Style Guide. A flexible approach to language that includes, respects, and empowers.
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Dr Jos 🇦🇺🇫🇷🇱🇧 @redruby17.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This place feels like moving into a new home and having to use a bowl to drink your first coffee because you haven’t found the mugs yet But you love it and the mugs are around somewhere
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Thirza White @thirzawhite.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
It’s time to leave X, trying out #BlueSky as #Threads is……kind of boring. I seem to be stuck in one conversation and everyone is monologuing. Hopefully this is a little more diverse. Rebuilding who you follow is a bit bloody tedious though.
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