lawyer: human rights, discrimination; public interest and community campaigner; swimmer; Antarctic tragic; she/her/hers

nipaluna/Hobart, lutruwita/Tas
Joined July 2012
Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
Just wow. RFK Jr. revealing Trump-level bigotry, stupidity and IGNORANCE about the history of the world, the role of Arabs in innovation, scientific achievements, mathematics, engineering a more. He says Arabs never produced science. Seriously. It was an Arab who invented modern optics. Another Arab pioneered early aviation before the Wright Brothers. An Arab named Jabir ibn Hayyan founded modern chemistry. An Arab introduced the concept of ZERO, for God's sake, and pioneered numerals, systematic algebra, solar calculations for calendars and it just goes on and on. RFK Jr. is a bigoted, racist ignoramus who defends genocide and is blind to any ethnic group other than his deep-pocketed donors who are mostly pro-genocide zionists.
RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Novel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
About 75,000 high school girls get raped by their male coaches each year. There’s less than 40 trans athletes competing at the high school level. Guess which problem these fucking idiots think is worse?
Replying to @_celia_bedelia_
Until women can play sports without being overcome by males, the t shirts stay.
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
Today in why the fuck are people like this! The Bracknell Football Club has posted a very long statement describing a man charged with rape as having a 'difficult chapter' The lengthy ramble - probably the work of AI - was in response to senior coach Josh Adams being charged with three rapes. The allegation relates to an attack on a sleeping woman. The victim had to leave the town after club president Nicole Jones demeaned her for bringing the information to the club's attention. Adams' cousin (no less) is the author of the post that appeared on the club's Facebook page. In it she writes: "We must remember that people are more than headlines, allegations or one difficult chapter". The entire post is a woe is me for Adams, the club, footballers, the school, the futures of local children and the community. Not one word is said for the victim. NOT FUCKING ONE! There's no acknowledgement of her distress, pain, trauma or wellbeing. it doesn't recognise that she has had to leave her home or that she was ostracised for speaking up. In terms of the references to children's safety, the victim and her mum told the club not long after the assaults. The club allowed the coach to remain in his role, which would have seen him in contact with children, teenagers and other women, for about 16 months. Indeed, he was only stood down recently and because police notified the club because the charges impacted his working with children certification. So here we are again. An entire football club stepping up for their man while the woman he is accused of raping is out here struggling to get through every day.
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
Cathy Wilcox Gaza - The Erasure
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
“Non-government schools receive billions of dollars in public funding every year. Australians are entitled to expect that public money doesn’t pay for discrimination that would be illegal anywhere else.” | Allegra Spender trib.al/kFoLfrd
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
"Q. How democratic is the Israeli vote – and who is being disenfranchised? A: About 15 million people live in areas under Israeli control. Just over 7 million Jewish Israelis and 1.7 million Palestinian citizens of Israel live within the country’s pre-1967 borders, known as the “green line”, and have full voting rights. In the occupied West Bank, more than 500,000 Israeli settlers can vote. They live among 3.1 million Palestinians who are subject to military rule and do not have the right to vote. In occupied East Jerusalem more than 230,000 Israelis with voting rights live among 350,000 Palestinians who cannot vote. Two million Palestinians in Gaza, who live under Israeli military occupation, according to the international court of justice, also have no vote." theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
Trump's “energy ceasefire” means that only Ukraine must stop hitting Russian refineries, not that Russia must stop hitting Ukrainian power plants. The price of oil is more important to Trump than Ukrainian civilians freezing in winter. trib.al/Wizb7Kt
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
President Trump Reveals that he is Preventing Numerous Wars on a Daily Basis. “I am also preventing on a constant basis a War between Japan and North Korea. China and Taiwan. Australia and New Zealand…” He is Truly the Peacemaker in Chief.
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
To all you seniors on fixed incomes who disproportionately voted for Trump thinking he’d protect your healthcare interests. I will not lie to you about your chances of surviving his negligent abandonment but, you have my sympathies.
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
Australians are having to choose between food and soap or toothpaste. We can do better than this as a country. We're a wealthy country. This about choices - like deciding not to have a windfall profits tax to get a return for 🇦🇺 during an energy crisis, or not getting a return on our gas exports. That's money that could go to dealing with root causes of cost of living - housing, energy costs and transport. smh.com.au/politics/federal/…
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
Lana Nusseibeh, the United Arab Emirates diplomat who is suddenly being promoted as a candidate for UN secretary general, hasn't only lied about the UAE role in sending arms and mercenaries to the genocidal Rapid Support Forces paramilitary in Sudan. She has also lied and covered up the UAE role in killing civilians in Yemen. Some examples: 1. mofa.gov.ae/en/mediahub/news… but see hrw.org/world-report/2017/co… 2. mofa.gov.ae/en/MediaHub/News… 3. wam.ae/en/article/hszr76ab-u…
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
Republicans must be thrilled that 11 days before elections, we learn that the Trump family secretly orchestrated a deal to allow Russians to drill Alaska in exchange for a $25 billion "investment" funneled through their proxies. Now we’re understanding why Trump needs a Republican to win Alaska…
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett calls out violent political rhetoric such as Pauline Hanson’s car ramming video—for having a "direct correlation" to real attacks on politicians. Speers: “Like a cartoon that suggests someone should be hit by a car…?” Barrett: Yep.💥 #auspol
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
“Non-government schools receive billions of dollars in public funding every year. Australians are entitled to expect that public money doesn’t pay for discrimination that would be illegal anywhere else.” | Allegra Spender trib.al/CjqtCaZ
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
Replying to @4corners
@4corners exposed the harm that flows from neoliberalism in this case the outsourcing of childcare to the private sector. Same in aged care, NDIS and Mental Health. #jointhedots
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
A total lie The reality is the HPV vaccine is SO EFFECTIVE at preventing HPV, cervical cancer is on its way to ELIMINATION in countries which have rolled it out, such as Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Sweden 🇸🇪 and Australia 🇦🇺!!
🚨ALARMING HARM: HPV Vaccine INCREASES HPV Rates & Ovarian Damage in Girls – Dr. Brian Hooker, PhD The Gardasil HPV vaccine doesn’t even prevent HPV. Florida’s Medicaid database was analyzed, comparing vaccinated vs. unvaccinated girls. The results are alarming: - Vaccinated girls showed much higher rates of ovarian dysfunction and female reproductive disorders. - They also had a greater risk/level of HPV infection itself compared to the unvaccinated group. Dr. Hooker: “We see much, much higher levels of these issues in the individuals that received the vaccine…” Why are we giving this to our children? A vaccine that fails to prevent the very infection it targets — and increases serious reproductive risks instead? Parents, this is from the actual data. Do your research before the next “routine” shot. The HPV rollout continues… but the science from this comparison demands answers. Share this. Question everything. Protect our children.
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
We condemn the political threats made by Opposition Leader Jess Wilson on Sunday and reject her misleading connection between protest of Israel’s genocide and the horrific Bondi attack. Protesting a livestreamed genocide is not antisemitic. Our release: jewishcouncil.com.au/2026/10…
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Robin Banks 💉💉💉💉 retweeted
Especially as they get billions in public money. Given how much public money they get, why are they allowed to pick & choose their students at all?
“For most people, announcing their engagement means congratulations. For me it meant getting fired.” Why are Australia's religious schools legally able to sack a teacher or expel a student simply for being gay, transgender, divorced or pregnant? trib.al/DuKQYJm
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