Enjoying Life! Fur babies call me Mum. Hubby sometimes calls me Boss but most of the time it's just Lill.
Melbourne, Australia
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WP Raskell retweeted
Congratulations News Corp -- ten great years of appearing in the ATO's company tax data without paying a cent in tax on tens of billions of revenue!
But keep on lecturing us about how the country should be run!
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WP Raskell retweeted
Ask an Australian sporting follower whether they care about this women's T20 World Cup, and they will invariably tell you that they do, but that cricket has not made it easy for them to follow it. Australia v England in the final at Lord's tonight theage.com.au/sport/cricket/…
WP Raskell retweeted
While the world focuses on the destruction in Iran, we must not ignore what Israel is doing in Lebanon.
1,461 have been killed.
4,430 have been injured.
1.2 million have been displaced.
Israel now occupies 14% of Lebanon.
Enough is enough. No more US military aid to Israel.
WP Raskell retweeted
"T20 is purely for the spectators. It is not a cricketer’s sport. Yes, cricketers play it, but it is like fast food. Test cricket is real cricket... Please do not banish Tests. That is the real cricket we are all here for." — Sir Gordon Greenridge. #TestCricketMatters
WP Raskell retweeted
Pauline, yet again, a traitor to Australia's interest.
Hanson is paid for by Gina, via Mar a Lago
Anyone voting for One Nation, votes against Australia.
Pauline Hanson calls for Australia to help Donald Trump “stamp out evil” by entering the conflict with Iran, just days after the President accused America's allies of refusing to provide assistance.
skynews.com.au/australia-new…
WP Raskell retweeted
I find it staggering that the players and coaches (the performers) have not put a stop to the stand rule…..it’s a terrible rule dreamed up by people who do not understand the fundamental principles of “competition”.
WP Raskell retweeted
I used to wonder how it was possible that Trump could have won in 2016, and then again in 2024, given how emotionally toxic and depraved he is.
I don’t wonder anymore. I think he won for that exact reason. Because he carried at least one broken shard to reflect the broken shards in millions of others.
If you’re a racist, you found your guy. If you’re a misogynist, you found your guy. If money is your only religion, you found your guy. If your heart is armored shut, you found your guy. If you mock the disabled, you found your guy. If intelligence makes you insecure, you found your guy. If you’re a sexual predator, you found your guy. If you trade in humiliation and conspiracy and filth, you found your guy.
If you’ve never done a single hour of emotional inventory, you found your guy. If you cheat, stiff contractors, bankrupt your obligations, and call it savvy, you found your guy. If you lie as easily as you breathe, you found your guy. If cruelty feels like strength, you found your guy. If white grievance is your comfort food, you found your guy. If your ego is a black hole no title can fill, you found your guy. If warmongering fuels your ego, you found your guy, If empathy feels like weakness and dominance feels like oxygen, you found your guy.
If he’d only carried one or two of these pathologies, he might have been dismissed as just another loud, damaged man. But he carried a buffet of them. That was the appeal. Millions could locate themselves somewhere in the wreckage. They didn’t have to agree with all of it. They just had to recognize a piece of themselves in it.
It was never really about him. It was about the validation. The absolution. The permission. He didn’t invent the resentment; he amplified it. He didn’t create the cruelty; he normalized it. He gave millions the intoxicating relief of hearing their ugliest impulses echoed back at rally volume.
Trump is a symptom. The deeper illness is collective. If there’s one sentence that defines his power, it’s this: “He says the things I’m thinking.”
And that’s the part that should chill us.
Because what does it say about us that so many were thinking those things? That tens of millions of Americans harbored resentments so deep, so seething, that they were simply waiting for a demagogue to baptize them as virtue? That after decades of supposed progress on race, gender, and equality, so many white men felt so threatened, so displaced, so furious, that cruelty became a political platform?
Maybe we were living in a fool’s paradise, mistaking silence for healing, politeness for progress.
Now the mask is off. Now we know.
And knowing is a far more dangerous place to stand.
– Michael Jochum, Not Just a Drummer: Reflections on Art, Politics, Dogs, and the Human Condition.
WP Raskell retweeted
The Australian Jewish Association invited Sammy Yahood to Australia to speak. He has a track record in inciting hatred &, because of that, @Tony_Burke banned him from coming to Australia. This is how he reacted. Good decision Minister Burke. President Herzog next please
AJA Statement
The Australian Jewish Association (AJA) strongly condemns the Albanese Government for cancelling the visa of yet another Jewish visitor
AJA CEO Robert Gregory said:
Sammy Yahood was scheduled to visit Australia to speak at major synagogues in Sydney and Melbourne and to participate in a series of events with different Jewish organisations.
While we weren't involved in planning the visit, just days ago, the Australian Jewish Association had secured Sammy to run a self-defence session in partnership with another synagogue. The event generated great interest from the Jewish community amid heightened insecurity in Australia.
On the Australia Day public holiday, just three hours before his scheduled flight, Sammy was notified that his visa had been cancelled.
Sammy now joins a growing list of Jewish visitors whose visas have been revoked by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, including former Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, American technology entrepreneur Hillel Fuld, and Knesset Member Simcha Rothman.
The persistent targeting of Jewish visitors by the Albanese Government has contributed to the rise of antisemitism in Australia.
This latest cancellation reinforces deep concerns within the Jewish community that, despite the horror of the Bondi massacre and the government’s belated apology, the Albanese Government hasn’t changed and was never genuine.
One of the events in Sydney was due to be attended by survivors of the Bondi massacre.
This targeting is particularly galling given that the government has not acted against Islamic hate preachers.
The misuse of Tony Burke’s ministerial powers was one of the reasons AJA opposed the so-called hate speech laws, which significantly expanded those powers.
Whenever I speak to Jewish people around the world, they express great concern about what has happened in Australia. This is going to further tarnish Australia’s reputation.”
WP Raskell retweeted
Anyone asked the First Nation’s people how they feel about being left out while a very vocal minority with the loudest voice are afforded a VOICE to Parliament
Must hurt very deeply!!!
WP Raskell retweeted
Imagine if Ley and the LNP had gone to the government after Bondi and said, “Look, this is bigger than both of us. Let’s work together.” It might have been a great moment of national unity. But no. All they could do was play down and dirty partisan politics. An abject disgrace.
WP Raskell retweeted
If the Royal Commission is to investigate issues of social cohesion it cannot ignore the implications of Israel’s genocide in Palestine and the role of all religious extremism. The RC must ensure the separation of church and state and not preference any religion or group.
WP Raskell retweeted
Beautiful Brave Resillient Elliot.
Meet Elliot. His story is nothing short of miraculous, the bottoms of all four legs were cut off, but his will wasn’t.
Resilience. Grit. Determination.
From struggle to stride, inch by inch.
Today he’s walking better every day, and now he walks beside other heroes like him.
Different legs. Same courage. Unstoppable.
Never give up. 🦾
🎦 Credit: The Unstoppable Dogs 🐶 🦽.
WP Raskell retweeted
Amy Remeikis:
“There is no denying that rather than try to promote unity, healing and a national stand against all forms of hate, some have sought to exploit that tragedy amid a completely unprecedented moment in Australian political history”
“Never has there been a time where politics has been played so blatantly, so openly at the expense of a terrified, traumatised community and the wider nation at large”
“The question isn’t “who are we letting into our country?”, it’s “why are we letting grasping politicians spread further hate and division?”
Absolute truth in journalism right here.
The coalition have not only lost their moral compass - it hasn’t been sighted or reflected upon by them in a very long time.
thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2…
WP Raskell retweeted
Labor must critically analyse the effect on democracy and the right to protest of adopting the Segal report recommendations.
Conflating antisemitism with legitimate opposition to Israeli govt genocide, apartheid and breaches of international law would be a grave mistake.
WP Raskell retweeted
Benjamin Netanyahu should be jailed immediately for crimes against humanity. Period.
