The federal government spent more than $60m on private law firms to fight national disability insurance scheme participants appealing decisions about their packages last financial year, a 60% increase from the year before, Guardian Australia can reveal. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

My man David Byrne released a new album this month

Hey, so, whoever decided 'colour fun runs' should be the go-to primary school fundraiser should never have a moment of peace for the rest of their life. Appropriating a minority culture's (in Australia) religious celebration AND a sensory nightmare for Autistic/allergic/asthmatic kids - great idea.🫠

Hey, here's something you can do to offset the idiocy coming out of the US government re Autism: buy a copy of SOMEONE LIKE ME, a collection of non-fiction writing and illustration by Autistic people www.vervebooks.co.uk/bookpage.php...

Hey can we just say "Autism" in this moment? It's about Autism. Autistic kids and adults. Wanting to eradicate Autism.

Stands on rooftops: 📣 🗣️ 🗣️THERE IS NO LINK BTW ACETAMINOPHEN & AUTISM. IT HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR MANY YEARS IN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. 🗣️THE ONLY REASON THEY ARE TALKING ABT THIS IS THAT THEY DO NOT WANT AUTISTIC PEOPLE TO EXIST. 🗣️IT IS EUGENICS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION IN THIS MATTER. -EmilyPhD

im just so frustrated by how wrong everything is all the time

GPT! GPT! GPT! GPT! “I hear those chats are awful loud…” It’s hosted safely in the cloud! “Is there a chance the bot could lie?” Not on your life, and nor will I!

Disney adults having more backbone than Potter adults is terrifying

A great creator's essay from the great Michael Chabon on one of the best books I've ever read (and one of the most fun books to work on I've yet worked on).

It felt like Australian publishing was shrinking with mergers and the shock closure of Meanjin - waiting to see the full story behind that! But there's a few new players bring fresh energy and new books in recent months. With thanks to @jocaseau.bsky.social for excellent editing.

Last week, I was worried I didn't have enough work to see the year out. This week, I'm worried there aren't enough days in October.

Is it ok to say I fucking hate this? Fucking edgelord shit in disguise. It's bad enough cosplaying as God and frequently acting like it gives you insight, but in a time where several genocides are actually going on why are you making jokes about replicating the "worst" one. Maybe it's just me

One Picture Of Onions Caramelizing Every Five Minutes For Sixty Minutes Straight Five minutes

Nadia Hussain, sacked BBC Host, no lies were detected, only the feelings of white supremacists were hurt so she had to go.

Update: I did it correctly! I now have a clothesline again after four years without one. 💪💪💪

There's plenty of money in a rich country like Australian to pay for the things we want, it's all a question of choice. Come along the Australia Institute's Revenue Summit in October to hear some of the big thinking we need right now including from Senator David Pocock and Kate Chaney MP

I have just done something difficult, on my own, with minimal swearing. Won't know until tomorrow whether I've done it correctly.

Thinking about maybe taking a big trip overseas next year. Had my first travel anxiety dream last night. 🎉

How come the alt-right can't organise here like they have in the US and UK? Because every time one of them speaks it's like "The woke, transvaccines killed my crypto-marketing small business" and everyone backs slowly away towards the door. Compulsory voting single member electorates will do that

"Existing evidence also shows that azelastine is one of several drugs that can stop SARS-CoV-2 from replicating itself, halting the virus in its tracks. However it works, though, the drug is clearly effective at preventing COVID-19." www.sciencealert.com/over-the-cou...

This is excellent. These supports enables autistic people to better participate in society on their own terms.

Fuck them all.

I am very pro people getting paid for their work but I would also love to know how cancelling an appointment with more than 24 hours notice is a late cancellation that attracts the whole fee for the session.

ABC’s new show is about journalism students ‘with autism’ (see line 1) the same way The Stella Prize is for writers ‘with womanhood’ (or with non-binary identities). Autism is not a disease we catch (or can be cured of or grow out of); it’s who we intrinsically are. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Ah yes, what does a parent love more than their wristwatch weighing in on how they could be doing parenting better

Oh I'll definitely be using this

They're only half-arsing it if they got real writers to write the script. Cowards.

I just don’t want “film a video and hope it goes viral” to be a “reasonable” expectation of authors!! I hate being on video! I am too awkward for video!

Editing tip of the day: 'glance' is not a one-for-one replacement for 'look'.

Great, at a time of heightened tension between religions, a leading politician decides to play favourites. Separation of church & state PROTECTS religious freedom, for ALL people of faith & this nonsense undermines that freedom. Stunts like this--WITHIN parliament!--are unconscionable. Disgraceful.

If anyone is looking to provide material support for Camp Sovereignty, consider the following requests via Black Peoples' Union on insta:

We need to be talking about this. Sewell attacked an Indigenous protest camp after leading a white nationalist march in Melbourne only 2 days ago and now he is invading a press conference by the state Premier. Rather than Sewell being arrested the Premier ran away Is someone protecting the fascist?

The ABC is doing a Hottest 100 (so to speak) of 21st-century books. You can browse lists by author, title and category. The author and category lists are alphabetical BY FIRST NAME.

As excited as I am to go on holiday with my family, sometimes I wish I just book something 5* all inclusive only for me. Otherwise it's just parenting and housework elsewhere with more resentment than usual because you don't get a proper break yourself.

Today's instalment of overthinking pop music: The best song about a tragic poet is 'Bell Jar' by the Bangles.

The ABC is doing a Hottest 100 (so to speak) of 21st-century books. You can browse lists by author, title and category. The author and category lists are alphabetical BY FIRST NAME.

SEPTEMBER CARTOON: ivacheung.com/2025/09/witc...

Last day to sign up for my online feedback group for creative non-fiction! I'll be providing professional feedback on structure, pacing, voice, tone, etc. If you've got a piece you'd like to jump-start, or complete, or polish, this course could be just the ticket! writingnsw.org.au/whats-on/cou...

The true horror hear is that you know the real estate agent tried to talk them out of those photos and failed.

As a gay man who was born to worship specific divas, Kylie Minogue being one of them, they did this FOR ME!!! 🗣📣 🎉🎉🎉 • Jongho, Seonghwa, Wooyoung and Yunho performing ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’ with Kylie Minogue!!! 🔥

ICYMI this week's reviews: Bernard Whimpress on Tim Wigmore's Test Cricket: A history Robert Goodman on Rhett Davis's new novel Arborescence newtownreviewofbooks.com.au #TimWigmore #TestCricket #RhettDavis #Arborescence #BookSky 💙 📚

Wonderful night at Sean and Dolly's last night for the launch of Mandy Sayer's new book No Dancing in the Lift - a gripping story of a writer and a moving continuation of the story begun in Dreamtime Alice. Love, death, the whole damn thing. #memoir #AustralianWriters #BookSky 💙 📚

Co-signed times a thousand. “Other people have no interiority” is, fundamentally, a deeply evil belief to hold which will lead you exclusively to terrible places

I like people who make things and try shit. Those are my people.

I never thought I would see this in my life, and that they’re making it immediately generic so it’s affordable is making me want to cry

Working for myself is great but, man, do I miss having colleagues I can gossip with when the latest publishing scandal hits. I have THOUGHTS about this QBD CEO book thing.

ICYMI this week's reviews: Ann Skea on Jennifer Trevelyan's debut novel A Beautiful Family Braham Dabscheck on Peter Greste's The Correspondent Find them at newtownreviewofbooks.com.au #BookReviews #BookSky 💙 📚

My kid's NDIS plan got renewed with a lower budget. That's fine. But now funds are released quarterly, and that amount doesn't cover his therapy sessions per quarter because fees went up. Yay.