I miss my brother so much. I don't talk about his death but this piece I have written I hope might help illustrate how policy determines people's health. Harm reduction is healthcare. cheekmedia.substack.com/p/more-austr...

This is possibly the best client review I've ever had 😂 (Group exercise doesn't have to include instructors screaming at you.)

At 5pm today I asked my babysitter if she's available tomorrow from 5. She said yes ... Then asked if it was 5am or 5pm She's a saint who knows I'm so disorganised that <12 hours notice isn't an unlikely scenario 😂😂

"it might not be surprising that you would see the crime stats increase because we're seeing an increase in policing," Dr Daley told AAP. "We're seeing an active increase in law and order responses, because that's what the community has been demanding." www.canberratimes.com.au/story/899596...

I was on breakfast radio at 6am. I am teaching a pilates class at 6pm. Full workday in between after corraling kids to school. I am exhausted yet will learn absolutely nothing from this.

📢 If you haven't yet, take a moment to read the cover story in this edition of About Time, which features our team. Here's the article, and why not settle in for the entire edition while you're here? These are the voices that need to be shared. 💜 www.abouttime.org.au/news-and-inv...

Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

In this piece in @powertopersuade.bsky.social, I challenge the flawed assumption at the heart of drug policy: that the drugs themselves are the problem. Heavy drug use is often a coping strategy for distress. Reducing harm requires care not criminalisation www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/drugs-a...

Important points made here about the need for real time data availability for illicit drug supply, along with the obvious case for drug checking. www.theage.com.au/national/hal...

It was a "common misconception" that crime statistics reflected offending, RMIT's Dr Kathryn Daley said. "Crime statistics are not convictions, & many of them don't even end up before court," Dr Daley told AAP. "They're what police report on charge sheets." www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/ar...

Bail reform being rushed through parliament in response to a petition led by Brendan Fevola is the ultimate populist politics. Ruining peoples lives and showing a lack of political leadership. Disgraceful.

officemate: 'God I enjoy you, Kat' me: 'If I die can you make sure people remember that I'm funny?' officemate: 'Oh I will, I'm taking notes' 😂

Absolutely surreal afternoon today. It is such a privilege to do this work. Awards aren't a motivation to do it, but it's really nice to be seen.

Prescribed reading in a leadership course I am in ... seems pertinent 😂🙈

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Democracy is in pieces everywhere. A huge part of how this has happened has been the active move to strip civics education from young ppl. This is to keep them disengaged, but it creates generations of people ill-prepared to be active citizens. theconversation.com/australian-s...

Paper accepted and an ethics application approved in what feels like an otherwise frantic, but simultaneously unproductive (??!), week. Bizarre.

Behind this decision to drop #Australia's Biennale representatives is a campaign by same organs and people who have been crying about "cancel culture". Now two images of Hezbollah's former leader Nasrallah, killed by #Israel is claimed to beyond the pale. www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/02/13/k...

Great explainer here of the value of legislating that all policy proposals must be stated drafted with a lens of the implications for young people. 👏 theconversation.com/short-term-p...

17 years since the National Apology. So much work to be done. 💛🖤❤️ My Mum, my hero.

Very powerful to have the outgoing Assistant Treasurer acknowledging that he is a survivor of child sexual abuse. That took courage www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

The Kendrick Lamar Superbowl show was a masterclass. Obviously others disagree but it's interesting this idea that music needs to be enjoyable free of any context. To enjoy the opera, the ballet, renaissance art, even football, you need to arrive with some background knowledge.

This boost to women's health is great. But IUDs should be offered with sedation. Inserting something into the uterus while you're awake is PAINFUL. theconversation.com/what-do-the-...

👩‍🔬 Women in research and the sciences change the world. But systemic barriers still hold many back. On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I commit to mentorship, inclusion, & policies that empower the next generation of researchers🚀✨

Mandatory sentences are terrible. Albanese knows this, Dreyfuss knows this; yet still, here they are, desperate to win an election they seem committed to losing. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Facilitating a strategy session less than 48 hours after a general anaesthetic is not the wisest decision I have ever made, but here I am, 5th coffee in hand, ready to go! 😂

I am often accused of being too emotional when reporting on politics - but I would rather have a human emotional response than pretend this is just 'reshaping US policy in the Middle East'. It's ethnic cleansing and the end of the rule of law. And the Australian government has said nothing

Using bail laws for politicking has profound impacts on people's lives. Bottom of the barrel stuff here from Vic ALP.

The campaign to raise the age of criminal responsibility in NI continues - 30 years and still no change. Our NGOs continue to lead the call for progress @includeyouth.bsky.social @voypic.bsky.social @childlawcentre.bsky.social + NIACRO

I've got skin in the game here, as my kids are half Lebanese ... but, WHAT?!

Today I was working with colleagues from the sector and govt on the next 10 yr Vic AOD strategy. I left so grateful for my job: integrating research, practice and policy. It is so rewarding & I meet so many brilliant, committed and compassionate people, all trying to make the world a bit better

Demolition should be the last resort for Melbourne’s 44 public housing towers – retrofit and upgrade instead theconversation.com/demolition-s...

Trying to get work done while America is imploding is ... tough. @emmashortis.bsky.social assume you aren't planning on having any sleep for the foreseeable future?

This one's been in the works for a while.The journalist, Kate Ashton, first interviewed me in December. She's done a great job with it. I'm in favour of homeschooling being part of the education system, but Vic is behind on its regulation & transparency. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

Welcome to Bluesky @rc34youth.bsky.social . Research Committee 34 (Sociology of the Youth) of the @isa-sociology.bsky.social is the major international grouping of youth studies scholars, so if you're in the field or interested in the latest social science concerning young people, do follow along.

I graduated from an Adv Dip in Yoga Teaching today. What a privilege to have spent a year immersed in this with a really wonderful cohort. Studying with other like-minded people is such a joy ❤️👩🏼‍🎓🧘🏼‍♀️

Appalling decision by the PM. He has denied, delayed, and now decided to do nothing. He has caved to lobbying from the gambling industry, and it’s our young people who will pay the price. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

I haven't answered my best friends' calls in weeks. Ignoring this, I sent an invite for a work event I'd like them to attend with me. Within minutes, they'd both cleared their calendars to make it. (Without comment on my own shitty reply rate.) This is the best part of 20+ year friendships

I know there’s a lot right now. But folks need to understand what this means. A suspension this long would mean people living with HIV lose their medicine for months. People around the world lose their PrEP for months, putting millions at risk of getting HIV. Drug-resistant strains could emerge.

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Israeli troops kill more than 20 in Lebanon and one in Gaza as residents try to return

Rooney captures humans and interpersonal relationship extraordinarily. Small, insignificant encounters and emotions, you thought were just you, not experienced by others, she puts into words. Through her characters, she connects you to versions of yourself to be seen and legitimised.

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💥🌍 #DrugPolicy folk - please spread the word about #ISSDP2025 🌏💥 The call for abstracts for the 18th International Society for Study of Drug Policy Conference in #Manchester, UK from June 11-13, 2025 is now open! We have scholarships too. ⏰ Abstracts due 31 Jan www.issdp.org/conferences-...

"This notion that care is up to the individual derives from the refusal to recognise our shared vulnerabilities and interconnectedness, creating a callous and uncaring climate for everyone." Great book --> g.co/kgs/icAxiXu

"Instead of positioning prisons as economic panaceas & buying into the myth they create safety, the evidence shows govts need to enact policies towards infrastructure that enhances security for all: housing, health care, education, & sustainable employment opp" theconversation.com/prisons-dont...