Congratulations to Pathways to Politics for Women on ten marvellous years! It was a great privilege to facilitate a multi-partisan panel at Parliament House in Canberra, celebrating a decade of impact, collaboration and progress toward gender parity.

Can you trust AI? We chew over this issue on the Byte Size podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

The poop hack cometh.

I wrote about this in Man-Made, and will be speaking about it for International Women’s Day next year. It’s becoming increasingly prevalent. www.smh.com.au/national/lik...

Here's some footage from the beautiful event to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the NSW Council of Social Service. It was wonderful catching up with the legendary Eva Cox, and celebrating the finalists and winners of the EVAs, which award unsung heroes in the sector. youtu.be/ToTOnUm6sgE?...

Look at these photos, bristling with joy! It was a lot of fun emceeing the National Broker & Financier Awards this month in Sydney. Congratulations to the finalists and winners. Terrific to see so many women in the industry these days.

Truth.

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THIS is what I'll be talking about for International Women's Day next year. Legislation, regulation, and education are simply not keeping up. In Man-Made, I write about deepfake pornography, stalkerware, online harassment, and tech-facilitated abuse. We need justice for ALL women and girls.

It was the greatest privilege to speak at the launch of the Working Women's Centre NSW. Many of the speeches focused on the silencing effects of non-disclosure agreements. Men are also suing victim-survivors of sexual assault for defamation, a trend known as SLAPPs. Our silence is not for sale.

Good. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Trying to be arty

The thunder, lightning, hail, rain, wild winds and snow didn't stop us! More than 20 leaders have conquered the highest summit on the mainland, raising almost $40,000 for UN Women. But really, climbing Mt Kosciuszko was nothing compared with the challenges facing women every day around the world.

Have you ever watched the Ethnic Business Awards? It's been going for 36 years, celebrating business success by migrants, refugees, and First Nations peoples. The event will be telecast on SBS, NITV and ACTV in the coming weeks. Congratulations to the finalists and winners!

DROP CROCS. Aaaarrrggghhhh! www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/good-ne...

Now THIS is a terrific idea! No more low ceilings in cramped conference rooms. This recent event, HR FutureFest, was held outside. The themes were centred on AI, workplace wellbeing, and DE&I. It was my great honour to emcee just one of the stages at this enormous event.

Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...

Recently, I had the great joy of chatting with my dear friend of 36 years Karen O'Sullivan from the destination bookstore Great Ocean Reads in Apollo Bay. It's wonderful to be able to combine work with pleasure. You can listen here: greatoceanreads.podbean.com/e/episode-5-...

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Natalie’s on fire 🔥 Perfect response. If you can’t / won’t do those things why ARE you here?

A lot of people have voiced concern about the energy and water consumption of AI data centres. In this week’s If You’re Listening, we’ve taken a close look at the data: youtu.be/_mJLTOs5i44?...

Google to build new AI data centre on tiny Australian Indian Ocean outpost after signing defence deal

Been doing some hiking in Chongqing, China - the cyberpunk city. Quite wet and mossy. Glad I stayed upright. No wonder it’s so green! 😅

New York Times: 'Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack' “It endorses a general idea..that infections are generally not benign,” said Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, a senior clinical epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...

Announcing the shortlisted finalists for the Walkley Book Award, supported by Bookoccino: Joe Aston, (Simon & Schuster); Rick Morton, (HarperCollins Publishers); Clare Wright, (Text Publishing)

The Rise of Global Fawning open.substack.com/pub/lubakass...

The decision to indefinitely ban the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for children with gender dysphoria was unlawful and did not follow proper procedures, a court has ruled. Read more: tinyurl.com/43wz9s62

It's like we're speed-running through the worst of social media with AI www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The oligarchy wants full control of what we watch and read.

If you create an AI based on a real person after their death and train it with their writings etc the question remains, who owns the AI? If it is impossible to differentiate the AI from the real person does the AI not deserve personhood? I asked this question in www.liminalmag.com/collisions

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Reminder: The 2025 #MECFS & #LongCOVID #MediaAwards are now open for nominations! Let's celebrate reporting that amplifies patient voices, dismantles stigma, and deepens public understanding. Learn more about eligibility and submit your nominations here: zurl.co/zw6QQ

It was an immense privilege to emcee the ADM Women in Defence Awards in Canberra this year. To see so many women forging forward in this traditionally male-dominated area was incredibly uplifting. There was much discussion about the regressive moves in the US to wind back DE&I initiatives.

Stop calling them AI, call them what they are: large language models. They are fancy word prediction. They don't do well with numbers. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

If you are living with #MECFS or #longCOVID and plan to celebrate the #FestivalofLights, Emerge Australia has created a resource for ways to celebrate holidays but also being mindful of your energy envelope 🌙 👉 zurl.co/K8GnP#MECFS#longCOVID#FestivalofLights#Diwali2025 #AccessibleCelebrations

Congratulations to all the finalists for the 70th Walkley Awards. www.walkleys.com/finalists-an...

FFS.

This is very sad, but also not surprising. The science has warned for a long time, including in IPCC reports, that even modest levels of global warming will devastate virtually all coral reefs. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

OMG You cannot know how much this means to me … my two radio husbands @robbieb.bsky.social and Paul Holmes (2DayFM Morning Crew) meet for the very first time ❤️

NEWS: Trump just announced the U.S. will impose a 100% tariff on all Chinese goods starting November 1

I'll be talking about this in a series of speeches in the coming weeks. www.sciencenews.org/article/bias...

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Sportsbet was invited to a Labor party fundraising dinner with an Albanese government minister earlier this week, despite bipartisan calls for the party to ignore lobbying from the wagering industry and introduce tougher regulation. @henrybelot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Not so good... futurism.com/artificial-i... #ai #artificalintelligence #broligarchy @traceyspicer.bsky.social @janecaro.bsky.social

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

OK. It’s time to ‘spill the tea’, as our kidults say. I’ve been invited by UN Women to attend the 70th annual Commission on the Status of Women in New York City in March next year. I cannot think of a more important time for us to gather to talk about how far we’ve come, and how far we have to go.

While this is a welcome development, it should be stronger. And it needs to be national. If only the world paid attention to the EU's AI Act, which provides an excellent template. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

Connections is a daily game about finding common threads between words. Players must select four groups of four words without making more than three mistakes. Play now. nyti.ms/3IHy8A9

One mother and calf trapped for five days ... in distress all this time. FOUR whales now caught in these filthy nets and no way to free them. Drowning! Heartbreaking 🥵 BAN shark nets!!!! www.theguardian.com/environment/...