Heard @janecaro.bsky.social speak about these issues and this book at Avid Reader in Brisbane. Vital issues. Well worth a watch - public education policy and the effect of neoliberalism www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sixw...

Ms. 14 (proud govt. high school student) and I had an in-depth conversation last night about school funding in Australia. She wanted to understand more, so I loaned her @janecaro.bsky.social 's book (which she started reading today).

Here's me. "Australia is manufacturing explosives for Israel’s atrocities"

The current regime is absolutely evil.

When peaceful protesters speaking out about detention conditions are met with hostility, intimidation, or mistreatment, it raises an important question: if this is how people on the outside are being treated, what might those inside these facilities be experiencing away from public view? #SheShed

We had been anticipating a Disneyland vacation, now we’re discussing a trip to Australia instead - Florida would have been 10 days, trying to swing 18 days for Australia! 🇨🇦💞🇦🇺 🚫🇺🇸

This is criminal insider trading. Full stop.

Checking out. My @smh cartoon.

Texas Democrat James Talarico, a former middle school teacher and a state lawmaker from Austin, laid out a clear strategy for the months ahead: Litigating Paxton's scandals to a weary electorate. https://to.pbs.org/4veRNde

Louisiana just criminalized being poor. Sleep outside: arrested. Can’t pay the fine or the mandatory “treatment program”? The court orders unpaid labor for the state. That’s not a treatment pipeline. That’s a forced labor pipeline and Republicans built it on purpose. Cruel and inhumane.

Sen. KLOBUCHAR: Do you agree with a judge’s ruling that the Constitution doesn’t grant the President any specific powers over elections? Trump nominee: I can’t comment. Klobuchar: You signed this brief.

TRUMP: But my UFC match But my ballroom But my reflecting pool But my birthday parade But my giant flag poles But my crypto coin But my tariffs But my rally crowd size But my Nobel Prize But my arch monument

That's the way you do it. ✔ @janecaro.bsky.social @ferl67.bsky.social @gigialexander123.bsky.social @bishopx50.bsky.social

South Africa has seen a major rise in low-cost renewable energy innovations specifically designed to support off-grid and rural communities. One of the most creative solutions involves repurposing old, discarded satellite dishes into highly efficient solar concentrators. #ActOnClimate #Renewables

affordable housing, frontline legal services, #RaiseTheRate. Use the money we currently give to job agency and police officers to abuse people living in poverty. The cash handouts to wealthy families for elite schools and property portfolios. The consultant budget. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Pope Leo is impressing me all the time. This should have happened a long time ago. #USDemocracy www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

@janecaro.bsky.social talks about this in her excellent essay.

The no talent, no ratings Colbert pulled in 3.3 million viewers for his finale. Fuck CBS and their affiliates and especially their advertisers. But most especially fuck the felon seven ways to Sunday #USDenocracy www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/ste...

Oh, no big deal, just hanging out with MY BUDDY PAUL. Holy cow, the Colbert wrap party was the most insane gathering of friends and heroes that I’ve ever experienced in my life. Much love to Stephen and his entire amazing crew, and wishing them the best in whatever their next adventure happens to be

Yep! And this country better prepare for it now. This time around they'll be armed with military grade weapons courtesy of DHS.

This is a good example of the divide between public and private education - this school can afford a multi panel array of ex-AFL players to coach their footy team. Why does this school get any public funding? I bet the local public high school doesn't have anything like it. @janecaro.bsky.social

“[The Voting Rights Act] was ... an achievement of the most effective social movement of the postwar United States .... [It] revitalized American democracy and stands as one of its great achievements.” www.rawstory.com/supreme-cour...

Mock her at your peril. She has the X factor.

A lot of good points made in this article/interview. Two that I particularly noticed were * private schools are very quick to expel the difficult & troublesome kids, & * the only PM who _didn't_ send their children to private schools was Albo. @janecaro.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

$72 BILLION to tear families apart. Not for schools. Not for healthcare. For ICE raids. Our community is not the problem — their cruelty is. Call your rep TODAY. The number is 202-224-3121. We won’t be silent.

Mamdani for President 💥

@janecaro.bsky.social on #Australia 's unequal #education system - and how to fix it. theconversation.com/australias-f...

I would be interested in hearing your thoughts about this lazy stereotypical cliche @janecaro.bsky.social and @deemadigan.bsky.social ?

"A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration must continue allowing members of Congress to inspect immigration detention facilities without advance notice, ruling unanimously..." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u...

Jane's Caro's new book 'Rich Kid Poor Kid' is a must-read. It was great to join @janecaro.bsky.social, Skye Predavec and Alice Grundy to discuss how we got into the mess we're in and the best way out of it now. youtu.be/TlYi0a0ERuI

Have seen this so many times, and it has always pissed me off. The most insidious is 'mancycling' where an idea will be ignored, dead-batted by exec only to be enthusiastically embraced & promoted later on when one of their 'mates' recycles it.

The dismissal of women's ideas is one of the major ways patriarchy harms men too. We'd be better off in a healthier society if women were allowed to contribute fully. Individual men stealing women's ideas does not make up for the losses all men suffer because of the oppression of women's minds.

When you look into how routinely women’s ideas, work & contributions have been stolen, ignored or dismissed, its not just infuriating, its chilling. My latest column. www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/li...

Millions of people voted in Virginia, only to be denied by 4 judges. This is not over America.🇺🇸 We’re not going back.

Rejecting religious faith accelerated with Trump. His supporters are harming Christianity because their cause is so racist, corrupt & cruel. Repeating his lies while denying healthcare to millions makes a mockery of faith. Others see how little Trump’s followers value truth or ethics. #USDemocracy

WE MUST VOTE IN NUMBERS TOO BIG TO MANIPULATE.

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My state the private schools don't accept enrolments from kids with challenges. They go to public schools that do their best but of course support for aides in classrooms with the increasing kids with needs isn't forthcoming. States set school budget and the school has to struggle

Watch the full discussion on The Sunday Shot 📺⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzUZ...

Get your copy now! 📚⤵️ australiainstitute.org.au/store/rich-k...

"It has created one of the most segregated education systems in the OECD." Walkley-award winner Jane Caro AM unpacks the issues with Australia's private/public school system in the latest Vantage Point essay, 'Rich Kid, Poor Kid: The battle for public education' 📚 #auspol @janecaro.bsky.social

A summary of Ruch Kid, Poor Kid by @janecaro.bsky.social which I will now have to go and read. theconversation.com/australias-f...

Yet another example of the value of a public school education! Ping @janecaro.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

the idiots who stand up for him are just pulling rabbits out of a hat at this point

Wonderful to see you on the Sunday Shot - full of insightful guests and perceptive analysis, you fit right in- compulsory Sunday viewing in our house

Just listening to @janecaro.bsky.social on the ABC talking about the gobsmacking funding differences between private and public education. I am so angry that she is the only person talking about this. The labour government should be ashamed of themselves.