Older Women's Network NSW
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Empowering women as they age.
Time to tip the scales to see an end to 550,000 older women living below the poverty line in Australia, & and an end to older women's homelessness.
#IWD2026
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HEY @smh, did you mean 'notoriety' like the supreme 'notorious' RGB; or in the RWM sense like reframing Obama's activism as wrongdoing?
about 1 month ago
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Man who raped 14yr old & threatened to kill her needs to only spend 3yrs in jail & won't be put on child sex offenders register. How good is justice in Australia?
@janecaro.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
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Man jailed for raping 14-year-old, threatening to kill her with machete
A 19-year-old man is sentenced to nearly seven years jail after pleading guilty to five counts of aggravated rape, one act of indecency and a threat to kill committed against a 14-year-old girl over f...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-10/act-man-jailed-for-raping-14-year-old-threatening-to-kill-her/105162596
about 1 year ago
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There is no better way to tell women that police are REALLY concerned about DV & women's safety when they continue to exercise their privilege to give bail to their own kind who've been accused of the crime, right?
@janecaro.bsky.social
#Domesticviolence
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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Fears for DV victims as accused police officers granted bail by colleagues
Concerns have been raised about the bail process for NSW Police officers charged with domestic violence-related offences, with a former magistrate saying the decision should be made independently of p...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-23/reform-calls-nsw-police-officers-domestic-violence-charges-bail/105041278
about 1 year ago
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A low down sexual predator who destroyed the careers & wellbeing of young women by exploiting his power over them as a judge shouldn't be fĂȘted in any way. It sends a strong signal that the judiciary believes violence against women is acceptable.
@janecaro.bsky.social
@marquelawyers.bsky.social
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about 1 year ago
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Why do we immediately think of aged care? Same profit motive to maximise earnings. Same weak oversight on care standards. Same 'client' vulnerability. The system works well to keep the abuse going.
@keagar.bsky.social
@janecaro.bsky.social
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about 1 year ago
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Jane Caro
about 1 year ago
White supremacy. Horrifying.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US department of defense website
Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters âDEIâ added to website address
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/16/defense-department-black-medal-of-honor-veteran?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Parliamentarians Businessmen Judges Policemen Sportsmen Actors Unionists Thugs Violence against women knows no barrier. When will it ever end?
@janecaro.bsky.social
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about 1 year ago
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Ronniđ§Salt
about 1 year ago
Do I have this right? There was a conversation bw 2 women, Antoinette Lattouf & ABC's Elizabeth Green - nobody else was present - and now a group of men higher up the ABC cherry tree are telling the women they're both mistaken in what was said, even though nobody else was there but the 2 women?
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Older Women's Network NSW
Jane Caro
about 1 year ago
Yes. Fundamentally MAGA is founded on toxic masculinity, reasserting male dominance over women & theyâll destroy the whole planet if need be to do it.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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âThis moment is medievalâ: Jackson Katz on misogyny, the manosphere â and why men must oppose Trumpism
The result of the US election unleashed a ferocious feminist backlash, he says, and makes his 40-year struggle to end violence against women more urgent than ever
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/28/this-moment-is-medieval-jackson-katz-on-misogyny-the-manosphere-and-why-men-must-oppose-trumpism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Jenny Difficult-Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestineđđ
about 1 year ago
We know for a fact that Israel has used starvation as a "weapon of war" in Gaza during this genocide. Astonishing the lengths to which ABC News, the national broadcaster, will go to so as not to expose its audience to facts. The new 'antisemite' is anyone Zionists hate.
#auspol
#Lattouf
#StopIsrael
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Older Women's Network NSW
The Daily Beans Podcast
about 1 year ago
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Fred Guttenberg
about 1 year ago
"History will remember this dayâ when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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How fabulous to know that fossil fuel companies earn billions in profit & pay no tax, while our universities make deals with gambling companies to fund research. Australia. The Lucky Country.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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University of Sydney has invested in worldâs biggest poker machine maker and global betting giant
Experts say âdisappointingâ relationships with gambling industry, including funding for research, should be scrutinised
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/27/university-of-sydney-has-invested-in-worlds-biggest-poker-machine-maker-and-global-betting-giant-ntwnfb
over 1 year ago
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Rape at any age is horrific. Rape when you're 90 is horrific. Older women raped in aged care usually die within a year. This woman died 13 days after the assault from her injuries. Can all the 'not all men' tell the others to stop raping women?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Man who allegedly raped 90-year-old charged with her manslaughter and murder
Police allege the 34-year-old man broke into the Central Coast aged care home in November 2023 and assaulted the woman, who died from her injuries
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/13/man-who-allegedly-raped-90-year-old-charged-with-her-manslaughter-ntwnfb
over 1 year ago
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1 in 6 older people in the community experience abuse. When you're still waiting nearly a year to see the draft of a new plan which was meant to take effect 346 days ago, you know that older people are not a priority. Lucky Country.
over 1 year ago
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Should JobSeeker be pegged at the same rate as the pension, when the pension is BELOW the poverty line? Why not call for BOTH to be set ABOVE the poverty line? Why keep anyone living in poverty in the Lucky Country?
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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Struggling Australians being forced into poverty with 'nowhere affordable to live'
More than 20 per cent of Australian renters are living in poverty after their rent has been paid, a new study has found.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-26/one-in-five-renters-living-without-essential-items-study-finds/104649400
over 1 year ago
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This should be HEADLINE news! Such an amazing achievement by our Paramatildas. Congratulations to the team, proving that no matter our ability, it takes commitment, dedication & guts to keep trying until we hit our goals.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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ParaMatildas become first Australian side to win football World Cup
Australia's ParaMatildas have become the first national football side to become world champions, with victory in the final of the IFCPF Women's World Cup.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-20/paramatildas-win-football-world-cup/104622646
over 1 year ago
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Older Women's Network NSW
Jane Caro
over 1 year ago
Frankly, it is obscene that these schools receive millions in public funding while every public school in NSW is underfunded according to their SRS & govts cry poor when ut comes to closing the funding gap.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Three Sydney private schools draft more than $400 million in new building plans
Proposals are in the pipeline for science centres, performing arts spaces and new sports complexes.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/three-sydney-private-schools-draft-more-than-400-million-in-new-building-plans-20241107-p5kow0.html
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Prof Kathy Eagar AM
over 1 year ago
Just to be clear. Every time anyone blames anything on the lockdown, they are deluded or dishonest. Blaming the lockdown is denying the seriousness of the virus. The COVID virus, not lockdowns, is to blame for economic, social & health upheavals since 2020 & for ongoing damage
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Jane Caro
over 1 year ago
There are some escapee trolls sending out their tentacles into Blue Sky. They usually have 1 or 0 followers. I recommend instant block. No reward for trolling here.
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The Conversation Australia (unofficial)
over 1 year ago
Despite global efforts to see economic harm as a form of domestic violence, New Zealandâs Family Violence Act doesnât recognise it as a standalone form of abuse.
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Financial forms of family violence affect 1 in 7 New Zealanders â but the law is lagging
Despite global efforts to see economic harm as a form of domestic violence, New Zealandâs Family Violence Act doesnât recognise it as a standalone form of abuse.
https://theconversation.com/financial-forms-of-family-violence-affect-1-in-7-new-zealanders-but-the-law-is-lagging-243466
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The gross misogyny, sexism, racism & ableism spouted by the hosts undermine our collective efforts to foster a culture of respect & aim to stamp out violence. The regulator is as effective as a lettuce putting out an inferno.
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
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Vulgar content in the Sesame Street time slot: how Kyle and Jackie O skirt decency laws
The pair argue their brand of graphic and derisive content is no shock to the showâs loyal adult audience. But ratings figures suggest plenty of children are also listening
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/19/kyle-and-jackie-o-segments-decency-laws-melbourne-ratings-struggle-ntwnfb
over 1 year ago
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Older Women's Network NSW
Lisa Bryant
over 1 year ago
How Gisele Pelicot could have sat through this trial amazes me. What a way to find out the truth about your life.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/w...
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As Pelicot Rape Trial Nears End in France, Wife Speaks of âBanalityâ
GisĂšle Pelicot made her final address to the court, calling the things her husband allegedly did to her âunforgivable.â
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/world/europe/france-rape-trial-gisele-pelicot.html
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First Nations children as young as 10 get sent to jail but pedophiles & rapists who perpetrate the most horrific abuse against children & women can walk free. This is precisely what a Fair Go in the Lucky Country actually means.
www.news.com.au/lifestyle/re...
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https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/why-these-sexual-offenders-keep-dodging-jail/news-story/8a476caef122a8e8559aa379373e5cf5
over 1 year ago
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At last. Privilege & access to power bought him 60 years. We may say the law finally caught up, but it is 60 years too late for the boys & men he allegedly abused. Thinking of them now.
www.smh.com.au/national/ala...
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Alan Jones arrested over allegations he indecently assaulted young men
Alan Jones has been arrested at his luxury Circular Quay apartment by NSW Police over allegations the controversial broadcaster and former Wallabies coach indecently assaulted, groped or inappropriate...
https://www.smh.com.au/national/alan-jones-arrested-over-allegations-he-indecently-assaulted-young-men-20241118-p5krdu.html
over 1 year ago
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Police said "it's not a family violence incident" but a "tragic set of circumstances." Actually, it was violence against a woman which resulted in her death. Let's call a spade a spade.
@janecaro.bsky.social
@lynlinking.bsky.social
#violence
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Melbourne man charged with murdering neighbour in front of three teenagers
Milorad Zaric, 47, appeared at Melbourne magistrates court on Sunday while he was withdrawing from drugs and alcohol, the court heard
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/17/melbourne-man-charged-with-stabbing-neighbour-in-front-of-three-teenagers-ntwnfb
over 1 year ago
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Older Women's Network NSW
David Lamond
over 1 year ago
Womenâs rights are human rights
@janecaro.bsky.social
@vanbadham.bsky.social
#auspol
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We want our 1st post on BlueSky to be one which expresses solidarity with GisĂšle Pelicot. We will be migrating from Twitter to BlueSky over time so please follow us! Thank you!
over 1 year ago
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