If only we treated people as aunties / uncles / siblings / kids whose wellbeing is part of our own, instead of ‘others’ to be demonised.

Scapegoating can be good politics. As policy it harms all of us.

#AusPol #ResponsibleGovernance #community

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/may/08/the-children-of-is-linked-families-must-not-be-treated-as-extensions-of-their-parents-but-individuals-shaped-by-years-of-trauma-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

This is not hard. That we don’t do it is a political choice. #AusPol #inequality #ResponsibleGovernance

https://theconversation.com/to-become-a-fairer-nation-australia-needs-to-set-national-inequality-targets-266994

Cassandra Goldie is right. Acting to counter accelerating inequality is way less politically risky than not.

#AusPol #ResponsibleGovernance

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/19/australia-is-one-of-the-wealthiest-countries-in-the-world-its-time-to-lift-living-standards-for-all?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Cassandra Goldie is right. From a political point of view, not acting on inequality is way more risky than having the courage to perform #ResponsibleGovernance.

#AusPol

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/19/australia-is-one-of-the-wealthiest-countries-in-the-world-its-time-to-lift-living-standards-for-all?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

It’s not the beliefs that are the focus, it’s the strategies used to coerce & control.

Using this framing I can’t help but think of the way children - & all of us - are acculturated into gendered scripts. These can be enforced so brutally & do so much harm. They scar us for life. As do ideas of racial & cultural hierarchy for that matter. Maybe hierarchy, power (esp entitlement to define) & control ARE the problem?

Thank you to the state of Victoria for conducting this enquiry into the recruitment methods and impacts of cults and organised fringe groups. And to all the brave survivors of coercive practices, for speaking out.

#CoerciveControl #cults #acculturation #healing #victoria #ResponsibleGovernance

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/religion/2025/08/09/we-grow-afraid-victorias-public-inquiry-cults?utm_source=Clipboard&utm_medium=social&utm_term=read_shared_article&utm_campaign=social_share_icons&utm_content=sidebar_share

Time for some political courage. Let’s work with those car makers that embrace this technology. Make Tesla irrelevant.

#ResponsibleGovernance #solar #battery #AusPol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-04/v2g-vehicle-to-grid-charging-faces-roadblocks/105586552?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

This model has huge potential to enrich planing & delivery of infrastructure at local, state & national levels.

What are that barriers to implementing it in Australia?

Clue: whose interests are served by persisting with current, inefficient & inequitable systems?

#AusPol #VicPol #ResponsibleGovernance #DoughnutEconomics

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/17/doughnut-economics-tomelilla-sweden-decision-making-town-planning?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other