Fiona KatauskasHello Mastondonners! Still getting used to checking in. In the meantime here's my latest cartoon for the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2023/mar/02/rupert-murdoch-and-donald-trump-an-origin-story?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Australian teacher, retired - still learning
Monika Merkes PhD Ⓥ"Tens of thousands return to Oxford St for Sydney Mardi Gras in biggest parade yet"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-26/sydney-gay-mardi-gras-2023-thousands-celebrate-on-oxford-street/102023722
Anthony Albanese made history as the first sitting prime minister to march in Mardi Gras.
Unfortunately, a certain senator was making it all about her again.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-26/federal-senator-lidia-thorpe-removed-from-parade/102024664
My heart bleeds for these pollies. No hope on removing negative gearing on these investments any time soon.
18 members on economics committees own 41 properties.
(May be behind a paywall but you get the gist) #auspol #mortgagestress
MPs grilling Lowe are feeling RBA rate rises http://www.afr.com/news/economy/monetary-policy/mps-grilling-lowe-are-feeling-rba-rate-rises-20230214-p5ckip
TheCathyWilcox
naama carlinCrossed paths with a few thousand school kids in Tel Aviv; a protest organised by students against the current Govt. Many signs against the occupation, against ethnic cleansing in Palestine, & against racism. Even kids know it’s time to end the violent occupation of Palestine #freepalestine
MeidasTouch 
Kevin McCarthy just officially put COVID conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Greene was previously banned from Twitter for spreading COVID disinformation and continues to spread lies about the pandemic to this day.
Firstdog OnthemoonToday's cartoon: gas stoves what do they want from us? feat. Ian the Climate Denialist Potato https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/25/beware-the-pc-push-to-ban-a-patriotic-hardworking-kitchen-appliance-is-afoot-your-stove-top
Dr. Elizabeth SawinProposal to stop referring to covid in the past tense and climate change in the future tense.
Aaron DoddThis year, Australians will have their say on whether they want to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians by establishing the Voice.
Unfortunately, there are some who want to mislead you about the Voice.
Here are the facts about what the Voice will be… 🧵
Bianca NogradyDark Winter reads like the paranoid fantasies of someone who devoured too many Cold War spy thrillers in lockdown, except it's written by one of the world's leading experts on bioterrorism, pandemics, and biosecurity - Professor Raina MacIntyre - which makes it all the more fascinating and terrifying.
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/the-questions-the-scientists-have-to-answer-about-the-pandemic-20230105-p5camd.html
#bioterrorism #pandemic #covid19 #biosecurity #BookReview
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/the-questions-the-scientists-have-to-answer-about-the-pandemic-20230105-p5camd.html
#bioterrorism #pandemic #covid19 #biosecurity #BookReview
