Maggie

@GemmaTognini It is April fools day after all!

Interrupts country to tell them to go about life as normal but y’know, drive a bit less. Are you serious? We are governed by 🤡

Hey @AlboMP instead of spending millions of $$$ on a gun buy back scheme, why don’t you and your ASIO mob just do your job properly and don’t waste our tax payers money targeting law abiding gun owners. Even spend that money on a few more ASIO officers champ. Just saying.

@gomvfc Is there a live stream?

Your pre-season friendly Starting XI v Oakleigh Cannons FC

Hi @Peter_Fitz - I read your column. For what it’s worth, I am not interested in trading insults. I am just curious as to why your compassion never extends to the women and girls who are genuinely affected by these issues, which exceed the parameters of sport? You’ve painted a very one-sided picture that attracts vitriol from BOTH sides of the aisle. That you are impervious to the death threats and vile insults being hurled at women daily over their belief that the female sports category is worthy of protection, beggars belief. Years ago, you encouraged the public to support Brittany Higgins but what of the women whose lives, religious beliefs, or experiences with sexual assault have been woven into their reasons for wanting to preserve single-sex spaces? The lesbians, for example, who are accused of being “transphobic” and having a “genital preference” just because they are same-sex attracted? Or the gals who just want to have fun on the basketball court without having to compete against males? Some of the politicos and media types you slam in your piece also happen to be parents to young girls. Most of the mothers I speak to at the local football grounds couldn’t give a stuff about the game. I could tell them that Humpty Dumpty was the coach of the Manchester City women’s side and they’d be none the wiser. Does this make them any less qualified to care about the safety, fairness and integrity of the competition their daughters compete in? But, according to you, we’re all just a bunch of “bastards” laughing maniacally over a glass of pinot and whipping up hatred for clicks and votes. Is this what you’ve reduced women to? Rage mongers, who just need to shut the hell-up or risk the ire of our friends over at Media Watch, who won’t account for those who wish to remain anonymous, or for the bureaucrats who must protect their reputations at all costs? There’s nothing to gain for those who choose to speak out, except venom, cancellation, and the loss of their livelihood. Your wife certainly never kowtowed to men consumed by their own arrogance but the application of your double-standards to women who are experiencing similar, is quite astounding. And speaking of which, let’s cut through the real nonsense here - you know what a woman is, Pete. Come on. You married one, who gave you three beautiful children, and eloquently shared her challenging birth story and heartbreaking experiences with miscarriages. It made so many women who encountered similar, feel seen. Those pretending that biological reality doesn’t matter, or that the lines can be blurred, will always do so until it’s time to reproduce, or find the person you’d like to share a life of intimacy with. All of a sudden, we know who the women are. You’re also a former Wallaby for heaven’s sake. You were known for being a “master mauler” and given that you stand at roughly 6”7, if you decided to run full pelt at Charlotte Caslick while you were in your prime - she’d be lucky to avoid a hospital visit. Bodies play sport and the impacts of injury occur in both the elite, and amateur levels. Just ask the NSW girl who will never play again after her leg was broken in two places by a trans-identified male. Or would you like me to drag her out in public to verify this? Because no one ever won in the court of law based on their word against someone else’s have they? It’s easy to adopt an issue based on compassionate grounds when you’re sitting in the comfort of your mansion, but it’s far harder to cross paths with a rape survivor, who loved playing in her local women’s hockey team, until the presence of a male in her changing room triggered her. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I defended your right to have one when it came to Australian football but choosing to flippantly glaze over girls losing spots on teams and women being forced into silence? This one’s indefensible mate. Godspeed to you though. My door is always open to chat more.

STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. Vic Govt will pause the huge $$$ hikes farmers faced with the Emergency Services Levy as part of extra drought assistance announced today. We’ll use this time to push that it needs to be scrapped entirely. More: shorturl.at/jUfs0

Imagine doing your tax return, and your home valuation has gone up by $80k. The government says ok you now owe us $24k. What will you do, sell to pay it?

It seems that Australia has reached the point of banana Republic. So now people are exempted from certain taxes - government people. I will say it again - politicians suck.

@JacintaAllanMP Since everything costs nothing, why don't you make the fire services levy free for all Victorians? You must think the average voter is pretty fucking stupid.

@inthemixer Has to be a cost thing!

What did the Vuck board see that led them to extending Diles contract so early, or was it a purely a budget/cost thing? #BRIvMVC #BestLeagueInTheWorld

@victory_tokyo Someone tell A Diles if you “keep on doing the same thing you’ll get the same result! “. Make some changes, anything!

HT thoughts: - By far our worst performance of the season - It’s so bad I don’t even know who to yank off at HT - Brisbane haven’t even been great. We have just been so bad. Our vacant midfield and poor passing make it easy for them to run at us and recover the ball #BRIvMVC

@AidanPhillip_ Yep, Incredibly stupido!

taking your shirt off to celebrate a 57th minute goal is incredible #MVCvWEL

@victory_tokyo Simples, be brave & swap out two or three players at half time and don’t wait for 60 minutes. 🤷‍♀️

I, for one, cannot wait to see how Diles riles up this team at HT #MVCvWEL

@ArthurKlasos Agree. When he’s regularly playing his form improves, don’t play him and looses his edge and confidence & I know some will say he oozes confidence, I think just a front.

Victory showing that there’s no attacking threat without Arzani. Say what you want, but he’s not afraid to run with the ball. #MVCvWEL

@JamesSanto18 I never understand why coaches don’t bring on subs earlier to get extra impetus and energy going , particularly when Victory have very good options on the bench? 🤷‍♀️

#NEWvMVC the vuck going to show up soon?

@WestSydney Thanks, I just looked it up, understand. Still an interesting call by the ref.

@MaggieEAA No it's not been a mandatory yellow. But when a defender does it to an attacker who would get clear of them, then it becomes a very easy call of "stopping a promising attack" which is a yellow.

That is one of the most home ref calls in the history of the league. They just legalised shirt pulls from attackers. #ADLvAKL.

@smudge_green Ditto

We are at war Best you accept that as soon as possible

@victory_tokyo & also a lot of passes from mid field a bit off.

Victory and stuffing up the final pass. Name a better duo #AKLvMVC