Steph Dumas

Day before a world trip with my 18yr old daughter , Qantas just bumped my husband off the flight to London and rerouted him via Sydney and Singapore citing ‘operational issues’ with operator saying flight cancelled. It isn’t. Daughter still on it. Alone. @Qantas #qantas #lies 😡

@TrollFootball I like the soccer analogy makes budget night more interesting!!

I am wearing a mask right now in a crowded waiting room. I wore a mask last night at the Theatre. In July/August 2022, Australia had among the highest death rates on Earth from COVID.

When the guy from IT has to come up and talk with accounting.

@Qantas as if yr customer service wasn't bad enough with waiting hours on the phone & finding your points and flight credits were dissolved magically during covid, now you are booking costs of flights TWICE to my credit card. Repeatedly. Bank fixed it, not @Qantas. Terrible!

Thanks @VirginAustralia woke up to a cancelled flight to Brisbane and they scheduled me in two days via Sydney as no other flights! Are you kidding me? #travel #virginairlines

@NinaHendy And if they get divorced later in life the results are even worse for many….Ask the charities more older women becoming homeless these days…😳Really shocking.

From the release: “Women earn 33% less and retire with 40% less than men, live longer and spend more time out of the workforce raising a family. More action is needed to improve fairness.”

My inbox is already filling up with media releases from orgs unimpressed by the missed opportunity to help women in retirement in the #Budget22

BREAKING: Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer at the age of 84, her family said Wednesday. President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top diplomat in 1996. apne.ws/ljvLzor

Speaking of sisterly solidarity, mums in Poland have left strollers & prams in railroad stations for the Ukrainian mothers fleeing Putin’s bombs, babes in arms. #IWD2022 #iwd #breakthebias2022

@sammostyn @melaniebrockjpn @FinancialReview @MikeSmithAFR @CEWAus Saw the article! Great summary of one of the first Australia/Japan ambassadors. You do Albany proud!

Ok, so I know January is kind of a slower time for some journos, but these call-outs for sources/commentators are pretty silly!🤪 #PR #media

The booster is the best way to protect yourself & your loved ones from COVID-19 💪 If you are unvaccinated, you are 9x more likely to end up in hospital than if you have received the booster vaccination. If it's been 4 months since your 2nd dose, it is time to get the booster.

This is what a prepared government looks like. Rapid Test vending machine in Germany #auspol

Cost of rapid antigen tests shows Scott Morrison is out of touch news.com.au/lifestyle/heal… via @newscomauHQ

Thanks @marshall_steven @ScottMorrisonMP this is King William Road Adelaide - usually bustling with popular restaurants. Empty. Was this part of the ‘plan’? Heaps of casual workers have no work this week! #covidchristmas #adelaide #business

FLYING BLIND: Dominic Perrottet's expensive omicron experiment has been deemed a failure, with Australians cancelling Christmas plans as cases explode. The huge delay on QR codes means NSW Health now have low visibility over the super outbreak as the government loses control.

Please everyone just take personal responsibility for the PCR tests you can't get, the rapid antigen tests you can't buy, the other people not wearing a mask everywhere you go, and the COVID you're pretty much definitely going to get now.

Well thanks at least someone is reminding people to wear masks! SA/NSW it seems reducing all restrictions is the name of the game now....Don't really think now is the time to 'let it rip'? Maybe read the international news...

This new variant is really worrisome at the mutational level. South Africa and Africa will need support (financially, public health, scientific) to control it so it does not spread in the world. Our poor and deprived population can not be in lockdown without financial support.