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Robodebt flourished because of a political & media culture that stigmatises income support recipients. It was a failure in public sector leadership & culture in key departments. Labor must implement all 57 recommendations of the Robodebt RC to ensure Robodebt never happens again.

@PatMcGorry @Martin_Flanagan I agree, Lyons does very good work. I respect the right of his critics to disagree with his analysis on ideological grounds, but not to impugn his professionalism.

John Lyons is a serious and objective journalist. We need many more like him.

Thus us a stunning essay theconversation.com/friday-essay-i…

On ABC News just now @TheLyonsDen "The Americans will probably be relying on Intelligence from Pine Gap in Australia, so will the Israelis. I think the Australian public deserves a straight answer from the Prime Minister. Do you support this war or not?" youtube.com/user/NewsOnABC…

Interesting domestic response in Australia. theconversation.com/bipartisan-sup…

The #abc cops criticism over declining standards from time to time but we should also recognise the important investigative work done by programs such @4corners 7-30 AM PM RN etc . Good work that creates change for the better. Lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Why are the phrases ‘globalise the intifada’ and ‘from the river to the sea’ so contested? theconversation.com/why-are-the-ph… via @ConversationEDU

Respect to Greg Chappell for initiating the now famous letter addressed to the Government of Pakistan appealing for Imran Khan to be treated with dignity. This is a greater act than any he performed on the field. And he performed many.

This message, from @DavidPocock's Facebook page, is exactly the sort of thing the major party leaders should be saying. And the sort of thing we should all be trying to live, I reckon.

You obviously dont know very much about philosophy then.

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Barry on why a new Liberal leader isn’t a quick fix theconversation.com/politics-with-… via @ConversationEDU

@DuskaSulicich @Gay_Alcorn Agreed, congrats to Lenore. Remarkable achievements, a brilliant editor and leader.

Congrats to Lenore for her tenure. A mighty effort. Guardian Australia editor: Lenore Taylor resigns after a decade in the role theage.com.au/business/compa…

As beautiful as they were powerful: Jon Kudelka’s political cartoons were made with true conviction theconversation.com/as-beautiful-a… via @ConversationEDU

I particularly agree about the harp.

@TheMonologist An important bit of wisdom. We are so programmed to see excellence as the goal, but there is joy in doing something purely because you enjoy it.

“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” KURT VONNEGUT - one of my favourite humans.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar sold his 4 championship rings, 3 MVP trophies, and other memorabilia for $2.8 million, donating every penny to youth education programs. His reasoning:

This is a McCarthyist attack on academic freedom which will chill speech about genocide, apartheid, occupation, aggression etc committed by Israel. It is not justified by Bondi, which has no known link to anything that’s happened in universities. There is no good faith here.

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.