Pia Akerman

@rachelbaxendale @tricialeerivera @damonTheOz Woo hoo! Good luck and enjoy the time - especially away from Twitter etc!

In other news, I’m now on maternity leave until July 2025. Please contact @tricialeerivera or @damonTheOz with news tips in my absence.

Vale the Kinkster.

PSA 📣 ABC's Four Corners program tonight is an absolute must see! "Four Corners: Breaking Free" focuses on the incredible work of Rainbow Lodge, a residential program in NSW helping to break the cycle of incarceration. Tune in on ABC TV and ABC iview. loom.ly/kpL8mjs

“The idea that by dispatching men, women and children to prison we're preventing them from committing further crime is deeply misguided…In fact, alternatives to incarceration have been shown to be radically more effective at reducing reoffending rates.”👇 abc.net.au/news/2024-05-0…

@jonkudelka Just saw this. I’m so sorry Jon - all the best to you for your treatment (and to those nurses!) cheers

Had this fucking thing in my giant head even then. Damn rude.

High point of the year being paddled across central canal in Venice last month.

"We underfund programs that could help and over-invest in a system proven to create more crime" - InDaily takes a clear-eyed look at the true cost of overincarceration in South Australia, and elsewhere. loom.ly/B8xbG7s

Help please!……I am currently recruiting for my PhD research! Please share the information below! Follow the QR code for more information or go to my website: exuberant-cslaney4.wordpress.com You can also contact me via cslaney@csu.edu.au or (02) 6338 4128

Toy libraries for the win 🏆 for kids, parents, hip pocket and environment! @ToyLibraries 🙌🙌

🧵 A new report today confirms that while more children are being locked up in Queensland, this is not leading to reduced offending. Evidence shows the opposite is true - imprisonment, particularly at a young age, increases the likelihood of future offending. 1/2

New report from @JailingsFailing 👀👇

Just saw at least EIGHT police cars with lights flashing, sirens on, belting down the Nepean Hwy towards Brighton, past Glen Huntly Rd. Something’s up @3AW693 @theheraldsun

An important story on the urgent need for a smarter approach, diverting some of the billions that Australia spends on prisons every year into services like @TheGlencentre which make the real difference. ($) @gbearup @roberttickner theaustralian.com.au/weekend-austra…

Congratulations to our Griffith Discovery finalist Nicolas Borchers Arriagada from @researchMenzies @UTAS_ who featured in yesterday's Sunday Tasmanian! Not long now until the 2023 #ResAusAwards! Read more about Nicolas' work 👇 @CAR_CRE

A gripping tale, so well told - highly recommend this doco on my favourite case from the old court round days! iview.abc.net.au/show/whiteley-…

@melissahoyer @ABCaustralia Terrific.

How good is this ‘fake’ Brett Whiteley art doco on @ABCaustralia ? Riveted.🖼️ #brettwhiteley

Prevention, early intervention and rehabilitation in the community is the most effective (and economical) way to reduce youth crime. A compelling piece from our patron Margaret McMurdo in The Courier-Mail today 👇 Jailing is failing – join the campaign: loom.ly/35Q1Bd8

Children & young people should not be locked in police watch-houses. No light or fresh air, no support, no education. Police not trained to care for children. I was shocked to see these conditions & I am shocked at the new QLD law rushed through this week. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Our patron Mick Palmer: “Unless we are more serious in terms of the money and the effort that we put into that early intervention process, and understanding what are the environments that lead to the behaviour … we’re never going to get on top of this.” theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

@Melbchief @rachelbaxendale Not sure if cm copy lengths make sense to most journos these days 😏

@rachelbaxendale 35cms on each please Rachel. And no file pics.

NINE nominees for Lib preselection in Warrandyte (and a bunch more who were considering but ultimately didn’t nominate). #springst

Inside Queensland's child prisons - a system in crisis. “The conditions … at Cleveland are causing crime in our community and everyone deserves better.” Powerful reporting by @bensmee loom.ly/ChQUlS4