Notices by Emma Davidson (emmadavidson@aus.social)

152 arrests so far today! 40 of them include charges under the NSW anti protest laws. That's the info I've got so far.

#RisingTide #RisingTideAus #PeoplesBlockade #Newcastle

I’m at Rising Tide in Newcastle and we just won our appeal against the marine exclusion zone, which means a full weekend of fun swimming and kayaking at the beach, and saying no new coal and gas.

Come join us!

At Horseshoe Beach and Foreshore Park, Newcastle

#RisingTide #Newcastle #ClimateCrisis #NoNewCoalAndGas

My last official act as Minister for Corrections and Justice Health was to authorise the first ever TV crew going into Canberra’s prison to interview a person serving a sentence (David McBride).

It’ll be on ABC 7:30 tonight.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-20/jailed-whistleblower-david-mcbride-gives-prison-interview/104619510

So good to see Daniel Bartholomaeus announced as ACT Young Australian of the Year for 2025.

Daniel is an artist and university student, and an advocate for a more inclusive neurodiverse community.

He’s also just a really nice person, someone who I have often heard expressing positivity about the people around him, and joy in the process of creating art. The world needs more of this.

https://the-riotact.com/megan-gilmour-named-2025-australian-of-the-year-for-the-act/825867

#canberra

As I am now unemployed and can therefore look at potential future jobs where I could work from home more, instead of being out of the house 80 hours a week, I thought it was time I set up a proper work desk.

The picture is a joke from my old office. Every time the Labor political party said “you can’t do that” my response was “hold my beer” and then did the impossible.

The bookshelves are full of comics and Discworld books.

@eaton I had that experience once. The more I ignored it, the more it grew. Ended up in a story on the front page of SBS News, and the person it was about now has a nationally recognised serious career. I’m still ignoring it.

@eaton this is so very true. I think it’s why I was able to go back and forth between digital project work and social policy so many times over a quarter century period, and there was never much time needed to readjust into software world.

Banks made record profits last financial year, as did mining companies and Coles and Woolworths keep making more profits. Australia exports most of the food we grow here, but price gouging is ripping off our farmers. The economy is rigged. It’s not some natural occurrence that has redirected profits away from working people. People are angry, and they’re right to be. This is a “heist facilitated by Labor and Liberals”.
#npc address by Adam Bandt

3 out of 5 people are in housing stress. For renters, it’s 75% and the fastest growing group of people in homelessness in Australia are children. Renters and first home buyers don’t stand a chance in this rigged market. We won’t stop fighting for a rent freeze and rent caps. It’s hard to know how Labor will tackle a problem they can’t even say (housing crisis). We’ve called for a public housing developer to build homes for people.
#npc

Do you know where your towel is?
#TowelDay

I flounced out of Twitter today. This is what I posted:

As a feminist, unionist, Minister for Disability and Mental Health, anti-racist, trans ally; I cannot continue to use Twitter.

What has been an important platform for modern political discourse; has turned into a cesspit where people are vilified without protection, misinformation is perpetuated, and far-right agitators and conspiracists are enabled to marinade in their own echo chamber of hate.

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@AusSocialMods in Canberra, there’s also local services including places like Safe Haven Belconnen where you can walk in, no appointment needed, and talk to a qualified human being in person.

Local ACT list plus a few national services:
https://www.health.act.gov.au/about-our-health-system/office-mental-health-and-wellbeing/need-help