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“Random Note — Dutton and The ABC “Journalist”

With his retort to the ABC journalist in Alice Springs, “𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗕𝗖 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻”, Peter Dutton condensed into five words what most people think about the rot and decay central to the ABC‘s total lack of journalistic curiosity and their laziness about what’s going on in their own wheelhouse.

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A letter the voice could write to bureaucrats

A letter the voice could write to bureaucrats Dear (insert name of head of relevant department/agency/government business enterprise), As you know, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice has been given a constitutional right by the Australian people to make...

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Random Note — The Voice – Out Of The Closet

Call it what you like. The buried lede, the cats out of the bag, coming out of the closet or hiding in plain sight, but whatever you call it, exactly as predicted by many, many people, over many, many months and which should kill the referendum stone dead in its...

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Random Note – Transgender movement – “𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝘀”

If you’re super thin but still think you’re fat it’s regarded as a mental illness called anorexia. If you’re a biological male but think you’re a female, it’s not regarded as a mental illness and should be affirmed and celebrated.

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Random Note — You do me

Not sure of the etymology or origins of the phrase “𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂” except that it came into popular culture and usage some time in the last 20 years or so. In a way it’s a sideways version of the 1960’s phrase, “𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴” or as Fleetwood Mac expressed on their...

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Random Note — The Voice and its sole unremitting goal

With 80% of aboriginals living their lives as ordinary Australians, the one single project the voice should be focussed on is the question of how it will go about improving the lives of the 20% of aboriginals living on or below the margins. Nothing else matters. That...

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