Yeah. It’s usually been the fringe parties that were most obvious but actually you do have a point

Cooker parties means there can be independent parties with uh… fringe beliefs that you may not align with. So it’s good to do research on each party or candidate

Oh she was so lucky. Look up ‘suspension trauma’ and then look up some cute kittens.

Never risk your life for a dropped phone and don’t wait an hour to call for rescue

These are the people trying to legislate healthcare…

Stupid. The link to breast cancer is spurious but the risks involved in covert self induced terminations (which will increase in the event of criminalisation) are well known.

Here we fucking go :(

What an odious woman.

If she’s so concerned about people in poverty I have a few ideas… but that’s just a smokescreen for wanting things that will bolster her own wealth and further her agenda.

I agree. Probably going to be a repeat of the last time. It worries me because of my immune system and also avian flu can be fatal to cats.

He got sick of paying rent/likes van life/it’s cold

Oh ok. It’s still very weird. I would have thought that explaining same sex parents to children might be to prevent bullying or teasing of a classmate who has them. I can’t see anything sexualised about it.

It really seems like there’s a homophobic/transphobic push for censorship by religious groups spearheaded by myths that LGBTIA+ are ‘groomers’.

Parenting books are a moral sin? And in a linked article - parenting books are sexualising children???

I’d argue that same sex parents adopting or fostering kids who would otherwise have fewer options is a net social positive and actually a pretty moral thing to do. (Especially if they’re taking the time and care to read parenting books.) Almost like a thing that a religion of compassion would approve of.

Homophobic protests and book bannings are a different kind of movement. Even if the ban was reversed these trends are scary to see.

Anecdotally there are issues with random non consensual choking etc. But I agree they’re drawing a long bow and this isn’t going to be as effective or feasible as claimed. Implementing this would only cause unintentional (or intentional) consequences.

Even if it did magically work for the stated purpose (which it won’t) it’s focusing far in the future when there’s a serious crisis right now.

I find it so discouraging. “The show.” You always get the outcry when things get markedly bad, shortsighted ‘solutions’ that are about optics rather than lasting change, and then things go along the same until the next high profile spate of murders/assaults.

Another worry is that laws like these may slip into a similar functions to KOSA and the other ‘child safety’ laws being brought in in America. Being misused to invade privacy and allow gating or scrubbing of any LGBTIA+ content or reproductive/sexual health information. I know Australia has its own fundie politicians.

It seems they’ve scapegoated one thing to look busy on dealing with high rates of DV. I’d love to see more resources given to housing* and family violence services, better sex ed around consent, and for police to consistently act on reports rather than brushing them off.

*There are calls to address housing for those escaping their relationships but whether that materialises is another matter. And there is a Leaving Violence grant, however it depends on being able to get into stable housing rather than just end up crashing in a hotel or transitional housing for as long as the money lasts.