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where a local doctor had refused to treat an Aboriginal child without upfront payment

I wonder why he'd do that...🙄

Racism, and because you don't know anything more about the story - and yet you're making the same assumptions.. Welll.

The doctors claimed justification for turning them away is largely irrelevant anyway, as doctors cannot turn a patient away that is in dire medical need without ensuring the patient has alternative care options immediately available, eg: another doctor nearby. Telling them to fuck off to Perth 3 hours away is in breech.

That's really good now instead of not being able to help 1 person he can't help any, and it's not like there's a shortage of doctors or anything in regional Australia

GP shortage contributing to 'bidding war' as regional towns struggle to attract doctors

The story she's sharing is from when she was around 30. She's near 80 now. There was no shortage of rural doctors in the mid 1970s, so your complaint doesn't even make sense.

About 10 or so doctors get struck off the register every year (of 10,000 doctors in WA), and it's done by a thorough review process by the AHPRA. Its not like Fiona Stanley can just call a buddy and they're gone - a whole team of people had to review the case, hear the doctor's position in a hearing, and decide if the doctor had aggregiously failed in their duties and breached the code of conduct they'd agreed to uphold.

Discriminating doc can no longer get kids killed with negligence, and you take the position that the lady that helped flag the case for removal is "insufferable"? What a weird position to broadcast to the internet.

Trump is so bright that he thinks gold is an upgrade to iron when it comes to a defensive material.

They should let him design his own bulletproof vest.

Of course it is, the idea and name is taken from Israel's "Iron Dome" - and that's been a very expensive project over a much smaller area, and while it does stop a lot, missles and rockets still get through to Israel.

I'm sure US citizens will also be glad to know that they have donated $2,600,000,000 of their tax dollars specifically towards just the Iron Dome project in Israel between 2011 and 2022. Those billions of public funds are probably not needed back in the US.

I'd love one and have checked back each year after their first model, but they still don't sell to Australia - and I'm not going to buy something I can't get direct parts and services for, and would need to go through third parties for.

If their model is a successful business I honestly thought they would have expanded beyond shipping/supporting only Europe by now, its been a decade since their first model. Maybe they're still not a very big player / modest success?

I know and I was waiting for someone to complain, even though it doesn't affect the accuracy of the comment. You have won this bouquet of Dutch flowers: 💐

Good, the ABC should be standing up for their presenters, even short term contracfors - not firing them to appease reactionary mobs. Especially not mobs bought and paid for by international interests that go against our own domestic interests. Shameful.

Need to drop all the neocons that the LNP stuffed into the ABC board and leadership - I don't understand why Labor hasnt made it a priority. We currently have a former Foxtel and News Limited media executive, Kim Williams (whom is also an Israel hawk) as the ABC chair ffs.

Nah gotta make the question more pointed: why is your administration, in your own words, giving access to top secret Intel to low-level losers?

Maybe some kind of spider wasp aka tarantula hawk. They're much bigger and IMO very pretty. Often attract some observers if they're dragging away a big spider they've caught near a school or house. I've seen the orange and black common one most often, they're loud and and can give you a shock if they fly past your head. Cheers https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/plant/bees-and-wasps/spider-wasp

https://naturemapr.org/categories/guide/290

Its pickled, not raw. Scandinavians have been pickling fish for a very long time and it's worked out OK so far.

"Dress for the 90s" as in temperature. 90F I guess. Because dressing for 90C would be like.. Spacesuits.

The services of your local library. Sign up and use them, and get your friends & family on too because the more regular users and the more people aware of their services, the harder they are for politicians to take away or slash the budget of.

Common services offered:

• Kanopy, hoopla (free TV shows and movies, similar to Netflix)
• Local/national newspapers digital versions
• PressReader for various (usually subscription-only) magazines
• ebooks and audiobooks via OverDrive/Libby, BorrowBox, hoopla, etc.
• Educational resources like language learning apps

Lying on an official document? Straight to jail.

Didn't actually have any accounts? Believe it or not, straight to jail.

They're not huge, under 2cm. They catch spiders and caterpillars according to wiki, I've mostly seen them with small caterpillars. And yep - back to their cool hexagon nests for the larvae and queen.

Here's a webpage with a close relative Aus wasp that makes the same kinds of nests, lots of good pics. https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_vespoidwasps/PaperWasps.htm

I know exactly the community you mean but I haven't interacted with it much beyond occasional visits and upvotes. It's sad to hear that perspective of Lemmy, because it does get rose-tinted as a bit of a leftist utopia and this is the first time I've seen the ugliness. I really appreciate it being shared.

There never have been before 🤷‍♂️

Kids in my daughters class did a project about 'an issue that is important to you'. They could pick anything.

Most of the kids talked about interesting and positive fields like environmental protection/space exploitation or some sport they love to participate in. Three of the boys chose to talk about 'men's rights', and according to the teacher who I spoke to about it afterwards they were echoing Andrew Tate shit.

They were 10 years old at the time.

None of their parents are divorced either, so theres no 'woe story' from dad in the background to put any framing around this.

However, their parents are all conservative and all let their kids access Youtube with no oversight. So social media and lax/indifferent parenting are very much grooming the next generation into hateful misogynists like Tate.

Paper wasp, nice photo. These guys are honestly fairly chill as long as you're not close to their nest (like inside 1m), and they're important pollinators and great pest removal experts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polistes_humilis

I haven't seen any radical female content creators personally, and there certainly doesn't seem to be a large industry of them forming. If there is they're very well hidden and poorly advertised.

But if that happens I'd absolutely be for talking people away from listening to them.

I'd say AI search summaries are somewhat useful for me 30% of the time. And I click through to the sources to confirm its summaries anyway, because they're often oversimplified.

Often though, they're goddamn useless.

Same on all fronts. Not commenting on YouTube has been a good thing I'd say 90% of the time, it's a terrible place to try to have a discussion with their comment format.

Using Reddit even for occasional information is becoming a pain in the arse now with a lot of stuff locked behind login or behind other hurdles like CAPTCHA / AI challenges. They don't like us 'dine and dash' visitors it seems.