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Keep it to yourself

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On the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) hour-long current affairs panel show, The Drum, a discussion commenced at 48.05 which talked about research that indicated some 40% of “Australians of faith…

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When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.

Edward Snowden

The paradoxical implication is that the same psychological characteristics that enable male managers to rise to the top of the corporate or political ladder are actually responsible for their downfall. In other words, what it takes to get the job is not just different from, but also the reverse of, what it takes to do the job well. As a result, too many incompetent people are promoted to management jobs, and promoted over more competent people. (quote from: 'The empty smirk' by John Birmingham)

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

One of the clearest markers of privilege in Australian society is whether your problems get cast as ‘clinical’ or criminal. This is how we end up with 10 year old children in police custody and 50 year old MPs sent off for counselling.

Lisa Pryor