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Brenna Dempsey

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Higher Education professional, unionist, social media graduate, writer, governance nerd. She/Her Living and working on Boon Wurrung land.

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A good collection in the 100, some surprises. Can't wait to see what makes the 101-200 list! #hottest100 #hottest100aus

26.07.2025 12:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Aldi Sacks HSR / NTEU & CPSU Members Voice Victories

Hear me talk about the recent @nteumonash.bsky.social court case win and speak on behalf of the branch at the RAFFWU rally on @3crmelbourne.bsky.social Stick Together pca.st/7ifs270u

26.07.2025 06:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The work we are doing at SWM is making waves 🌊

@roycerk2.bsky.social has done some amazing journalism on the details of the Monash’s partnership with Woodside.

Getting into @crikey.com.au and @drilledmedia.bsky.social, and being shared by @australiainstitute.org.au, shows our movement’s power ✊🏼

19.06.2025 07:29 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Solidarity with the AEU members rallying against the Victorian Labor government’s decision to cut $2.4 billion from public schools in the State.

19.06.2025 06:36 πŸ‘ 167 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Exclusive: KPMG’s secret university restructure

Exclusive: A leaked report of the KPMG-led restructure plan for UTS shows it is based on a performance metric not permitted by labour contracts, writes Rick Morton.

23.05.2025 22:46 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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The number of Labor women in the HoR is actually monumental. Like, listing the names of women in each party and... just, wow.

#AusPol #AusVotes

20.05.2025 04:12 πŸ‘ 384 πŸ” 138 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 16
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Colm TΓ³ibΓ­n: From Brooklyn
to Long Island with Jason Steger. Hilarious, insightful, and oh so enjoyable. #melbournewritersfestival

21.05.2025 11:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hannah Kent with Richard Fidler. This conversation and Hannah's stories of her time in Iceland and the inspiration for Burial Rights (one of my all-time favourite books) took me right back to my time in Iceland in 2017. It is a truly incredible and magical place. #melbournewritersfestival

11.05.2025 10:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Black Magic Women. Anita Heiss, Amy McQuire and Alice Skye with Nardi Simpson. A moving, beautiful, informative and magical evening full of deeply personal stories and insights from these incredible women and those who shaped them. #melbournewritersfestival

10.05.2025 11:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
"We saw Labor's pretend solutions to a housing crisis and we desperately tried to make them better … If the government of the day wants to make a terrible mistake and have pretend solutions, well, maybe you just say 'OK, that's a pretend solution. It will not work.'

"Try and make it better, but don't get in the way of your enemy and opponent when it's making a mistake."

"We saw Labor's pretend solutions to a housing crisis and we desperately tried to make them better … If the government of the day wants to make a terrible mistake and have pretend solutions, well, maybe you just say 'OK, that's a pretend solution. It will not work.' "Try and make it better, but don't get in the way of your enemy and opponent when it's making a mistake."

Shots fired by @davidshoebridge.bsky.social πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

#AusPol #AusVotes

09.05.2025 09:02 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tradition and Innovation: 65,000 years of Indigenous Art. Marcia Langton, Judith Ryan, Brook Garru Andrew, and Jessica Neath with Daniel Browning. Such great insights and discussions especially around the curatorship of Indigenous works.
#melbournewritersfestival

10.05.2025 06:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.02.2025 22:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What now? What next? Insights into Australia's tertiary education sector Claire Field talks with leaders and experts from within the Australian tertiary education sector and across the global ed-tech sector

Working arrangements in Australian universities remain precarious despite recent IR changes - as casual academics & @nteunion.bsky.social reps Emily Foley & Tony Williams explain on the latest episode of the podcast

β€œThey just sort of institutionally ghost you”

whatnowwhatnext.buzzsprout.com

20.12.2024 02:09 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Yassmin, a friend of mine is an activist in Georgia with a bit of an existing social media presence. I'd love to put you in touch with her!

06.12.2024 06:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ohh that makes sense. I've definitely had arguments with Coles Online before though so not entirely surprised it was awful. Unsure why I couldn't just reset my password to get back into my account??

06.12.2024 01:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Went to IGA online, created an account, set up an order and for half the price of Woolies delivery, have it set to be delivered within a two hour window this afternoon (about two hours from now). Couldn't have been easier. No idea why I didn't do this earlier. Not anymore expensive overall.

06.12.2024 01:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tried to ask for a human on this call and after many tries got put through only to find I had a 25 minute estimated wait time ahead of me. Swore profusely and gave up.

06.12.2024 00:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Got stuck in a loop with a bot involving me yelling at my phone 'reactivate account'!, then it hung up on me and sent me a text to join a web bot chat. Waited online for some time, then gave up and called back.

06.12.2024 00:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

An online grocery ordering saga:

Tried to order from Coles online today while boycotting Woolies. Went to log into my account and was told it was 'inactive', and to call.

06.12.2024 00:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Ken McAlpine is called for evidence now. He provides a clarification to one aspect of his evidence that he described as "too Jane Austen" in that it was not a truth universally acknowledged, rather a truth that is well understood and accepted.

04.12.2024 01:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're in court now. Just waiting for proceedings to commence.

03.12.2024 23:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've been to the shop in Fitzroy! They always have the coolest stuff and are all about supporting local artists!

03.12.2024 12:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel this. Also grammarly tells me to be more direct in my emails and steer clear of the 'sorry to be bothering you' vibe.

03.12.2024 12:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds like something the SDA would endorse

03.12.2024 12:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I got very excited when I saw some swamphen things at the Bot Gardens recently because they genuinely look like small dinosaurs. But I'm not sure I'd want to see giant ones? 😬

03.12.2024 10:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This isn't the "cure" it's being labeled as. For those that it helps this is great news, but it is only a symptom management medicine. theconversation.com/what-is-visa...

03.12.2024 09:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We'll be live "tweeting" from @nteumonash.bsky.social

03.12.2024 09:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great robust discussion in the chat during the meeting! Would love more opportunities for members to chat like this.

03.12.2024 09:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What's your favourite dinosaur? Mine is tied between the brontosaurus and the brachiosaurus. πŸ¦•

03.12.2024 09:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

40 40 20 is good if you can get it..

03.12.2024 09:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0