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#carers — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #carers, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Criminal neglect charges dropped against NDIS provider's directors over client's death
    By Eva Blandis

    Criminal neglect offences have been dropped against the directors of a former NDIS provider Integrity Care charged over the death of their client Ann Marie Smith.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/int

    #Courts #Carers #Disabilities #SupportServices #EvaBlandis

  2. The state of young Australians
    A crisis of social reproduction

    * “Many Australian children struggle with their mental health. Recent data shows around one in seven children (13.9%) aged 4–17 experiences a diagnosable mental illness.”

    “…We estimated that reducing factors such as parental psychological distress, hostile parenting and partner violence could potentially prevent up to 40% of severe and persistent mental health problems in young Australians.” >>
    theconversation.com/to-improve

    * Young Australians kept in the dark
    Australia’s social media ban preventing teenagers from accessing the news, research finds >>
    theguardian.com/australia-news

    * Sydney mum reveals the huge cost of the school run (Young people's socialisation into (car) dependency)
    "She would easily spend $170 a week on petrol, and drives between 80km and 90km often six or seven days a week, depending on what’s on. In 2024, the average household should budget between $10,000 and $25,000 a year to own car." >>
    drive.com.au/caradvice/scool-r
    #SocialReproduction #StateRetreat #CareDeficit #MentalHealth #anxiety #children #parenting #carers #family #DomesticViolence #violence #suburbia #sprawl #cars #MobilityDesign #CarDependency #work #WageStagnation #inequality #housing #instability #DoubleBurden #financialisation #outsourcing #SocialMedia #MSM #independence #citizens

  3. I'm feeling very lucky at the moment. My instance @mastodon.au have increased us to 2000 characters.

    I believe every group of living beings should have a collective noun.

    Please add your thoughts as they occur and see if you can assist my #gofundme

    My first thoughts are:
    A #riot of #environmental #activists.
    A #shitfight of #politicians.
    A #vadge of female #mining #magnates.
    A #destruction of #coal #miners
    A #cacaphony of mall #shoppers.
    A #misery of #wildlife #carers.
    A #fuckup of #farmers
    A #quietly of #librarians
    A #fuckyou of #police #officers
    A #murder of #Adelaide #Crows #Fans

    Give a chance to #Australia's #kangaroos before our #environmentally #destructive #fharmers and/or #farmers kill them all.

    #KangaroosOfMastodon
    gofund.me/b3f006c4