Scott Frazier @ScottFraze

Happy Star Wars Day from our cute and adorable pal, Master Groda! 💙

May the fourth be with you

The major parties are hoping the gas export tax problem will go away. But the Australian people are getting ripped off, and they know it. EVERY WEEK without a 25% tax on gas exports, Australia loses out on $340 MILLION! #auspol

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We all work mightily to look competent on paper… …but we still can struggle with basic life skills. Like apologizing without making it worse. Or remembering a name 60 seconds after hearing it. We obsess over credentials. We neglect competence. Here's the list of “how tos” I wish someone gave me earlier. 🧵👇

It’s 1989. You are a drunk teenager putting out a cigarette before going to a music club in Chicago. As you enter you hear a new kind of raw music that instantly blows you away. It’s Nirvana. You never heard of them. They are still two years away from their Nevermind breakthrough. It’s a concert of a lifetime. You still tell your kids about it frequently. Unfortunately it wasn’t recorded. Or so you thought. Unbeknown to you a Chicago live music enthusiast, Aadam Jacobs, took his tape recorder to the show and recorded the whole thing (as he has done 10,000 over a quarter century). The tape has been digitally cleaned up and is yours to enjoy online now for free. Make sure to share this with every single member of Gen X you know: archive.org/embed/ajc00795…

People in the Middle East deserve to live without fear, to raise their children without the sound of bombs, to return home without wondering when they have to flee again. The @UN & I will spare no effort in striving for the peaceful future this region so richly deserves.

During my time as Secretary-General I've seen women around the world standing strong in the rubble of earthquakes & the ashes of war, in parliaments & protests. I've seen them in action, lifting countless lives & I'm profoundly honoured to be their ally every step of the way.

Today at the UN, I spoke about a hard truth: True justice does not defend the humanity of children in one place and ignore it in another. I am devastated for families in Iran whose daughters left for school and did not return home. For parents in Gaza who buried their children beneath the rubble of their classrooms. For Afghan girls living under the brutal Taliban regime for nearly five years. The Taliban have built a system that removes women and girls from education, work and public life. This is gender apartheid, and it is time for the world to recognise it and act to end it. Speeches do not protect girls. But law, accountability and political courage can. malala.org/news-and-voice…

𝑨𝑪/𝑫𝑪 - 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒑 (𝑰𝒇 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌 ’𝒏’ 𝑹𝒐𝒍𝒍) (On Australian TV show, 1976)

Something very special to share today. The Westerman Jilya Institute — the charity I founded in 2019 — has received its first ever federal government funding, announced in the Close the Gap report this week. This is a landmark moment, and a deeply personal one. In 2019, the Fogliani Coronial Inquiry found that ‘system failure’ was killing Aboriginal children in the Kimberley. Thirteen children. I couldn’t sit with that. I started the Dr Tracy Westerman Indigenous Psychology Scholarship Program from my lounge room. I put in $50,000 of my own money, donated all of my intellectual property — the psychological tests, the intervention programs, everything I’d built over two decades — into Jilya, where I continue to volunteer every single day. At the time, there were just 218 Indigenous people with psychology degrees in Australia. I pledged to #BuildAnArmy of Indigenous psychologists so that never again shall a child die from a lack of access to services. Six years on: 79 scholarship recipients. 79% completing their degrees and moving into postgrad — almost triple the national average. Over 70% first in their families to go to uni. More than half from remote communities. 25% Indigenous men. And our graduates are already working in the communities that raised them. We select students not on grades but on how much disadvantage they represent — from Halls Creek, Tennant Creek, Derby, Walgett, Rockhampton, Mt Isa, Alice Springs, the Pilbara, Geraldton. The fly-in, fly-out model taught us to look outside our communities for answers. But locals never leave. That’s the whole point of Jilya. After six years of doing it tough, Jilya can finally breathe. I cannot wait to see what we achieve next. We have only just started. thejilyainstitute.com.au #BuildAnArmy #CloseTheGap #IndigenousMentalHealth

A simple message with big meaning: "I am somebody." We are grateful to Rev. Jesse Jackson for helping teach generations of children to believe in themselves and in one another. Thank you for being part of our neighborhood. 💛💚

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“I am the FIRST UN Official to be SANCTIONED. For what? For EXPOSING a GENOClDE?” ---Francesca Albanese

"A ceasefire in name only. Another dark day with 30 people reportedly killed only today. Nearly 500 people have been killed since the ceasefire has been in place, among them more than 100 children according to @UNICEF. A ceasefire means guns fall silent and give way to efforts to end the war. Enough. People in Gaza deserve a genuine ceasefire - a much overdue ceasefire." - @UNLazzarini

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The genocide in Gaza is a collective crime. My last report to the United Nations (Sept 2025) made this clear. States have still to account for their conduct. And to change course. For those who may have missed it, here is the report in all 6 UN languages: un.org/unispal/docume…

Jonathan Whittall @_jwhittall

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I was one of the UN staff on the mission to northern #Gaza who reported on the unimaginable death and devastation we saw. @Reuters reports the US embassy blocked a USAID report based on our debriefing while the Biden admin weighed weapons sales. Sickening.

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The Australian National Imams Council (ANIC), along with the Jewish Council of Australia and the Hind Rajab Foundation, has today lodged a formal legal complaint with the Attorney-General, the Minister for Home Affairs and the Australian Federal Police, calling for the refusal of entry to Israeli President Isaac Herzog and the commencement of a criminal investigation under Australian law. The complaint, submitted by senior counsel on behalf of the coalition of organisations involved, raises serious concerns that President Herzog’s public statements and conduct may amount to incitement to genocide, complicity in war crimes, and unlawful hate speech under Australian and international law. The complaint relies on publicly documented statements made by President Herzog in his official capacity, including remarks made in October 2023 asserting collective responsibility of an entire civilian population in Gaza. These statements have been cited by international bodies, including in proceedings before the International Court of Justice, as evidence relevant to allegations of genocidal intent. The organisations also point to President Herzog’s repeated denial of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, despite findings by United Nations agencies and famine review bodies confirming widespread starvation and civilian suffering. It is argued that such statements seek to obscure accountability for grave breaches of international humanitarian law and further inflame racial and ethnic hostility. The complaint calls on Australian authorities to: • refuse or cancel any visa held by President Herzog under the Migration Act 1958 (Cth), including on character and public interest grounds; • refer the matter to the Australian Federal Police for investigation under the Criminal Code (Cth), the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (Cth), and Australia’s hate crime legislation; and • ensure Australia complies with its international obligations to investigate and prosecute individuals reasonably suspected of grave international crimes who enter Australian jurisdiction. The organisations stress that this action is not directed at the Jewish community, or Australians of any faith or background. Rather, it is motivated by a concern for the rule of law, community safety, and social cohesion in Australia. They warn that permitting the visit of a highly controversial foreign head of state accused of serious international crimes risks inflaming social tensions, undermining Australia’s hate-speech protections, and placing Australian communities at risk.

Why is PM is inviting the genocide supporter from Israel to Australia. Surely his advisors see the risks of inflaming the situation at a time where calm & reason are required.Inviting someone who endorses murder when the nation is still coming to grips with murder is beyond me.

I am deeply concerned by the continued escalation of violence in South Sudan, most recently in Jonglei State, which has caused many deaths, injuries & displacement. Civilians must be protected. Access for the safe delivery of humanitarian assistance must be ensured. I call on the Government of South Sudan & opposition forces to immediately halt all military operations & de-escalate the situation through inclusive dialogue.