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What I think the #Matildas formation should be (left) vs what I think it will be (right)

Similar, sure but why I prefer the 3421 over the 4-3-3:
- extra protection at the back to allow wingbacks to overlap and wingers to float in.
- allows Kennedy to push up
- gives front three more freedom to roam

Leaving work for the day and for the week, and saying goodbye to each work colleague and "Go Tillies" as I was heading home.

Good energies are needed for tonight.

#Matildas

We're past the half-way point of the tournament now and the Quarter-finals start tonight. Get around the second part of our QF preview, and be sure to come back as we wrap up the games each day and look ahead to the semi-finals and World Cup play-off games #WAC2026 #woso

Part 2 of our Women's Asian Cup Quarter-finals preview is here, and today we're looking at the two Sydney QF games, which will see South Korea face Uzbekistan and Japan face the Philippines #WAC2026

🎤: Poletti, Burke, and Kevan Sangster
📺: youtu.be/9TUyt5svlZg
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Australian Femicide Watch by Sherele Moody AUSTRALIAN WOMEN KILLED IN 2026 14 THE RED HEART MOVEMENT All deaths are documented at AustralianFemicideWatch.org

Australian Femicide Watch by Sherele Moody A mother and her little girl have been stabbed to death in their home at Belivah, Qld. The baby's father and woman's partner is in custody. She is the 13th Australian woman killed this year. Her daughter is the fifth child killed in 2026. THE RED HEART MOVEMENT All deaths are documented at AustralianFemicideWatch.org

Australian Femicide Watch by Sherele Moody Last year we lost 79 women to violence - the year before 106 women were killed. THE RED HEART MOVEMENT All deaths are documented at AustralianFemicideWatch.org

Australian Femicide Watch by Sherele Moody You can help me get a Royal Commission into the Killing of Women and Girls by signing the petition using the link in my bio (Insta) or go to: www.change.org/Femici deRoyalCommission THE RED HEART MOVEMENT All deaths are documented at AustralianFemicideWatch.org

“In Queensland, we have a gov more worried about cracking down on a slogan than cracking down on domestic violence.
We have a police force that recently decided to dump its specialist domestic violence unit because men's violence against women is not 'core policing business'.”

#Auspol #Femicide

Ahead of #HLM2026 on #HIV/#AIDS, attention is turning to sustaining hard-won gains in the HIV response while addressing the broader health needs of affected communities.

Explore the HIV-NCD-MH Advocacy Toolkit to support people-centred, integrated care. 👇

The knockout stages begin tomorrow at the Women’s Asian Cup!

Looking at the bracket and how the tournament has played out so far, who do you think will go all the way and win?

#WAC2026

Daily Mail Headline from 1 March 2026 "Catching COVID significantly raises the risk of developing kidney disease, researchers find"

Millions of Australians have kidney disease and don’t know it
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AND

"Catching COVID significantly raises the risk of developing kidney disease, researchers find"

DotDot = Not Good

Non-result related #Matildas quarter final predictions

- Ellie Carpenter will cause Nth Korea to crack the shits about something

-Caitlin Foord to go full Caitlin Foord.

-Nevin redemption

-KCC to be the difference

There Might Be The Chance Of Some Aurora Activity Friday And Saturday 🌌 #AuroraAustralis #MooningCrew #WesternAustralia

Human - Bat Interactions - Message from WACHS Wheatbelt Public Health Unit
In 2026 there have been an extraordinary number of human - bat interactions reported to the Wheatbelt Public Health Unit. Across vari...
12 March 2026
Shire of Goomalling
#LGNewsRoundup #WALGA #WACouncils #ShireOfGoomalling

Human:Bat Interactions
Bats have recently been encroaching in towns across the Wheatbelt. Bats pose a human health risk for severe illness.
12 March 2026
Shire of West Arthur
#LGNewsRoundup #WALGA #WACouncils #ShireOfWestArthur

Public Health Warning - Human: Bat Interaction
Bats pose a human health risk for severe illness from viruses such as Australian Bat Lyssavirus. If you see a bat, do not try to capture it or interact with it.
12 March 2026
Shire of Capel
#LGNewsRoundup #WALGA #WACouncils #ShireOfCapel

Ponder this as you fill up with $$$ petrol

The Aus Gov has acted on 0/10 of the International Energy Agency recommendations on increasing fuel security...four years after they came out.

live.thepoint.com.au?post=86c9a38...

No surprises there really.

FOOTBALL:
The Matildas will be without duo Hayley Raso and Steph Catley for Friday night’s crucial Asian Cup Quarter Final, with both ruled out due to concussion protocols. Coach Joe Montemurro made the announcement at today’s game eve presser.
📸HER WAY Sports Media, Getty/Montanna Bailey

Bertrand Russell’s Advice For How (Not) to Grow Old: “Make Your Interests Gradually Wider and More Impersonal” Image by National Portrait Gallery, via Wikimedia Commons Advice on how to grow old frequently comes from such banal or bloodless sources that we can be forgiven for ignoring it. Public health officia...

Bertrand Russell with some excellent advice on how (not) to grow old by avoiding “Inoffensive blandness as a prescription for living well.” Get the man a posthumous Knitting Nanna t-shirt!
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#ClimateCrisis

Australia isn't listed in the worst affected countries here, but I'd be surprised if extreme heat isn't already limiting viable outdoor work hours in northern states, and summer heatwaves.

How new superannuation changes will impact you The government's much-debated changes to superannuation have now passed the Senate, and are expected to become law by the end of the week.

New division 296 tax on large balances

From 1 July this year, the tax rate on superannuation investment earnings for those with balances above $3 million will be doubled, from 15 per cent to 30 per cent. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Tax the fuck out of them

Kneecap rapper will not face terrorism trial after high court rejects CPS appeal Judges uphold decision to dismiss case against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh for allegedly displaying Hezbollah flag at gig

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Those pesky Fenian lads takin' it to the British establishment ✊

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

Flood victims forced to line up for hours for disaster relief payments Katherine region residents displaced from their homes by the recent flood emergency have been forced to wait in line for hours to access disaster relief payments.

Australia has no plan for emergencies.

Two showers and one washing machine between 200 people staying at the Katherine evacuation centre.

But yeah, let's go to war.

#Nowar
#Auspol

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Saki Kumagai has led a decorated career since the 2011 World Cup, where she started all six of Japan's games as a 20-year-old.

More Women's History Month spotlights: https://info.sports-reference.com/whm-spotlights#fbr

Labor trumpets that they’re rescuing the soccer players for the headlines, while ramming through laws which racially profile and punish everyone else in the same boat.
Cunning stunts.

Matildas head coach Joe Montemurro and captain Sam Kerr speaking at a pre-match press conference at the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup.

Joe Montemurro confirms neither Hayley Raso nor Steph Catley will be available for the #Matildas quarterfinal against North Korea tomorrow. #AFCWAC

A woman-only ride option isn’t discrimination. It’s common sense Every woman reading this knows the ritual. You request your Uber, step outside, and immediately begin the mental calculations. You check the driver’s name and photo. You screenshot the licence plate and send it to a friend. You keep your phone in your hand, location sharing on. You sit behind the driver, not beside them. You stay alert not because you want to, but because experience, instinct, and a lifetime of socialisation have taught you that you must. In a workplace, we call this a ‘safety risk assessment’. For women in Australia and around the world, it is relentless. This week, Uber announced the rollout of its “Women Preferences” feature, allowing women passengers to choose a woman driver and women drivers to opt in to match with women passengers. The passenger-facing feature, which is long overdue, is now live in the US, Germany, France, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, Brazil, and Spain. But Australia is not on that list, an absence that deserves scrutiny. In Australia, one in two women has experienced sexual harassment in their lifetime, and one in five has experienced sexual violence since the age of 15. Research found that 87 per cent of men felt safe waiting alone in the dark for public transport, compared to only 68 per cent of women. Australian media have documented rideshare drivers perpetrating sexual violence, and there have been cases of people posing as rideshare drivers to lure women into their cars. The statistics from Uber’s own platform are sobering. Court records revealed that Uber received a report of sexual assault or misconduct in the United States almost every eight minutes on average between 2017 and 2022. Uber’s own Safety Report found that 81 per cent of survivors reporting the most serious assaults were women, and the vast majority of alleged perpetrators are men, whether behind the wheel or in the back seat. The “Women Preferences” feature is therefore not a gimmick, it is a genuine structural response to a genuine structural problem. A major rideshare platform is finally giving women a way to reduce their risk exposure, rather than simply telling them to be more careful. Uber said that they have introduced this feature because “women asked for it”. For female drivers and riders, this is transformative. Which makes Australia’s exclusion from the rider-facing rollout all the more frustrating. Since 2022, Australian women and non-binary drivers have been able to toggle on a preference for female rider trip requests, which is a meaningful step, but only half the equation. Without the corresponding rider-side feature, Australian women passengers still cannot open the app and actively choose a woman driver. Given Australia’s well-documented rates of violence against women, there is no good reason for Uber to leave Australian riders behind. The company says it plans to keep expanding the program, and we should be holding them to that. It is also worth acknowledging what this means intersectionally. For women of colour, women with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ women, and women in lower-income brackets who cannot always afford alternatives, the calculus of safety is compounded. Australian research has documented sexual violence, and homophobic, transphobic, and racist verbal abuse during rideshare journeys. A feature that reduces the need for constant vigilance has a disproportionate benefit for those whose margin of safety was already thinnest. Which brings us to the lawsuit. Shortly after Uber began piloting the program, two male drivers in the US filed a class-action suit alleging discrimination. Their claim is that the feature “reinforces the gender stereotype that men are more dangerous than women,” and that women drivers gain access to the full passenger pool while men compete for fewer customers. Let us be clear about what this argument requires us to believe. It requires us to look at decades of data, thousands of survivor accounts, and the lived experience of almost every woman who has ever hailed a ride alone at night and conclude that the real injustice is that some men might receive fewer ride requests. Acknowledging that men commit the overwhelming majority of sexual violence against women is not a stereotype. It is a statistical fact, borne out of crime data, survivor testimony, and Uber’s own reports. Not all men are violent of course they are not. But most violence against women is perpetrated by men. These two statements can coexist, and they must, if we are to respond to gendered violence with any intellectual honesty. The feature is also an opt-in preference, not a blanket ban. No male driver is removed from the platform. For decades, the burden of managing the risk of male violence has been placed entirely on women’s shoulders. The “Women Preferences” feature doesn’t eliminate that burden, but it shifts some structural responsibility back to the platform. Now Uber needs to say it to Australian women too. Share this ride shareuber by Rita Nasr 5 hours ago ## Stay Smart! Get Women's Agenda in your inbox * Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Δ ## Latest news ### ‘More Australian babies!’ New Nationals leader Matt Canavan has a vision for Australia to help us return to the past ### Parliament passes LISTO reform to boost retirement savings for low-income women ### Two more Iranian football squad members granted humanitarian visas, will stay in Australia ### The book taking the sting from the trolls and celebrating queer families ### Capital Gains Tax is a feminist issue. Right now women are getting a poor deal ### How an International Court judge thinks about hope

A woman-only ride option isn’t discrimination. It’s common sense https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/a-woman-only-ride-option-isnt-discrimination-its-common-sense/ #AUSpol

From invasion to terror: white supremacy and the Australian state - Overland literary journal Within minutes, Uncle Herbert Bropho got on the microphone and calmly asked everyone to clear the area, and told the audience the police said there was a bomb. We moved to the back of Forrest Chase, w...

“We allegedly had a bomb thrown at us — a bomb said to be designed to kill us — but there was mostly silence from the nation.”

Roxy Moore on Invasion Day in Boorloo and how safety can only come through truth-telling.

What does the best Matildas midfield actually look like at the Asian Cup? With three different midfield combinations across the first three games, Joe Montemurro has his choices cut out for him in deciding what the midfield trio looks like.

With three different midfield combinations across the first three games, Joe Montemurro has his choices cut out for him in deciding what the midfield trio looks like when Australia faces North Korea on Friday night #WAC2026 #Matildas #woso

🖊️: Burke

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