Today I have resigned from the Tasmanian Greens. My intention was to do this yesterday before formally announcing that I was standing as an independent candidate for Bass. However, preceding events mean I need to give context as to why I’m only confirming this today. #politas 🧵 On 21 February the Tasmanian Greens emailed me to say I had been suspended, as they were now aware that I was standing for election. When I contacted the party to ascertain how they were made aware, it came to my attention that my embargoed media release had been published. 2/

I was at this event with my family (including my baby daughter). Political leaders were at this event.

I'm not a lawyer, so I'm not going to get into the legal issues of this. For me, this is about ethics, safety, & the #politas government's responsibilities.

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https://twitter.com/Lyshrose/status/1633036353708642304

At a time when we have a @Tasmania_COI undertaking its work precisely because victim/survivors were abused, targeted & vilified by those in government institutions, it is incomprehensible that they have continued to prosecute action against a whistleblower in this manner 2/

This week, WA child protection workers (CPW) went on strike over workload (solidarity to my former colleagues BTW). We often hear about workload pressures in child protection, but what does this look like in practice? 🧵 (warning, some maths involved). Also, #politas #wapol 1/ Firstly, understand that I have worked in three states - WA, SA, & TAS - & the UK. Definitions of ‘case’ differ, but they are broadly similar so I will generalise. The central issue is less the number of cases, but the provision of time 2/