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“What kind of country asks that its First Peoples bear this kind of pain and trauma? What kind of government refuses to act in the face of this kind of crisis? Our grief is constant. It is never-ending." – @lidia__thorpe #BlackLivesMatter theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Kids in Year 5 & 6 are old enough to go to Australia’s Kid Prisons so I think they’re old enough to have opinions on police racism and police violence 🤷♂️
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So @theprojecttv sent me a request to be on their program. I considered it for a moment, then remembered what happened in 2017.
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1/ Here's how Waleed Aly, Peter Helliar and The Project undermined Heritier Lumumba when he came forward with his experiences of racism while playing for Collingwood. It’s important because this ended public discussion around Heritier’s case. #RacisminAustralia
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Today is not a day to celebrate how far we've come, when you've left so many behind. #AlwaysWas
‘There are many politically correct terms such as colonised, peacefully settled, occupied, discovered etc. The truth is that Australia was stolen by armed robbery. History is often written and erased by the victors.’ Jason Wing, Biripi people. @NatGalleryAus
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Pauline Hanson's domain name expired, was nabbed and redirected to a more appropriate website. paulinehanson.com.au
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Australian choreographer asking dancers (who have lost pretty much their entire years wage in 2020) to dance for FREE at the AFL Grand Final because there is ‘no money in the budget’ for them but it would be a ‘once in a lifetime experience’.
Australia is a beautiful country but it is also a country where brutality and suffering are interwoven into the sociocultural fabric, ingrained in the soul of the nation @BehrouzBoochani telling it like it is in the lucky country nytimes.com/2020/09/20/opini…
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JobKeeper was designed to reduce inequality. But some firms are using taxpayer money to pay massive executive bonuses. In 90 seconds, I listed the worst offenders andrewleigh.com/executive_sa… #auspol #ausecon @OMgovernance
Help these women claim their own names when talking about the sexual abuse they endured. #LetUsSpeak #LetHerSpeak gofundme.com/f/stop-silencin…
The law introduced in Vic to silence sexual abuse victims from using their own names in telling their stories is beyond baffling. Other states only recently abolished this old law. How is it possible that it could be seen as a new way forward for victims.
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.@jpatto12 Powerful speed @RichardFejo #AFLDonsTigers
Robert Muir: “I've only got my scrapbook, but most of that scrapbook is tied up with racism." A heartbreaking story of one man’s survival in a racist homeland. abc.net.au/news/2020-08-23/p…
