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Naarm / Melbourne, Victoria
Joined April 2016
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Today from 9am on @3RRRFM: @Kate_FitzGibbon on Australia’s national crisis of family & domestic violence against women & children; Sean Reynolds on his book Melbourne Ghost Signs; Amanda Laugesen (@RWTHistory) on Australia’s linguistic history in 100 words rrr.org.au/explore/programs/…
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Sydney based connections:
Glebe Books is hosting an 'In conversation' event in November on my new short book, 'Our National Crisis: Violence against Women and Children'.
🗣️ I am thrilled to be in conversation with @LucyTurnbull_AO. Join us on Friday 15th November from 6pm.
🎟️ The event is free but registrations are essential.
👉 Register here to join us: gleebooks.com.au/event/kate-…
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Thanks to @crikey_news for publishing an extract from my new @MonashPub short book ‘Our National Crisis: Violence against Women and Children’. Here I detail some of the different forms of abuse experience by family violence victim-survivors.
👉🏼 Read via crikey.com.au/2024/10/10/men…
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Don't miss @Kate_FitzGibbon in Brisbane
🗓️Monday 28 October 2024
⏰ 6.00pm
🎟️ bit.ly/3ZK8xMX
📍 Avid Reader, 193 Boundary Street, West End QLD
She will joined in conversation by Dave Kramer, hosted by Natalie Siegel-Brown.
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"I cannot see the logic of AUKUS at all."
"How we can commit so much money to a really doubtful operation, I don't know."
Don Watson joins After America to discuss political violence, America’s deep divisions & the US-Australia relationship.
#auspol @EmmaShortis @BlackIncBooks
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Ep115 has fabulous Indigenous authors Victor Steffensen & Isobel Bevis. Shortlisted for @Wilderness_Aus Karajia Awards for Children's Literature. We chat Indigenous Land management, stories in language, accidental authors, amazing illustrators.
Listen here buzzsprout.com/1718602/15471…
ALT On background of 2024 National NAIDOC week logo by Indigenous artist Deb Belyea. Text reads Australian Book Lovers Podcast special - Writer's Room with guest authors Victor Steffensen & Isobel Bevis. Keep the Fire Burning Blak Loud & Proud. Episode 115. Celebrating and supporting Australian authors AustralianBookLovers.com/podcast. Images of ABL logo, authors Victor Steffensen & Isobel Bevis and book covers of The Trees by Victor & Sandra Steffensen and Nedingar: Ancestors by Isobel Bevis & Leanne Zilm.
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#JoseRubénZamora Urgent Appeal filed with UN Special Rapporteur on Torture @DrAliceJEdwards Urgent Appeal, by @caoilfhionnanna & @TatyanaEatwell. @jczamora #ZamoraLibre #FreeZamora
Read more here: doughtystreet.co.uk/news/jos…
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Thank you @DaveSharma for meeting Sebastien Lai @SupportJimmyLai; from the international legal team for Sebastien & his father, Jimmy Lai, @caoilfhionnanna & @suigenerisjen; & journalist & former prisoner @PeterGreste @4JournoFreedom.
It’s time to #FreeJimmyLai.
#auspol 🇦🇺
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Sebastien Lai @SupportJimmyLai & @PeterGreste @4JournoFreedom at the Australian Parliament today, calling for the Chinese & Hong Kong authorities to #FreeJimmyLai.
#auspol @AlboMP @SenatorWong
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Australia is deeply concerned by Hong Kong’s widespread application of national security laws to repress civil society and prosecute journalists like Mr Jimmy Lai.
Today I met Mr Lai’s family and lawyers to discuss Australia’s advocacy for democracy supporters in Hong Kong.
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This weekend Sebastien Lai @SupportJimmyLai visited a display in Sydney of ‘Jimmy Lai in chains,’ neon art designed and commissioned by human rights activist Mark Tarrant, created by artist Steven Cole.
Thank you to Mark and Steven. A very touching moment.
#FreeJimmyLai
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Jen Robinson @suigenerisjen was key to #freeJulianAssange. If she could get him out, there is a chance she and @caoilfhionnanna can also #freeJimmyLai. Catch both powerhouses, along with Jimmy's son Seb, in Sydney on Friday. events.humanitix.com/media-f…
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Jen Robinson @suigenerisjen was key to #freeJulianAssange. If she could get him out, there is a chance she and @caoilfhionnanna can also #freeJimmyLai. Catch both powerhouses, along with Jimmy's son Seb, in Melbourne on Friday. It'll be a great event.
melbournepressclub.com/artic…
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First day of Senate inquiry into menopause hearings is underway here in Sydney - listen in here: aph.gov.au/News_and_Events/W…
Follow the live tweets in thread 🧵👇
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We need new ways of thinking about the life-threatening challenge of global warming so that we can get on with real climate action.
'Climate Clangers: The Bad Ideas Blocking Real Action' by Jennifer Rayner is out next month
#inthenationalinterest
publishing.monash.edu/produc…
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Martin Luther King Jr on the moral dilemma we all must face: "If you fail to act now, history will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamour of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."
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Isabelle Reinecke on the Albanese government’s record on transparency: “For now, both the front and back door are closed, with FOI reform remaining stalled under Labor.” #auspol
mnth.ly/cSwMa2G
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💫 Cover reveal! Coming August 2024: 'Slick' by @roycekurmelovs
Learn more and pre-order at the UQP website: bit.ly/3W3e1AT
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This #IWD2024 start reading books in our #inthenationalinterest series including Time to Reboot: Feminism in the Algorithm Age by @Carla_Wilshire
Use coupon code INTWD24 to save 20% discount + receive free postage in Australia when you order 2+ books:
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NEW RELEASES! We've released two new books in our In The National Interest series -
◾ Towards Reproductive Justice by @RonliSifris
◾ Time to Reboot: Feminism in the Algorithm Age by @Carla_Wilshire
In bookstores now.
Be part of the discussion.
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