There’s moving cities and quitting jobs, but what about the smaller ways we have all been changed by the past few years? I wrote about mindset changes and being a psycho wife
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Gadigal land (Sydney)Joined January 2009
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Applications are now open for the Fellowship! This is a prestigious opportunity for 16 mid-career Australian-based journos to learn how their reporting can help prevent violence against women Applications close at midnight May 18, 2022. walkleys.com/scholarships-f
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A great opportunity for an experienced media advisor at - send me a message if you've got any questions:
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My media statement, backing the Walker family's calls for major structural change humanrights.gov.au/about/news/med
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Our criminal justice system can harm before (or without) helping people who have been violated.
I’m apprehensive about sharing this essay but I hope it challenges the narrative that legal retribution and ‘speaking up’ each guarantee closure and catharsis.
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The Qld rule for interstate travellers from a hotspot returning a negative test 72 hours before entry - does this mean the test must be taken with 72 hours, or just the result returned within 72 hours? i.e. if you were arriving Tuesday at 12pm, when would you get tested?
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Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, to promote an understanding of disability issues and support the dignity, rights and wellbeing of people with disability. Please take a moment to reflect upon how you can advance the rights of people with disability. #IDPWD
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Today I am pleased to launch Set the Standard, the final report from our Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces: humanrights.gov.au/set-standard-2
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Media alert: Sex Discrimination Commissioner @Kate_Jenkins_ will today launch Set the Standard, the final report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces.
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Not an overstatement to say my mornings will never be the same
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I am actually so emotional about Fran leaving. I’ve been listening to her since I was a teenager in my country town bedroom, she’s been with me my whole adult life and then some 
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Media release: Disability Discrimination Commissioner launches IncludeAbility employment initiative: humanrights.gov.au/about/news/dis.
#IncludeAbility
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Australian Human Rights Commission statement on Australia's response to Afghanistan crisis: humanrights.gov.au/about/news/com
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Media statement: The Australian Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned about the unfolding situation in Afghanistan and the critical human rights threat to the Afghan people.
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Got a story about harassment or abuse in Parliament? Know someone who has? Here is where you can submit your story to Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins' Independent Review into Parliamentary Workplaces.
Please RT as widely as possible:
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You still have time to contribute to the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces. Commissioner explains the process, the confidentiality safeguards, and why it is important that we hear from a wide range of people. humanrights.gov.au/CPWReview
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Privacy and confidentiality are essential to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces.
The Commission will not be providing any of the materials or research gathered during the Review to the Federal Government.
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We have repeatedly raised our concerns regarding Tharnicaa and Kopika's detention on Christmas Island with the Australian Government. Eg:
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Christmas Island is not suitable for immigration detention, especially for a family with young children. The Island is more than 2500km from Perth, and has very limited acute healthcare. This family should be treated with compassion and housed safely in the community.
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Written submissions to our Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces are now open.
Past and present parliamentarians, their staff, and all other parliamentary workers are encouraged to contribute: humanrights.gov.au/CPWReview
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Today is inviting current or former Commonwealth parliamentary workplace staff to participate in our Independent Review via a written submission or confidential interview 👇
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Anyone who currently works, or has previously worked, in a Commonwealth parliamentary workplace is now invited to participate in @AusHumanRights's Independent Review via a written submission or confidential interview: humanrights.gov.au/cpwreview
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If anyone has Wolff Parkinson White syndrome, or knows someone who does (especially kids!) please slide into my DMs
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Loved this, unexpectedly touching
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Very oddly moving experience eating the same supper for a decade, every day being the same, except he is outside every day, so watching everything change
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Media release: Commission welcomes response to Respect@Work Report.
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We're hiring: has a number of open job opportunities including two Communications Officers, a Digital Content Developer, and a Web Developer.
More details & how to apply at humanrights.gov.au/about/jobs
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Please share this far and wide. acted on Rec 35 of #RespectatWork report to produce this excellent new guidance addressing sexual harassment as a safety issue. 🙏🏽CEO Michelle Baxter & SWA team.
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Workplace sexual harassment, violence and aggression cause physical and psychological harm to workers. But there are practical steps employers can take to prevent harm.
New national guidance is now available. Find out more: safeworkaustralia.gov.au/media-centre/n
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One in five Australians has disability, and not all disabilities are visible.
On International Day of People with Disability 2020, is proud to celebrate the diversity of disability.
#IDPWD #IDPWD2020
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New guidelines to support the rights of people with disability during #COVID19 have been released by Disability Discrimination Commissioner .
The Guidelines are available in full here: humanrights.gov.au/about/news/new
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'Virtually entire' fashion industry complicit in Uighur forced labour, say rights groups theguardian.com/global-develop
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"You're not hearing from the people themselves, for too long stories have been told about people with disability" Nas Campanella and on the importance of having people with disability represented in the media.
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A long overdue law reform in WA, where police will no longer be able to lock up people who can't pay their fines. It's a welcome change, but too late for Ms Dhu.
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An update from President and our Commissioners on #COVID19 and the continuing work of the Commission during this pandemic.
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We crunched 10 years of data to show you the outcome of nearly every sexual assault reported to police in Australia between 2008 and 2017.
'A shocking indictment': This is what 140,000 sexual assault reports tell us about police inaction abc.net.au/news/2020-01-2
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Congratulations to the winner of the 2019 Young People’s Human Rights Medal, Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts! #HRA2019
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#Bougainville has voted overwhelmingly to seek independence from Papua New Guinea.
176928 votes for independence have been recorded out of 181067 ballots.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner has issued a statement on the defunding of
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Australia's young female retail workers are swapping name tags to avoid stalkers
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12-year-old Arrente and Garrwa boy Dujuan Hoosan will be one of the youngest people ever to give a speech to the in Geneva, when he calls to raise Australia's age of criminality abc.net.au/news/2019-09-1 #UNCRC
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I have many memories of camping & bushwalking in Lamington National Park, and I never imagined we'd see rainforest burning like this either
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