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Darumbal/South Sea, PhD candidate - UQ. Occasional freelancer. Curtain Podcast. Racism, feminism, justice, wrongful convictions. amygracemcquire@gmail.com

Rockhampton, Queensland
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Joined June 2010
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    13 May 2018

    Kevin Henry aka Curtain was 22 when he went to jail for a crime he did not commit. This is him 27 years later - he still survives! Despite the system's attempt to dehumanise him, make him less than a person, he is here... still fighting for justice.

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  2. Retweeted
    7 hours ago

    Here to remind you that and this is the water that comes out of the tap in Gamilaraay country. My family are expected to drink this? My family has to buy all their drinking water from the one supermarket in the town. The water crisis is ongoing.

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  3. Retweeted
    Jun 28

    non-Natives using our homes at festivals vs. Natives using our homes to protect your land/water

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  4. 12 hours ago

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    There’s hardly a day that passes that I don’t think about and how grateful I am to people like for being there from the beginning and never giving up on this fight for our families. Watch her doco
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    16 hours ago

    Hearing from Bruce Shillngsworth - calling out 12 years of racist policies that form the NT Intervention. Always was, always will be

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  6. 16 hours ago

    What is the point of writing if others don't engage and build upon or exchange ideas? I think this in particular is the power of black writing.

    I’m thinking about this flag thing but also the way others claim ownership of their stuff. I get excited when I see mob quoting my work or sharing ideas I’ve written about or take ownership. Aren’t we all in some giving to our communities
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  7. 16 hours ago

    This is so true

    When are things ours? Also the power we have is only given to us because other people decide that what we create is important or whatever. If our communities didn’t give us meaning our work wouldn’t really matter
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  8. Retweeted
    Jun 28

    Charles Ray Finch, now 81 years old, became the 166th person in the United States since 1973 to be exonerated after having been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death.

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  9. Retweeted
    19 hours ago

    Yup...no more role models & firsts of her tribe - tell me what you doing for the rest of the tribe ✊🏾

    Showing blackfullas the path, in my mind isn’t enough. You need to take them with you where you can.
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  10. Retweeted
    Jun 27

    It's an honour to publish this essay by Alexis Wright on the SRB. It's an incredibly rich and generous piece that reflects on her writing practice, and if it's too long a read for a Friday morning, make sure you read it later.

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  11. Jun 27

    ❤️❤️❤️

    Twitter I’m in a better mood now so to all the single parents whether you are women, cis men or non-binary you are all amazing and need to be congratulated because it’s not easy some times
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  12. Jun 27

    I absolutely love this.

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    Its 167 years this week since heroes Yarri & Jacky-Jacky saved the lives of 68 Gundagai residents from a massive flood. A statue commemorating their courage was unveiled in 2017 & last year, both were awarded bravery citations by GG Sir Peter Cosgrove.
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    Jun 27

    Its 167 years this week since heroes Yarri & Jacky-Jacky saved the lives of 68 Gundagai residents from a massive flood. A statue commemorating their courage was unveiled in 2017 & last year, both were awarded bravery citations by GG Sir Peter Cosgrove.

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  14. Jun 27

    This is great - i will definitely be downloading for my daughter

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  15. Retweeted
    Jun 27

    As a boy, Mick Fewquandie remembers playing in the sugar plantations with his cousins, while his father and uncles slaved away cutting cane in the sweltering north Queensland heat, writes

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  16. Retweeted
    Jun 27

    We’re proud to have Richard Falk with us next week in Sydney talking about international law, the role of and a future for Palestine. The eminent American-Jewish legal scholar has made a point-by-point refutation of claims made

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  17. Jun 27

    "The Court of Criminal Appeals’ denial of Mr. Reed’s case simply cannot be squared with the compelling and uncontradicted evidence of his innocence. Although we are still reviewing the opinion, this is by no means the end of the case.”

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  18. Retweeted
    Jun 27

    THREAD: Children in are being failed. They are being removed from their families & community, locked up in substandard conditions and then denied an education. This isn’t rehabilitative, it’s cruel and counter productive. 1/n

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    Jun 27

    “Our women are overwhelmingly imprisoned for nonviolent offences related to poverty and homelessness, over 90% of our women in prison have experienced FV. We are locked behind prison walls unsentenced and must be freed now!” 1 day in prison can destroy an entire life!

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  20. Jun 27

    hahahhahahahaha omg Grant I don't know anyone who takes the Logies seriously

    . says if wins the Gold Logie it could ruin "forever".
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  21. Retweeted
    Jun 27

    Do people really have ANY idea what goes on in the prisons they are welcoming? These photos are from the US but are the reality of reports like this one from Queensland today

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