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National Affairs Correspondent, New Matilda; freelance arts writer; Lecturer, Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University; NTEU Monash branch president.

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    15 Jun 2018

    I’m writing a book about Australian art and culture. If you’re an Australian artist and you’d like to be in it, get in touch with me here

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    7 hours ago

    This message is for all the union officials - elected leaders, organisers, industrial officers, staff & volunteer workplace reps:

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    4 hours ago

    Hey everyone. I'm back on Sunday Arts Magazine today at 3pm! Listen in to ❤️

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    4 hours ago

    I love this.

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    9 hours ago

    Australian basketballer Elizabeth Cambage standing on a tram stop shelter in Melbourne leading Black Lives Matter chants

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    Liz leading protests in Melbourne, Australia. 🖤
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    6 hours ago

    Seismic testing has a catastrophic and fatal affect on marine life that are reliant on sound to survive. The impacts are already clear in Australia and further testing has been proposed across the Bass Strait and Great Australian Bight

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    Jun 5

    defund the police

    These three little words are a big turn-on
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    6 hours ago

    Lilya Brik, Russian actress From the famous Rodchenko image.

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    9 hours ago

    Good to see the ABC have a panel of four white journalists analysing the protests here and in the US. Not sure if Insiders has ever had an Aboriginal journalist or person of colour on its panel, but at this moment it seems even more absurd.

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    8 hours ago

    Australia this is also you. You're very happy to hire us to give cred to your brainstorms and authenticate 'diverse' characters (gotta include them cause of funding!) but won't give an inch otherwise.

    If you look at these numbers white writers and POC writers start out relatively the same. But, by look at how the GAP WIDENS once we get to Showrunner/EP. That says someone and/or something is preventing us from moving up.
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    9 hours ago

    ABC inviting four white journos to discuss yesterday’s Black Lives Matter protests is a perfect satire of Australian media

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    9 hours ago

    La Trobe staff call for greater support in the university sector

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    9 hours ago

    Americans aren't the only ones who've been busy transforming their police into quasi-military units. It's part of a global trend. Find out more on Future Tense as we revisit our recent programme on police militarisation - that's 10.30 am on ABC RN.

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    24 hours ago

    Yes, there’s politics behind this from the Chinese government. But racism against people from Asian backgrounds has increased — complaints are up & incidents documented by community groups. The better response: take racism more seriously, don’t dismiss it

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    Jun 5

    What happens to a small town when it loses its newspaper? As titles shutter across the country I went deep on Australia's local journalism crisis for :

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    Jun 5

    The Academy of Sociology () has compiled a checklist for quantitative social science articles. A very helpful ressource for researchers with the potential to substantially improve the social sciences. Please share widely!

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    Jun 3

    Completely unmarked officers in riot gear holding protesters blocks away from the White House. No badges. No insignias. No name tags. Nothing. Refused to tell us who they’re with.

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    Jun 5

    I’ve been organising + attending rallies for years and Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance run them SO professionally. Every element of safety is accounted for, marshals go through hours of training, there are medics, lawyers, media guides, thorough conflict de-escalation plans

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    Jun 5

    As of yesterday, Australia has no intubated covid patients in the entire country. What an incredible achievement.

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  20. Jun 5

    Seems legit

    National employers want the Morrison government to allow companies and workers to negotiate more “flexible” workplace arrangements that would be kept secret from the public and not able to be legally challenged by unions.
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    Jun 4
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    Concerted campaign to get every Jobseeker to cold call the same 20 companies each day asking for work. I'd suggest media companies. Liberal MP offices. Banks. Melt their switchboards. Demonstrate the chaos of 1.6 million people competing for 70,000 jobs.

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