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things australians can do to support asylum seekers
Our hearts are heavy with grief and guilt for two people. Hodan, a Somali refugee, set herself alight on Nauru. She is 21. Omid, who self-immolated last week and later died, was 23. His family is being...
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things kelly o’dwyer could help us buy for $6000
best toaster under $7,000 — Aus Gov Just Googled (@GovGoogles) May 10, 2016 Last night on the nation’s nightmare, Q and A, Kelly O’Dwyer mentioned helping a small business buy a $6000 toaster. Which...
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swinging dead cats and the narrative of refugees
Let’s talk about the dead cats that Peter Dutton has been swinging; a form of politics that we as Australians should understand, because it’s how this election will go down. Also remember you have...
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linkspam rock
This is two weeks because Liz didn’t post this last week; she was too busy having fun in the world (legit). Some more #ausvotes business: How a Chinese-language social media campaign hurt Labor’s...
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inappropriate Australian hot takes on that USA thing
Yeah, nah. Yesterday the USA elected a man who assaults women as president. Today, ACMI tells Melbourne to inject levity into the situation by watching movies by noted paedophile Roman Polanski: Need a...
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Libraries, politics and social justice
Many years ago, I planned a career as a librarian. It didn’t work out, but I still have a lot of feelings about libraries, library management and politics. I’m delighted to present a guest post by...
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Dutton is a racist cabbage + action points for Australians
Australia’s super racist Immigration Minister, mouldy cabbage Peter Dutton, has a long documented history of gross racism. There’s the time he laughed about people in the Pacific losing their homes due...
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on forgetting
I’ve spent more years of my life than not going to the Anzac Day Dawn Service. My dad was in the Air Force; he was there for 20 years. He never went to war; he never went further than Malaysia, where...
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activism for aussies: after voting yes
Quokkas, as this dreadful survey and campaign continues, and the equality campaign misteps (that text!), we have compiled a list of other things you can be doing other than voting, if you were even...
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