Gordon Conochie

Author: A Tiger Rules the Mountain - Cambodia's Pursuit of Democracy. Adjunct Research Fellow at La Trobe Uni & working in Aboriginal health policy at VACCHO.

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10yrs ago, @RainsySam returned and #HunSen nearly lost. That's where my book A Tiger Rules the Mountain begins. Will tomorrow be the end? #Cambodia can only have 1 tiger. Read the decade-long struggle for power. https://t.co/5eQseLwl3f @MonashPub @latrobenews

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NAIDOC Street Party! @JillGallagherAO of @VACCHO_org thanking neighbours for supporting Aboriginal people and culture, especially through Voice & then I look up to see the circled sign. #keepthefireburning all welcome now for the party - Sackville St, Collingwood. Food &drinks

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@geraldrflynn Thanks for reading the book Gerry - and hope you keep going past pg 65 :) Interested to hear what you think of it (and honestly so). Hope Cambodia is treating you well

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Hear the Tiger! Listen to Cambodians in their own words share how the world's longest serving prime minister nearly lost power & what he did to hold on to it. Thanks @ritthyou for helping to narrate. @MonashPub @latrobe https://t.co/QqTPT6Crdi

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@SvaTom2003 @colin_meyn @MonashPub It's understandable to be despondent about democracy in Cambodia, but we should talk about those still striving to make change. They have not given up their pursuit

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My book, 'A Tiger Rules the Mountain - Cambodia's Pursuit of Democracy', will be on Audible & platforms from 1st May. Here's a preview.
I get 50 discount codes for Audible USA and UK. Want one or know someone who does? Comment below or message me. @MonashPub

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@AndreasZurbrugg @tweetcambodia @MonashPub Well, there will be plenty of opportunity for that - the book's come out at 13.5 hours of me talking. Thankfully @ritthyou adds his cheeriness to introduce each part

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A Tiger is coming...as an audio book. Soon you'll be able to listen to A Tiger Rules the Mountain - Cambodia's Pursuit of Democracy on Audible & iTunes. I'm the narrator - cheap labour - so you'll get to hear Cambodian politics in a soft Scottish accent @MonashPub

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Believe Pesutto & Walsh confirmed in a meeting w/ VACCHO that they wouldn't support a treaty. Will they stoke anti-Treaty sentiment, & abuse that Aboriginal people will get with it, just to gain a few votes?

[VACCHO @VACCHO_org]

Treaty is key to closing the gap. Today, on Close the Gap Day, we urge the Coalition to reverse their decision and return to supporting Treaty just like they said they would in 2022.

#CloseTheGap #Treaty #Coalition #NationalClosetheGapDay #VACCHO #AboriginalHealth

[Ritthy OU (អ៊ូ រិទ្ធី) @ritthyou]

My distinct honour & privilege to have a dinner talk with public intellectual & authors:
- Gareth Evans, ex #Australia's foreign minister & 1991 PPA initiator
- Sue Coffey: Seeking Justice in #Cambodia
- Gordon Conochie: A Tiger Rules the Mountain: Cambodia’s Pursuit of Democracy

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@ritthyou Proud to be wearing the T-shirt too!

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"Will Cambodia recover its soul?" @947thepulse asked me & find out the surprising 2 who I think are the heroes in my book A Tiger Rules the Mountain - Cambodia's Pursuit of Democracy @MonashPub https://t.co/lbWRNWEO80

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@LowrieJohn @suecoffey21 It's a fair point John, the curtailment of NGOs and also of trade union activity are further knocks to the pillars of democracy

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Victorian politicians @TimRichardsonMP @MP4Cranbourne @HeangTak join the rally, taking a break from campaigning from Dunkley bi-election

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South East Asian diaspora in Australia come together to call for human rights in their home countries and hold a moment's silence for those who have lost lives campaigning for them

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South East Asian diaspora in Australia come together to call for human rights in their home countries and hold a moment's silence for those who have lost lives campaigning for them

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Protest in Melbourne for more human rights in Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam @JulianHillMP says Cambodia still locking up opposition politicians, human rights and trade union workers

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Protest in Melbourne for more human rights in Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam @JulianHillMP says Cambodia still locking up opposition politicians, human rights and trade union workers

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Cambodia's new PM will visit Australia for ASEAN talking reform. Back home, human rights worker flees to avoid jail. & PM's father becomes Senate President so family rule. Gareth Evans, ex-Aus FM & I ask how Australia should respond @MonashPub @ConversationEDU @latrobe @ANUmedia

[Justin Bergman @justindbergman]

Cambodia's new leader, Hun Manet, will continue his global charm offensive in Australia next week.

Foreign Minister Gareth Evans and @GordonConochie argue Australia should use its leverage to push for good governance and real reform. @ConversationEDU

https://t.co/3yPCZoz5Wo

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British govt pays Drax £6bn to log old growth forests in Canada because UK's Drax power station is counted as carbon neutral because it uses wood pellets. Even though it emits 12 million tonnes of carbon p/a. Scandalous. https://t.co/ZMKCaL3ZGN

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@ryeartemis @sstrangio @quinnlibson It can even be tough for Cambodians as some given names are often used for either sex! And Cambodians generally don't take offence if you're use the wrong pronoun, especially if you're speaking Khmer as it's the same pronoun for him and her

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Was in Cambodia recently & asked folk about importance of ASEAN. All dismissed it as a photo op so ASEAN much less influential than China. But I argue here its success is noticeable by what is not happening - no conflict between ASEAN members

[9DASHLINE @9DashLine]

How can ASEAN negotiate greater space for itself amid the intensifying great power rivalry? We ask a select group of experts to explore this key issue https://t.co/6E6hwVVN79 | Our thanks to @ASEANWonk, @GordonConochie, Nazia Hussain and @hmarston4

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Simple things hit me - 22,000 people sheltering in the hospital; women giving birth with no care; cancer patients unable to be treated; using the last dose of morphine so there's none left for the next people who come in
https://t.co/zik0QO4cP3