I work at the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, Univ of Tas, focusing on health and wellbeing and dementia risk reduction for Aboriginal peoples.
It's hard to imagine the fear at Bondi Beach as the attack during Hanukkah unfolded. Still, Sutherland fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed chose courage—lunging forward, disarming the shooter, risking his life for strangers. He is a hero. He is the Australia we all know & believe in.
ON THIS DAY: In 2018 divers rescued four of the 12 boys who’d been trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand with their soccer coach for more than two weeks. The remaining eight boys and their coach were rescued over the next two days. https://t.co/7XMmZX63cM
An NT police thug from the ACT, born into wealth and privilege. 46 prior use-of-force incidents involving Zachery Rolfe indicated a propensity for aggressive tactics. A police force that normalises racism and the death of an Aboriginal man #naidoc2025
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Took three years and three million dollars to work out the police officer who shot a 19 year old Aboriginal man was racist, police had a racist culture and that probably contributed to the death. Blind Freddy told me that three years ago. #auspol
I am a very proud Tasmanian (as many will know) and I am very proud to be a graduate of the University of Tasmania, having completed my undergraduate medical degree there in 1990. My education there had a big impact on my medical and academic career, and my scientific drive to push things forward and think outside the box. I was thrilled to be in Hobart recently for the announcement by UTas and The Menzies Insitute of Medical Research for a Higher Degree Research Scholarship named in my honour. I well recognise the importance and value of investing and supporting medical researchers, particularly in early career. I commend UTas on this generous and important award, and wish them and future recipients of the award all the best with future research. I was thrilled to have family and friends supporting me at the event.
@UTas
International Women’s Day 2025 🌻 - Empower Every Woman: ‘Equality, Progress, Inclusion’
As an Aboriginal woman, I know what it means to survive—to carry the strength of those who came before me. My ancestors, my mother and grandmothers all endured injustice, fought for dignity, and paved the way for my voice today.
On this day, I particularly stand in unwavering solidarity with Jewish women in Australia 🇦🇺 and across the globe 🌍 who have endured unimaginable horrors, past and now present. We are all survivors, some more so than we could ever fathom. I have felt your pain 💔
Women’s rights are not selective. If we demand equality, we must stand for all women. All women’s groups must stand for ALL women. Let’s lift each other, not tear each other down. Respect begins with us. Women, we are the givers of life!
Cheers to my Mother for the life she gave me! L Chaim ❣️🥂
#iwd #iwd2025 #womenempowerment #amisraelchai🇮🇱 #dreamwalker
Donald Trump has called for MSNBC Host Rachel Maddow to resign due to her critical coverage of the administration. He continues to try and attack the free press - but we won’t let him win.
RETWEET if you stand with @Maddow against Trump!
This Pennsylvania barbershop is helping children build their confidence, paying young customers $3 to read stories aloud while getting a haircut deserves unlimited retweets..
"I always hesitate to bring my political beliefs into this space. I don’t think my listeners would expect that from me and some of you will find it disappointing: not what you were looking for... "
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Professor Kaylene Young @LabGlial and team from our MS Research Flagship, set out to investigate whether magnetic brain stimulation could promote myelin repair in laboratory models of #MultipleSclerosis. For what they found, go here👇
🎉We are excited to announce that a research team led from Menzies @UTAS_ has been awarded $3 million by the National Health and Medical Research Council @nhmrc to establish the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Centre of Research Excellence.
Full release here 👉https://t.co/zNbACmhVCo