Today @QUT Vice-Chancellor @MargaretSheil announced to staff it will establish an Indigenous Knowleges and Culture Faculty. The first of it kind in Australia. #QUTYarns
There will be a lot of talk in the coming days about the referendum campaigns, but we should not forget that the No campaign lied totally.
It lied, everyone associated with it lied, everyone associated with it operated in bad faith.
This will be the model for every election.
If you were ally enough to vote Yes’, then there’s a few things you can do now.
1. Listen to Aboriginal people.
2. Get that this isn’t about you.
3. The hand-wringing surprise that Australia is racist is insulting. We’ve said it for years. Stop denying, and work to change it.
Not to be alarmist but…this is what’s called a six-sigma event, now unfolding in Antarctica.
Otherwise known as a once-in-7.5-million-year event.
Hang onto your hats.
HT @EliotJacobson
I genuinely find it hard to wrap my head around the fact that we've created a financial system where, when ordinary people find it hard to make ends meet, our main mechanism of economic control is to force them give more of their money to private banks making billions of dollars.
Instead of a CEO sleep out, we should just put neoliberal economists, the RBA board and big business leaders on the average Australian wage for six months (no access to savings) and get them to show us how it all works - budgeting, finding housing etc, in this economy
Towards a Unified Approach in #Autoimmune Fibrotic Signalling Pathways: The increasing elucidation of the molecular and cellular bases for chronic inflammation-associated organ fibrosis could paving the way towards multi-target therapeutic strategies https://t.co/RjQUSJYAPi
When low-paid workers lose their job, how much do they receive in #UnemploymentBenefits?
On #WorkersDay, compare rates across OECD countries as a percentage of previous earnings.
Read the analysis by @OECD_Social 👉 https://t.co/RR8eW17CG0
4. Norway Is So Damn Rich
In 2022, Norway's oil fund was larger than the combined wealth of the 10 richest people in the world.
It makes $1 billion per week -- and holds 1.4% of the world's shares.
(Nuance: Be skeptical of individual Forbes net-worth figures)
Artist-run initiatives (ARIs) provide a vital space for emerging artists and arts workers to develop their careers. Yet in 2023, they continue to slip through the cracks of state and federal funding.
https://t.co/tObeAMU7Qa
🧵Transgender Day of Visibility celebrates trans visibility and how it contributes to our survival. Seeing ourselves on TV, reading ourselves into stories we love is just a fantasy for a lot of trans Indigenous people.
Indigenous writers & creators could change that. #TDoV2023
Nazis targeted the trans community from the beginning. The hate terfs/GCs spew is not new, but just as dangerous and from exactly the same cloth. Nazis didn't 'gatecrash' the Melbourne rally – they've been there since the start.
We're deeply saddened by the passing of Prof Ross Gibson, our founding Creative Director, who led ACMI's establishment over 20 years ago. Ross was an arts visionary, academic, author, filmmaker & a great friend to us. Our thoughts are with his loved ones.