There really is no such thing as a “progressive ‘No’.”
All of Lidia’s arguments about sovereignty & treaty being affected if we succeed have been debunked. And she hasn’t explained how losing could possibly help close the gap.
There simply is no progress if Hanson and Co win.
I get this every single day.
Asking me how to fix every major Indigenous issue going. Ppl @ me with “what are you doing to fix sexual abuse; alcohol abuse; suicides”
Well…what are you doing to address those things?
It’s exhausting
"Was he meant to leave his Indigeneity – “the core of who I am”, as he puts it – at the door? White journalists are never asked to do that. Indeed, it would be hard to work out what it meant to do so, we are so blind to our own assumptions."
Feels like the right time for me to bring up a panel a former workplace/ media org asked me to do on "Indigenous identity" that changed my career and is part of why I stopped working in TV 1/9
My thoughts on the shameful, relentless racial vilification of leading First Nations journalist, Stan Grant and his subsequent resignation from Q&A.
It only strengthens the need for change.
The Victorian Government is hosting a drag story time event at parliament today to mark IDAHOBIT day. It also announced $1.8M for Rainbow Health Australia to deliver inclusion training to make sure organisations are safe for the LGBTIQ+ community #springst
This is huge.
Today Victoria has become the first jurisdiction in the world where every single council has flown the rainbow flag to mark #IDAHOBIT2023. 1/2
Here's @PatrickLenton. "Drag queens are the latest (and most fabulous) targets in the culture wars. Bigots have made a huge mistake"
https://t.co/IPqDif3mrg