I binge watched Unbelievable this week. I started watching it because of, well, Toni Collette :-) It was quite cathartic (warning: the following deals with rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse).
Read moreHousing Co-operatives in Austin, Texas
“Going away to college is part of the American rite of passage to adulthood. For some students, affording accommodation can be so expensive it means they can’t go to college.”
Read moreA pathetic attempt at justifying an atrocious decision
“Transferring governance of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service to the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, contradicts the principle of self-determination in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. But this is exactly what the Attorney-General’s department has done.”
Read moreWomen, welfare and work - conference presentation September 2014
“UNDERMINING THE UNDERDOG - Impacts of the new anti-welfare culture on women and workers and what we can do”
Read moreMy speech to a rally against welfare cuts, 2014
“These changes are predicted to save the government $18 million over two years.
That’s $18 million worth of basics - school lunches, shoes, school trips, rent, car rego, birthday presents.”
Read moreCo-operative Equality
“How we understand our place is the world is shaped by our relationship to the economy and where we fit in to it. If we are born into a family who have money and can use it to make things happen, we grow up with a sense of entitlement around decision-making. If our family is poor and has never been in a position of making decisions, we often grow up assuming that things like politics are nothing to do with us. This alienates large numbers of people from any sense of power and control over own their lives.”
Read moreTime for new Aboriginal heritage legislation
“The building of the Brighton Bypass bridge over the Jordan River triggered a fierce battle to protect Aboriginal heritage.
Dozens of protestors were arrested in both 2009 and 2011, and their charges are making their way through the courts now. The construction union put a ban on the works. The Federal Minister for Heritage gave kutalayna National Heritage status. And still the bridge was built.”
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