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NTEU Victoria @nteuvictoria.bsky.social · Sep 8
Join the workers rally for Palestine in Melbourne tomorrow (Wednesday) at 1pm outside the State Library.
Read more: nteu.au/News_Article...
#Gaza #Palestine

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Emma @emmrus.bsky.social · Aug 20
I've had this recently too! I couldn't come at signing on to my own obsolescence

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Emma @emmrus.bsky.social · Mar 18
This afternoon in Naarm/Melbourne! Snap action rally for Poccum's Law at 4.30pm on Parliament Steps #bailsaveslives
Promotional poster with details of snap action for Poccum's Law in Naarm (Melbourne) on Tuesday 18 March, 4.30pm on Parliament Steps. Background image is a protest rally including a hand-made placard with the text 'Most Incarcerated People on Earth' atop an Aboriginal flag.

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Emma @emmrus.bsky.social · Mar 18
@moniquehurley.bsky.social and I on the media-manufactured crime panic in Victoria and why Premier Allan's reactionary bail changes will make communities less safe #bailsaveslives #poccumslaw

rightnow.org.au/opinion/why-...
Why is tabloid media writing Victoria's bail laws? - Right Now
The Victorian Premier's so-called 'Tough Bail Laws' is regressive reform that represents weak-willed politics, says Monique Hurley and Dr Emma Russell.
rightnow.org.au

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Human Rights Law Centre @humanrightshrlc.bsky.social · Mar 17
Bail saves lives, but the Allan Government is introducing dangerous and discriminatory bail laws.

We stand with VALS and 93 Aboriginal, human rights, community and legal organisations in calling on the Allan Government to instead implement #PoccumsLaw.

www.vals.org.au/granting-bai...

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Vacro @vacro.bsky.social · Mar 5
"Governments spend money on the things that matter to them (building prisons), and drag their feet about the things that seemingly do not (preventing torture in prisons)."

Vacro board member @moniquehurley.bsky.social and Andreea Laschz in @overlandjournal.bsky.social:
Showing what really matters to us: on Australia’s continuing failure to honour the UN Convention Against Torture - Overland literary journal
So why have there been no — or only limited — moves to implement the bare minimum obligations pursuant to the OPCAT? The answer appears to be a lack of political will and a dangerous disregard for the...
overland.org.au

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The Sydney Morning Herald (unofficial) @smhaustralia.nzcow.com · Mar 2
📢 The City of Port Phillip is considering fines for rough sleeping to fight crime, raising concerns from councillors about making homelessness illegal.
Surging crime prompts Port Phillip Council to consider fining homeless
www.smh.com.au

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · Feb 23
And the thing is, the war never ended. The tactics just changed. 'More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australia’s frontier wars' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australia’s frontier wars, final massacre map shows
‘Horrendous’ eight-year long project has ended with final fact check, leaving a legacy ‘nobody can argue’ with, says researcher
www.theguardian.com

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Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · Feb 20
National Gallery of Australia literally had Pacific Indigenous art collective SaVĀge K’lub cover up the Palestinian flag in their work days before the opening of their exhibition. This racist censorship is rife throughout the arts in Australia, it is disgusting! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com · Feb 19
In the new TMK, we discuss DOGE as the spear tip of a right-wing project focused on weaponizing and hollowing out the administrative state. By piecing together its various material and ideological components, we ask (and answer) the question: Who let the DOGE out? soundcloud.com/thismachinek...
394. Who Let the DOGE Out
We dig into DOGE. After some background on what Musk and his harem of broccoli-headed bozos have been up to as they strip the copper out of federal agencies, we zoom out to ask where did DOGE come fro
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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · Feb 19
Chris Minns’ youth bail laws are working. The laws are designed to incarcerate presumptively innocent children.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Number of NSW children in youth detention up by one third, new data shows
As Minns government seeks to extend controversial laws that make it harder for young people to get bail, experts warn locking up more kids will not curb crime
www.theguardian.com

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Nat Osborne she/her @drnatosborne.bsky.social · Feb 17
AI boosters in higher ed are so embarrassing - deskilling yourself, for what? Eroding the value of education, for what? Pandering to the interests of the bosses and the billionaires, for what? Accelerating climate change, for what?

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · Feb 11
The fallout from Sam Kerr’s UK court case, for racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, could have far-reaching ramifications.
Sam Kerr verdict: what it means for law in the UK and the star athlete’s soccer career
theconversation.com

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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · Feb 10
An open letter on academic freedom, in solidarity with Randa Abdel-Fattah.
Open letter on academic freedom, in solidarity with Randa Abdel-Fattah - Overland literary journal
We, the undersigned, write to express our condemnation of the decision by the Education Minister Jason Clare to request the Australian Research Council (ARC) to investigate the Future Fellowship of Ma...
overland.org.au

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Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · Feb 9
BREAKING: Liberal party to only fund pro-genocide artists. A new box will be added to grant forms—tick “I love apartheid” or you will not be allowed to make art!

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · Feb 5
harsher penalty deterrnce is the most disproven political claim in crime policy. Here is the 2025 Productivity Commission report detailing over $25 billion spent on maintaining a carceral state that does not stop violence.

www.pc.gov.au/ongoing/repo...
C Justice - Report on Government Services 2025
Part C includes performance reporting for Police services, Courts and Corrective services.
www.pc.gov.au

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Emma @emmrus.bsky.social · Feb 4
"How can we trust the Victorian Government to deliver a genuine Treaty when it insists on keeping it’s foot on the neck of Aboriginal communities through tough law and order approaches?” - Nerita Waight, CEO of Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service

www.vals.org.au/granting-bai...
Granting bail saves lives: Premier’s review shows blatant disregard for Aboriginal communities
Premier Allan’s announcement of a premature review into Victoria’s bail law reforms is proof that her Government cares more about polling numbers than keeping our communities safe.  Only 10 months ...
www.vals.org.au

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · Feb 4
Opinion | "My Asian, African and Aboriginal ABC colleagues are now on notice: complain about something to do with your race and it’s not beyond the realm of possibility the ABC will ask you to prove you have a race in the first place." @janfran.bsky.social

Read it: www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/04/a...
On the right-hand half of the image, a photo of Jan Fran wearing a black and white pattern dress and red lipstick, standing in front of a blue-grey background. On the left hand side, in bold lettering, a quote by Fran, which reads: "Accord to the ABC, I'm raceless. Or white. Thank goodness!"

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Clare Southerton @claresoutherton.bsky.social · Jan 28
This is clearly hateful and completely counter to the evidence showing the importance and safety of these treatments for trans kids. Absolutely appalling and dangerous ban #auspol
Queensland government halts hormone treatment for new trans patients under 18
Health Minister Tim Nicholls unveiled the pause on Tuesday as he also announced a review into the evidence for stage one and two hormone therapies for children with gender dysphoria.
www.abc.net.au

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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · Jan 28
My article in @theguardian.com about how Peter Dutton uses the Jewish community as political footballs to spread bigotry, which makes us all less safe.

Murdoch, you can’t stop me from calling out Dutton and the LNP for fueling racism!

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When Peter Dutton and the Coalition use the Jewish community as political footballs it makes all of us less safe | Sarah Schwartz
They have created an imaginary caricature of Jewish people to push their political agenda
www.theguardian.com

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Australian Human Rights Institute @austhumanrights.bsky.social · Jan 28
"Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?" Institute Associate @blatmannaama.bsky.social co-authors a new article for The Conversation: bit.ly/PrisonsAustr...

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Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · Jan 27
The only thing I need to know about Deepsock or whatever it’s called is, does it use as much energy and water as ChatGPT? Does it have the same climate implications? Will it be used to plagiarise and steal from artists and writers?

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Emma @emmrus.bsky.social · Jan 27
Repping for the stellar research team @blatmannaama.bsky.social @drnatosborne.bsky.social @francismarkham.work + Andrew Burridge, speaking on our article in @theconversation.com last week:

theconversation.com/prisons-dont...
Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?
Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.
theconversation.com

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Emma @emmrus.bsky.social · Jan 27
Instead of drinking coffee at my kitchen bench listening to the Triple R Breakfasters, tomorrow I'll be in the studio with them!
Tune in at 7.15am AEDT to hear about the 'prison boom' in Australia and efforts to challenge it.
Screenshot of Triple R Breakfasters upcoming program on 28 January, including Emma Russell on the business of prison expansion in Australia

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Emma @emmrus.bsky.social · Jan 27
Get emailing, folks! @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social and @sarahschwartz.bsky.social do incredible, collaborative work to create the tools we all need to dissect and dismantle racism
jewishcouncilau.bsky.social Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · Jan 26
Help defend our anti-racist works against offensive smear campaigns by the Murdoch Press

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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · Jan 26
We’re not going to back down.

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Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social · Jan 26
Help defend our anti-racist works against offensive smear campaigns by the Murdoch Press

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derridalicious @derridalicious.bsky.social · Jan 25
The attacks on @sarahschwartz.bsky.social are part of an organised, deliberate campaign to silence critics of Israel & smear them as antisemitic. That these attacks often target young women, Palestinian or Jewish, is not a coincidence. Disgusted at Australian “media” for indulging this violence

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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · Jan 23
Statement on my speech at a comedy event pillorying Peter Dutton’s racist, ignorant and monolithic conception of Jewish people

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Vacro @vacro.bsky.social · Jan 23
"Instead of falsely positioning prisons as economic panaceas [that] create safety through punishment...govts need to direct funding towards the infrastructure that strengthens communities and enhances security for all: housing, healthcare, education, healthy environments and sustainable employment."
Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?
Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.
theconversation.com