Emma
@emmrus.bsky.social
This afternoon in Naarm/Melbourne! Snap action rally for Poccum's Law at 4.30pm on Parliament Steps #bailsaveslives
March 18, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This afternoon in Naarm/Melbourne! Snap action rally for Poccum's Law at 4.30pm on Parliament Steps #bailsaveslives
@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-...
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
March 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
@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-...
rightnow.org.au/opinion/why-...
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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...
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...
March 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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...
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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"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:
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
March 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
"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:
Vacro board member @moniquehurley.bsky.social and Andreea Laschz in @overlandjournal.bsky.social:
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Criminalising poverty to 'fight crime', thereby creating a crime people cannot help but commit. Crime machine goes brrr.
This is cruel and nonsensical.
This is cruel and nonsensical.
📢 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
March 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Criminalising poverty to 'fight crime', thereby creating a crime people cannot help but commit. Crime machine goes brrr.
This is cruel and nonsensical.
This is cruel and nonsensical.
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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
February 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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...
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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...
February 20, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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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Chris Minns’ youth bail laws are working. The laws are designed to incarcerate presumptively innocent children.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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
February 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Chris Minns’ youth bail laws are working. The laws are designed to incarcerate presumptively innocent children.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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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?
February 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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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My new article for The Conversation.
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
February 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My new article for The Conversation.
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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
February 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
An open letter on academic freedom, in solidarity with Randa Abdel-Fattah.
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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...
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
February 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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...
www.pc.gov.au/ongoing/repo...
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Great new article by @monish.bsky.social in Critical Criminology:
“… Here I Went Through Deportation – Which was also Torture for Me”: Air-Deportations and Liberal Violence in Great Britain.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
“… Here I Went Through Deportation – Which was also Torture for Me”: Air-Deportations and Liberal Violence in Great Britain.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
“… Here I Went Through Deportation – Which was also Torture for Me”: Air-Deportations and Liberal Violence in Great Britain - Critical Criminology
This article contributes to understanding violence in deportation. Drawing on data from eight months of fieldwork conducted between 2015 and 2017 and interviews with asylum seekers and practitioners, ...
link.springer.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Great new article by @monish.bsky.social in Critical Criminology:
“… Here I Went Through Deportation – Which was also Torture for Me”: Air-Deportations and Liberal Violence in Great Britain.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
“… Here I Went Through Deportation – Which was also Torture for Me”: Air-Deportations and Liberal Violence in Great Britain.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"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...
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
February 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"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...
www.vals.org.au/granting-bai...
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Look ma, I'm finally white.
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...
Read it: www.crikey.com.au/2025/02/04/a...
February 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Look ma, I'm finally white.
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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?
January 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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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A must read from our EO, @sarahschwartz.bsky.social
Murdoch, we won’t let you silence our anti-racism work!
Murdoch, we won’t let you silence our anti-racism work!
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...
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
January 28, 2025 at 5:32 AM
A must read from our EO, @sarahschwartz.bsky.social
Murdoch, we won’t let you silence our anti-racism work!
Murdoch, we won’t let you silence our anti-racism work!
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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
January 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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
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"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...
January 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"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...
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.
Tune in at 7.15am AEDT to hear about the 'prison boom' in Australia and efforts to challenge it.
January 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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.
Tune in at 7.15am AEDT to hear about the 'prison boom' in Australia and efforts to challenge it.
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We’re not going to back down.
January 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
We’re not going to back down.
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
Help defend our anti-racist works against offensive smear campaigns by the Murdoch Press
January 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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