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A 68-year-old Palestinian woman with ill health has had her temporary visa cancelled on the grounds that she poses a risk to Australia’s national security. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Mental Health Australia chair quits in despair at government inaction theage.com.au/politics/feder… No-one expects mental health equity to occur overnight but it must be a top priority. Not buried/retarded by wider issues in the health system. This is our major health threat.

Despite being a decorated serviceman, my grandfather Stewart Murray was denied the Soldier Settlement Land grant typically afforded soldiers. It was a blunt reminder of how little had changed in his time away.

Khan Younis: More than 300 bodies found in mass grave at Gaza hospital, says Gaza Civil Defense | CNN cnn.com/2024/04/22/mid…

A coroner has found that racism tainted the initial 'inexplicably deficient' police investigation into the deaths of two Aboriginal cousins, Mona Lisa Smith & Jacinta “Cindy” Smith in western NSW more than three decades ago. abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2…

Bringing this one back as a senate inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women wraps in Darwin.

“[Advocates] don't want to keep having roundtable meetings and inquiries about the problem – they already know how to fix it; they just want the resources to do it.” 💜👇

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Reuters' Mohammed Salem has won the 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award for this image of a Palestinian woman, Inas Abu Maamar, cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in Gaza.

'The father and the mother, they couldn't pay their rent. It is a poverty narrative across the country...

They're beautiful, strong, solid people. They're kind... There is no reason for them not to have their children returned.'
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I was a child protection worker for seven yrs-with a 100% Aboriginal caseload in the Goldfields. In that time I didn’t remove one child. I also didn’t leave a child in an abusive situation. That’s because EVERY Aboriginal family came to attention SOLELY due to struggling with…

The report by Qld's bipartisan youth justice committee is out. The committee sensationally collapsed after the independent chair said her position was 'untenable' in the politically charged climate.

Despite the drama, the report appears to have some powerful recs, including:

Siting in the Murdered and Missing First Nations women & children federal inquiry listening to Dr Chay Brown give evidence. She is saying the exact same thing she had been saying for almost a decade: “It is an epidemic.”

America is experiencing the charisma juggernaut that is Liz Truss. They are not ready.

Legal experts are calling for reform of Australia's defamation laws to better protect survivors, journalists, and media publishers producing stories about violence against women, in the wake of Bruce Lehrmann's defeat in the Federal Court.

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My UN statement urging Israel & Iran to de-escalate to protect human rights - and condemning the retaliatory, illegal uses of military force by both countries against each other, in violation of the UN Charter ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

Probably a good time to reflect on how devotedly and brutally mastheads and prominent commentators seek to undermine, discredit and destroy women who allege sexual assault, or report on sexual assault. There's been a lot of bullying masquerading as journalism; it infects.

'Mr Lehrmann behaved disgracefully. He defended the criminal charge on a false basis, lied to
police, and then allowed that lie to go uncorrected before the jury. ' He also allowed Higgins, an assault victim, to be cross-examined on a knowingly false premise.' Justice Lee.

Faraz Tahir, a refugee working as a security guard, was killed during the Bondi Junction mass stabbing.

Guardian Australia has been told it was his first day at the shopping centre. He was 30 💔😔

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Islamophobic & anti-immigrant rhetoric & false accusations. Antisemitic speculation that led to thousands of X posts naming the wrong man. A news outlet actually using that name on air. A first look at the absolute mess following the Bondi Junction attack. theguardian.com/australia-news…