by admin | Dec 18, 2015 | Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Carceral society, Faith, Inequalities, Islamophobia, Media, Migration, Multiculturalism, Racism, Refugees, Writing
December 18th marks the anniversary of the signing of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families by the United Nations in 1990. Lobbying from Filipino and other Asian migrant organisations in 1997,...
by admin | Apr 5, 2015 | Australia, Carceral society, Colonialism, Cultural safety, Indigenous, Inequalities, Nursing, Racism, Writing
The view expressed by Tony Abbott (Prime Minister and the Minister for Indigenous Affairs), that taxpayers shouldn’t be expected to fund the “lifestyle choices” of Aboriginal people living in remote regions in support of Colin Barnett’s (West Australian Premier)...
by admin | Dec 16, 2014 | Australia, Carceral society, Colonialism, Islamophobia, language, Media, Racism, Writing
Last week I visited the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, which was the country of the Pydairrerme band of the Oyster Bay tribe, before being invaded and settled by Europeans. As a a recent arrival in Australia (from New Zealand in 2013), I see it as my responsibility to...
