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Note to Gillard: go back to where you came from

by on 22. Jun, 2011 in Africa, Australia, Culture, Ethnicity, Human rights, Local community, Migration, Multiculturalism, My life, Politics, Refugees

For those engaged in Australia’s asylum seeker debate, SBS Television’s 3 part reality series ‘Go back to where you came from‘ has been one of the year’s most anticipated TV events and I for one certainly wasn’t going to miss it.  Even before the series went to air, a good 40,000 people on Facebook indicated [...]

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Using celebrities to promote a cause – damned if you don’t, damned if you do?

by on 06. Jun, 2011 in Australia, Culture, Environment, My life, Politics

My past week has been a very colourful one at work with the launch of our big campaign supporting a price on carbon pollution, particularly with the media furor surrounding Cate Blanchett‘s participation in our television ad: Valiantly led by a number of News Ltd newspapers, the media who were reporting on the launch of [...]

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Vilifying the most vulnerable

by on 28. Apr, 2011 in Ethnicity, Local community, Migration, Multiculturalism, My life, Politics, Refugees

The most disappointing news and news reporting I’ve seen this week is around a beauty pageant in Melbourne turning really ugly. The violence and brawls actually happened at pageant after-parties, involving scores of young men and leaving at least one man unconscious. It’s disappointing not least for the serious injuries sustained by some of the people [...]

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