Lead Organiser at United Workers Union WA. Racial and Ethnic Equality Advocate. Thoughts are my own.
Perth, Western Australia
Joined July 2009
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A surplus delivered, but the world's poor once again forgotten.
Our Aid budget is now the least generous its ever been.
This is not who we are as a nation. #AustralianAid #Budget2019
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#BREAKING: @ScottMorrisonMP has secured the leadership of the @LiberalAus Party, prevailing in the party room ballot 45 votes 40.
FULL COVERAGE: @Foxtel channel 103 & skynews.com.au/libspill #auspol #libspill
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We mourn the loss of Kofi Annan, a relentless champion for peace and a passionate ambassador for Sesame Street and the world’s children.
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Watching Aretha Franklin perform at the White House, and on so many other occasions, made time stand still. @BarackObama and I are holding Aretha’s family in our hearts right now. She will forever be our Queen of Soul.
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I'd much rather live in a world reflecting the values, philanthropy, and yes intelligence of LeBron James and Don Lemon's intelligent commitment to truth and journalism than the divisive peevishness, lies, and narrow self-interest displayed by the President of the United States.
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This is apparently what the President of the United States feels the need to share with the world at what should be long past his bedtime? It's a disgrace. It's racist. And it's the product of petty but dangerous hatreds. I repeat this is the PRESIDENT??!?
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Today, along with hundreds of delegates at #ACTUCongress, we are protesting outside the head office of UGL as part of our campaign to demand that #UGLmeetTroy. Here’s an important thread on why this campaign matters:
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Overwork, casualisation, wage theft, low wage growth, and non-enforcement of minimum standards are all signs that the rules governing Australia’s labour market are not working
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More than 11 million children in #Yemen are in acute need of humanitarian assistance.
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Just sent these photos of donated food supplies, smuggled in by local churches, destroyed by military minutes ago. #Manus
Bring them here! @JulieBishopMP #lovemakesaway mix.com.au/news/national/man… – at Perth, Western Australia
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I used to wonder how "good, Bible-believing" churches could have sat out the civil rights movement. In 2017, I understand it perfectly well.
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When jails are the most readily available public housing for the poor, we have a serious problem. – at Perth, Western Australia
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Congratulations Carolyn Smith on being elected by WA Labor members as our Party President.
#WeAreWALabor – at Perth, Western Australia
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Not a single Liberal or National MP voted to protect penalty rates in Parliament just now. What a disgrace.
It's me!!! nitter.gq/bepduarte/status/87506…
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The justices unanimously agreed. On June 12, 1967, proscriptions against interracial marriage were declared unconstitutional. #LovingDay
