Tonight I attended the 3rd Annual Nelson Mandela Memorial lecture, delivered by Julia Gillard (Australia’s 27th PM, and first female one). Gillard delivered a powerful oration, recounting Mandela’s life story, from childhood through to his Presidency of South Africa....
On gender and race- a piece I wrote, for SBS Life. https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/culture/article/2018/07/12/women-colour-dont-lack-agency-or-capability-we-lack-opportunity
Tonight at the State Theatre, Arts Centre, I watched TAHA, a play based on the life and works of Palestinian poet, Taha Muhammad Ali. This one person play was expertly performed by Amer Hlehel, and directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi- to a rapturous audience. Hlehel narrated...
Tonight at the 2018 NAIDOC Ball, I was honoured to be representing Ambulance Victoria as a Board Director, to present the partnership between our organisation and the Victorian Aboriginal community in Emergency care. I acknowledged the historical and structural racism...
Tonight’s #TheDrum featured: Host, Julia Baird Deborah Snow (SMH), Adam Creighton, Tasneem Chopra and Mara Bun. We discussed the Turnbull Government’s GST overhaul; the future of driverless cars in Australia; whether ‘sexting’ should be included in the school...
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