Calling change-makers in Adelaide: We're running free media spokesperson training in Sept/Oct! Interested? Apply before Tue 26 Aug: www.tfaforms.com/4896630

"Our faith is ours as much as it is anyone else's." Aisya Zaharin writing for ABC Religion and Ethics on Islam's historical embrace of gender diversity and how that's erased today www.abc.net.au/religion/mur...

The silence following the murder of Imam Muhsin Hendricks reflects the erasure of queer Muslim history - ABC Religion & Ethics

The response to the murder of Imam Muhsin in South Africa last week sends a chilling message that queer and trans Muslims do not matter, that our suffering is not worthy of recognition, that our death...

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"My economic security shouldn’t be determined by the financial resources of my parents, or in this case, by tragedy." Thomas Walker from @thinkforward.bsky.social on why we need to tax inheritances www.theage.com.au/money/tax/in...

Inheritances are destroying the ‘fair go’. It’s time to tax them

We’re in the middle of the largest intergenerational wealth transfer ever, and it’s beginning to tear at our nation’s social fabric.

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When businesses collapse, Australian workers have a safety net. Migrant workers don’t - they're locked out of the govt scheme that protects workers when employers go bust. Sign the petition for Fair Entitlements Guarantee to cover all workers: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/no...

No worker left behind - Fair entitlements for all workers

Temporary migrant workers are not eligible for the Fair Entitlements Guarantee.    This exclusion creates a two-tier workforce, where migrant workers are left with nothing while others are p...

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There's a class action trial in Melbourne's Supreme Court this week regarding the police use of pepper spray and excessive force against protestors. You can watch the live stream here (under "Brown, Jordan v State of Victoria"). www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au/daily-hearin...

Public live streams of Court hearings

Watch publicly available live streams of upcoming proceedings in cases before the Supreme Court of Victoria.

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We're back with a bang in 2025! Shoutout to all our spokespeople who have been all over the news. Some recent highlights:

We have a number of powerful spokespeople at COP29 in Azerbaijan and at G20 in Brazil this week. Please get in touch if you want to connect.

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