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The AFR is reporting a deal has been done. Over our dead bodies (literally), and the opposition of the AHRC. #Auspol #NDIS #Disability #HumanRights www.linkedin.com/posts/cat-w-...
Human Rights Commission urges Australian Government to ‘hit pause’ on NDIS reform Bill | Cat W.
In the same HOUR the Australian Human Rights Commission is calling for the Government to halt the NDIS Bill, the AFR is reporting a deal has been done. I’d say over our dead bodies, but that is what...
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NDIS Functional Capacity Query normalness.com/2026/07/30/n...
NDIS Functional Capacity Query - Normal Ness
A quick email I wrote to the Technical Advisory Group after seeing this press release. The TAG secretariat is available at: TAGSecretariat@health.gov.au Good afternoon Technical Advisory Group, I ...
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Feeling all the frustration on this topic today. So many good jobs out there, but so few will hire me because “oooh scary” I need to do a desk job at my desk not their desk.
When I say Labor is all talk and no action, this is exactly what I mean. The Albanese government has just rejected hundreds of recommendations from the United Nations aimed at improving the terrible state of human rights in this country. nit.com.au/30-06-2026/2...
UN recommendations on Indigenous rights largely rejected by Albanese government
The Albanese government has rejected key United Nations recommendations aimed at improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including calls to raise the age of criminal respo...
nit.com.au
Yesterday I mentioned a very exciting, but distressing report that I helped on that is out today. You will be hearing more about it, but here's the first bit of coverage:
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · last mo.Coal and gas giants spending tens of millions on programs in schools and children's sport
Human Rights Concerns Raised After Australia Rejects UN LGBTQIA+ Recommendations www.starobserver.com.au/news/human-r...
Human Rights Concerns Raised After Australia Rejects UN LGBTQIA+ Recommendations
Human rights advocates have expressed disappointment after the Government declined any recommendations relating to LGBTIQ+ Australians
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The heat in Paris this week has been unbearable and inescapable. rick-morton.ghost.io/canic-at-the...
Canic! At the Disco
Each year, on the summer solstice, Paris and most of France becomes what is essentially the world's largest outdoor party for Fête de la Musique. Bistros, restaurants, cafes and sundry businesses sat...
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Did you know Australia sells 80 percent of its coal and gas to other countries for them to burn. Our government then wipes its hands and acts like it’s the other countries problem. Climate change doesn’t listen to borders what’s burnt off in other countries still affects us here.
All of those points still stand. And yeah I have written an posted a lot on all those things Here's a little taster:
Anzac biscuits cost more at the food bank than Aldi. That’s it. That’s the title.
So, I got access to a FOI (freedom of information) request about a grant “Grant agreements and expenditure reports for identified grants with Oz Harvest, SecondBite, Foodbank Australia”…
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Vanessa Smith@normalness.bsky.social · last mo.This obviously wasn’t everything I observed but yeah… all these things (plus the obvious demand to go in person) make food banks inaccessible to me now. Also read stuff @phonakins.com has written on food banks!
Maybe we'll see the answer to that question @richard.wickedproblems.earth c/o 10 Australians who are taking a case against our government to the UN via @earthjustice.org: #hardtruthscase #humanrights #climatecrisis
Hard Truths: The Australian Coal and Gas Exports Case
We are 10 Australians who argue the Australian Government is failing to meet its obligations under international human rights law.
earthjustice.org
Richard Delevan@richard.wickedproblems.earth · last mo.Put another way, is any government legitimate if it fails to even try to get accountability for these wrongful deaths? What else are governments for? What is more basic in the social contract?
#WWDA is deeply concerned that the Senate Committee’s interim report recommends the #NDIS Reform Bill be passed without requiring any real or substantive changes. No one should lose supports under the NDIS, until alternatives are available, fully funded and tested. Read more: buff.ly/vLKDa7r
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#HardTruthsCase #ClimateChange @earthjustice.org @envirojustice.bsky.social @humanrightshrlc.bsky.social #Australia
INTERVIEW: Why these sisters are taking their climate fight to the UN - triple j
Ten Australians have lodged a complaint with the United Nations Human Rights Committee over Australia's coal and gas exports. The group say the government is failing its human rights obligations by c...
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"But the boarding house was found to be financially unviable under the Housing State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP), returning a rental yield of 2.75 per cent." this is why it needs to be PUBLIC housing because housing is a service and a right and doesn't need to turn a profit
Successful appeals pave way for Sydney boarding house to become luxury homes
A rundown boarding house which was once a haven for vulnerable people in inner Sydney is set to be converted into luxury apartments.
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"They are asking the UN Human Rights Committee to declare that it's unlawful for Australia to continue approving + subsidising coal + gas for export without a plan to protect people from dangerous climate change," fyi @luckytran.com #hardtruthscase #humanrights #climatesky #climate
Hard Truths: Meet the 10 Australians
The people bringing this case come from communities across Australia already living with the consequences of climate harm – in their homes, their bodies and on First Nations Country
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Earthjustice@earthjustice.org · last mo.Ten Australians harmed by the climate crisis have filed a human rights case with the United Nations over Australia's coal and gas exports. They are represented by the Human Rights Law Centre, Environmental Justice Australia, and Earthjustice.
Ten Australians harmed by the climate crisis have filed a human rights case with the United Nations over Australia's coal and gas exports. They are represented by the Human Rights Law Centre, Environmental Justice Australia, and Earthjustice.
Australia's coal and gas exports violate our human rights, group says in new UN case
The group says that it is unlawful for Australia to continue approving fossil fuel exports without protecting its citizens.
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Congrats on being featured on @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social: @humanrightshrlc.bsky.social @envirojustice.bsky.social @kelpieunicorns.bsky.social @artistaffame.bsky.social @elfdock.bsky.social and global rep @earthjustice.org 🌎💚 #humanrights #climatelaw #hardtruthscase
Hard Truths: The Australian Coal and Gas Exports Case
We are 10 Australians who argue the Australian Government is failing to meet its obligations under international human rights law.
earthjustice.org
Earthjustice@earthjustice.org · last mo.Ten Australians harmed by the climate crisis have filed a human rights case with the United Nations over Australia's coal and gas exports. They are represented by the Human Rights Law Centre, Environmental Justice Australia, and Earthjustice.
This is the explainer doco about what @artistaffame.bsky.social's been all secret squirrel about! (well more than that but so cool!)
Hard Truths: the Australian coal + gas exports case | Launch
YouTube video by Hard Truths Case
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I don’t ask about accommodations, they are listed as a requirement on my resume. My needs are not a negotiation. They are clear and straightforward needs.
“In this historic case, the claimants want to establish a clear link between human rights and Australia’s fossil fuel exports. They have told the committee that climate harms ... directly threaten the right to life by increasing the risk of serious injury or death.” #HardTruthsCase #Climate
Ten Australians are taking the government to the UN over fossil fuel exports. What is their case?
This historic case could establish a legal link between human rights and fossil fuel exports.
theconversation.com
Nannas know it’s the most vulnerable of us who are already feeling the impacts of the #ClimateCrisis but that doesn’t mean we can’t put up a fight. Best of luck to these people taking a stand for all of us. earthjustice.org/hardtruthscase
Hard Truths: The Australian Coal and Gas Exports Case
We are 10 Australians who argue the Australian Government is failing to meet its obligations under international human rights law.
earthjustice.org
Will this be the heatwave that makes the people in power take the climate emergency seriously? I ask every heatwave and the answer is always no.
More on our #HardTruthsCase. Our claim seeks change, not compensation. We seek accountability for Australia's coal and gas exports and their impacts on our human rights. @artistaffame.bsky.social @envirojustice.bsky.social @humanrightshrlc.bsky.social @earthjustice.org #Auspol #Auslaw #Climate
Hard Truths: the Australian coal + gas exports case | Launch
YouTube video by Hard Truths Case
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Disability advocates welcome extension after 'ridiculous and disrespectful' NDIS inquiry
'Ridiculous and disrespectful' inquiry into NDIS cuts extended
Disability advocates welcome an extension to a Senate inquiry probing a bill paving the way for the biggest-ever cuts to the NDIS.
abc.net.au
⬆️ This is the reality for people living in Brisbane, and why we have the #hardtruthscase going to the United Nations regarding lack of action by the Australian Government on climate pollution. earthjustice.org/hardtruthscase fyi @drnatosborne.bsky.social @qldaah.bsky.social @mattdennien.bsky.social
Hard Truths: The Australian Coal and Gas Exports Case
We are 10 Australians who argue the Australian Government is failing to meet its obligations under international human rights law.
earthjustice.org
"In 2022, during her final year of high school, floodwaters slowly inundated her family’s home during the Brisbane floods. Since then, repeated experiences of flooding, storms, extreme heat + Cyclone Alfred have left her questioning whether Brisbane remains a viable place to build her future."
Hard Truths: Sama Youhana
Living beside the Brisbane River, Sama wakes through the night during storms to check whether floodwaters will rise into her family’s home again.
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