The wrong way to stand with hands clasped in front of groin

EQUIPping women to stand for election 

In the bright sunshine of the Women’s March in Sydney a very tall woman thrust a leaflet into my hand – Stay very mad and get elected – and reassured me that anyone can stand for election to local, state or federal government. The leaflet was for Ruth McGowan (OAM) and Licia Heath’s EQUIP workshops […]

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Navigating Social Media’s ‘New Normal’

On February 18 2021 we woke up to the stark reality that we don’t own or control our Facebook pages.

Not only had Facebook blocked the pages of corporate news sites and removed links to news articles from all of our Facebook pages, retrospectively (!) – thousands of government, community service and not-for-profit organisations pages became collateral damage in the war between the social media giants and the Australian government over the news media bargaining code bill before the Senate.

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