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  • Updates

    A Guide to effective activism in Australia in 2017

    January 30, 2017 / No Comments

    Share this post on effective activism around. This list of the things we can do right now came out of a brainstorming session online where people were despairing a bit and I thought creating a post would render it more available to the public. If you have more ideas on effective activism to share or want to critique an idea listed here (I am not an expert on these things), leave a comment and I will add it with credit. Some of these will have different options to cater for the run up to the WA election. Before you read this post, please read this one by Gilbert Caluya on…

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  • Journalism,  Political journalism

    The Safe Schools Rally, Perth, Australia

    March 23, 2016 / No Comments

    The Stand Up for Safe Schools rally was held on Monday 21 March in the Perth CBD. “Do you want me to cover it for you?” I asked a few outlets. “No, you can go but I don’t think we are planning anything on it.” Now for those who are not plugged into Australian politics here is the brief: We have a program called Safe Schools which teaches kids and staff not to bully LGBTQIA identifying students which then decreases the amount of mental health issues and youth suicide in the community. The Federal government is now discussing cutting this program’s funding and scaling it back and making changes to…

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  • Photojournalism

    Equal Love Rally Perth 2012

    August 13, 2012 / 2 Comments

    It’s far sunnier than I expected on a Perth winter weekend morning as I enter Stirling Gardens formerly the Supreme Court Gardens. It’s an innocent bit of greenery in the middle of the city. On Saturday, 11 August 2012, it got taken over. And I was there to protest. And to photograph. Equal Love – it nearly sounds like something left over from the ’70s but this isn’t that old but neither is it exactly new. Across the world several countries have amended laws to allow people with alternative gender identities and sexual orientations, all sorts of civil rights including the right to marry. Eight years ago, the Federal government…

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  • Perth Diary Articles

    10/05/2009 Perth Diary Online Now!

    May 11, 2009 / No Comments

    Marisa Wikramanayake is a freelance writer and editor and pens the Perth Diary column for The Sunday Leader. This week she discusses the protest marches held on the May Day weekend in Fremantle.

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