Reflections of a Welfare Righter
Bill Mitchell OAM writes on the changes, challenges and victories of a welfare righter on the 30-year anniversary of Economic Justice Australia, the peak body for community legal centres.
Tag Archives: advocacy
the police do not intervene
Although Sandra Renew’s poem is a response to the police-led violence of the Bjelke-Petersen era in Queensland, it remains relevant to recent protests in which police seek to silence dissent.
Meet the academic, activist and author Preti Taneja
How her work in advocacy shaped her debut novel; how to combat slippery political rhetoric; and the hazards of the word ‘refugee’.
Friday chat: Amy Lamoin
Right Now Editor Hector Sharp chats to Amy Lamoin, Head of Advocacy for UNICEF Australia.