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@TomHRLC

Campaigns Director at the Human Rights Law Centre - - focusing on . Also volunteers with (He/him/they)

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hrlc.org.au
Joined November 2012
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    19 Sep 2019

    To all the kids leading today’s : THANK YOU & WELL DONE. Know that protests have & will continue to change the course of history. I stand with you in complete admiration & solidarity. You will prevail & the world will be a better place for it

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    10 hours ago

    The promotion of human rights, and the participation and protection of human rights defenders, are essential to peace, security and sustainable and inclusive development. response to 'Call to Action for Human Rights'

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  3. Retweeted
    Feb 24

    Maubere Timor is an ensemble of old school Timor-Leste independence war veterans. They recorded an album of the songs they sang whilst hiding in the hills during the Timor crisis. Its a wonderful project They play this Sat29th at the Spotted Mallard in Melb .

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    Feb 24

    At UN , refers to Australia's firestorms as a metaphor for the risks of intersecting and escalating human rights crises. To find out more on about human rights implications of the fires themselves, check out this piece by

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  5. Retweeted
    Feb 24

    The freedom from discrimination at work is everybody’s business. Religion shouldn’t be a free pass for bigotry and intolerance.

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    Feb 24

    The people who led our foreign policy towards supporting a murderous occupation of East Timor should not be allowed to rewrite history

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    Feb 24

    The 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council has just got started. You can watch online here or follow me for updates with an Australian bent as Australia enters its 3rd year as a member of the Council.

    Starting now: Session 43 of the UN Council is taking place from 24 February to 20 March 2020. Stay tuned with and watch live 📺
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  8. Retweeted
    Feb 23

    Scott Morrison has given amnesty to employers who have stolen superannuation from workers. Meanwhile, he wants to shut down unions for late paperwork. We know whose side Scott Morrison is on and it's not working people.

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  9. Retweeted
    Feb 22

    "It is incredibly troubling that our secret and privileged legal conversations with Julian were recorded and apparently handed to US authorities....[a breach of] one of the most fundamental principles of protecting attorney-client relationships”

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  10. Feb 21

    These jokers are all tip, no iceberg. We need real and urgent action to dramatically lower carbon emissions and we need it now.

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  11. Feb 21

    Have no doubt that we face a that threatens our very existence. But have hope that collectively we have the ability to rise to the challenge of zero emissions & that we can make our economy fairer & our lives better in the process

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  12. Retweeted
    Feb 20

    Protect the right to freedom of expression. Urge the US authorities to drop the charges against Julian Assange that stem solely from his publishing activities with Wikileaks. 📝

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  13. Feb 21

    Would like to see more urgency re target/timeline, but this is encouraging. We can rise to the challenges of climate change and make our economy fairer and our lives better in the process

    More jobs. Lower emissions. Lower power prices. Australia can become a clean energy superpower – harnessing the wind and sun to spark a new manufacturing boom and power generations of jobs. That’s the carbon neutral future that we can seize – together.
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    Feb 20
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    He incinerated his children alive. How can you possibly excuse that by being "driven too far". I cannot think of a more inhuman act than incinerating someone alive. Do you not have any humanity?

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    Feb 20

    After this week's horrific tragedy, Rosie Batty is calling for elected leaders to take responsibility. "The current family law inquiry has the potential to weaken existing safety protections in the system, when it is required to do significantly more."

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  16. Feb 20

    It's true, is fabulously awesome and they'll be talking about why and how we should create an Australian Charter of Human Rights & Freedoms at this Harmony Day event with the Mornington Peninsula Human Rights Group in Victoria

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    Feb 20

    More appalling behaviour from to detriment of human rights globally. Australia should be imposing sanctions on Tatmadaw chief accused of not holding reception w/ him.

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  18. Feb 20

    In Australia children as young as 10 can be sent to jail. What does that say about us as a nation? It's time that all state & territory governments of legal responsibility. Come on & co

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  19. Feb 20

    Clarke is the eighth woman in Australia to be killed by her partner in the past seven weeks.

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    Feb 19

    "Rio Tinto has walked away from the environmental and social disaster it left behind...but the people and the government of Bougainville are determined not to let their actions remain in impunity".New report shows resistance to Rio & BHP's attempts to cut and run.

    BHP and Rio Tinto have a long history of extracting minerals then pulling out, leaving devastation in their wake. A new report by shows how multinationals have profited from destroying ecosystems and people’s livelihoods on vast scales.
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    Feb 19

    "Our client Billy has been locked up for years fighting deportation. He deserves to be set free" 's Chelsea Clark on what the High Court's decision means for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in immigration detention.

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