Ang-HArad. Writer, reviewer, podcaster, book lover. Australian Koolie and rabbit propaganda. Views are my own. She/her.
Apr 15, 2021 • 24 tweets • 7 min read
Aboriginal deaths in custody and plans to slash the NDIS: THREAD
There are lots of great people writing on the #RCIADIC30Years today and leading up to today, but I just want to touch on something I haven't seen much of: incarcerating Aboriginal people with disability. 1/?
In the past few weeks while there have been 5 more Aboriginal deaths in custody, it is pretty clear that the current state of affairs is dire.
However, what people may not realise is the impact of the leaked proposals to change the eligibility criteria of the NDIS 2/?
Apr 13, 2021 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
"Hi Ang!"
Please nobody ever address unsolicited messages to me like this. You don't just get to assign someone a nickname before you've even met them. "Ang" is not and never has been my nickname. 1/
The only nicknames I accept are Hari/Harry and derivatives thereof. I went by Harry up until I was about 21 and moved to Indonesia to study for a year. Like a lot of my friends, and many students I have known who studied in Australia, I wanted a name that seemed more local 2/
