Rachel Dobrić

Gaza doctor who lost nine children in Israeli airstrike dies from wounds in same attack Hamdi al-Najjar, 40, was critically injured when Israeli forces bombed the family house in Khan Younis

Totally, utterly horrific - and yet world leaders are letting this continue.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Now I'm living on the other side of the Tasman, I'm fascinated by the differences (and similarities). It's election season, and I was shocked to learn 3+ years in jail removes your voting rights in Aus.

Then I remembered it's the same at home, and what's more, National wants to make it worse.

The National Party's announcement to reinstate a total ban on prisoner voting is a shameful step backwards. Denying the right to vote does not strengthen society, it weakens our democracy and breaches Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Voting is not a privilege to be taken away. It is a fundamental human right. Stripping whänau of their right to participate in democracy only deepens the cycles of marginalisation and injustice that our people have been subjected to for generations. This govt is locking people up for what they wear, increasing sentences across the board, and now they are telling those people that they have no right to participate in the system that has incarcerated them. Te Pati Mãori is clear: • We will reinstate the right for all whanau in Corrections facilities to vote. • We reject a justice system that punishes instead of heals. • True justice is about restoration, not exclusion. Once again, National is showing that their vision for Aotearoa is not one of transformation, healing, or fairness, it is one of punishment, control, and division. Te Päti Mãori will continue to fight for a justice system that restores whanau, not destroys them and we will continue to advocate for those who are being left out and left behind. maori

Voting isn’t a privilege, it’s a right. You don’t lose your humanity at the prison gate. This govt wants to silence the voices it locks up, mostly Māori. If they can take voting rights this easily, whose rights are next?

#NZPol

hello!! I know everyone is busy/the news remains bad, but if I may distract for a moment? There's a man named Ander Louis from the Yarra Valley whose sincere passion project is translating War & Peace into Bogan Australian. He's done Books 1 & 2. This is not a spoof. www.amazon.com/dp/108730656...

How come “shrinking government” always involves taking away school lunches and building 3,000 more prisons.

FLA: Stop justifying wage theft and retaliation There is no fair labour with wage theft and retaliation. Write to the Fair Labour Association in solidarity with the Hong Seng and Violet Apparel workers.

One of the first things I worked on @actionaidaustralia.bsky.social was backing women garment workers to call for fair pay and safe conditions. Since the pandemic, 4,500 workers who make clothes for Nike have been trying to claim US$2m in stolen wages - can you help? cleanclothes.org/campaigns/fl...

I'm excited to be speaking alongside some fantastic speakers from ACF and @marketforces.org.au next Wednesday night in this panel on #banks' #fossilfuel financing and #women'srights. I hope you'll join us!

Divesting from climate destruction: How to stop banks funding fossil fuel expansion Join ActionAid, Market Forces and ACF to find out what you can do about Australian banks funding climate destruction.

Join ActionAid Australia's @racheldobric.bsky.social for our #ClimateActionWeekSydney event along with Market Forces and the Australian Conservation Foundation on Wed 12 March.

Looking forward to a great discussion on how we can stop banks funding #fossilfuel expansion!

#CAWSYD25

Leaders in the Pacific are tiring of Australia's lipservice on stopping climate change, while palming off urgent requests to tell us all when the Australian Government will stop approving new coal mines.

Come and work with me! We've got two awesome volunteer roles in my team to work on feminist movement building @actionaidaustralia.bsky.social - apps close 31 Jan

Here’s brunch yesterday - also proof I take all the photos for social media and then… never post them on social media?? 😅

@davidxvx.bsky.social

Tonight: vegan carne asada with Rick Martinez’s arroz rojo

We are devastated to learn that a doctor at Al-Awda Hospital in north Gaza, run by ActionAid’s partner Al-Awda, has been killed by Israeli forces. The staff member was shot on his way to work at the hospital and died from his injuries, despite the efforts of colleagues who tried to save him. 1/4

ANZ, Westpac, NAB/BNZ and Commbank/ASB are fuelling the climate crisis: giving companies like Woodside and Santos the money they need for climate-wrecking expansion in the Global South. There's no room for new fossil fuels. It's time for these banks to tighten up their lending.

The plan has just one policy in the transport space - the Government's target of 10,000 EV chargers.

This policy will reduce annual transport emissions by 0.016%.

Tens of thousands to converge on NZ parliament as march to protest controversial Māori rights bill reaches capital Up to 50,000 expected to take part in the last stage of the nine-day protest which began last week in opposition to the Treaty of Waitangi bill

Toitū Te Tiriti. Sending all of my aroha and solidarity to everyone in Aotearoa - I wish I could be there to add my voice outside Parliament today.

Divisive bills that stomp on our treaty, a treaty that is bigger than all of us, have no place in our country.

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Lots of people gathering around the parliament building

Streets so full for Toitū Te Tiriti. Good energy all round.

Huge crowd of people outside parliament in Aotearoa protesting the Treaty Principles Bill. Many tino rangitiratanga and te Kara flags.

Huge crowd of people outside parliament in Aotearoa protesting the Treaty Principles Bill. Many tino rangitiratanga and te Kara flags.

Huge crowd of people outside parliament in Aotearoa protesting the Treaty Principles Bill. Many tino rangitiratanga and te Kara flags.

I am so fucking proud of the people in Aotearoa who have turned out to say TOITŪ TE TIRITI. We are many.

Stuff is reporting that Parliament grounds are essentially full with still thousands on the hikoi yet to arrive. I am so so proud to be tangata Tiriti & Pākehā today. Te Tiriti gives me a place to stand here in this whenua alongside tangata whenua. Thank you Aotearoa. PHOTO: Megan Jones

Solidarity with Te Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti ✊

Ātaahua! Such a beautiful morning for this hīkoi. 🖤🤍♥️ Where Seymour and his cronies have sought to divide us, tangata whenua and tauiwi are united in showing him what’s what.

#ToitūTeTiriti #AkeAkeAke
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