We understand that
@prayutofficial
Govt and court has ruled to release Hakeem. My thanks go to the wonderful people of Thailand for your support and to Thai Govt for upholding international law. My deepest gratitude. Also to everyone who stood for what’s right 👏
#Hakeemhome
Nine fingers.
If you look hard enough, you can see them.
Behind the glass, hidden, silenced, erased.
They don’t play tennis. They don’t have fans, podcasts, sponsors or titles. But they’re human.
Invisible, hope slips away again.
Nine fingers. For nine years.
Let them go.
Many wonderful people stepped forward to help Hakeem. They all deserve to be in front of camera now, not only me. I can’t list them, but will thank each of them in time. My thoughts are with Hakeem’s wife. Her nightmare will shortly be at an end. Our prayers answered
#Hakeemhome
Finally, after 9 years the lie is unmasked & the doors open.
A colossal waste of time, money & innocent life.
My apologies to everyone we’ve harmed.
There’s a long journey to ensure it never happens again.
But for now, the Game is Over.
#GameOver
This child is almost 4. Almost her entire life has been behind wire. It’s a level of cruelty so bewildering, but it’s happening in contemporary Australia, at obscene taxpayer expense. When will enough of us decide that torturing kids is not part of this country? My 💜 Tharnicaa
BREAKING: Tharnicaa (nearly 4 years old) is being medically evacuated to Perth for treatment of a suspected blood infection. She was hospitalised yesterday on CI after suffering a high fever, vomiting/diarrhoea & dizziness for 10 days. Pls keep our little cockatoo in your hearts.
Freedom to infect others?
Freedom to cause fellow Australians to die?
Freedom to put at risk and overload frontline and medical professionals?
Freedom to affect/infect other States to ensure millions more Australians must lockdown?
Disgusting.
Muslim communities of Aust & NZ please know the vile haters do not represent our country., we condemn all hate speech, organisations, division, racial and religious bigots, supremacists. Tens of millions of us stand with you tonight, and every day. We are devastated for your loss
Don’t be too down Australia.
The dream is not over. It’s only just begun.
Congratulations
@Lionesses
To
@TheMatildas
You’ve made history & captivated an entire nation.
You’ve set Australia &
@AlboMP
the task of winning World Cups & changed the country.
We love you 💚💛
Sadly, I understand the amazing Ellie Carpenter continues to receive disgusting abuse and threats online following the
#FIFAWWC
Semi Final.
Keep up the phenomenal work, Ellie, you're a hero to us all..
Go
@matildas
💚💛
#FIFAWWC
#Matildas
Takes guts for a keeper to take a penalty, let alone the final kick, taking personal responsibility on both sides of the equation..
Then to miss, have one retaken, stay focused, and keep pulling out incredible saves?
Hero.
Mackenzie Arnold.
#FIFAWWC
I’ve so enjoyed seeing Grace Tame become one of Australia’s most influential voices.
She’s gained this trust because we value people who can so obviously profit by acquiescence, as AOTY, yet maintain independence & a fierce commitment to justice.
You’re brilliant,
@TamePunk
👏
Most important thing now is Hakeem’s immediate wellbeing. Sure Embassy staff will take care of him, there’ll be tears there tonight, as there are in our household right now. Going to take some moments to thank as many of the incredible people involved as possible ✊
#SaveHakeem
Flying to Melb to see everyone close to Hakeem, welcome him tomorrow. This is significant win for humanity, people everywhere standing up for good, pushing back against regimes who flout international law, for human rights. Gives us hope to help others, everywhere
#Hakeemhome
I stand with First Nations people today, that marks the moment their sovereignty was denied, their humanity discounted & their culture desecrated. Changing our celebratory date is just one small part of building a stronger nation on foundations of truth, equality & unity.
2021 - The Year of Inspiring, Strong, Brilliant Australian Women
Here’s to you 🍷 for making the year so memorable, wonderful, hopeful, transformative..
HNY 💜
To your power and to systemic change in 2022 💪
@TamePunk
@BrittHiggins_
@sammostyn
@Lisa_Wilkinson
👇
Australia’s waking up today to recognition we’ve allowed Muslim Australia, our own brothers & sisters to be demonised, marginalised. Has to stop. My thanks to all demanding a new national conversation re Muslim Australia, refugees, multiculturalism, racism. God knows, we need it.
Everyone extremely drained, only one with energy tonight is Hakeem! He’s so happy to be home, wants to thank everyone, says he has to help Australia now. You’re my little brother I told him, you have my protection & help whenever you need. Tonight, all will sleep well
#ThanksAll
8yrs ago, NZ offered to resettle 150 refugees per year that Australia refused to help
@sonnybillwilliams
& I are calling on
@scottmorrisonmp
to accept the offer
These empty chairs symbolise lost lives, dreams, hope in the interim at a cost of $10 billion + our humanity
207 new Citizens today from 44 countries at Fed Sq inc one very proud new Aussie who, after Australia demonstrated our values in fighting for his freedom, is deeply motivated to contribute to his new country. We’re proud of you Hakeem, and delighted to welcome you onboard 👏
A message for
@ScottMorrisonMP
from inside the cage.
Let’s stop locking innocent people up.
9 years caged is torture.
We’d be screaming if it was us, our family, kids, friends, so how can we possibly do it to others?
There’s no justification.
Let them go.
#GameOver
Proudly and very hopefully voting Yes this morning.
Fingers crossed for Aussies to take an important step forward in First Nations rights, recognition and improved life outcomes.
Whatever happens today, the journey does not end, but simply continues in a different form.
‘We’re just human at the end of the day..’
Well said brother.
👏👏👏
@pbol800
Seeing you run your ❤️ out in green and gold gives great hope for the Australia we know we can be.
#Tokyo2020
The
@ausoftheyear
role is to speak truth to power
One of the most important democratic rights we have
Grace is strong, unafraid & clearly not influenced by the benefits that accrue from supporting the status quo
She’s a changemaker, we need more like her
Leave. Her. Alone.
Majid Kazemi's family, inc in Australia, don't know when the execution will incur.
This is Majid's phone call to his parents, from solitary confinement, detailing forced confession, torture.
Stop the executions in Iran.
#WomanLifeFreedom
#MajidKazemi
#StopExecutionsInIran
The world will soon move on from the
@AustralianOpen
& 33 innocent refugees will watch the spotlight move away, from inside their airless prisons in the Park Hotel.
More Australians and much of the world now knows they’re there. But for how much longer?
Let them go.
What this case proves beyond reasonable doubt, is that we are yet to create a country that is safe for women, where they can speak out, where they are equal.
Much ❤️ to Brittany and Lisa.
Immense courage to speak out and fight against the onslaught.
Congrats Sweden, too good tonight.
And
@TheMatildas
for Australia’s greatest ever World Cup result 👏
What a ride it’s been..
One of the most beautiful months of our lives & transformative times for our country.
Let’s do it again.
And again.
💚💛
#FIFAWWC
#Matildas
Thankyou for your kind words & recognition of Lucy’s work. My count: 27 shows in last 6 days, superbly researched, thorough in every instance. Be surprised if that’s ever happened in broadcasting. Maintaining excellence through sheer will. We are all immensely proud
#sbsworldcup
Dear Scott & Bill, we've strayed from our values. Letter to
@ScottMorrisonMP
@billshortenmp
calling for Australia’s treatment of refugees to abide by international obligations we demanded of others. We saved Hakeem now let’s save ourselves
When millions of Aussies can’t feed their families, favouring high income earners is obscene.
The cuts were always unfair, biased towards the highest earners.
I am one.
It’s not the politics of envy, but of fairness.
That’s supposed to be who we are.
The moment a person walks free after 8 yrs
Thankyou to all for raising your voices
And to whomever signed the form
8 years too long, and 500 remaining here and offshore who deserve nothing less. Please sign theirs
They’re innocent. Let them go
#GameOver
A reminder that there are still people on Nauru who’ve been there for 10 years.
Away from their families.
It’s inconceivable that Australia could treat anyone in this way.
This is Kaium who has asked for his photo to be shared.
We must get everyone off Nauru immediately.
With racism a rising social scourge in Australia, on online platforms & athletes subject to vile abuse after
#Euro2020Final
+ here in Australia, to see this from a major network in Australia is beyond disgusting. Reprehensible. There needs to be a public apology
@7NewsAustralia
Sorry, world.
We’re an utter mess over here.
This week has been awful to watch for most Aussies.
Sorry to
@GretaThunberg
& kids of the world, inc our own.
To
@EmmanuelMacron
& our French friends.
To every country suffering climate change impacts.
Deepest apologies
@COP26
BREAKING NEWS: 190 countries and organisations have signed onto the ‘Global Coal to Clean Power Transition Statement’ commits signatories to both phase out coal power and end support for new coal power stations. Australia did not sign on.
#COP26
Thankyou to the
@ourANU
University for the invitation to deliver todays ‘Australia and the World’ lecture at
@PressClubAust
We have much work to do on many levels including human rights, refugee torture and climate.
Speech is here.
The Afghan Women’s National Football Team, safely in quarantine on Australian soil, wanted to send a heartfelt message of thanks to the Aust Government & people, all who helped them escape Kabul.
And some beautiful images of love & a shared future.
Welcome to your new home 💜
A reminder to all Aussies to please give a huge lift to
@CarpenterEllie
tonight.
Raise the stadium roof when she enters.
On social, support her & stand against bullying & the trolling of women.
Go
@matildas
Tonight celebrates a legacy of change 🇦🇺
#FIFAWWC
#Matildas
Accept the
#NZ
offer
@ScottMorrisonMP
and let hundreds of refugees get to safety. 8 years is too long. The solution has been available for 7 years, take it. And end the suffering for people offshore and on
@SonnyBWilliams
#GameOver
I can only stand and clap at the phenomenal quality we’ve seen in this
@FIFAWWC
It’s been stunning, brilliant, incredible.
Congrats
@SEFutbol
Commiserations
@Lionesses
An epic Final befitting a record-breaking tournament.
Women’s time is now.
Go get it.
#FIFAWWC
While delighted Hakeem is free and will be with his wife today, we are just warming up because this was a fight for the soul of sport and, whilst a blow has been struck, a great battle lies ahead. Thankyou to everyone. An incredibly uplifting win for the human spirit
#HakeemSaved
Please listen to refugee Mohammed Joy in the Park Hotel, Melbourne, speaking to protesters today.
When the Djokovic saga ends tomorrow, one way or another, the spotlight will move on.
And they’ll still be inside those rooms, crying out for help.
It’s disgusting.
#GameOver
No human beings should be caged.
Yet innocent refugees in the Park Hotel, Melbourne have been caged for almost 9 years offshore and on Australian soil.
We have to end it.
Let them go.
#ParkHotel
#GameOver
@abcnews
Women in sport are daily subject to an extreme power differential, objectification, harassment, sexual abuse and an absence of agency and power.
This is horrific.
He should be stood down immediately by
@FIFAcom
and the Spanish FA.
#FIFAWWC
I am fasting from sunrise to sunset to share Ramadan with our 🇦🇺 Muslim community & each night will break fast with a Muslim friend to share a meal in solidarity, understanding & empathy with each other
#RamadanMubarak
Ahmet Polat, Affinity Intercultural Foundation 💜👊🙏
‘As Australians embrace
@TheMatildas
..it could be that they’re supporting something even more significant..’
The right to be seen, heard, represented, believed, protected, supported, invested in, elevated.
Equality.
#FIFAWWC
Go
#Matildas
💚💛
You’ve gotta see this.
In full.
Football is football. Sport is sport.
End of story.
Get into sport played by women, and the phenomenal athletes in the
@FIFAWWC
Copyright
@orangefrance
Extraordinary night.
Well done
@TheMatildas
Stared the pressure down 👏
Right decisions by Gustavsson.
Go
@Lionesses
Thankyou Ireland 👏
Well done Aussie crowd ❤️
The dream is well and truly alive 💪
#FIFAWWC
#Matildas
Stop the executions of innocent Iranians protesting for basic freedoms & women's rights.
A former footballer is among those being executed.
'Nasr-Azadani’s family have been repeatedly "threatened" by the Islamic Republic’s security forces’
#MahsaAmini
‘“I still want to see a more positive, optimistic view of Australia’s history,” Tudge told Sky News.’
Here’s an idea.
How about we just tell the truth.
The Murugappan family will be able to return to the Queensland town of Biloela, after Labor promised to grant them a permanent visa on winning government.
Read more here:
#auspol
#labor
#biloela
Grace Tame.
Australian of the Century.
Strong. Anchored in principle. Unafraid.
If we were all
#GraceTame
, this country would be a very different place.
‘a..statement that reeks of abuse of power and a blatant disregard of the people.’
@tamepunk
Merry Xmas all.
@AzimiMoz
first Xmas as a free man in 9 yrs. That’s disgusting to contemplate as an Australian.
All of his refugee friends deserve to be free. There are still many locked up in Australia and PNG.
Think about that over the festive season, please.
#GameOver
Australia’s abstention from the United Nations vote on the protection of civilians and upholding international legal and humanitarian obligations in the Israel/Palestine conflict is deplorable and deeply sad.
That should be a given.
9 years imprisonment.
The same men who were on Manus/Nauru when
@ScottMorrisonMP
was Immigration Minister in 2013.
He’s fully aware of their status & length of detention.
Is 9 years imprisonment not horrific in any event?
There’s no escaping the horror.
Let them out.
Boarding flight to Zurich. Requested meeting FIFA House Monday. Irrespective, I’ll be there 2pm Monday to deliver petitions, brief international media about failure of football to sufficiently intervene in Hakeem al-Araibi’s case. Politics will cost a player’s life
#SaveHakeem
The gulf between the 79 brave female players refusing to accept the misogyny & non-consensual contact & the spineless, mostly males clapping Rubiales’ refusal to resign, is cavernous.
That includes
@UEFA
as Rubiales is VP.
There can be no gender equality without basic safety.
Who choose to be a refugee,
@ScottMorrisonMP
?
Who would like to stay away from his love ❤️ for 9 years?
Who would like to be stuck in indefinite detention without committing a single crime?
Please let us free!?
Compassion is not weakness?
#GameOver
#RefugeesWelcome
‘Mr
@DjokerNole
We wish you well & are pleased you are free after 4 days although we are imprisoned more than 3,000.
Please tell the world about us.
And Aust and international media, keep asking questions, it is our only hope.’
Mohammed Joy
Refugee
9 yrs detained.
#Djokovic
Sadly, there are moves to take mobile phones away from innocent refugees in Aust detention, who’ve wasted away for more than 7yrs. Many are my friends. Their phone, like yours or mine, is their lifeline to support, legal counsel, the outside world. It’s not right
#NoPhoneNoLife
Extremely disturbing.
Naked hate, pure racism growing in scale and visibility.
Deeply concerning to see this in Australia.
Not just Victoria
@DanielAndrewsMP
but the whole country needs a National response
@AlboMP
Hate and racism kills.
Australians are being asked to swear allegiance to their King.
It’s ludicrous. We are not servants or subjects.
A Head of State should pledge their loyalty us, not the other way round.
We need an anti-pledge.
Feel free to write one & I’ll share.
Whatever the outcome, the
#Djokovic
saga has inadvertently exposed our abhorrent treatment of innocent refugees in the Park Hotel.
9 years of suffering.
Here’s a brief outline & suggested letters to
@ScottMorrisonMP
& local MP’s.
Let them out.
As
@AzimiMoz
says, Freedom is Beautiful.
Freedom to take his first Aussie Xmas Roadtrip up the NSW Nth Coast to my hometown of Lismore.
A freedom we want for every refugee.
Let them all go.
Don’t cage humans.
Australia should, & can be so much better.
#FreedomIsBeautiful
My thoughts on the shameful, relentless racial vilification of leading First Nations journalist, Stan Grant and his subsequent resignation from Q&A.
It only strengthens the need for change.
My deepest thanks to
@SBS
Chairpersons, Directors, management, our very close family of colleagues, our passionate football community & viewers for the privilege of 18 years
The time is right for other challenges but I’ll never be far away 💜
All MP’s who’ll vote on taking mobiles from innocent refugees in detention should check your own phone first, if not your conscience
How many Zoom’s? Photos of family? Past memories? How much is keeping in touch worth to you?
Are they not people as well?
#NoPhonesNoLife
No.
‘Blackmail’ would be much closer to a superstar athlete using their leverage to pressure Govt & organisers to disregard vital public health measures, and undermine the sport’s responsibility to spectators, staff & other athletes.
Yes, that would be much closer.
Leading up to the May 2023 coronation of King Charles, Australia needs to reconcile:
• the irrelevance of the monarchy to Australian life
• the incompatibility of hereditary entitlement to contemporary Australian values, &
• our wish to walk with First Nations
@AusRepublic
The fallout of Meghan and Harry's Netflix documentary is deepening, with some now calling the couple traitors after they accused the Palace of leaking information about them. The whole mess is only adding to calls for Australia to cut its ties with the Monarchy |
@ursulaheger
The most watched TV event in 𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘.
THAT'S 42% OF THE COUNTRY WATCHING THE MATILDAS ON CHANNEL 7 ALONE 🤯🇦🇺
That's before you consider figures from Optus Sport and the people watching at live sites around the country.
The Matildas' World Cup…
‘All of Australia loves
@pbol800
’
Yes, we do.
But his family didn’t just ‘flee war’
@7olympics
They were ‘asylum seekers’ then refugees.
From Sudan 👉Egypt.
By boat.
Peter’s entire life is about courage.
One day, our politicians might show some of their own.
#Tokyo2020
“There are refugees in that same hotel who have been detained for more than nine years, and taxpayers fork out millions of dollars to keep them in limbo. How is that acceptable?”
It’s not, nor can it ever be.
Let them go.
Sam Kerr’s case has created immensely important conversations and exposed gaps in Australia’s knowledge, including mine.
I am not at all surprised to have got this wrong, apologise to Sam for reaching the wrong conclusion and am very pleased to be able to improve my advocacy.
Catching up on the disgusting news from last night.
My apologies to Indigenous Australia. I condemn the horrific display of racist hate & stand with our Jewish & other affected communities.
All involved need to be held accountable including the club.
There’s no going back, thankfully.
A line has been crossed.
By refusing to be cowed by the system, you have all shown the next generation the power they possess.
It’s made my year, truly.
2021, Year of Australian Women claiming their power. It only gets better from here 💜👏
Taking off. My love and deepest thanks to everyone, kisses to my wife and 3 kids who I miss and feel their absence even more keenly knowing that Hakeem cannot see his wife. See you all in Oz tomorrow & thanks so much for all you’ve done. You’re amazing, all of you ✊
#SaveHakeem
Confronting the mammoth challenge of misinformation is one of the residual issues of the recent referendum.
Democracy requires an informed citizenry.
A misinformed populace, however, digesting misinformation, has dangerous consequences.
The Aussies have done it!
Congratulations
@TheMatildas
👏
The last 8 of the
#FIFAWWC
A very well managed game by Gustavsson with lessons learnt from the first 2 matches.
Playing to strengths.
Foord and Fowler are legends & Sam is back!
The dream is alive!
#Matildas
$10,000 per day, per person, for 115 people left on Nauru
One and a half billion wasted
NZ offered to resettle them 7 years ago
Both the ongoing & residual pain caused to thousands, and the expense, are an obscenity
It should all be over
#GameOver
Instead of spending another $420 million taxpayer dollars on Nauru, everyone should be evacuated immediately & given medical treatment.
And Nauru should be closed as a processing centre.
A cry for help from Nauru. His name is Tamim, he’s lost 10 years, and he asked to be heard.
Well done to the 79 players standing in solidarity.
Rubiales must go
@rfef
‘The joint statement said the World Cup champions would not return to play for the national team as long as the leadership remained in place.’
#FIFAWWC
My pleasure to meet some of our beautiful, newly arrived Afghan families in Syd today.
How we all got here is immaterial, we’re all equal, have a right to safety, freedom from persecution, to dream.
Let’s resettle more.
20,000, to be exact.
#ActionForAfghanistan
Welcome all.
You are aware
@KensingtonRoyal
that
@TheMatildas
were also playing for 3rd, right?
And that we’re one of the ‘realms’ asked to ‘cry out our allegiance’ to your old man, his heirs & successors ie you?
🤦♂️
Not much allegiance in return, clearly.
#FIFAWWC
@ausrepublic
Hey
@DjokerNole
I disagree with your view on vaccines, mate & no apologies for Aust having a vaccine mandate to play, but you’re experiencing how we treat asylum seekers & refugees
You’ve a chance to do something positive, to shine a light on how we treat innocent people (1/4)
Novak Djokovic is being "treated like a prisoner" by Australian authorities, his mother, Dijana Djokovic, told reporters during a press conference in Belgrade on Thursday.
The Melbourne Rebels are thrilled to continue the commercial momentum the Club is building ahead of the 2019 season by officially announcing a new partnership with
@ThaiAirways
.
A thought from all of us to Hakeem’s wife this morning. Heard from her last night, no words do justice to the despair. Two souls are tortured and we’re their only hope. Stay strong for her, and him. Keep the faith. Believe in goodness. We’ll prevail
#SaveHakeem
Any regime that tortures & murders its own citizens has no legitimacy.
A message of support for today’s
#WomenLifeFreedom
rally in Hyde Park, Sydney.
Women's rights are human rights.
Thinking of Mohsen Shekari and others facing death for peaceful protest 💜
#MahsaAmini