Graeme Innes
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Chancellor CQUni; Company Director; human rights activist; love family, sailing and cricket
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Friends of trans people hold them close tonight and for the next five weeks. They should not have to go through this. I am just speechless, and crying with rage and sadness.
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I've ducked and dived, isolated, vaxed to the max, but it's finally got me. Tested positive this morning. Resting up and hoping for a mild dose. Stay vigilant people, 50 Australians a day are still dying from this.
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My younger brother died last night after nine years of bone cancer. Loving husband, devoted dad and granddad, hard worker with a strong community focus. Vale Brian, you will always live in my heart.
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I am ready to go to court if necessary. This is not the worst discrim that occurs, and is not about me, it's for all disabled people just wanting to live our lives. I'm angry as hell, and not going to take any more.
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I used to love Twitter. It gave me the chance to publicise the human rights issues I care about. But I cannot tolerate the misinformation and incitement to violence allowed during the Voice referendum. My account will close on Friday. Twitter you are now my Ex.
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Slowly returning from my Covid fog, although still quite tired and weak. I was helped by four vaccines. My post Covid advice: Get all the vaxing you can, wear a mask, stay away from groups in enclosed spaces. Don't catch, don't spread, it's a bad bastard.
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Ok tweeps settle back for a long thread. The airline industry, including airports, have thumbed their noses at the Disability Discrimination Act and the Transport Standards for 20 years. I've had enough, and my inner lose unit is out of the box.
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I am publishing this on Twitter because it is now in the public domain, so it will, be much harder and less relevant to settle through a confidentiality clause in an agreement. I want this in the public arena.
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Today is
#idpwd
. Don't celebrate for us. Just vax us, put us on screens, employ us, give us equal health outcomes, fix our NDIS, educate us in regular schools, and stop imprisoning us. Once this list ticked we'll celebrate with you. Get on it Champs.
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Tweet:
@TalkDisability_
National Disability Insurance Scheme Minister
@billshortenmp
has introduced a new independent body led by me to review thousands of outstanding plan appeals in the hopes it will reduce the backlog of cases clogging the system.
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In fact, if airlines have lost or broken our wheelchairs, let's just sit on the bloody plane til they find or fix it! Let's all be Loose Units!
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End of thread. The Loose unit is out of the bottle, and it's not going back until organisations, through their actions, and change in attitude, treat us equally in our own community.
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Working with
@billshortenmp
and others today to improve employment prospects for people with disabilities.
Thanks
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I also want $5000 compensation to a charity of my choice. Apologies made are meaningless plattitudes - I want real change. I am happy to try conciliation, but will not settle for less.
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I have entered this weird universe where, according to PCR tests yesterday, I am negative and my wife is positive. I can't leave her by herself - she is sick. Of course I will mask. Wish me luck.
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We can't learn how to succeed in society if we are segregated at school. Inclusive education is a must! Let's work together to include kids with disabilities in regular schools.
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I am very excited about taking on this role
CQU has appointed trailblazing human rights leader Mr Graeme Innes AM as its fourth Chancellor. Mr Innes will be officially installed as Chancellor on 6 December 2022. READ MORE:
#HigherEducation
#Accessibility
#Inclusion
#CQUniversity
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Let's not make nice. Let's lodge discrim complaints, let's tell our peak advocacy bodies, let's say these things in the review of the transport Standards. Our right to equal freedom of movement is fundamental.
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Against my better judgement tried to book a
@Jetstar
flight today so could travel with my wife. My travel agent was told that, though there are free seats, there are none for service animals. So we can add service animal apartheid to wheelchair apartheid.
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IT's MY Birthday, and I celebrate the opportunity of another year to be part of enjoying our world and making it better.
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I explained I would sit the dog, be scanned, call her through. She would trigger, I would not, she gets pat down. She loves, I do not. Again refused. I tried once more, and G said guard had turned his back on me. How insulting and disempowering to someone who cannot see.
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Ms Ros Croucher, President Australian Human Rights Commission I wish to lodge a complaint under the DDA and the Disability Transport Standards. It is lodged against the Federal Dept of Transport, Virgin Airlines, Adelaide Airport and the company which provides security clearance
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Inaccessible in-flight entertainment systems! No captions or audio description on movies! No onboard wheelchairs so peeps can go to the toilet.
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I could not find a hairdresser with long enough arms to keep their distance. So my wife and I got out the clippers and we did it ourselves. What is your verdict, a Twitter.
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Geoff is right - I want policy change, and more respect and flexibility for people just trying to comply with the Security process the way everyone else does. I do not want separate system. Want this one to treat us equally.
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Just voted in Marriage Equality Survey with phone voting option for blind people. Vote now if you have not already. YES of course.
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We put bags and metal on the belt, and walked to the scanner. Male security guard said aggressively you can't come through this lane with the dog. I explained that at GC airport where I live there are only body scanners, and I do it every time I travel - regularly. He refused
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Happy White Cane day, the day I celebrate my independence and contribution to the community as a person who is blind.
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But my favourite! Building portable ramps rather than stairs at airports with no aerobridge which are so steep and not load bearing to take wheelchair users. IT's AN f...ing RAMP FOR GODSAKE!
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QANDA achieves peak irrelevance. Next Mon programme on NDIS and no-one on panel with a disability.
#fail
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Andrew then said only dog to be patted down and we got through. I felt incredibly stressed, humiliated and overwhelmed. G walked to Virgin lounge where staff saw my distress and treated me very well.
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There are stacks of ways airlines do not include us! I'll list a few. Making us board first and get off last. Sure if you want to, but that should be our choice.
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First meeting of Oversight Committee to reduce NDIS cases in the AAT. Currently around 4000. Big but very important job to reduce those numbers substantially.
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G was appalled at my treatment. We decided to give in, and go to the other lane. This made me feel worse, as I knew what was happening to me was discriminatory and unacceptable.
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This has happened to me many times before, including being physically pushed backwards in Darwin, and I was completely triggered. I felt more sick in the stomach than I usually do when I go to airports, and my heart rate increased significantly. I was sweating.
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Tomorrow is World Braille Day, where I get to celebrate the script which has allowed me to live, work and play for all of my life. I'll be chatting about it, and other issues in the news, on ABCNews Breakfast television at 7 30 AM tomorrow EDST
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Today it's my birthday,
And I have a simply wish
For equality, for kindness
And ok, perhaps my favourite dish.
(photo of a sparklet on top of a chocolate cake with shaved chocolate on the outside)
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So few meet and assist staff that we have inordinately long waits, and are treated as second class citizens. Only two wheelchair users on aan aircraft. Many Many more.
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services at that airport. On 13 May 2022 I sought to clear security around 4 PM to catch my Virgin flight to where I live near Gold Coast Airport. My colleague G was with me and observed what took place.
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Don't stay on Twitter - be an Ex.
I cannot tolerate the misinformation and incitement to violence allowed during the Voice referendum. My account will close today
I'm on Facebook
@graemeinnesAM
, Linkedin
@graemeinnes
, Mastodon
@graemeinnes
@mastodon
.social Please follow me there
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The guard said I had to be patted down, even though I had not triggered scanner. G, who could see, waved over the supervisor called Andrew who asked the guard if I had triggered. Guard said no. If G had not been there I think guards answer would be different.
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I forgot to say that when I told first guard that I used body scanners like this all over the country he just said Not In Adelaide!
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No, it is definitely not.
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There were few people in line, but at least ten rows of switchbacks, which my guide dog finds tricky, so we chose the premium lane. We offered those in the line already to go first, but they told us to go ahead. This lane was the only one with a body scanner not an it-ray.
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I sat my dog before the x-ray and went through it without setting it off. The whole time the guard, or a different one, was saying I could not come through that way. I called the dog through and she triggered the scanner.
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@Peter_Fitz
@AusRepublic
What's wrong with Woke. It just means being alive to current affairs and caring about people. I'm proud to be Woke. Good t-shirt slogan. 😀
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About to be invested as Chancelor of
@CQU
Very excited Many photos, particularly in funny hats, to follow 😀
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Vale John Moxon who passed away last night. A powerful advocate in the disability space, a balanced provider of advice and a lovely bloke. My sympathies to Margaret and his family.
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My daughter and her partner announced their engagement this morning. This is now officially the best Christmas ever.
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How can we continue to treat people with disabilities in this way. This is shameful.
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I hope you are having a great and relaxing weekend 😁 My guide dog certainly is.
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So, Tweeps, now that we are in Locky D having completed a covid compliant walk, can one have a shower and get back into the PJ's for the rest of the day? Asking for a friend!
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Happy Wednesday to all!
A quick question;
What is your favourite quote to live by? Care to share.
Mine is Live Your Values.
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Travelling to Melbourne to spend Christmas with our daughter and her partner. I'm more excited than a barrel of monkeys. I miss her so much.
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Did you know that for every $1 spent on the NDIS, local communities benefit $2.25? Plus there's is, of course, the impact on people's lives and all the jobs created too. The NDIS is quite the social and economic reform!
#DefendOurNDIS
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Flying to Perth tonight. On Sunday we begin our covid-deferred cruise heading north to Geraldton, Bali, Singapore, Vietnam and Hong Kong. Really looking forward to it.
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About to leave my office for the last time. So long and thanks for all the fish.
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If one is still at one's desk, can one have a cheeky first beer sitting beside one at this time on a Friday afternoon. Asking for a friend. 😀
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I just cleared security at the Gold Coast Airport. Nothing like the problems I had in Adelaide several weeks ago, but I still had to convince the guard that I would be able to use the body scanner. We have a long way to go on the journey to equality.
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Feeling like I'm coming up for air for the first time in months. Two glasses in, cricket on the radio for next two days, and then a day at the Gabba. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. 😀
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Chatting to
@wendyharmer
about blind people and RAT's. Visual description service
@aira
where agent can interpret the result using your phone camera, but otherwise not possible without assistance. for people on their own who do not have SmartPhone skills it is just not possible.
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I've found it! A pest with a bad attitude. Yes, it's a negative RAT. On day 12. Beat you this time Covid - eventually. GET VAXED people.
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In some Friday afternoon personal news, my wife and I have re-located to Tweed Heads on the NSW far north coast. I expect to be working as hard as usual, but doing so in a warmer and more relaxed environment. might be time to open the bar soon. 😀
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What century are you living in Stamford Grand Glenelg. Vanessa does not need a carer to enjoy a drink!
'It was soul-destroying': Woman with vision impairment refused drink because she 'didn't have a carer' with her
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Today I attended my last board meeting of the Attitude Foundation. I leave the organisation in good hands, proud of what has been achieved towards changing community attitudes about people with disabilities. There has been progress, but still much to do.
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Sneaked down to Sydney today for a couple of days sailing on Pittwater. I don't see much of my boat these days so it's good to re-acquaint myself with her.
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It is great that you are doing that, but how about you let me go through the security scanner with my Guide dog.
This Christmas, we're partnering up with
@GuideDogsAUS
to raise funds and support a litter of 5 puppies.
Guide Dogs play a crucial role in providing independence and assistance to people with low vision or blindness, especially when they travel.
It costs $50,000 to breed,
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I was proud to be announced this morning as the 2022 young lawyers New South Wales patron. I will use my year to advance the cause in the law for people with disabilities.
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My guide dog, when not in harness, gets to play with her friends at the beach.
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BTW Tweeps thanks for all the love and support. It really means a lot, and the advice was really useful. You're all great humans!
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Thanks MM think I have found a new theme song. I'm not ready to make nice!
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When you let yell loudly at someone at an airport, grab their arm and push them in a direction, no matter how often you say you are helping you are not. You are accosting. Stop it.
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On ABC tv news tonight I call for regulation of airlines and cruise ships after the shocking treatment of Prof Yerbery and his family excluded from cruise of a lifetime.
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I dressed carefully for a seminar in which I participated today. After the seminar my wife was congratulated for dressing me so well. 😀 We still have a long way to go in the removal of negative attitudes towards people with disabilities.
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Gave excellent conference presentations though appearing blind most of the time
#myozobituary
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My mum Dorothy Innes died yesterday after 91 years of support for husband, family, community and god. Love ya mum.
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Celebrating 32 years of wonderful marriage to the gorgeous and talented
@MaureenShelley
today. Looking forward to 32 more.
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@Juanita_AGV
@isigniwander
@Dom_Perrottet
It would be certainly open for someone to lodge a discrimination complaint.
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Just spoke to ABC television news about the need for a disability abuse Royal commission to happen as soon as possible.
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It is raining again in Sydney, and I have chosen to sail a boat from Sydney to Pitt water. Oh well, rain water can’t hurt me. :-)
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I'm going hard on ABCTHEDrum tonight on Strollout, Loosing the RAT race and how letting economic rationalism trump sensible control measures costs lives of disabled and other vulnerable people. Happy to hear your thoughts afterwards.
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Am regular
@uber
user. Refused twice tonight with guide dog. They have 7 days before discrim complaint. Will report progress.
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This is just one of the horrific stories I have heard since my tweets yesterday. It is time that the airline industry changed to treat people with disabilities far more appropriately.
@Graemeinnes
@AussieMaryD
I have a brain injury.
To lessen the noise on a flight I used noise reducing headphones.
I explained to the hostess that I could clearly hear and understand her message.
My qantas flight was turned around and I was taken off the plane because I was being disruptive.
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Guide dogs do a great job, but their health is critical to their good work. Taking my dog to the vet today to receive injections which will minimise the impact of Arthritis. Ouch!
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In good breaking news WE WON. Susan Thompson and I were successful, with your support, in having AIRA make Central, Town Hall, Wynyard and Circular Quay access sites. This means that people who are blind or have low vision can dial an agent and get help for free. Video soon.
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If the community services sector want jobs for people with disabilities we have to employ in our own organisations. Do what we do works, do what we say usually does not.
Happy Tuesday to all! ❤️
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Happy Friday. Here is a picture of a very muddy guide dog after her run at the park.
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I spent time this morning celebrating the life of Sue Salthouse, a significant contributor to disability advocacy in the ACT and nationally. Vale Sue, you will be much missed.
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NNNOOOOO! Not going back to work. Oh, all right, but very slowly this week, ok.
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So we can do this, but not fund advocacy for people with disabilities. Shameful.
The Olympic and Sydney Football stadiums will be knocked down and rebuilt in a $2b overhaul
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