Dr. Francis Bobongie-Harris
@drbobongiharris
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A Wife, Mother, Educator, Academic and a proud South Sea and Torres Strait Islander. #BlackLivesMatter. Views are my own
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In 2004, my nephew Michael Long set out to ask then PM John Howard where the love was for Aboriginal people. In 2023, he was joined by @AlboMP and hundreds more for the Long Walk towards Recognition and a Voice.
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Top Indigenous academic quits University of Melbourne law school role and alleges institutional racism
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Resignation of associate dean Dr Eddie Cubillo comes after he delivered speech on his encounters with racism at Melbourne Law School
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Something has gone seriously wrong when we have supermarkets, banks and resource companies posting record profits while Australians face a cost-of-living crisis. We need our politicians to have the courage to take on tough debates on tax reform. https://t.co/lW1YJ1yzgQ
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Senate dealmaker David Pocock has joined mounting calls for Jim Chalmers to launch a sweeping review of the tax system that would consider lifting the GST.
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Lāhainā was once wetland. Boats circled around Waikoloa Church. It’s only became dry and fire-prone because of illegal water diversions and land theft by sugar barons in the 1800’s. Today, the same families reap insane profits off continued control of our irrigation, land
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Vanuatu's Prime Minister Hon. Ishmael Kalsakau, in his official Independence day speech emphasis on maintaining our Melanesian culture and tradition from Fiji to West Papua. Happy 43 Independence Vanuatu.
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"I didn’t find my identity until I was in my 40s," says rugby league legend Mal Meninga, who has both South Sea Islander and Australian heritage. On That Pacific Sports Show's latest ep, Mal delves into his family history and upbringing. 👉 https://t.co/cXtMpMNixQ
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A prominent Australian labour hire company is under investigation amid allegations Pacific Islanders hired to work on Queensland farms are being left without shifts, forcing them into homelessness and leaving them without money to return home. Read more: https://t.co/tRgA9iU3WY
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On Fiji’s Togoru, part of the island has already been swallowed by the ocean. Villagers now fear they will soon lose their homes to rising sea levels caused by climate change ⬇️
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Latest Offering with @DrGraceOBrien1
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Prof studying soil responses to cultural fire but also a practitioner & advocate for more #rx burns #goodfire to mitigate #California #wildfire #ClimateCrisis 🤲🏽🌿🔥#NativeAmerican #Indigenous #ecology #STEM #WOC #fire
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🌴 Calling all Pacific Islanders! 🌴 We need your valuable input and perspective! Are you a Pacific Islander interested in higher education? We invite you to participate in an important survey on the underrepresentation of Pacific Islanders in higher education.
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Decolonisation of six #Pacific colonies (amongst others) on @UN agenda over next two weeks (12-23 June) in New York. Livestream (C-24): https://t.co/QvFmxYCOp3
#AmericanSamoa #FrenchPolynesia #Guam #NewCaledonia #Pitcairn #Tokelau #NouvelleCaledonie #decolonization
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Samoan academic joins Liaocheng University The first Samoan to ever publish a doctoral thesis in the Samoan language on top of being the first to be awarded a doctorate in culture has attained another milestone in his journey.
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The first Samoan to ever publish a doctoral thesis in the Samoan language on top of being the first to be awarded a doctorate in culture has attained another milestone in his journey. Last week,...
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Today is Mabo Day 💚💙🤍🖤 We celebrate the life of Eddie Koiki Mabo and honour and reflect on his great achievements in his fight to overturn the fiction of terra nullius. 📷 Jim McEwan
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