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Isabella Higgins

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Europe Correspondent for @abcnews . Raised on island-time but now racing the clock in London• Proud TSI 💙🖤💚•❤️💛🖤higgins.isabella @abc .net.au

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Isabella Higgins
3 years
BIG NEWS: @bridgeyb is our new Indigenous Affairs Editor at @abcnews !!! Can’t wait to work with one of the most thoughtful, considered and clever journos in the biz again. (She’s also my BFF/sista which makes it even sweeter 😄)
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The staff at our hotel in Lviv telling everyone here to get into basement because of possible threat
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4 years
Very loud crowd at Sydney climate rally. Several people have told me this the first protest they’ve ever attended because they’re so upset about bushfires and climate change situation @abcnews
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Isabella Higgins
2 years
Another morning wake up to air raids sirens here in Lviv. Only one so far, which we’ve been told means go to shelter . If there’s a second we are being told to take shelter. A third means lock in.
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
Sometimes in media industry there’s a perception that you must have diverse representation only because it’s the ‘right thing’ to do. But a diversity of views, experiences and understanding actually makes for better national debate (and more interesting tv.) Top job @bridgeyb !
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"It is not good enough anymore particularly at this moment, but I would say any week, to have a panel of white people speaking about issues when there is very little lived experience of discrimination and racism on that panel," says @bridgeyb . #insiders #auspol
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Everyone at #InvasionDay2021 rally in Sydney raises a fist in solidarity. Crowds look a bit different this year but still a large showing. @ABCIndigenous
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4 years
Sydney #InvasionDay2020 march underway. Lead by Aboriginal families who have lost loved ones in custody.
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
My last story as Indigenous affairs correspondent. It’s a look at one of the touchstone issues - housing. A big thanks to all the incredible people I’ve met in this job, especially this generous family in Yarrabah. Leaving the role with a very full heart
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Isabella Higgins
5 years
Meet the gorgeous little boy who stole the show at Garma and became an internet sensation. #Garma2019 .
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
Big crowd at Sydney climate protest. Chanting “what do we want, climate justice!” @abcsydney
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
Thank you to everyone for all the lovely messages. So excited and still pinching myself. In the meantime ... racing to meet my deadline for tonight😬😬
@bridgeyb
Bridget Brennan
3 years
My bestie ⁦ @isabellahiggins ⁩ just named Europe Correspondent! The best appointment - you couldn’t find a more compassionate, hard-working and innovative journo. My only sorrow is not getting to work with her for the next few years 😭 💚💙❤️💛🖤
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
Right now feels like a moment of awakening, of a struggle realised, but it's a bittersweet scenario for Indigenous families where similar issues are at play but with none of the global attention @ABCIndigenous
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
For some people in this country racism feels like a bigger threat to their lives than COVID. That’s why they protested. You may find it selfish but that’s their reality. Headlines like this distracts from much needed convos about how to fix the inequitable justice system
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Isabella Higgins
2 years
UPDATE: We have been let out. Told to listen for further air raid sirens and come back if needed.
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Isabella Higgins
2 years
A school in Lviv has turned its basement into a shooting range. New rules allow Ukrainian residents to carry firearms to protect themselves. Parents and children practising together in preparation for a possible conflict.
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Isabella Higgins
2 years
If I’m counting correctly this is the 6th time air raid sirens have sounded in Lviv today. Mostly we are given a safety signal within the half hour. But I’ve watched a woman drag her 3 small, children to our hotel shelter at all hours now. Each time you feel her sense of panic
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
For more than a decade (possibly forever) this NT community has been drinking water with uranium almost 3x recommend levels. They have lost their legal battle for safe water.
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Katrina Beavan
4 years
Residents of the remote central Australian community of Laramba have lost a case against the Northern Territory Government over high levels of uranium in their drinking water:
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Isabella Higgins
2 years
In Lviv there were queues of people lining up to join military efforts. 52-year-old Taras Rodtsevych signed up for the reserves the day before invasion - “just in case.” He woke up to news of Russian attacks and today was on duty “fighting for Ukraine’s freedom.”
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
#FirestarterAU is so good. Gives you chills and then makes you cry … thinking about what this family, dance company and country have been through … just like all the incredible #Bangarra works over the years.
@ABCArts
ABC Arts
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When Stephen Page visited Arnhem Land as a young dancer, the experience changed his life, and it would have a profound impact on his work with Bangarra Dance Company ( @BangarraDance ). #FirestarterAU
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Isabella Higgins
2 years
Dozens gathered in the centre of Lviv to help make military supplies. Together they tore up and threaded scrap materials to create a camouflage net. An air siren sounded and they took shelter for 45minutes before returning. “Whatever our country needs,” one local said. @abcnews
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Isabella Higgins
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Warning sirens in Lviv
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
Hands down @ashbarty is the most loved Australian right now 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
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Cathy Freeman
3 years
Massive pride in our girl! Congratulations @ashbarty ! We are all so very proud of you. #Wimbledon
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
I find it interesting that @ABCmediawatch would question @4corners ’ reporting on the personal lives of male politicians ... then examine the personal life of a female journalist and question her professionalism because of who she is married to
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
“The other girls were always going to come up against my ancestors” - #Freeman GOOSEBUMPS.
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
"I am concerned" @KenWyattMP tells @PatsKarvelas . He says very low vax rates in Indigenous communities near NT mine linked to COVID outbreak. Also says only 89,000 Indig Australians have received first shot. About 16% of total Indig population.
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
Some of the (happy and not so happy) faces at the Indigenous community vaccine rollout in Mildura today. Mallee District Aboriginal Service one of the first ACCHOs to start vaccinating their community. Aunty Iris (first pic) was actually excited IRL! @ABCIndigenous @VACCHO_org
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
The Aus Day debate is our ideological wrestling over which part of this continent's history is more important: the 65,000 years before 1788, or the 240-odd that followed. It appears there’s a generational divide on which side we’d like to honour.
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
Interesting ... when we just heard from @KenWyattMP that "hesitancy" is the main thing stopping Indigenous Australians from getting vaccinated. Hesitancy or supply?
@VicGovDH
Victorian Department of Health
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Victorians have the highest uptake of first dose COVID-19 vaccinations for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Australia. [1/3]
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
Front and centre at #InvasionDay rally: NRL star Latrell Mitchell. Even had a quick dance. Not pictured but his team mate Cody Walker also joined in. @ABCIndigenous @abcnews
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
“We have a shared future — Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians — and the two sides must come together to deliver lasting equality” - Pat Turner’s powerful Charles Perkins Oration. I had the pleasure of hosting this special event.
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
Crowds gathering at Sydney #InvasionDay rally. Apt soundtrack playing.
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
Only if you’re my co-host @Tonaaayy_ and we can get all our deadly @ABCIndigenous colleagues on. Deal?
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Tony Armstrong
3 years
@isabellahiggins needs her own show.
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Isabella Higgins
6 years
My clever Aka (Aunty) - Annie Gela. An artist, author, and community leader. She painted this epic piece for the Rockhampton Hospital to make it feel more culturally safe. Growing up I was so inspired reading her books about our people. #BecauseOfHerWeCan #naidoc
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Isabella Higgins
2 years
Many basement turned makeshift petrol bomb factory stories around here. Lviv local Timofi and his friends have made hundreds of Molotov cocktails in the carpark of residential apartment block. He says: “In Ukraine, Molotov is a beautiful liquid.”
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
Very excited for my friends ... and really hoping I don’t hit the wrong button while I’m filling in. Can’t wait to work with brilliant @triplejHack team!
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Avani Dias
4 years
SOME NEWS: I’m taking a short break from hosting @triplejHack to work on an investigation in collaboration with @4corners ! You’ll be in the hands of these gun journalists and excellent friends. @jolauder @isabellahiggins @davidmarchese 🙌🏾🙌🏾
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
More and more Indigenous kids are leaving country and culture to give boarding school a shot. I spoke to these lovely girls about the very real challenges it presents. As #NAIDOC2020 kicks off these young women are some young leaders worth celebrating 🙌🏾
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Isabella Higgins
2 years
More air raid sirens in Lviv 12:20pm local time
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
Huge march in Glasgow outside the #COP26 led by Greta Thinberg’s #FridaysForFuture . Lots of Aussies in the crowds.
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
I’m in excellent company for this story. So many brilliant Aboriginal women doing great things in the health space.
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Isabella Higgins
2 years
Scenes at Lviv train station. Shows just how many people are transiting through this city. Some leaving for a safer country, others just arriving from other parts of Ukraine. I’m told many are speaking Russian suggesting a lot from eastern parts of Ukraine.
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
"It brings to life what I know to be true in hard evidence.” New data shows more than 33k living members of Stolen Generations. Double estimates made just 3 years ago. @ABCIndigenous
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Isabella Higgins
5 years
"It's effectively the largest litigation and largest compensation claim in the world." The Noongar people of south-west WA are pursuing more than $290 billion for "spiritual damage" caused by loss of their traditional land @ABCIndigenous
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Isabella Higgins
5 years
Went on a trip to the most "Mars-like" place on earth with @NASA scientists. Turns out this patch of Australia could hold the key to finding life on the red planet. Aussie scientists from @UNSW were the teachers.
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Isabella Higgins
5 years
Some of the characters from the Coloured Diggers march in Redfern. “We want to say we'll honour and recognise you and never forget, because our people were forgotten” @ABCIndigenous @abcnews
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Isabella Higgins
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Coroner finds Tanya Day “not treated with humanity” while in custody, with police failing to carry out adequate welfare checks @ABCIndigenous
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Isabella Higgins
5 years
First cross of #garma2019 done and dusted 🙌🏾. Tech problems conquered by the brilliant @abcnews team. Day 1 of 3.
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
This is the queue, to get into the queue to get into security, to get into #COP26 . It’s a wait in 9 degrees too.
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Isabella Higgins
2 years
Traffic jam to get to Lviv train station. This has become one of the busiest areas of the city. Queues go back kilometres. I’d guess guess an hours long wait. I’ve seen hundreds of people moving with suitcases, pets and bags of food. @abcnews
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
This story was just heartbreaking. No question Tinder and police need to SERIOUSLY step up. But god as a society we have so much work to do to stop men from thinking this ok and they can get away with it. Amazing work. @AvaniDias @_angemccormack @triplejHack
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Avani Dias
4 years
Watch our joint @4corners @triplejHack investigation on how Tinder’s business model is allowing sexual predators to thrive:
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Isabella Higgins
5 years
Looks like 8 of 34 NRL players not singing the anthem tonight in #stateoforigin2019 ? Whether that’s intentional or not. Several Indigenous players already said the song doesn’t represent them and wouldn’t join in. @ABCIndigenous
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
The people you meet, the places you’ll go. This job is incredible! Mob apply !! HMU if you have questions.
@bridgeyb
Bridget Brennan
3 years
For black journos - please apply for this dream job ❤️🖤💛
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Isabella Higgins
5 years
“January 26 was not the foundation of Australia ... It simply marks the arrival of explorers and invaders from distant lands.” Fmr Vic Premier @jeff_kennett now supports changing date of #AustraliaDay . Last year he wrote that day must be “protected” .
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
Queen B👑!
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Michael Rowland
3 years
Huge welcome to @bridgeyb , who’s filling in for Lisa Millar for the next week and a bit. Send her some love! @BreakfastNews
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4 years
Main observation from watching the Indigenous matters senate estimates this morning ... there aren’t many First Nations people running our national public services. Not all that surprising sadly, but for Indigenous-specific bodies you’d expect more.
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Isabella Higgins
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Birubi Arts handed $2.3million fine by a federal court for selling thousands of pieces of fake Aboriginal art. @ABCIndigenous
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
My great-great uncle Kamuel Abednego. One of many hundred men who served in WWII from the Torres Strait. He was even recruited by the US Navy and rose to the rank of Lieutenant. He was badly wounded and forever after had health problems. #LestWeForget
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Isabella Higgins
6 years
3 communities in the NT have been drinking water with elevated uranium levels for more than a decade. "Our kids need proper water, not with uranium" READ: @ABCIndigenous
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Isabella Higgins
5 years
I had a "cool" job for about four minutes
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Michaela Boland
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@isabellahiggins ⁩ bringing in Bruce Pascoe... a three part doco series influenced by his Dark Emu will air on @abctv in 2020
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Isabella Higgins
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Meet the heir to an ancient dynasty, who has a bold vision for his community and country @ABCIndigenous
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Isabella Higgins
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This grandmother sleeps on the kitchen floor so none of her family go homeless. Now her community is suing the NT Government over their state of their housing and water @abcindigenous
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Isabella Higgins
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“The National Agreement may not include everything our people want or need to make lasting change but this is a huge step forward.” Got to admire Pat Turner’s work negotiating with Gov. Some targets have almost doubled in ambition since 2018 draft plan.
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
Controversial remote jobseeker program CDP to be scrapped by 2023 according to #Budget21
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
Popular sign at this rally “aren’t they lucky Koalas don’t vote.”
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Isabella Higgins
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@PatsKarvelas 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾😘😘😘😘😘🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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Isabella Higgins
7 years
Dam overflowing in central Queensland after heavy falls last night and this morning from #TCDebbie . Number 7 Dam at Mount Morgan @abcnews
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Isabella Higgins
2 years
2mins to go! Already Kyrgios doing tricks in warm up to get the crowd going. #WimbledonFinal
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The story of first contact between Dharawal people and Captain Cook's crew as you've never heard it. @rayingrey tell us the "story from the shore" to mark 250th anniversary of Cook's landing. @ABCIndigenous .
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Isabella Higgins
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Lviv regional administration say three explosions in city around 4.30pm. Here crowds at train station move to cover. @abcnews
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Isabella Higgins
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A camel moving to higher ground as floodwaters take over his Rockhampton paddock @abcnews
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Isabella Higgins
6 years
Official opening at #GARMA 2018!
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
So much fun doing this story with @DaretonS Public School. Made me want to go back and do my primary years again. Amazing work happening at this little school. @ABCIndigenous @kirstiewellauer
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
Fact I did forget my notebook 😬. It was only up from there.
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Avani Dias
3 years
Me when I find out the brilliant and hugely talented @isabellahiggins is the next @abcnews Europe Correspondent. We forgot our notebooks on the first day of cadet training but Bella has v clearly blossomed into an incredible journalist since then! Could not be more proud 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
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Isabella Higgins
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NSW AG @MarkSpeakman says no major updates on raising the age of criminal responsibility from CAG meeting. Says more work to be done to understand alternatives to imprisonment. Report will be handed to the council next year.
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Isabella Higgins
5 years
Qld Gov starts treaty discussions. That’s 3 of 8 Aus states/ territories now actively working towards treaties with First Nations @ABCIndigenous
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The world has been given an insight into the cruel reality of a young Indigenous boy with a disability, but Quaden Bayles is not alone in his struggle. Families talk about struggling with “double disadvantage” @ABCIndigenous
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Isabella Higgins
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AFL apologises to Adam Goodes for failure to address racism in the game: "We apologise unreservedly for our failures during this period ... [we] let down all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players, past and present.”
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
Front and centre at the Australian stand at #COP26 a display for Santos and carbon capture. The stall next to it was promoting the end of fossil fuels.
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Isabella Higgins
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“I don’t want to be dead and buried in the ground and this is still be a target.” @KenWyattMP tells @PatsKarvelas the current draft CTG plan aims for parody in Indigenous incarceration rates by 2093. He hopes it’s revised by tomorrow to be more ambitious.
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Isabella Higgins
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"The idea that these people who had passed away and their blood was still in Canberra, did that mean that the person hadn't moved on to the next world?" @ABCIndigenous
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Isabella Higgins
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Smoke still billowing out over Lviv at 6:23pm local time. On the ground the air feels thicker than usual and stings the eyes a little. @abcnews
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Isabella Higgins
2 years
Crowds near Buckingham Palace go wild for first sighting of Queen on the balcony (via a nearby screen because it is PACKED) #platinumjubilee 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
The other spin on the numbers in this report: 64% implemented, 30% implemented to a degree, 6% never implemented.
@KenWyattAM
Ken Wyatt
4 years
It’s important to note that an independent review of the RCIADIC recommendations (conducted in 2017) found that the Australian Government has fully or mostly implemented 91% of recommendations for which it has responsibility. 1/7
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Isabella Higgins
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Check out my Uncle Jono explaining how the clans and totems of the Torres Strait work. So excited for @ABCIndigenous ' new show about our country #BlueWaterEmpire
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Isabella Higgins
2 years
Umbrellas up! Rain comes down on crowds outside Buckingham Palace. But they aren’t going anywhere … @abcnews
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
Still all happening in Syd #blacklivesmatteraustralia
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Isabella Higgins
3 years
Big police presence but so far mostly observing and hanging around the fringe of event. #InvasionDay2021
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Isabella Higgins
4 years
Could be some months before the interim report considering models for an Indigenous voice is made public. Handed to Minister Wyatt’s office today. Might be out for public consultation later this year or early next year. #estimates
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Isabella Higgins
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Aboriginal families in the city are putting themselves into self-induced lockdown. With multiple generations in many Indigenous homes this is how they’re protecting vulnerable elders. @ABCIndigenous
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Isabella Higgins
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“Let’s see if together we an find that pathway to be included in the nation’s constitution ... How long do we have to wait, [for] another Prime Minister?” - Senior Gumatj leader Djawa Yunupingu at #Garma18 @abcnews
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