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@ChangeAus
Change.org Australia
7 years
. @troyesivan & mum @mamamellet celebrate Father Kelly's @ChangeAus victory abolishing gay panic as murder defence
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7 years
A host of celebs are urging @AnnastaciaMP to abolish the 'gay panic' defence before the end of the year Agree? Share
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7 years
BREAKING: ‘Gay panic’ defence for murder abolished in QLD in one of biggest petition victories in Australia’s history-290k made this happen
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8 years
. @troyesivan ’s mum @mamamellet just started this petition about #SafeSchools RT your support.
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2 years
“The persecution of #JulianAssange is an alarming affront to any reasonable notion of justice and media freedom. The Australian Government's kowtowing to Washington is equally appalling. Mr Assange is a hero, not a villain.” - @WilkieMP #WorldPressFreedomDay 🧵
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Change.org Australia
4 years
41,000 people have now signed Paul Levey's petition to defrock Cardinal George #Pell .
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2 years
MEDIA ALERT: Tomorrow (Tues) on #WorldPressFreedomDay , Julian Assange's family will deliver a 700k petition to @WilkieMP . "The major parties must listen to Australians and bring Julian home.” - Gabriel Shipton. #JulianAssange #ausvotes
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Change.org Australia
7 years
. @troyesivan 's mum, @mamamellet is urging @AnnastaciaMP to #endgaypanic in 2016. Share if you agree
@ChangeAus
Change.org Australia
7 years
A host of celebs are urging @AnnastaciaMP to abolish the 'gay panic' defence before the end of the year Agree? Share
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Change.org Australia
3 years
VICTORY! "CA ANZ and CPA Australia have withdrawn their involvement in the #ASEAN Federation of Accountants conference after grassroots pressure!" - @JusticeMyanmar . #Myanmar Read more:
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Change.org Australia
7 years
It's ok to kill a gay man for flirting with you. Here's why, & how you can support the Catholic priest fighting to change it...
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7 years
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2 years
“We would love to have [Priya and her family] home for Christmas. To actually give them that peace of mind would be the best gift we could possibly ask for.” #HomeToBilo Read more in @marieclaireau 's Women of the Year story:
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Change.org Australia
2 years
Thank you, @KKeneally . According to multiple polls, the majority of Australians want this family back in Biloela where they belong. Nearly 600,000 have signed the petition. Let's get Priya, Nades, Kopi & Tharni #HomeToBilo .
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Change.org Australia
7 years
RT this msg from @mamamellet @TomCBallard @mrbenjaminlaw @Faustinathefuzz @joelcreasey to help end ‘gay panic’ law in QLD.
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Change.org Australia
7 years
A host of celebs are urging @AnnastaciaMP to abolish the 'gay panic' defence before the end of the year Agree? Share
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Change.org Australia
3 years
@smh @ChrisBarrett_ Meanwhile, more than 31,000 people believe Margaret Court Arena should be renamed in honour of Evonne Goolagong:
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2 years
TODAY (Tues): Andrew Wilkie will mark #WorldPressFreedomDay by joining Julian Assange’s brother Gabriel Shipton to accept a 700k global petition () demanding the release of the WikiLeaks founder. WHEN: 11.30am WHERE: Parliament Lawns, Hobart #auspol
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Change.org Australia
3 years
More that 375,000 have signed Julie-Ann’s petition calling for a Royal Commission into Veterans Suicide:
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Change.org Australia
2 years
BREAKING: Legal experts say @Bunnings could be committing an offence by selling certain insect glue traps in Victoria. Nearly 90,000 people have signed Cat's petition to #BanGlueTraps and protect native animals.
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Change.org Australia
8 years
Families of children who've been bullied unite to fight back online #TheFeedSBS @TheFeedSBS @PatrickAbboud
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Change.org Australia
8 years
Breaking: QLD Gov't steps in over ‘sexist, violent’ Wicked Campers. RT if you support the move.
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Change.org Australia
2 years
Nearly 600,000 have signed Angela's petition, making it the third-largest @ChangeAus petition of all time. Join the Bilolela-led movement to help bring this family #HomeToBilo :
@HometoBilo
HometoBilo
2 years
Last night, Priya told 7.30 viewers how Scott Morrison's Ministers are stopping her family from coming safely home to Biloela, by giving bridging visas to 3 members of her family, but keeping 4 year old Tharni in "community detention". See the full story:
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2 years
VICTORY! We’re so thrilled for petition organiser @Chereetoka , who has fought for years to ensure the Aboriginal flag permanently flies on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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Change.org Australia
8 years
Justice is served
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Change.org Australia
3 years
Sign the petition and join 360,000 others who are helping bring this family home to Bilo:
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Change.org Australia
8 years
"Bullies told Jessica, 14, to die. So she killed herself" RT for @mikebairdMP to act ASAP
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Change.org Australia
4 years
Senator @JacquiLambie just accepted Julie-Ann’s petition signed by 283k+. They are united in their call for a Royal Commission into Veterans Suicide.
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Change.org Australia
10 years
People-powered win against sexism: Wicked Campers to clean up their vans http://t.co/byBB5Psk5V <– retweet http://t.co/Ujh1iy4Wmo
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Change.org Australia
8 years
“my little brother’s torture heartbreaking to watch on TV” Kirra wants restraint chair ban #DonDaleKids #4Corners
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Change.org Australia
2 years
“Hundreds of thousands of Australians want Julian to return home. The Australian Government has the power to intervene to free Julian. The major parties must listen to Australians and pick up the phone to bring Julian home.” - Gabriel Shipton, Julian Assange's brother.
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Change.org Australia
3 years
JUST LAUNCHED: #ParkHotel detainee Mohammad has started a petition after acquiring COVID in detention. “I beg you to please not send me back to being locked up and let me live in the community too so that I can breathe freely”
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7 years
"If you have a daughter squeeze her tighter than you’ve ever squeezed her. And know that she’ll be safer from today"
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7 years
The fights against injustice you won this year. RT to spread the news
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3 years
DELIVERED! Aunty Helen just stood with Olga Havnen (CEO, Danila Dilba Health Service) & John Paterson (CEO, Aboriginal Medical Service Alliance NT) and delivered the 137k petition supporting her fight against @woolworths & @danmurphys . #KeepGrogOut #ShameWoolies
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Change.org Australia
8 years
Nearly 6,000 signatures in last hour on this petition for dairy farmers - you signed? RT #MilkedDry @theprojecttv
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Change.org Australia
8 years
Hear Waleed mention the petition for dairy farmers just now on @theprojecttv ? SIGN & RT HERE: #MilkedDry
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Change.org Australia
3 years
STATEMENT: Julie-Ann Finney on PM announcing Royal Commission into Veterans Suicide
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Change.org Australia
3 years
Nearly 10,000 have now signed @JusticeMyanmar 's petition calling on @cpaaustralia & @Chartered_Accts to delegitimise the #Myanmar junta.
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Justice For Myanmar
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. @cpaaustralia & @Chartered_Accts : Help delegitimise the #Myanmar military junta! Withdraw support from the AFA Conference unless the Myanmar junta is excluded! ✊🏽 2,300+ signatures in 24 hours 😮 Sign & add your voice! ✍🏽 @AFA_Accountants @IFAC @ChangeAus
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2 years
In just three days, more than 100,000 people have signed a petition calling on Citipointe Christian College to stop discriminating queer and trans students. Petition:
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1 year
Victory! @NovaPeris "A big thank you to the 25k people who signed on to my petition to call on the @AFL for the life ban. Power to the people, without that pressure, there would have been no change within the AFL".
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Change.org Australia
6 years
Cheree now plans to protest every time the Aboriginal flag is removed. She’s asking Aboriginal Affairs Minister @smitchellmlc to “stop ignoring Aboriginal voices”
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2 years
20,000 people have signed the petition against stripping Maroondah hospital of its Aboriginal name. They're calling on Dan Andrews to consult with First Nations leaders and listen to them.
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Change.org Australia
8 years
As MPs dilly dally, these champs lead/win gay equality campaigns @mamamellet @TomCBallard @jasonballau #auspol
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Change.org Australia
2 years
"Thanks to you, we did it. We brought this family safely home in Biloela." Congratulations to Angela, the people of Bilo, and of course the incredible Nadesalingam family. Read more from petition organiser and #HomeToBilo cofounder, Angela Fredericks:
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7 years
3 dead after a toxic #MDMA batch in VIC. Adriana is campaigning to keep young people safe at Australian festivals
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2 years
Every week innocent animals, like this cockatiel, are caught on glue traps often resulting in tortured, slow deaths. @Bunnings and @Wesfarmers , please listen to 36,000+ people calling on you to stop selling lethal glue traps
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4 years
Veterans Suicide petitioner Julie-Ann Finney today met with Opposition Leader @AlboMP and @ShayneNeumannMP . Labor has confirmed their commitment to a Royal Commission into Veterans Suicide. #vetsweforget
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1 year
🚩🚩📚 VICTORY! #FullyFundTrove 33,000 supporters helped secure the future of @TroveAustralia , preserving a national treasure & invaluable resources for generations to come. Thank you for listening @Tony_Burke @sarahinthesen8
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4 years
BREAKING: @CloverMoore has responded to 147,000 @ChangeAus signers calling for the Sydney NYE fireworks to cancelled. Response: #bushfiresNSW #bushfires
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Change.org Australia
7 years
"Get angry. Get equal." The simple message thousands of Aussies are sharing today: #MarriageEquaility
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8 years
Is Emma McKeon’s punishment too harsh at #RioOlympics2016 ? <– @mel_wright ’s petition. RT if you support
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Change.org Australia
2 years
"To the 165,000 people that signed the petition, the countless people that wrote to their MPs, to the sporting clubs, the Community organisations, Community leaders, and politicians across all parties – together we have created change." Read more:
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6 years
Australian film-maker James Ricketson has been jailed for over a year in Cambodia. His daughter is campaigning for his release, writing: “Dad’s only crime is kindness and using his award winning documentaries to portray the truth” #4corners
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Change.org Australia
9 years
Surfer's push to free 4 dolphins held in Bali resort pool featured in @dailytelegraph today http://t.co/mNyliO0dNu
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Change.org Australia
3 years
All of us here at Australia, and the many petition organisers who have been touched by her brilliance, are very sorry to see Sally leave. She goes with a solid gold track record of helping people make the change they want in the world. 1/
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Sally Rugg
3 years
Some personal news: today was my last day at ! It’s been a huge honour to support so many incredible campaigns and victories over the last 3.5 years. I feel very proud of my work to support so many campaigns for fairness, for reform and for justice. 1/
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3 years
There are so many things you can do right now to help the people of #Afghanistan . Here's a thread of politicians you can email, and petitions to sign. 1. Stand Up for Afghanistan: email the Foreign Minister, Defence Minister, and the Prime Minister.
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Change.org Australia
2 years
After a year of tireless campaigning by Dougie’s family, the NSW Coroner has announced an inquest into Dougie’s death. The family took their petition to NSW Parliament and delivered it to @SueHigginson_ . We’re proud to support Ricky Hampson Snr, @NJP_Au in their quest for justice
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2 years
“It’s incredible to see hundreds of thousands of Australians sign Phillip’s petition. We’re proud to support the Assange family in their fight to bring their son home.” - Nic Holas, @ChangeAus Country Director.
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4 years
"We are the family of David Dungay Jr, a proud Dunghutti warrior who tragically died in custody... David cried “I can’t breathe” over a dozen times in the space of his last nine minutes. The guards ignored his cries for help. Sound familiar?" Petition:
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3 years
Go Sam! And thank you @ShoebridgeMLC !
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2 years
Thank you, @AlboMP . And thank you to the 595,000 people who supported Angela's @ChangeAus campaign to bring her friends #HomeToBilo .
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Anthony Albanese
2 years
When I visited Biloela in 2019, I saw just how much the community loves Priya, Nades, Kopika and Tharnicaa. Today my Government has enabled them to return home. #HometoBilo
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2 years
Today war crimes whistleblower @MurdochCadell is at the ACT Supreme Court for his trial. 75,000 Australians stand with him and want David McBride to be protected, not prosecuted. @MarkDreyfusKCMP
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8 years
100,000 people have now signed this petition calling for appeal of Baden-Clay’s murder downgrade #doingit4allison
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8 years
Two 16-yr-old schoolgirls transformed Australia with their petitions this week. Who run this motha? #girls #auspol
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8 years
"Because you're a girl” Mum’s campaign to end gendered school uniforms #girlswearpantstoo
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7 years
Eileen is 92 & has been up since 4:30 for media interviews. She relaxed before facing Archbishop Denis Hart inside the Royal Commission
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Change.org Australia
4 years
More than 70,000 people have already signed to protect the Great Australian Bight from oil drilling:
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Change.org Australia
4 years
Over 32,000 people have already signed petitions started by the families of William Mainprize and Lukas Orda. The two Aussies were aboard Gulf Livestock 1 and are now lost at sea. #FindMyMate
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Change.org Australia
4 years
Read Julie-Ann Finney’s statement on the proposed commissioner role, and why she is still calling for a Royal Commission into Veterans Suicide:
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6 years
Cheree, who is afraid of heights, did the Bridge Climb today to persuade @GladysB to act!
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2 years
"It is great to see grassroots movements fighting to protect local wildlife - it is thanks to people like you that we can bring attention to critical issues like this in the leadup to an election." - @sarahinthesen8 READ MORE: #ausvotes
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7 years
8,000 people say to @Coles & Woolies: We don't care what size and shape our fresh food is!
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8 years
Victory for mum who wants her daughter to be able to wear pants to school: #girlswearpantstoo
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4 years
"Two nights ago, on the phone from Christmas Island, Priya told me that she has faith that we will meet in Biloela again." #HomeToBilo Read the latest update:
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3 years
15,000 Aussies (plus Prince Charles) are calling on Prime Minister @ScottMorrisonMP to attend #COP26Glasgow 🌏 ✍️:
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Change.org Australia
8 years
Kelly successfully petitioned Coles & Woolworths for trolleys for disabled children like her son with cerebral plasy. Here's Mikey's trolley
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8 years
Victory! Marlena's won her petition for mobi-mats & mobi-chairs to take wheelchair users down to the Gold Coast sea
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Change.org Australia
4 years
Vale Jill Emberson, "a fearless campaigner for #ovariancancer , a brilliant journalist; broadcaster; beloved wife, fierce mother; friend to many." The @ChangeAus team has your family, friends, and all at @PinkMeetsTeal in our hearts today.
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6 years
Adriana’s son died from a drugs related death at a festival and she’s determined that no parent will go through what she did. She’s in parliament meeting MPs today discussing her campaign for festival pill testing to stop deaths
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8 years
Shocking report on #4corners , calls for justice growing. Petition:
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Four Corners
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#4Corners : the mother of Lynette Daley speaks out about her daughter's death.
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4 years
Aboriginal elders are asking @woolworths to stop plans to open @danmurphys near dry communities in Darwin. A #FirstNations businesswoman is calling on the retail giant to put community health and safety before corporate profits. 25,000+ have already signed
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6 years
While one Aussie icon (a wallaby) crosses the Sydney Harbour Bridge, another Aussie icon is missing. Cheree has a @ChangeAus petition asking @GladysB to fly the Aboriginal flag permanently atop the bridge after Australia Day -- not for just 15 days a year
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Change.org Australia
3 years
Today is World Children's Day! But right now, Peter Dutton is forcing young kids and their families onto streets. @grandmothersnsw , @Mums4Refugees , Hope for Nauru are asking you to #ProtectRefugeeKids . Sign their petition:
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Change.org Australia
8 years
Momentum grows: leaders sign on for a Republic. You can back @Peter_Fitz petition here:
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7 years
Would you be happy to buy "oddly" shaped and sized fruit and veg? <– send a msg to @Coles @woolworths
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4 years
"Whether Pope Francis takes any notice of it, or just dismisses it, it shows the community of survivors that there's 32,000 people behind us now. We're not out there on our own." #Pell
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7 years
"To our sons Joshi & Dylan –we love you more than you'll ever know, you've taught us to never accept discrimination & to always speak up"
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2 years
Hundreds of glue traps dangerous to native animals are currently listed for sale on @eBayAU . 37,000+ people are calling for all types of glue traps to be banned and removed immediately
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3 years
“I'm being sent back to hell tomorrow…I was just told that I am being sent back to the Park Hotel-Prison.” - Mohammad. Read more and take action:
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6 years
“Is this really happening here in Australia?” Our Head of Global Policy @SunitaBose in @GuardianAus talking about new laws that could silence people power and threaten your petitions. Read more:
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Change.org Australia
8 years
16 yr old Chloe’s petition for urgent help for dairy farmers just hit a huge milestone. RT to spread word?
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Change.org Australia
3 years
Just launched: #8YearsTooLong for refugees. Let them out, let them stay! Loghman was detained at just 17 years of age, on Manus Island. 8 years later, it's time to let him, and other men trapped in detention, into the community.
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