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Chantelle Al-Khouri
3 months
Fatima Payman: "My family didn't flee from a war-torn country to come here as refugees for me to remain silent when I see atrocities inflicted on innocent people. Witnessing the govt's indifference... makes me question the direction the party is taking"
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
3 months
Very bizarre listening to Labor MP Michelle Ananda-Rajah on ABC’s Afternoon Briefing a few moments ago, where she refuses to call her now-former colleague Fatima Payman by name. When asked about the senator, she continually refers to her as “this individual” and “this person”
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
9 months
Labor backbencher Julian Hill says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "hell-bent on formalising a policy of apartheid" and has called on Australia to fast-track formal recognition of a Palestinian state.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
4 months
Here’s my first TV special for ABC News, interviewing the incredible healthcare workers who volunteered in Gaza’s last remaining hospitals and MSF facilities. Watch with care 💌 Part 1:
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
3 months
Given all the backgrounding & the fact that Sen. Payman accused colleagues of intimidation, we should be asking whether the Labor caucus has created a safe environment for all its members to speak up in the first place & why its possible its youngest member felt she couldn’t
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Hugh Riminton
3 months
PM Anthony Albanese having a good crack at Fatima Payman, claiming that “at no stage” did the WA Senator rise in caucus to “make any comments about the Middle East, about Western Australia or anything else.”
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
3 months
. @NourHaydar and I worked on this Fatima Payman feature back in 2022. I've been thinking about it a lot this week “I hope that my presence will be welcoming but also a beacon of hope for many out there… that often see themselves slip through the cracks”
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
In personal news: I’ll be starting as a federal political reporter for @abcnews next week, alongside the brilliant team at Parliament House. Forever grateful to the legends at @abccanberra for looking after me this past year and am keen to do some more work up the hill 🙇🏻‍♀️
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
7 months
Some good news for all who’ve been following: Hani - who we reported last week was trapped at an Istanbul airport when his Aus visa was cancelled - has since had it reissued! He tells us “it feels like a dream” and is excited to reunite with family here
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
6 months
“This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. This is unforgivable” - World Central Kitchen
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World Central Kitchen
6 months
World Central Kitchen is devastated to confirm seven members of our team have been killed in an IDF strike in Gaza. Read our full statement on the loss of our team members here:
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 month
Mano Yogalingham, 23, died on Wednesday after setting himself on fire in Melbourne's south-east. Asylum seeker advocates say his death came after more than a decade spent on a bridging visa in Australia.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
5 months
"My conscience has been uneasy for far too long & I must call this out for what it is.” Labor Senator Fatima Payman has broken ranks to call on her party to sanction and cease trade with Israel, accusing Israel of carrying out "genocide" in Gaza.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
8 months
Here’s how the Communications Minister and our incoming ABC chair responded this week to ABC staff concerns about management, treatment of diverse staff and our Israel/ Gaza coverage:
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
4 months
"I remember seeing this beautiful kite flying so free in the sky & it was almost like an extension of where that child wanted to be themselves. Then we saw these drones coming over… like Big Brother was watching you... like we were in The Hunger Games"🪁
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
4 months
After 2.5 years in the nation’s capital for the ABC, I’ve officially moved back to Sydney. Proud of my time at Canberra Parliament House & feel privileged to have covered some important political stories. Looking forward to continuing that work from the road. Send tips my way 🙇🏻‍♀️
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
4 months
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
8 months
The Aus govt has been "put on notice" by human rights orgs after the ICJ ruling that South Africa's accusation Israel is committing genocide is "plausible". Meanwhile, the govt announced it will pause disbursement of recent funding to UNRWA
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
9 months
“Commitment to diversity in the media cannot be skin deep. Culturally diverse staff should be respected and supported even when they challenge the status quo” Proud to call @NourHaydar a friend/ pretend cousin. A huge loss but can’t wait to see the amazing work she does next 💌
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The Age
9 months
Nour Haydar, a political reporter in the ABC’s Parliament House bureau has resigned over concerns relating to the national broadcaster’s coverage of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, as well as its treatment of culturally diverse staff.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
8 months
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on ICJ ruling: "This is a process of which Australia is not a party. We've made very clear our position, which is that every human life matters, whether it be Israeli or Palestinian."
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
To get a mullet or not to get a mullet at the Summernats car festival @JoeDoesNews
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
3 months
"I have the immense support of the rank-and-file members... calling on me to hang in there & to make change happen internally. On the other hand, I am pressured to conform to Caucus solidarity & toe the party line. I see no middle ground & my conscience leaves me no choice"
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
First feature for @abcnews w/ @NourHaydar 🙇🏻‍♀️
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ABC News
2 years
She's young, a migrant and wears a hijab. Fatima Payman hopes her election offers a 'beacon of hope'
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 month
via Hala Alyan:
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The Guardian
2 months
Bombed hospitals, buried children: we have become numb to Gaza’s destruction | Hala Alyan
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
10 days
My latest special for @abcnews 💌 The UN says most schools in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed by Israeli air strikes, as children approach a year without an education. For those who managed to flee to Australia, their school life is getting back on track. (PART 1/2)
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
7 months
#BREAKING : The Australian government has announced it will restore funding for UNRWA
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 year
“No one at the ABC — whose producers invited me onto their coronation coverage as a guest — has uttered one word of public support. Not one ABC executive has publicly refuted the lies written or spoken about me... this is an institutional failure.”
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
Hello! I’m your @triplejHack political reporter for two weeks, covering for the lovely @ClaudiaLongsays from Parliament House! Tonight, I’ll break down the new Labor cabinet… ALSO on the show, passport panic for aussies travelling again. 5:30pm 💫
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
Daydreaming of a Syria untouched by grief ☁️ This is the beautiful ancient city of Palmyra 20 years ago - captured and sent to me by the wonderful @Mick_Tsikas
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
3 months
MSF have been unable to bring any medical supplies into Gaza since the end of April 🧵
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
3 months
Trucks carrying medical supplies denied entry into the #Gaza by the Israeli authorities on July 3 due to ongoing fighting in the south. We have been unable to bring any medical supplies since the end of April. Hospitals continue to grapple with acute shortages of supplies.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 year
Support services say there’s questions to be answered about whether a justice system enabled personal text messages to be leaked & used in the public domain, saying it only validates existing concerns from those who fear risks of reporting to authorities.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
6 months
"The father and the mother, they couldn't pay their rent. It is a poverty narrative across the country... They're beautiful, strong, solid people. They're kind... There is no reason for them not to have their children returned."
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
Adam Bandt has used his National Press Club address today to confirm the Greens will back Labor’s climate bill to cut emissions by 43% by 2030 #NPC
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
6 months
"It’s windy (in Gaza), so all the boys are flying kites. They insist that I fly their kites with them, which I love doing. They're just children doing what children do. But the reality is that when it gets dark, there'll probably be air strikes” 🪁
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 year
"Every MP who's held up a 'go Matildas' sign or put out a tweet saying 'Tillies till I die', there's receipts & I've tucked them all away & I'll be coming for you in the future... there's a price to pay when you're doing that" @Craig_Foster on funding
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
7 months
“Now they're in no man's land, they don't know what to do.” Some Palestinians who have finally been able to flee Gaza have suddenly had their temporary Australian visas cancelled, leaving them stranded.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 year
“It’s disappointing but not surprising that we’re still seen as tokens or threats in these settings, but we are essential to good accountability public service journalism.” - @DanaMorse_ 👏 #insiders
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
8 months
A spokesperson for the Foreign Minister: "Australia respects the independence of the International Court of Justice and the critical role it plays in upholding international law and the rules based order. We note decisions of the ICJ are binding on the parties to a case." (1/3)
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
8 months
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on ICJ ruling: "This is a process of which Australia is not a party. We've made very clear our position, which is that every human life matters, whether it be Israeli or Palestinian."
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
6 months
Just 5 minutes into a meeting with Biden, a Palestinian American doctor who treated gravely injured patients in Gaza couldn’t bear to stay, so he left. He wanted “to let the administration feel the way that we felt this past 6 months and kind of get up and walk away from them.”
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Monica Alba
6 months
Inside the small, private White House meeting between Muslim American community leaders and President Biden, including more details on what two doctors who have been in Gaza told and showed him firsthand (w/ @Yamiche @elysepg )
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 months
The Australian govt insists it still regards the Golan Heights as occupied territory after Penny Wong described the site as a “northern Israeli town.” Israel occupied the land in the six-day war in 1967. The UN recognises the region as a part of Syria.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
First day of school vibes
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
When I’m out in Sydney and the girlies mention karaoke
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 year
“Indigenous people went with a lump in their throat to the Australian people, asking for a place in a document written for a nation state that once tried to wipe out its original nations. They were rebuffed” - @bridgeyb
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
13 days
UNICEF says 45,000 six year olds in Gaza have been deprived the right to start the new school year. Mousa was forced to go months without his education until his family fled to Australia, where he finally started school again. 7PM special ABC tonight 💌
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
7 months
@AJEnglish
Al Jazeera English
7 months
At least 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since October 7. 🔴 LIVE updates:
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 year
King wrote to 5 Australian women that the govt wouldn't offering Qatar extra flights on the day the decision was made. The women were on a Qatar Airways flight before they were subject to invasive searches when a premature baby was found in a bathroom.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
4 months
Dr Scarlett Wong: “There are certain types of trauma theories where you actually need your limbs to be able to do that therapy. It involves hugging yourself & there are lots of children out there who can't even do that therapy. They literally have no way to comfort themselves”💔
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
4 months
Part 2:
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
10 months
“The stage of risking everything to bring you the news has ended, and now begins the stage of trying to survive.” 61 of our colleagues have been killed. The remaining in Gaza say they have lost hope of survival. Where is the outrage?
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Committee to Protect Journalists
10 months
As of December 1, in the #Israel #Gaza war, CPJ has documented: - 61 journalists dead: 54 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 3 Lebanese. - 11 injured - 3 missing - 19 arrested - Multiple assaults, threats, cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of family members
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 year
"You cannot be a convicted rapist and still claim to be of good character… these character references just don't add up and we cannot continue to turn a blind eye to such contradictions" - @itsharrijames
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
4 years
Finally caught up on #InsecureHBO and haven’t stopped thinking about this episode since. The acting, the VISUALS, @natasharothwell ’s script and Ava Berkofsky’s direction. What a dream ✨
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
3 years
I have not known peace since reading this…
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hiero badge 🇵🇸🇱🇧
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
8 months
The PM & other federal MPs have voted in favour of a motion urging the US and UK to end the prosecution of Julian Assange. Next week, the High Court of Justice in the UK will hold its hearing into whether he can appeal his extradition to the US.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 year
Members of the federal Coalition have refused to meet with peak bodies for mental health and Indigenous wellbeing advocating for a respectful referendum debate while at Parliament House - via @DanaMorse_
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
Lattakia, Syria 📷: Hasan Belal
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 year
the filter American movies use when they want to show a “non specific poor country in the Middle East”
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BNO News
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The George Washington Bridge between New York and New Jersey
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
The rose petals with the harbour views aww
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Jacob Gamble
2 years
Highlight of @abcnews Breakfast this morn was this beautiful shot of @mjrowland68 and @David_Speers that looks like it was taken straight out of The Bachelor finale... Nothing more romantic than two grown men discussing the NSW election in front of Sydney Harbour
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
10 months
Journalism is not a crime
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
8 months
Greens senator David Shoebridge has labelled comments by the AFP as "chilling" and "extraordinary" after it defended its handling of terror charges against an autistic teenager, despite a scathing court ruling.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
8 months
"Rarely, if ever, have so many children been killed, injured or orphaned as quickly as Israel is doing so in Gaza right now" - via @TheLyonsDen
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John Lyons
8 months
Malnourished, homeless, orphaned: The horrors for Gaza’s children. A nurse does ops on 6 dead pregnant women to save their babies. Rarely, if ever, has any country killed, injured & orphaned as many children as quickly as Israel is right now. My new column
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
4 years
@tallycac Any updates yet??
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
8 months
“I don’t want to be taking part in another inquiry… that just pays lip service to those victims and survivors who are invisible” There’s still no data on national deaths of First Nations women by violence or real time reporting of women who are missing.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 months
Former dep secretary of the Immigration dept, Abul Rizvi via ABC's Afternoon Briefing: "(Dutton's) comments of a blanket ban on helping people out of a war or conflict zone is unprecedented, certainly in the last 30 years."🧵
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 year
“He is trying to change an organisation that has its own legacy of racism. But he knows I am disappointed. I am dispirited.”
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
Such a dream to work with the brilliant @triplejHack team (and a special shout-out to the brilliant @ClaudiaLongsays for taking care of me today) 💫
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Claudia Long
2 years
So excited for @chantelle_alkh to make her debut on @triplejHack tonight covering the abortion situation in the US. AND you'll also hear from @jolauder on the ground in Goldstein! We'll be taking a wider look at the independent movement as well from 5:30
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
7 months
“I was on the correct path. I didn't do anything wrong… When I booked the flight (back to Cairo), they told me I don't have a visa to Cairo, and I don't have a visa to enter Turkey even. I'm currently stuck and afraid and don't know what to do.”
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
7 months
Finally escaping the horrors of the Gaza Strip and holding onto hope for some reprieve, Hani has found himself trapped in visa limbo.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
11 months
Greens senators today walked out of Question Time, criticising Labor over its refusal to call for a ceasefire amid Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Senator Faruqi labelled Labor “heartless, gutless cowards” before walking out with her colleagues.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 year
"It is farcical to watch [Peter Dutton] concerned about the welfare and well-being of our communities when every time he's had a portfolio where he could have done good for our communities, he's done the absolute opposite”
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 year
Australia and the European Union have failed to resolve five-year-long negotiations on a planned free trade agreement worth almost $100 billion. The trade minister said while he's disappointed, Australia was not offered a deal it could accept.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
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@Dan_Bourchier
Dan Bourchier
5 months
Back every word of my friend and colleague, the fierce @bridgeyb - particularly on the responsibility of all journalists, reporters and presenters. #insiders
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
11 months
The Australian government has granted hundreds of temporary visas to Palestinians in the weeks since Israel began its bombing campaign of Gaza, which has killed thousands of civilians and flattened large swathes of the densely populated strip.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 year
Counselling support hotline @FullStopAus is warning the issue is being used as a 'political football' and seeks to 'dehumanise' victim-survivors.
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1 year
Labor backbenchers are among more than 300 signatories to an open letter addressed to the Prime Minister, calling for an urgent boost to JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and related payments in the upcoming budget.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
#ChrisDawson has been found guilty of murdering his first wife Lynette Dawson. It comes 40 years after she disappeared from their home on Sydney's northern beaches
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
4 months
"There's ten children, four brothers & the extended family that are wanting answers... This cant continue - Aboriginal women disappearing & being murdered and not having justice in this country. We need justice for Constance May Watcho" - Tarita Fisher
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
4 years
today a woman actually barked at me over the phone, how was your day ❤️
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2 years
Community understanding about the gendered nature of domestic violence has gone backwards, with 41 per cent of people wrongly believing both men and women are equally likely to be perpetrators - @NourHaydar
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
Canberra crowds watching Socceroos v Argentina this morning #ARGAUS #FIFAWorldCup ⚽️
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
5 months
"I think it was just a mere political manoeuvre attempting to slap a $925 million bandaid on the outcry that happened over the weekend." Survivors, advocates, experts respond to yesterday’s national cabinet announcement:
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1 year
End Rape on Campus said while universities agreed to be more transparent about reporting of sexual violence, fewer than a third were publishing that information in a way that was easy for students to access — while some were not publishing at all.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
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"Australia’s position has been clear and consistent throughout this crisis. We have consistently urged all parties to the conflict to respect international humanitarian law, advocated for humanitarian access, and called for civilians to be protected and hostages released." (2/3)
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"Australia will continue to work for a just and enduring peace between Israelis and Palestinians." (3/3)
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 months
. @Hind_Gaza reports on the deaths of her Al Jazeera colleagues, journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and camera operator Ramy al-Rify after they were killed by an Israeli airstrike while reporting from northern Gaza.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
1 year
The senior bureaucrat who oversaw the rollout of the illegal Robodebt scheme has been suspended without pay, following the damning findings of the royal commission.
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
Yesterday marked 20 years since the US-led invasion of Iraq. Some used the anniversary to reinstate calls for war power reforms and an inquiry into the decisions which led to Australia's involvement. More here:
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
2 years
The Defence Department has granted dozens of weapons export permits over the past two years to nations accused of mass human rights violations and war crimes - via @AndrewBGreene
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
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A group of asylum seekers have been flown to Nauru, after they were discovered in a remote part of Western Australia. While the Coalition has criticised the government, advocates say the Opposition is playing politics with the lives of refugees.
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1 year
@MarkusMannheim Didn’t I see you reply to that…
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Chantelle Al-Khouri
9 months
Labor backbencher Julian Hill has urged the govt to ban Australians from funding illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. According to HRW, settler violence was already at its worst in 2 decades prior to Oct 7, but it has since doubled.
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