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Meghna Bali

@meghnabali

5 months

The ABC has obtained and verified a video showing a BJP worker named Bhuvnesh Kumar Varshney plotting to bribe police and polling officials in UP's Sambhal constituency before the May 7 poll. Watch the full video below with captions.

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Read @bhattburhan02 and my story below about voter suppression tactics and the pressure on non-BJP candidates to withdraw their nominations.

A worker from Narendra Modi's party was filmed plotting to bribe police. Then he was arrested

As India's election campaign approaches the finish line, voters allege they have been beaten up by police at polling stations, while candidates say they have been encouraged to withdraw from the race.

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Jai Wright’s father is calling for an independent inquiry - away from the police - into the death of his 16-year-old son. He says as a parent, he’s unsure what to believe around how Jai was killed. @triplejHack

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The ABC has obtained and independently verified a video showing a worker from India’s ruling BJP plotting to disrupt the voting process in UP’s Sambhal constituency. The man suggests bribing poling and polling officials who would accuse the area’s mostly Muslim electors of

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@bhattburhan02 We have also confirmed Mr Varshney was preventively arrested days before the poll under s151 of crpc. Many described the action as “not harsh enough”.

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In Oct, our Background Briefing investigation revealed aerial firefighting orgs were waiting to hear about a business case sitting with the fed govt for 2 years. They were asking for an annual increase of $11 million to fight worsening fire seasons. Today 👇🏽

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5 years

#BREAKING : Aerial firefighting efforts will get another $11m boost from the Federal Government today, to help combat these terrible #bushfires . This is on top of the $15 million already provided each year.

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YouTube has blocked @AvaniDias powerful reporting about Sikh separatism in Punjab after a demand from the Indian government. It comes two weeks after the blocking of CBC's Fifth Estate program that featured footage of a Sikh seperatist's killing, and a year after a BBC

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@sambhalpolice The ABC has independently verified the authenticity of this video. We spoke to victims and eyewitnesses who describe what happened across villages in Sambhal on May 7. The details are near identical in both instances. We have confirmed Mr Varshney was booked under s151 crpc

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2 years

This month Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese were seen wearing saffron scarves featuring a symbol with a dark and violent history. As Australia's relationship with India grows closer, is a deeper understanding of the region needed?

Why did Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese wear scarves associated with VHP India, a Hindu...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese have been photographed wearing saffron scarves bearing the symbol of a right-wing Hindu nationalist group from India that has been...

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4 years

1. Hey everyone. For the last three months @ginamckeon and I have been investigating what happened to Mara Ellis in one of Australia’s largest men’s prisons for @BackgroundBrief . I want to share what we’ve learned. [THREAD]

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I started my ABC career at the same time as Nour. Have seen her grow into the tough, principled and professional journalist she is today. What a devastating loss for the public broadcaster. Big respect to her decision. Onwards and upwards 🧿

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Exclusive: ABC federal politics reporter @NourHaydar resigns over Gaza coverage

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6 years

@fraser_anning YUCK. Delete your account.

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3 years

Friends and family in India pretty shaken by this. They can’t leave their homes for fear of dying and now they can’t come home without facing jail time.

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@hughriminton

3 years

So just to be clear, in a post-midnight press release, the government is threatening to send Australian citizens to jail for five years if they try to get home from India - to protect Australian citizens. What an utter statement of failure of our quarantine arrangements.

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6 years

In #Bowraville today. “What do we want, justice. What do we have? Fuck all.” Hundreds of people have gathered here today, vowing to take their fight to the High Court. @abcnews

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6 years

Thinking of the Bowraville families today. Many speak of fears that if the murders remain unsolved, a ‘legacy of sadness’ would be passed on from generation to generation. A fight that should not be necessary is now being taken on by children as young as this. #Bowraville

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6 years

Noelene Skinner, Colleen Walker’s cousin says “if it had been three kids from the north shore, the case would’ve been solved years ago”. @abcnews #Bowraville

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4 years

The @triplejHack team thought a lot about how to approach this story. We decided it was important to cover because we know men who reflect on their past experiences with genuine remorse and accountability can help other men recognise sexual violence.

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@meghnabali

4 years

A mate sent me this screenshot from a Sydney Uber and rideshare drivers Facebook page. It’s the racism for me 🙃 @UberEats

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@meghnabali

5 years

For those interested, this is how NAFC funding sources have changed since 2003.

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@meghnabali

7 years

My view right now. @abcbrisbane #AustraliaDay

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3 years

New from me. The harshest restrictions may have been lifted in Western Sydney, but it’s not an experience the area’s diverse community is going to forget any time soon.

Restrictions may have eased in Western Sydney, but the inequalities remain - triple j

The harshest restrictions may have eased in Western Sydney, but it's not an experience they'll forget soon

www.abc.net.au

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@meghnabali

6 years

1. Hey everyone, I want to share what I learned over two weeks of talking to Mami Nyiramuruta, who found her son on Facebook 15 years after she thought he died.

Mami and her children boarded a plane to escape the Rwandan genocide, but one was missing

Mami Coco Nyiramuruta raised her family amid an African genocide — her husband was murdered, and she thought her son had been killed too. But 15 years later social media changed everything.

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@meghnabali

7 years

A crowd of thousands makes its way through the streets of Brisbane. (1/2) #MarriageEquality @ABCNewsBrisbane

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@meghnabali

4 years

We won two @SND awards for a story I reported on last year about Mara Ellis’ prison experience. A hard, but important read. Thrilled to be highlighted! Congrats team @samuellukeart , @ginamckeon , @alexpalmerabc , @KatiaEirin , @lewgus and @alicitabrennan .

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1. Hey everyone. For my latest story, I wanted to cover the Julian Assange extradition hearing a little differently. So for this week’s @BackgroundBrief I revisited the event that made @wikileaks a household name. The Baghdad airstrike of 2007. [THREAD]

Assange's extradition: what's really at stake? - ABC listen

Human rights advocates describe the pursuit of the Wikileaks founder as "a threat to global media freedom". But when a magistrate decides whether he'll be extradited to the United States, how much...

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@meghnabali

9 years

White people love brown culture, just not brown bodies. Thank you @iranikanjari for your honest AF insight.

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@i_D

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We spoke to @irankanjari , to talk radical beauty, cultural appropriation & online activism:

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7 years

Young and old marching through George St in scorching Brisbane heat. @abcbrisbane

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@meghnabali

6 years

Berivan was 24 and pregnant with her fourth child when ISIS militants came for the Yazidis four years ago today. She survived, but thousands still remain in captivity, including seven of her family members.

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@meghnabali

3 years

Don't miss this one 🔥 @_angemccormack holds the PM to account on vaccine bungles, lack of access to pandemic disaster payments for people on youth allowance and our lacking climate change targets. Starts at 18.38 @triplejHack

Scott Morrison on COVID-19, climate change and mental health - triple j

Hack asks Scott Morrison about the impact of the pandemic on young people, including vaccine stumbles and access to COVID disaster payments. Plus, we get his thoughts on Australia’s lacking climate...

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@meghnabali

8 years

Prayers amongst tarp, gum boots and flood water. The Ahmaddiya community is cleaning houses in North Maclean today. #BIGWET @ABCNewsBrisbane

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@meghnabali

7 years

What a turnout! #MarriageEquality @ABCNewsBrisbane

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4 years

10. Finally, it takes an army to investigate, produce and publish a story like this. Thank you, Mara Ellis, @ginamckeon , @alicitabrennan , @alexsmann , @bsveen , Leila Shunnar, Ingrid Wagner, Isabella Tropiano, @s_mitchell (cont.)

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6 years

This is offensive and a severe stretch. I think we should leave the investigating to police rather than finding "experts" to suit the stereotypical narrative we want to propagate. #PreethiReddy

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Alex Palmer, @jackffisher , @lewgus , Katia Shatoba, @doctorworkman , @sebasu101 and Samuel Luke. You’re a bunch of absolute guns.

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4 years

Hello, it’s been a while! I wanted to share the story of how Chantelle Baker got out of prison because of COVID19. [THREAD]

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4 years

3. So, for her own protection, Mara was placed in segregated cells in a part of Hakea that’s usually reserved for punishment. Mara says the conditions were akin to torture. You can read about her experience in her own words here.

'Why am I here?': Mara is a woman but was sent to a men's prison

Mara Ellis was in prison for more than four months. But as a transgender woman, she was imprisoned with males and had to endure isolation and humiliation. This is her story.

www.abc.net.au

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@meghnabali

7 years

Just a few of the signs at the marriage equality rally in Queens Park. @ABCNewsBrisbane

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@meghnabali

6 months

We’re kicking off our election coverage from the southern state of Tamil Nadu. It’s where PM Modi has made 10 trips since the start of the year.

Neryssa Azlan

@neryssaazlan

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Today marks the beginning of the world's largest democratic exercise as India's general elections begin. India's PM has set himself an ambitious goal, but to achieve it, he'll have to win over a dubious crowd. Analysis by @meghnabali

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5 years

@oz_f “Dear lord” 😂😂

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7 years

3000 strong @abcbrisbane

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3 years

"We're being blamed for looking after ours, and then being told that we're not looking after ours." Residents in Sydney's south-west are confused and fearful. Volunteer translators are frustrated they're having to do what should be the NSW Govt's job.

Ahmed Yussuf

@ahmedyussuf10

3 years

New from me and the great @meghnabali for @triplejHack : Volunteers translating critical health messages say they're filling a gap left by the NSW government

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4 years

While WA’s Justice dept. wouldnt respond directly to Mara’s allegations, the Corrective Services Commissioner has committed to implementing a trans, gender diverse and intersex inmate specific policy by Nov. Hear me question him about it in this week’s BB.

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@meghnabali

6 years

Cool, calm and collected. Scott Donaldson is solo paddling to New Zealand today from Coffs Harbour. Hoping he’s third time lucky! @BreakfastNews @abcnews

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@meghnabali

8 years

Afnan and Manoon from the Ahmadiyya community are helping clean homes in North Maclean today #BIGWET @ABCNewsBrisbane

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4 years

I talked to harm minimisation experts in NZ about why they legalised pill-testing. They told me they didn’t want what Australia had: “sniffer dogs, strip searches, dead kids”. You can read the story below or listen to it here @triplejHack

NZ legalises pill-testing at festivals - triple j

New Zealand's government has made pill-testing permanent, as harm minimisation experts criticised Australia's response to drug deaths at music festivals. Also, Menulog becomes the first food delivery...

www.abc.net.au

triplejHack

@triplejHack

4 years

NZ drug experts drag Australia's response to festival drug deaths:

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3 years

NEW FROM ME! The ⁦ @triplejHack team⁩ spoke to four young people about what it was like being in their last year of high school and turning 18 in a pandemic. We also sent them disposable cameras to document what they’re up to now. Here’s the result 👇🏽

The 'Quaranteens': What life's like for young Australians who turned 18 in a pandemic.

We sent disposable cameras to four young Aussies around the country. Here's how they captured their first year out of school.

www.abc.net.au

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Meghna Bali

@meghnabali

2 years

And ICYMI - Political candidates are campaigning hard this election to court Indian-Australian voters. Are their strategies paying off?

How Indian-Australians could become an influential voting bloc

Scott Morrison is not the only politician trying to influence the Indian-Australian voter. Candidates across the spectrum are seeing Australia's Indian diaspora as a demographic of growing influenc...

www.abc.net.au

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@meghnabali

3 years

New from me. Victoria has refused to allow a stranded young woman to travel home under an "emergency relocation" exemption, despite supporting documents from her psychotherapist stating her mental health was declining rapidly.

Clare's trying to move home to Victoria to get support for her mental illness. But the state won't...

Even cancer carers are being denied travel exemptions under Victoria's strict border permit scheme

www.abc.net.au

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@meghnabali

4 years

7. It’s estimated there are up to 400 trans and gender diverse people in prison cells around Australia. They are often assessed and housed inappropriately, and placed in areas they’re not safe in. Like trans women in men’s prisons.

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@meghnabali

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8. Policies around the management of trans, gender diverse and intersex prisoners vary. Some jurisdictions have explicit self-identification policy, while others make decisions based on medical intervention. You can read more about it here.

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6. After spending two weeks in mainstream, she’s granted bail. She doesn’t go back to prison and ends up serving community orders for the assault charges. Unfortunately, Mara’s story isn’t unique.

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4. A few months later, despite the prison’s own assessment that Mara was not to share a cell, she was shifted to the mainstream part of Hakea. There she was surrounded by around 30 men for 7 hours a day and shared a cell with a man. She told me she was sexually assaulted.

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@meghnabali

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2. Mara is a 24-year-old transgender woman who spent more than four months remanded in WA’s notorious Hakea Prison in 2018. She was charged with assaulting her partner and two police officers.

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@meghnabali

8 years

Camo @stevecav1 and I are all smiles after this #MudArmy helped us out of a ~sticky~ situation. #BIGWET @ABCNewsBrisbane

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3. The prison knew she was transgender, so when she was processed, they decided she couldn’t share a cell for her own safety. Evidence shows if you’re trans and locked up, you’re more likely to be physically, sexually and verbally assaulted by other inmates and staff.

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3 years

Great insight into the journeys of three ABC trailblazers. Grateful for people like @hornseyj who not only taught me how to shoot video and find my way around the scene of a story, but looked out for and mentored an unconfident baby journo with imposter syndrome ♥️🙏🏽

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@abcnews

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'We tried a girl; it didn't go well': The women shooting news who proved otherwise

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7 years

Aaaand a few more 🌈 @ABCNewsBrisbane

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5 years

@GavinCoote On brand then?

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2 years

Latest from me - why there’s so much attention on Indian-Australians this election, and why some in the community are skeptical 👇🏽👇🏽

How Indian-Australians could become an influential voting bloc

Scott Morrison is not the only politician trying to influence the Indian-Australian voter. Candidates across the spectrum are seeing Australia's Indian diaspora as a demographic of growing influenc...

www.abc.net.au

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@meghnabali

7 years

One Nation’s Malcolm Roberts says he’ll miss parts of federal politics but is excited to run for Ipswich seat. @abcnews @ABCNewsBrisbane

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@meghnabali

3 years

"Our rise from Third World to “emerging” superpower economy has been a trick of words... the past 30 years have allowed an escape from generations of poverty, into a precarious but dreaming middle class. These dreams are coming undone." By @rkarnad

Once, We Talked About the First and Third Worlds. Today, It’s the Vaxxed and Unvaxxed.

India's vaccine fiasco puts an end to its illusions of joining the developed world.

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@meghnabali

6 years

@verbaliza @7NewsSydney And wtf is "sinister twist"? The sensationalism is disgusting.

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3 years

I’ve talked to so many people desperate to either get to their sick parents in India or come back home to Australia. Neither allowed. Apparently we’ve got a world class COVID response. At what cost?

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For this week’s #4corners @mahmoodicus @amosroberts and I travelled to Hungary and Slovenia to investigate claims by a secret informant that he was being exploited by Australian and American intelligence authorities. Here’s what we found 👇🏽 via @YouTube

Unmasking the undercover informant inside the cartel | Four Corners

Undercover operatives and secret informants are a key weapon in the fight against drug trafficking and organised crime. But what happens to these people onc...

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@meghnabali

5 years

"When one in seven voters support far right candidates, there’s something more sinister than ordinary electioneering going on."

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@meghnabali

6 years

I’m at Coffs Harbour courthouse where a video link has been set up for families and supporters who can’t make it to Sydney. Big day. #Bowraville @abcnews

NSW Supreme Court

@NSWSupCt

6 years

At 9:30am today in the Banco Court in Sydney, the Court of Criminal Appeal will deliver its judgment in relation to an application for retrial after acquittal in matter concerning murder of 3 children from Bowraville in the early 1990’s.

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In charge. #triplethreat #IWD2019 💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽 @LindaMottram @SimkinEmma

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3 years

"You expect promotional mascots like this to look kind of gimicky... so I think people assume any artist who puts in the effort has to have some other ulterior motive; but no, it's just because I understood the assignment." - @SailorFailures

Woolies' new 'Aussie Heroes' sticker packs kinda have furry vibes - triple j

The artist behind them says they were commissioned to create manga-style Aussie characters to market the 2020 Olympics.

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@meghnabali

8 years

Dementors? First fog of the year in Brisbane. @ABCNewsBrisbane

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7 years

Protestors have reached the shade of Musgrave Park. Cultural activities are planned for the afternoon. @abcbrisbane

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4 years

1. Kidaan fam! In my last @BackgroundBrief investigation for the year, I went inside a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that swindled hundreds of Indian-Australians out of a whopping $20 million. Here’s what I learned: [THREAD]

The Ponzi scheme that preyed on faith - ABC listen

Bhavesh was in trouble. His wife had just suffered three heart attacks and he couldn't afford treatment. So he turned to trusted members of his spiritual community for help. But as reporter Meghna...

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7 years

16 yo's family is happy son has been found. Eric is showing some signs of dehydration and exposure, but generally healthy @ABCNewsBrisbane

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Incredible reporting here. Podcast even better. A terrifying insight into how a global white supremacist terror group dedicated to inciting a race war recruited young Australian guys.

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@meghnabali

4 years

♥️

Australian Podcast Awards

@AusPodAwards

4 years

Best Current Affairs Podcast supported by @SpotifyAU Our winners are: Gold: @BackgroundBrief Silver: Full Story from @guardianaus Bronze: @7ampodcast #auspodawards

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. @SimkinEmma and I starting our #NSWelection coverage from the seat of Gosford 💪🏽💪🏽 #NSWVotes #CentralCoastVotes

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#ABCstargazing in Boambee, near Coffs Harbour 💫 A stunning view through a handmade telescope 🌒 @abcnews @ABCMidNorthNSW

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@meghnabali

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This week's @BackgroundBrief investigates Christian missionaries in the Kimberley promoting the idea that traditional Aboriginal culture is a kind of witchcraft, and how their followers are destroying sacred artifacts in an attempt to drive away the devil.

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@meghnabali

5 years

Feels. #sydneytrains

Cillian

@Cillian_____

5 years

Thinking of jumping out of the train on to the freeway as I would still get home quicker via ambulance and a hospital stay than on @TrainsInfo #sydneytrains

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6 years

Surely we can see why linking a community specific practice like arranged marriage to this horrific murder with no evidence to back it up is problematic?

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@meghnabali

6 years

Where is the relevant angle in this article? The headline and lede have references to arranged marriage yet there is "no research linking violence to the marriage process". Why include it? Click bait. Surprised there isn't a reference to Bollywood.

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@meghnabali

5 years

Can confirm, a v great thing to apply for 🙌🏽

Gaven Morris

@gavmorris

5 years

Do you have ambitions to be a journalist and want to join our @abcnews team? Apply here: ABC News Cadetships 2020

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8 years

Heading to Brisbane next year for the ABC news cadetship 🙏🏽🙏🏽

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3 years

Nic vapes will be illegal w/o a prescription from Oct 1. But young vapers don’t really care, sellers aren’t scared and distributors have started to leave nicotine warning labels off their products before they ship to Aus. Will the laws work? @triplejHack

Nicotine vapes are about to become illegal without a prescription. But will it create a dangerous...

Health authorities want to curb vape use among young people, but experts say new laws could create a black market.

www.abc.net.au

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@meghnabali

5 years

"Chawla said when women “of South Asian origin” are murdered in Australia, the media often downplays the inherent misogyny present in Australian society, and instead acts as though the responsibility lies with other cultures."

Gina Rushton

@ginarush

5 years

Sometimes you do an interview and you wish you could use every quote and this was the case with each of these three incredibly strong people whose loved ones were murdered by men and who generously shared their insights into what journalists can do better

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7 years

Don't be surprised if y'all see these bad boys dropping off your online shopping around Brisbane. @ABCNewsBrisbane

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@meghnabali

3 years

ICYMI: Flynt finished high school broke and burnt out, Unice became TikTok famous, William explored his identity and Bianca was diagnosed with a chronic illness. ⁦ @triplejHack ⁩ spoke to them about their transition after high school amid a pandemic

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Meghna Bali

@meghnabali

7 years

Me in India: Yo nothing can save this place from itself. Me everywhere else: I come from a land of mystics, martyrs and maharajas. The Taj Mahal is the most exquisite building you will ever lay eyes upon. Our people may not have great fortunes, but wear the widest smiles

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Meghna Bali

@meghnabali

7 years

A crowd of thousands in Brisbane. “Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.” @abcbrisbane

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Meghna Bali

@meghnabali

6 years

“We are placed under more scrutiny by lobby groups and vexatious politicians and commentators whose blood pressures soar at the word “diversity” and view our very existence as politically loaded.” @jennineak I feel seen, thank you for writing this

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@meghnabali

7 years

Premier @AnnastaciaMP has announced a whole of government drone strategy to facilitate a multi-million dollar industry. @ABCNewsBrisbane

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Meghna Bali

@meghnabali

4 years

Anyway there's heaps more. Listen to it!! Special thanks to the dream team @alicitabrennan , @alexsmann , @bsveen , Leila Shunnar, Ingrid Wagner and Tim Jenkins.

Assange's extradition: what's really at stake? - ABC listen

Human rights advocates describe the pursuit of the Wikileaks founder as "a threat to global media freedom". But when a magistrate decides whether he'll be extradited to the United States, how much...

www.abc.net.au

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Meghna Bali

@meghnabali

3 years

What a legend! Listen back to Ahmed's excellent report on the harassment and surveillance of Chinese and Hong Kong students across Australian universities here -

A deadly heat wave scorches North America - triple j

Hundreds of people are dead as a record-breaking heat wave hits Canada and the U.S, meanwhile there’s an Antarctic blast in New Zealand. The extreme temperatures have climate scientists worried. A...

www.abc.net.au

Ahmed Yussuf

@ahmedyussuf10

3 years

It's Somali independence day 🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴 And happy to say *I think* I might be the first Somali reporter on @triplejHack with my first story this arvo. Tune in from 5.30pm!

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Meghna Bali

@meghnabali

7 years

STOP 👏🏽 SAYING 👏🏽 CHAI 👏🏽 TEA.

Inc.

@Inc

7 years

On a whim, this hippie founder packed her bags for India. Now, she's made $35 million selling chai tea.

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Meghna Bali

@meghnabali

6 years

Happy Diwali Twitter 💥💥 Wrote a little bit about how the festival is celebrated in Woolgoolga and its journey from a town divided by racial tensions to its current status as an oasis of Indian culture. This clip is from 1968. @abcnews #Diwali

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Meghna Bali

@meghnabali

8 years

An ode to Shiv Kumar Batalvi on his birthday. This cover of Akh Kashni is bamb AF 💯

Jasmine Sandlas

@JasmineSandlas

8 years

#TeamSandlas Kashni belongs to you now ! -Jasmine Sandlas

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Meghna Bali

@meghnabali

7 years

#BREAKING Missing teenager Eric from Samford has been found. @ABCNewsBrisbane

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Meghna Bali

@meghnabali

6 years

New, from me. Peter has been keeping his HIV diagnosis a secret for three decades. He was running a gay guesthouse in the 80s when a doctor first refused him treatment. Now aged 67, alive and relatively well, Peter's fighting another battle — old age.