Join our Facebook group – “Against the Proposed Narrowing of Accessible Parking Permit Eligibility“! ~~~ As regular readers know, the Australian Government is looking to reduce the number of disabled parking permits available to the community, by refusing access to… Read More ›
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Form Letter for Govt Protesting “Harmonisation of Disability Parking Permit Schemes”
Join our Facebook group – “Against the Proposed Narrowing of Accessible Parking Permit Eligibility“! ~~~ **Please spread this post far and wide** Following on from Lauredhel’s powerful CALL TO ACTIVISM, here is a form letter that I developed (with input… Read More ›
Open Letter to Disability Orgs re Proposed Accessible Parking Rules – Please Co-Sign
Join our Facebook group – “Against the Proposed Narrowing of Accessible Parking Permit Eligibility“! ~~~ Further to Beppie’s form letter for you to send to government, Wildly Parenthetical and I have been collaborating on a letter to send to community… Read More ›
13th DUFC nearing deadline, and nominate your fave Ozfem blogger at Cosmo!
Yikes, my usual alarm malfunctioned! (Or I dismissed it with a misclick.) It’s time to submit posts for the Lucky Thirteenth Down Under Feminists Carnival – and you’ve only got a day till deadline, so get to it now. Before… Read More ›
“Harmonisation” of disabled parking schemes: What are the current State and Territory criteria?
Join our Facebook group – “Against the Proposed Narrowing of Accessible Parking Permit Eligibility“! ~~~ WildlyParenthetical is feminist, queer, white, TAB [Temporarily Able-Bodied] and recently, an official Doctor (no, she can’t write prescriptions, sadly… but she can analyse and theorise… Read More ›
CALL TO ACTIVISM – Many people with disabilities to be excluded from accessible parking under proposed scheme
Join our Facebook group – “Against the Proposed Narrowing of Accessible Parking Permit Eligibility“! ~~~ UPDATE 1 June 2009: Please see this new post about the current State and Territory eligibility criteria for accessible parking permits: “Harmonisation” of disabled parking… Read More ›
Conroy backing down on internet censorship?
Well, the proposed Australian internet filtering plans have shifted, and changed, and been fiddled with, and shifted again. We went from an across-the-board opt-out censorship system (the election promise), to some sort of “clean feed” (a meaningless term), to mandatory… Read More ›
Nestle helps Australian consumers*
…wishing to take part in the longstanding boycott of their products by conveniently displaying a wide selection of their food products in a new TV advertisement (and presumably a related print campaign) aiming “to raise the profile and relevance of… Read More ›
Heads up for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
I see an article in today’s SMH about yet another survey about sexual culture and mores which, of course, is in no way influenced by gender stereotypes. Sex-education classes are failing to teach young women the skills they need to… Read More ›
Marry, shag, or throw off a cliff? Reality TV edition
I’ve been agonising over whether to post this M/S/C instalment, for the same reasons that I get a bit squicky over RPS. Are reality TV hosts fictionalised enough that we can have a bit of fun with their on-screen personae?… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 