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Detention is not a ‘solution’: Asylum Seekers, children, and the need to heal trauma not exacerbate it

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Beth Spencer

I wrote this letter to my local politician this morning. Feel free to borrow any parts of it if you too are upset by plans to have children and traumatised refugees sent to offshore detention camps in Malaysia, and wish … Continue reading →

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Equal love: why marriage is not just about having babies

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Beth Spencer

***Update: 2nd April 2012 – to send your thoughts to the Senate Enquiry (closes today) go here: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=legcon_ctte/marriage_equality_2012/info.htm or via Getup at http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/marriage-equality/senate-inquiry/senate-inquiry-into-marriage — must be in by close of today. Altho you can still always write to your local … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Work, Value, and ‘Job Capacity’ : Ability and Disability

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Beth Spencer

Reflecting — on International Day for People With Disability — on issues to do with social value, work and ‘job capacity’; and on the increasing incidence of medical disability, and why it should concern all of us. Continue reading →

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