Wang from China - lonely in Oz When we asked Wang, an international PhD student, to draw a network diagram with his main contacts and their languages, he refused because “I only live with my dog. Office, room, read papers. I seldom speak with others. No opportunities.” 5/n

BREAKING: PARAMEDICS HAVE LAUNCHED AN ONGOING BAN ON BILLING PATIENTS, AND HAVE REVERTED TO PAPER RECORDS

The whole ‘agree to less than what you need or get nothing/wait forever’ extortion attempt is an interesting move to make against a very unwell participant NDIS 🤔But wholly predictable in light of the adversarial nature of the relationship they like to set up with us.

The proposed changes are absolutely outrageous, but even the visa cancellations under current law that are outlined in this article are chilling...

The statement on language rights from Global Coalition for Language Rights is now available in Catalan! Many thanks to Núria Jiménez for translating.

Thanks to everyone who has reached out to translate the Global Coalition for Language Rights statement. We are now working on versions in Urdu, Marathi, Greek, Filipino, and Lothringian. If you can help translate into other languages, please get in touch!

Fascinating replies, including links to other tweets - how people claim shared nationality/connection with winners...

Migrants are often made to feel out of place Dagmar from Austria was told to "Go back home" when she made a passing observation about Australian drinking culture in a pub 6/n

White migrants see themselves or their children on trajectory towards full inclusion in Australia. African and Asian migrants less so. Daniel from Sudan observed that language wasn't key when he told us "African girls and boys speak English but do not get positions.” 7/n

HEY KFC Australia there’s a young woman dressed in a long sleeve red shirt and long pants holding a giant sign and it’s THIRTY SIX DEGREES At your coorparoo store - it’s awful. I’ve called the store and the manager explained it’s not them it’s head office. Pls RT

Yumiko from Japan came to Australia to find love As a teenager, Yumiko developed a crush on Tom Cruise. In Australia, she hoped to meet people like him 8/n

Ellen from the Philippines came to Australia for work Ellen left her 2 young children in Manila to work as a meatpacker in an abattoir and to send money back home to secure their future. She missed them everyday💔 9/n

Great to attend a session hosted by UTS Faculty of Law Law teaching and learning Community of Practice on the implications of recent advances of AI in higher ed... A valuable discussion on how to respond to GenAI and the opportunities it creates to rethink learning and assessment. ✨

it is unacceptable to be naive about what happened yesterday. its not surprising, it’s totally in-line with what we know nazis, terfs and cops do