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Ginger Gorman

@gingergorman.bsky.social
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Social justice journalist, author, editor and media trainer. My award-winning book is “Troll Hunting.” I do also laugh & wear lipstick 💄

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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
“Each death has its own alchemy.” My new ABC Long Read explores what it really means to die well — and why death might be the last thing we truly learn to do www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social
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Deathwalkers and voluntary assisted dying are changing end-of-life care
For many, voluntary assisted dying has come to symbolise control over how life ends. Yet dying well isn't just about those final hours. That's where a deathwalker like Zenith can help.
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
As a tech harms expert, I’m going to this 👉 IPAA's Hypothetical on the future of an AI-enabled public service Feat. Mike Kaiser, Victor Dominello, Stephen Scheeler, Dr Kylie Walker, Lucy Poole, Michelle Steele & Dev Craig Emerson 11 Sept @ Hyatt 🎟️ Tix act.ipaa.org.au/event/ipaa-a...
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IPAA ACT Hypothetical: An AI-enabled public sector – From public trust to workforce pitfalls - Institute of Public Administration Australia (ACT) Limited
This September, dive into the future of work in the public sector in the age of AI. Join ABC radio presenter Craig Reucassel as he leads a panel of eminent public sector leaders […]
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Oh my god - someone explain why sympathy cards are so dire…they are like the slums of all letters.
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Don’t wait for a crisis to learn media & public speaking skills. With 25+ yrs as a journo, I’ll help you handle tough interviews, big presentations & high-pressure moments—clear, compelling, in control. 📩 www.gingergorman.com/contact/
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Sofia was 8 when she died. Her parents had no roadmap — just pain, confusion & love. In Australia 1000s of families w terminally ill children are left to cope without adequate palliative care. I wrote this story to expose how the system can do better: tinyurl.com/msc2zh3n
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Oh god no.
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
My first story for @thesaturdaypaper.com.au is out today. It’s about Simon, his beloved 4yo son Marmaduke & paediatric palliative care in Australia—what works, what’s broken & why we must do better. Thanks to all who shared their expertise & hearts 💔 🔗 thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/health/...
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Administering palliative care for dying children
A national action plan aims to provide care and comfort for all children with terminal illness, and to ease the isolation their families still face.
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Don’t wait for a crisis to learn media & public speaking skills. With 25+ yrs as a journo, I’ll help you handle tough interviews, big presentations & high-pressure moments—clear, compelling, in control. 📩 www.gingergorman.com/contact/
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Bree and her child thought they would end up on the street. Broke and out of options. The ACT Rent Relief Fund saved them. That fund was Quietly axed on July 4. Just $1.7M a year. 💔 Hundreds helped. Now—nothing. ✍️ Sign: tinyurl.com/3ebd5rsk More: canberradaily.com.au/rent-relief-...
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Keep the Rent Relief Fund ACT Legislative Assembly
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Sofia was 8 when she died. Her parents had no roadmap — just pain, confusion & love. In Australia 1000s of families w terminally ill children are left to cope without adequate palliative care. I wrote this story to expose how the system can do better: tinyurl.com/msc2zh3n
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Don’t wait for a crisis to learn how to handle the media or present in public! 🎙️ I’ve spent 25+ years as a working journalist—grilling politicians, chasing stories, and crafting compelling narratives. 📩 Get in touch to find out more. www.gingergorman.com/contact/
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
My family lost a baby at Auschwitz. I can’t see how our child is any different from those being killed in Gaza. One of the most personal things I’ve ever written — about grief, conscience, and complicity. Read: thebigsmoke.com.au/2025/08/01/g...
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
“ADHD stole our sleep — and nearly our sanity.” In this Kidspot piece, I spoke to families pushed to the brink by the brutal impact of ADHD-related sleep issues. Raw, honest, and heartbreaking. Read it: kidspot.com.au/parenting/ad... #ADHD #Parenting
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
PLEASE HELP: Calling all Canberrans 🏘️ The ACT Rent Relief Fund gave 1,500+ grants to renters in crisis — now it’s been shut down. Folks in one of Australia’s toughest rental markets need support! ✍️ Sign shorturl.at/USZ1c 📖 Info: shorturl.at/qIRcA
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Keep the Rent Relief Fund ACT Legislative Assembly
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
PLEASE HELP: How do you describe your identity — and does it change depending on who’s asking? 📝 The folks at from the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership are inviting participants to share their stories. Click on the 🔗 below 👇
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
PLEASE HELP: Calling all Canberrans 🏘️ The ACT Rent Relief Fund gave 1,500+ grants to renters in crisis — now it’s been shut down. Folks in one of Australia’s toughest rental markets need support! ✍️ Sign shorturl.at/USZ1c 📖 Info: shorturl.at/qIRcA
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Keep the Rent Relief Fund ACT Legislative Assembly
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Please enjoy the giant mushroom I got delivered from box divvy. No mushroom 🍄‍🟫 jokes! I’m making Jamie Oliver’s amazing mushroom pasta. It’s good. Try it. (it’s on a high rotation in our family!)
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Got to face the media or speak in public? With 25+ years in journalism, I offer tailored, no-fluff training. Learn what reporters *actually* want—and how to stay calm, clear and in control🎙️ Let's talk! DM me.
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Rɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ Tᴜꜰꜰɪɴ ᵃᵘ ᶜᵇʳ ᶜᶠᶜ @richardtuffin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Posted in another forum by a friend of mine. It's a powerful post I reckon.
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Dianne Masri @mediapixel.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
A timely panel discussion’Politics and the Arts’ Canberra, 2 August w/ @gingergorman.bsky.social et al events.humanitix.com/politics-and...
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Politics and the Arts
A panel event discussing arts and politics
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Multi award-winning stencil artist Luke Cornish (aka E.L.K) talks politics, beauty, and why he never wanted to be just a “spray-paint guy.” 🎨 Ahead of his National Library book launch, I caught up with him for HerCanberra: 🔗 hercanberra.com.au/life/five-mi...
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Five minutes with stencil artist, Luke Cornish | HerCanberra
Internationally known Canberra-born stencil artist Luke Cornish (aka ELK) returns to the National Library to launch his new book.
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
“It’s not laziness. It’s neurological.” From lice infestations to rooms filled with mould, this powerful piece lifts the lid on a confronting — and largely invisible — side of ADHD. read my latest piece: www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/th...
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
If you need media or public speaking training, get in touch! Super busy at the moment with EOFY enquiries and bookings, but will always make time for YOU. Email me: www.gingergorman.com/contact/ #mediatraining
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Topsy turvy when some of the most accurate & poignant commentary comes from a spoof website. However, I personally value The Betoota Advocate mob for shining a light on the profound hypocrisies here. @betootaadvocate.bsky.social
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
ICYMI: Here’s me on the ABC answering the question: Was it worth it? @markhumphries.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Was it worth it? Hunting trolls - ABC listen
Award winning journalist and author Ginger Gorman was the victim of horrendous online trolling.
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I’m on ABC radio’s National Weekend Evenings with @markhumphries.bsky.social ‬⁩ answering the question, ‘Was It Worth It?’ @ 730 pm. Tune in! Listen online: www.abc.net.au/listen/live/... Pic to help you imagine me in situ 😁
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Know anyone travelling to Canberra? My gorgeous airbnb (in my garden) has a 5-star rating. I’m a super host, w only good reviews 🌞 I offer special rates for stays longer than 2 weeks. (This side hustle really helps keep my little family afloat too.) www.airbnb.com/h/newscandis...
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Rental unit in Watson · ★4.96 · 1 bedroom · 2 beds · 1 bath
BRAND NEW modern Scandi apartment in inner north
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Hello Australian medical twitter - does anyone know if there is a vector vaccine/booster available for Covid at the moment? It seems like no one is stocking AstraZeneca anymore. I’m allergic to mRNA vaccines. Antivaxers please scroll past.
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Always wished you felt confident when you need to speak in public? Wished you knew how to prepare properly? I provide tailored media & public speaking training. (And consistently get smashing client feedback.) Email me: www.gingergorman.com/contact/ #mediatraining
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Contact - Ginger Gorman
Contact To contact Ginger in relation to any media interviews, mentoring sessions or to discuss working with her on a project, please complete the below form and she will be in touch soon. If you woul...
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I beg to differ. The internet and free speech absolutism is an unmitigated disaster. It’s a one way ticket to authoritarian hell.
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
This take by @wsj.com is bananas. Peoples whole lives and communities are being destroyed by authoritarian raids…and these journos are worried about sales of Coke? Have some decorum/empathy in how you report.
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Know anyone travelling to Canberra? My gorgeous airbnb (in my garden) has a 5-star rating. I’m a super host, w only good reviews 🌞 I offer special rates for stays longer than 2 weeks. (This side hustle really helps keep my little family afloat too.) www.airbnb.com/h/newscandis...
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Rental unit in Watson · ★4.96 · 1 bedroom · 2 beds · 1 bath
BRAND NEW modern Scandi apartment in inner north
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
We tend to treat democratic failure as a political crisis. But beneath that is something deeper, an epistemic collapse. When people no longer trust truth, institutions, or each other, politics becomes symbolic performance, and democracy can’t function like that.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
This is not just an American story. It’s a preview. And the question for every other democracy is simple: Do you adapt now, or do nothing and slide into authoritarianism?
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
In its place: an algorithmic chaos where every citizen is a broadcaster, every feed a battleground, and every truth contestable. We didn’t design for this. We didn’t adapt in time. And now the cracks are widening
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
French dock workers block shipment of military material for Israel: union
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French dock workers block shipment of military material for Israel: union
French dock workers at a southern port are blocking the shipment of military material bound for Israel in protest at Israeli actions against Palestinians in Gaza, their union said.
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Dozens of journalists were assaulted by law enforcement in Los Angeles this weekend. The press were just doing their job -- a sacred one explicitly protected by law. Press rights orgs will follow up collectively tomorrow. Tonight, I emailed evidence to local/state/federal officials. My sign off:
I recognize this is an exceedingly difficult time and for many of you this is a crisis on several levels. I respect those challenges and I don't consider press rights superior to the rights of others. However, all other rights depend on press rights. We cannot allow them to be chilled. This was explained by civil rights icon and longtime congressmember John Lewis:

"If it hadn't been for the media, for brave, courageous journalists, the civil rights movement would have been like a bird without wings."

Democracy cannot function without an informed public. The public cannot be informed without a free press. It is your shared responsibility to ensure press are able to do their job. Several of you have been supportive over the years and I thank you for that. But your support is now needed more than ever. Please ensure your teams are aware of these egregious violations and ensure you take all possible steps to protect the press, and thereby the public and our country itself.

Sincerely,
Adam Rose
Press Rights Chair
Los Angeles Press Club
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Canberra folk! 📖 What happened to Miles Franklin after “My Brilliant Career”? Join award-winning writer Kerrie Davies as she unpacks Franklin’s lost decade — ambition, activism & the untold story behind our most famous literary name. July 14, ANU 🎟️ events.humanitix.com/in-conversat...
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In Conversation with Kerrie Davies
In Conversation with Kerrie Davies
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Busting out the Canberra vibes this morning for a couple of local meetings! (and thanks to my lovely partner for keeping me in relevant brooches ❤️🤣) IYKYK #canberrapride
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
“She can’t be unmedicated” Ruth’s daughter with ADHD hasn’t had her usual meds since February. I spoke to families navigating Australia’s ADHD drug shortage & the toll it’s taking. 📖 Read my piece www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/sh... #ADHD #medicationshortage
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/06/2025
Breaking News: Israeli troops opened fire near a Gaza aid site, the military said. Gazan officials said at least 27 people were killed.
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Israeli Soldiers Open Fire Near Gaza Aid Site. Gaza Health Officials Say 27 Are Killed.
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Can a grown woman go to bed at 730 pm? Let’s get real. I’m not asking for a friend 🤣 🛏️
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Still buzzing after the "Words on the Waves" writers' festival on the NSW central coast over the weekend. What a riot. @janecaro.bsky.social @julesbaird.bsky.social @sleemol.bsky.social
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
So much to look forward to! 🤣🤯
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Super happy that Jon has become inspired by the inner demons of perimenopausal women and decided to create a new line of prints about them… I made that up. But how good is this print?! 😍
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Captain Quoll @kudelka.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Found an old piece of lino under a great deal of mess and art materials. Decided to finish the edition. First one off the press.
Bad moon rising is re-risen
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Labor women make history by overtaking men in cabinet. So is the job done? theconversation.com/labor-women-...
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Labor women make history by overtaking men in cabinet. So is the job done?
The Labor federal government will be the most diverse in history, driven by the influx of women members who outnumber the men in both caucus and cabinet.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 26/05/2025
BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.
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Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills 25, medics say
An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 25 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.
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Tracey Spicer AM @traceyspicer.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
An excellent article from my friend and colleague Ginger Gorman about the ethical considerations of using ChatGPT as an 'AI wife'. My thoughts in the article below.
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The ethical dumpster fire of using ChatGPT as your work slave
I use ChatGPT handle time-consuming, brain-draining tasks that free me up to think and write more clearly.
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Ginger Gorman @gingergorman.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
If you’re calling ChatGPT your “AI wife”, congrats—you’ve just outsourced centuries of women's unpaid emotional & mental labour. 🧠 But at what ethical cost? 👉 Read my latest: womensagenda.com.au/latest/the-e... With @julesbaird.bsky.social @traceyspicer.bsky.social @womensagenda.bsky.social
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The ethical dumpster fire of using ChatGPT as your work slave
I use ChatGPT handle time-consuming, brain-draining tasks that free me up to think and write more clearly.
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