Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Thanks to @independentaus.bsky.social for publishing my analysis piece for IDPwD #IDPwD #disability #media 031
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Better than nothing but for many Australians just not enough #auspol 110
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2025A little late but it was great to write this piece on Jo Tarnawsky for @womensagenda.bsky.social #auspol 032
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Fantastic final observation from @markgkenny.bsky.social on #insiders #auspol 010
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 13/08/2025It was great to write this article on Paralympic para-equestrian Stella Barton for @powerdmedia.bsky.social #disability #paralympics #equestrian 010
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 23/06/2025My exclusive interview with South Australian Minister for Disability Nat Cook www.abilitynews.org/p/first-deta... #disability #ndis #auspolabilitynews.orgFirst detail from DRMC MeetingAlthough South Australia is signing on to changes, Queensland now appears to be holding out for more GST reform 000
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Thanks to @independentaus.bsky.social for publishing my media analysis on the conclusion of The Project and QandA #independent #media #auspol #theprojecttv #insiders 074
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 28/05/2025My latest article published in my role as Special Correspondent at AbilityNEWS on women’s disability sport #disability #sport #womenssport #WWBL www.abilitynews.org/p/wheelchair...abilitynews.orgWheelchair basketball's scoringWith three new teams setting a record for the sport 010
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 20/05/2025The Nationals are splitting from the coalition. What a time to be alive #auspol 1526
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Bringing you your morning disability news with my latest article with abilityNEWS on Disability Sports Australia Strategic Plan www.abilitynews.org/p/game-on-bu... #sport #disability #participation #inclusion #strategicplan #disabilitysports #DisabilitySportsAustraliaabilitynews.orgGame on: building disability sportsNew partnership aims to get people with disability back in the game 000
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Larissa Waters is the new Greens Leader. Sarah Hanson-Young is sidelined again #auspol #greensspill 251
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 11/05/2025If Tim Wilson runs for the Liberal leadership and wins it will surely be historic #auspol #libspill 310
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 11/05/2025I will admit I underestimated Ed Husic. His interview is brilliantly scathing #insiders #auspol 040
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Thanks to @womensagenda.bsky.social for publishing this piece on Ali France’s victory in Dickson on Saturday #election #auspol #disability womensagenda.com.au/latest/ali-f...womensagenda.com.auAli France makes history. What does it mean for disability representation?Ali France becomes the first person with a disability elected to the House of Representatives in Australia. So what happens now? 28113
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Thank you to my m editor @michellepini.bsky.social @independentaus.bsky.social for publishing this analysis of media disability media representation #disability #media #representation 192
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Very grateful to have @womensagenda.bsky.social publish my article on coercive control. This piece took three years to complete #auspol #women #genderviolence #coercivecontrol #domesticviolence 042
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 15/04/2025A reminder to followers to please subscribe to please my business page Framing the Narrative (link in bio). Thank you 000
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Thank you @independentaus.bsky.social for publishing this opinion piece on comments made by David Littleproud on Indigenous Australians #auspol 174
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Independent Member for Kooyong Monique Ryan is happy with candidates paying for content on social media without acknowledging that it’s paid #insiders #auspol 200
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025A great insult to young people made by Independent Member for Kooyong Monique Ryan to suggest they’re not watching insiders #insiders #auspol 130
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Thank you to Ability News for publishing this piece #auspol #disability #qanda www.abilitynews.org/p/the-power-...abilitynews.orgThe power of a single human storyTell your story well and you can make a difference 030
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Very happy that the South Australian government has made conversation therapy illegal #saparli #pride 050
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Thank you to Missing Perspectives for publishing my article on disability in the federal budget missingperspectives.com/posts/federa... #disability #budget #politics #mediamissingperspectives.com"Disability support services are not optional": Disability advocates respond to federal budget | Missing PerspectivesIn Tuesday’s Federal Budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced that the government will set aside $424 million for Australians with a disability. However, 010
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Another budget lacking substance for people with disabilities. #auspol #disability 260
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Thank you to @womensagenda.bsky.social for publishing this article on Monday night’s Q&A program #auspol #media #disability #NDIS #qanda #abc 010
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 02/03/2025I’d love to hear from Penny Wong on the Tasman sea missile event. #insiders #auspol 020
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 23/02/2025If Labor wanted to “strengthen Medicare and ease cost of living” they should put dental on Medicare. #auspol #insiders 293
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Having Dutton talk about intervention on supermarket prices is remarkable given the Libs free-market ideology #auspol #insiders 1241
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Happy to know that Mark Butler called out the Coalition on supporting Pauline Hanson’s transphobic discourse #auspol 040
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Thank you to @independentaus.bsky.social for publishing my analysis of The Courier Mail’s representation of ALP Candidate for Dickson Ali France #auspol #disability #media 12014
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Dutton’s election campaign has begun. Paraphrasing Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ with ‘Get Australia Back on Track’🙄 #auspol #usapol 140
Reposted by Melissa MarsdenMichelle Redfern @michelleredfern.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Thank the goddess for Laura Tingle. After watching spud I now need to go scrub myself with a wire brush. #Insiders 021
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Thank you Laura Tingle for calling out the LNP for saying they’ll announce spending cuts AFTER the election. Sneaky and dishonest #insiders #auspol 3112
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Peter Dutton says power bills have gone up by $1,000, they’ve definitely gone up but this needs #abc #factcheck #insiders #auspol 020
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 26/01/2025We have evolved so little, still clinging to a false narrative of Australia. I am privileged to have grown up on Peramangk land and to live on Kaurna country. To Aboriginal First Nations, thank you for sharing your culture and I’m sorry not enough people respect it. #NotaDaytoCelebrate #InvasionDay 080
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Thank you to @independentaus.bsky.social @michellepini.bsky.social for publishing my analysis of media framing of disability in the LA fires #fires #disability #california 011
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Thank you to @ausindimedia.bsky.social for publishing this opinion piece on comments journalist Amy Remekis made on disability www.framingthenarrative.com/2025/01/14/a... [LINK TO MY WEBSITE] #disability #media #accessabilityframingthenarrative.com 000
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 07/01/2025A fascinating and informative read from @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social #auspol #gaza #media 054
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Well I think BlueSky is waking up after the Christmas break! #bluesky #auspol 030
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Thank you to @independentaus.bsky.social for publishing this piece on changes to the NDIS #auspol #disability #ndis 192
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Excellent article by Managing Editor of @independentaus.bsky.social @michellepini.bsky.social #auspol #ausmedia #abc 2125
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Thank you @independentaus.bsky.social for publishing my opinion piece on the social media ban #auspol #socialmediaban #bullying #children #online 011
Reposted by Melissa MarsdenIndependent Australia @independentaus.bsky.social · 11/12/2024The political reluctance to pardon Julian Assange for his so-called crimes shows a failure to uphold the truth and is a blight against democracy. Pardoning Assange a test for free speech and Australia's backbone ~ Vince Hooper independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...independentaustralia.netPardoning Assange a test for free speech and Australia's backboneThe political reluctance to pardon Julian Assange for his so-called crimes shows a failure to uphold the truth and is a blight against democracy. 0136
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Thank you to Missing Perspectives for publishing this article on inclusive Christmas toys for children with disabilities missingperspectives.com/posts/christ... #christmas #inclusion #disability #mediamissingperspectives.comChristmas toys for children with disabilities: Mainstreaming or marginalising? | Missing Perspectives"As a person who is legally blind myself, I would have loved a blind Barbie when I was a child. But what would make me even happier is if the children around me had received one and, consequently, bee... 041
Reposted by Melissa MarsdenGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Dutton said he boycotted the apology to the stolen generation because it was just symbolic… so now he wants to get rid of the major symbols of Indigenous Australians 53492120
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Thank you @independentaus.bsky.social for publishing this story on the recent Melbourne synagogue fire #auspol 082
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Without #insiders this morning who I am I going to yell at on the television before entering into an academic discussion about media/political bias and exclusionary discourse? #insiders #auspol #academia 1151
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Excellent analysis by @independentaus.bsky.social Managing Editor @michellepini.bsky.social #auspol 193
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024While we’re on the topic of IDPwD and my published articles I would just like to apologise if anyone has gone to my website and been unable to read it without text-to-speech. Website technical issues. 010
Melissa Marsden @melissamarsdenphd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Thank you to Missing Perspectives for publishing this article on the formidable @hannahdiviney.bsky.social National Press Club address! Soon to be available on my business page #NPC #disability #IDPwD missingperspectives.com/posts/hannah...missingperspectives.com“Disabled people deserve a place in every room”: Hannah Diviney addresses the National Press Club of Australia | Missing PerspectivesActor and advocate Hannah Diviney told the National Press Club to “get out of my way” in a powerful speech in honour of the International Day of People with 0224