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Vannessa Hearman

@vhearman.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of History. Writes on Indonesia, East Timor, Cold War, decolonisation and related topics.

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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Though I don't know if anyone sees my posts on this platform, here goes. Note the new venue for the Good Sea book talk this Friday. www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
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An Evening with Vannessa Hearman
Join us for an evening with author Vannessa Hearman to celebrate The Good Sea. Vannessa will be joined by special guest Jose da Costa ABOUT THE...
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
On Friday 21 August, I'll be speaking about my new book, The Good Sea, in Ballarat, Victoria, hosted by Collins Booksellers. Come and join us on what I'm sure will be a cosy chat in wintry Ballarat. Bookings: www.trybooking.com/events/landi....
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Recent review of The Good Sea. Read Duncan Graham's take in Inside #Indonesia www.insideindonesia.org/archive/arti...
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Review: From lucky country to fearful land
A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Coming up in Perth: 'Looking both ways: Art exchanges between Australia and Indonesia' at the John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Wed 22 July 2026. Half-day seminar prompted by the Pasar Malam/Night Market exhibition. Please come along. events.humanitix.com/looking-both...
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Looking both ways: Art exchanges between Australia and Indonesia
This half-day seminar explores the relationships between Australia and Indonesia around contemporary art.
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
If you're going to the ASAA conference @asiancurrents.bsky.social next week, come to the launch of my new book #TheGoodSea (MUP) on Timor-Leste, Indonesia and Australia's refugee policies by Prof Kate McGregor. Day 1 of the conference: Tue 30 June, 12.15 pm (lunchtime), Room D2.194.
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Latest review of my book, The Good Sea in Inside Indonesia. Join us at the Melbourne, Newcastle or Sydney book launches or at the launches at the Asian Studies Association of Australia or @austhistassoc.bsky.social conferences coming up. www.insideindonesia.org/archive/arti...
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Review: From lucky country to fearful land
A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The book truly is out. It was heartwarming to get a copy accompanied by a lovely note from MUP, my publisher @mupublishing.bsky.social. Ask at your local bookstore if you'd like to get one. www.mup.com.au/books/the-go...
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
My new book on East Timorese 'boat people' and the Australia-Indonesia relationship is published today. Titled 'The Good Sea: The Journey of the Tasi Diak and the Politics of Refugee Protection in Australia', it examines the biographies and lifeworlds of East Timorese clandestine activists...
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The Good Sea, Vannessa Hearman
First, I thought the boat was going to split in two and sink. Some of us could not swim. We were all going to die if the boat sank. But I thought, 'Oh well, we have made it this far; if we die, we will be considered heroes, there will be flowers in the sea.' In May 1995, after five days and six nights on the Timor Sea, eighteen East Timorese asylum seekers, including a six-month-old baby, sail...
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Newish book chapter. Don't think I've shared this one here yet. How did a state sponsored photographic book depict East Timor in the 1990s? What of its Lusophone roots? How could images be read in diverse ways? Find the abstract in the link. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Re-envisioning a Portuguese Colony: Indonesian Photographic Representations of East Timor
Images were crucial in the information politics surrounding East Timor during the Indonesian annexation of the former Portuguese territory from 1975 to 1999. By showing the physical and human developm...
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The Call for Papers looks fantastic. 3rd International Conference on History, Social Sciences, and Education (ICHSE): “Oral History for Social Transformation: Inclusivity, Democracy, and Equality”, Department of History, Universitas Negeri Malang, August 5-6, 2026 ichse.um.ac.id/3rd-ichse/
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3rd ICHSE | ICHSE
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
In 'Looking both ways: The Timor Sea and Australia’s entanglements with Asia', I'll be speaking about place-based research practices in the writing of 'The Good Sea', my soon-to-be-published book. Join me at the John Curtin Gallery on Wednesday, 18 March 2026. events.humanitix.com/jcg-lunchtim...
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JCG Lunchtime Talk with Vannessa Hearman
Register on Humanitix - JCG Lunchtime Talk with Vannessa Hearman hosted by John Curtin Gallery. John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, 200A, Kent St, Bentley WA 6102, Australia. Wednesday 18th March ...
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
The book I've written on the 1995 boat journey of a group of East Timorese refugees to Australia, 'The Good Sea', now has a cover and a presence on the Melbourne University Publishing website. Out 12 May 2026, coinciding with 31-year anniversary of boat's departure. www.mup.com.au/books/the-go...
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David Webster @dwebster.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
NEW DOCUMENT RELEASE: The United Nations and the invasion of Timor-Leste timorarchive.ca/undocs Indonesian military forces invaded Timor-Leste on 7 Dec 2025. To mark the 50th anniversary, TiSA presents selected United Nations documents on Timor-Leste in the lead-up and aftermath to the invasion.
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I co-edited this bumper edition of Inside Indonesia no. 162, 'Indonesia and Timor-Leste Living Together' as we mark the 50th anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence in Timor-Leste and the Indonesian invasion. www.insideindonesia.org/indonesia-an...
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
On the 34th occasion of the Santa Cruz shootings of protesters in Dili, Timor-Leste, we remember their sacrifice. Re-sharing this volume of writings and artistic work remembering the massacre. tlstudies.org/conference-p...
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Conference Proceedings
The Santa Cruz Massacre, 1991: Thirty Years On. Now available to order or download: Proceedings of the 2021 TLSA International Symposium – The Santa Cruz Massacre, 1991: Thirty Years On. Hard-copie…
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Here we go... the waiting is over.
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
A new chapter I just published with Brill on how oral history and testimonies have been used in Timor-Leste's independence campaign and their status as a potential resource for future generations. But what are the ethical, material and structural constraints? brill.com/display/book...
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Why does ABC News uses 'baku tembak' (crossfire) when the Balibo 5 journalists were murdered by Indonesian army operatives in October 1975? And the English version refers to 'murders'. Shame. #timorleste www.abc.net.au/indonesian/2...
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Keluarga Jurnalis Australia yang Terbunuh Saat Baku Tembak Militer Indonesia Masih Cari Keadilan
Tahun ini adalah 50 tahun peristiwa Balibo Five, saat lima jurnalis Australia tewas saat meliput masa pendudukan Indonesia di Timor Leste. Keluarga masih berduka atas kehilangan orang yang mereka cint...
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I'll be speaking at this event: The 80th anniversary of World War II & the formation of the #UN United Nations. What have we learnt and what may the next 80 years hold? Join us at @curtinuniversity.bsky.social tomorrow evening, brought to you by the Faculty of Humanities and #GlobalFutures Curtin.
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Coming up in 2 days! Don't miss it.
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Dr Samson Lim (Monash U) is giving the next seminar of the Historians of Southeast Asia Network (HiSEAs) on the 'feral territories' of Eastern Bangkok, Thailand. Intrigued? Join us on Thu 11 September, 4.00 pm AEST on Zoom: anu.zoom.us/j/8293727404.... Meeting ID: 829 3727 4043/ Passcode:491526.
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Excited to be co-launching this book along with Dr Indah Utami from Universitas Negeri Malang - new and decolonial perspectives on Indonesian history. Join the Historians of SE Asia Network, 5.00 PM AEST Wed 27th, on Zoom. anu.zoom.us/j/8293727404... Meeting ID: 829 3727 4043/ Passcode:491526
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
After a brief hiatus, the Historians of Southeast Asia network are back! Come join us for a book launch and discussion on Wed 27 August, 5.00 pm Melbourne time, on Zoom of @anupress.bsky.social new book (out Open Access on 21 Aug). #coloniality #decoloniality #sejarah
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David Bridie @davidbridie.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Hamoris Lian Timor first show. Apollo Bay, Gadubanud
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Independent Australia @independentaus.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Economic inequality in Australia is the worst it has been in 20 years — if the goal is to improve living standards, our leaders should be addressing it. ~ Carl Rhodes Australia’s real economic challenge isn’t welfare dependency — it’s inequality independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
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Australia’s real economic challenge isn’t welfare dependency — it’s inequality
Economic inequality in Australia is the worst it has been in 20 years — if the goal is to improve living standards, our leaders should be addressing it.
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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Five of the six primate species found in the Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands have traditionally been hunted. With widespread deforestation and the erosion of traditional practices that governed hunting behavior, all of the islands’ primates are now endangered news.mongabay.com/2025/05/indi...
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Indigenous conservationists lead the fight to save Mentawai’s endangered primates
SOUTH SIBERUT, Indonesia — As night falls over the Siberut jungle, a fire crackles inside the Tateburuk clan’s wooden home, or uma. The walls are covered in traditional Mentawai carvings of forest cre...
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Deborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
BOOK LAUNCH NEWS: You're invited to attend the launch of "Fathering: An Australian History"—details on the attached flyer. @phavictas.bsky.social
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Australian Policy and History @auspolicyhistory.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
** NEW REVIEW ** On the website, Peter Hobbins reviews Raina MacIntyre's Vaccine Nation aph.org.au/2025/08/book... #auspol #COVID19 #Vaccines #healthhistory
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David Bridie @davidbridie.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Release day. ffm.to/hamorisliant...
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Various Artists - Hamoris Lian Timor
Choose your preferred music service
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
And with famine being increasingly human-induced, how does society deliver justice to famine victims? So many variables in a post-conflict, post-occupation country, such as East Timor. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Challenges in the pursuit of justice for East Timor’s Great Famine (1977–1979)
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
In 1979 Australian newspapers published images of famine in East Timor. What impact did famine images have in that particular case? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Australian News Photography and Contested Images of Famine in Indonesian-Occupied East Timor
The Indonesian invasion of East Timor in December 1975 and subsequent military operations to suppress the East Timorese resistance led to widespread displacement and famine in 1977–79. With Indones...
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
How does one mount an exhibition on women's history that is new, fresh and exciting in the context of a government intent on radical forgetting? Read about what I think are the manifest tensions. www.insideindonesia.org/archive/arti...
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The absences that remain in a history of Indonesian women - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia
A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment
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Lynette Russell @lynetterussell.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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Australia can't withstand further humanities cuts
The Australian Academy of Humanities views with great concern the impact on staff, students and the wider community of the ANU’s plan for the humanities and social sciences. Now is not the time to red...
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
#Tetum #TimorLeste on the airwaves. Speaking art and conflict in Timor-Leste, Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina with #SBSTetum. Powerful photos by Bernardino Soares of the 12 November 1991 massacre survivors, 'Fitar/Scar', now on at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. www.sbs.com.au/language/tet...
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"Arte ho Paz": vizaun dame no perspetiva artista timoroan nian kona-ba funu no sosiedade
Espozisaun “Arte Dame nian: Arte Depois Funu” ne'ebe hatudu hosi artista visual Timor-Leste, Bosnia no Rwanda, ne’ebé esplora impaktu funu nian, rekonsiliasaun no esperansa liu hosi ekspresaun artísti...
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Proud to contribute to this beautiful #SBSTetum piece on 'Art of Peace' exhibition, part of Aust Research Council Linkage project hosted at Curtin University. Timorese artists on show, with artists from BiH & Rwanda at Art Gallery of Western Australia til 29 June 2025. www.sbs.com.au/language/tet...
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"Arte ho Paz": vizaun dame no perspetiva artista timoroan nian kona-ba funu no sosiedade
Espozisaun “Arte Dame nian: Arte Depois Funu” ne'ebe hatudu hosi artista visual Timor-Leste, Bosnia no Rwanda, ne’ebé esplora impaktu funu nian, rekonsiliasaun no esperansa liu hosi ekspresaun artísti...
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tyrell haberkorn @turtelista.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE: In Pursuit of Justice: Arnon Nampa, Article 112 and Human Rights in Thailand Zoom Webinar Wednesday, 5 March 2025 7 am CST | 8 am EST | 8 pm ICT Registration: bit.ly/4gTghBq Speakers: Akarachai Chaimaneekarakate (TLHR) Akanit Tadi (Freedom Bridge ) Frank Munger (NYLS)
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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
In Indonesia, a song censorship raises concerns about freedom of expression. Artists and activists decry the alleged intimidation of punk rock band Sukatani for their song that criticizes corrupt police officers, threatening freedom of expression in the country www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
We need the Australian government to repeal the 'Jobs Ready Graduate' package. Who was it meant to benefit? It's hurting students.
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David Bridie @davidbridie.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Hey Canberra folk. Charles is playing at Smith's Alternative this afternoon at 4pm (Sunday 23rd). Brilliant Solomon Islands artisthttps://charlesmaimarosia.com.au
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Charles Maimarosia
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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
What should President Prabowo do on West Papua? Granting amnesty is a must but decriminalizing the use of the Morning Star must also be done if West Papua is to reduce tension with Indonesia www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Major research project I've been involved in at Curtin University, 'Art of Peace', art in post conflict Timor-Leste, Bosnia and Rwanda, is hosting art exhibition and symposium in Perth, Western Australia. Symposium program, registration link, and more info: events.humanitix.com/art-of-peace....
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Art of Peace: Art after War (Curtin University Symposium)
Get tickets on Humanitix - Art of Peace: Art after War (Curtin University Symposium) hosted by Art of Peace. Curtin University, Building 202, Room 122, Kent St, Bentley WA 6102, Australia. Saturday 1s...
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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The United States is actually one of the least generous nations when it comes to accepting refugees, despite its wealth.
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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Based on the estimated biomass of the forests in Merauke, the project will release 782.45 million metric tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, according to the CELIOS report. That’s the equivalent of the emissions from 187 coal-fired power plants in a year news.mongabay.com/2024/12/indo...
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Indonesia risks carbon ‘backfire’ with massive deforestation for sugarcane
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s plan to clear rainforests half the size of Switzerland for sugarcane plantations isn’t just an agricultural gamble, experts warn — it’s a potential environmental catastrophe. A n...
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Andreas Harsono @andreasharsono.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
A plan to clear 2 million hectares of forest in Indonesia's West Papua for sugarcane plantations would nearly double Indonesia’s total greenhouse gas emissions. It would worsen the global climate crisis and impact Indigenous communities news.mongabay.com/2024/12/indo...
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Vannessa Hearman @vhearman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The academic journal paywall went up on this one but you can still read this article via the 50 free copies link for a short time. Or message me for a copy. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NKEP7...
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Learning from the entangled histories of Australia, Indonesia and Timor-Leste
Published in History Australia (Vol. 21, No. 4, 2024)
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riohelmi @riohelmi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
A quarter of a century later, shades of ORBA (New Order) in the exhibition lock out at Jakarta's Galeri Nasional. www.ngopibareng.id/read/lukisan...
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Lukisan Mirip Jokowi, Galeri Nasional Tunda Pameran Tunggal Yos Suprapto
Pameran tunggal pelukis Yos Suprapto di Galeri Nasional, Jakarta batal dibuka. Ada lima lukisan mirip mantan Presiden Jokowi.
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Independent Australia @independentaus.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The agriculture visa for Pacific Island nationals has been a dismal failure from the beginning, resulting in exploitation bordering on slavery and even fatalities. Head in the sand approach to P.A.L.M. visa continues ~ Dr Abul Rizvi independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
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Head in the sand approach to P.A.L.M. visa continues
The agriculture visa for Pacific Island nationals has been a dismal failure from the beginning, resulting in exploitation bordering on slavery and even fatalities, writes Dr Abul Rizvi.
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Jesse Hession Grayman @kopyor.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
The contortions and backflips these predators perform to convince us they don’t know about exploitative third party recruitment practices, and then they blame “most corrupt” Indonesia for what they failed to prevent at the outset. Good riddance! #Indonesia #labor
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Wulan K. Wardhani @wulanluna.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Silencing the Messenger: Stories of 10 Journalist Attacks in Southeast Asia sheds light on the alarming rise in violence against journos across the region.This book documents 10 significant cases of physical, digital & legal attacks on media professionals in 7 SEA countries aji.or.id/data/silenci...
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Silencing the Messenger: Stories of Ten Journalist Attacks in Southeast Asia | AJI - Aliansi Jurnalis Independen
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Jayne Persian @drjpersian.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
I ust wrote a whole book about this, published 2024 and available in my email signature, which @ellehardy would have seen when she emailed me with an extremely niche question on WACL.
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