Tia Haralabakos is a Media Communications student at Monash University specialising in Journalism and human rights. She is interested in the multi-faceted landscape of digital media, particularly addressing challenges to online reporting like diversity and content moderation. Tia’s journalistic interests include human rights and social affairs.
THE Government of Tonga is in a state of emergency after an underwater volcano erupted on Jan 15, 2022, triggering tsunamis and ash plumes across the archipelago. The ash-stained South Pacific Kingdom is now suffering the tsunami’s after-effects, according to the United…
CHARITY provided meals have never been more crucial this Christmas as new statistics from FoodBank Australia reveal a rise in food insecurity across the nation. Published in October 2021, the Foodbank Hunger Report found one in six Australian adults are severely food insecure and…
A NEW digital resource entered the media sphere in November 2021, putting an onus on journalists to up the standard of disability reporting. The Disability Reporting Handbook is a digital resource designed to change the narrative of disability in the media launched…
SIXTEEN days from November 25 to December 10, are marked for activism against gender-based violence by UN Women as findings from a new report reveal violence against women exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Measuring the Shadow Pandemic: violence against women during COVID-19 confirms…
CITI Australia’s philanthropic arm CITI Foundation provides community partners over $1 million to help disadvantaged Australian youth find their feet in the workforce. The grants are part of the Pathways to Progress program which launched in 2014 as a job skill-building initiative…
THE United Nations (UN) International Day for Tolerance marking its 125th anniversary this Tuesday invites Australians to generate public awareness on the dangers of cultural intolerance. Tolerance is “respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world’s cultures, our forms…
THE Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has released a report of 12 recommendations to protect the human rights of intersex people. Published in October 2021, Ensuring Health and Bodily Integrity forms a human rights-based approach to decision making with an aim to protect intersex…
DROUGHT-affected Australian farmers will receive water tanks over the next six months as part of the new #FinishWaterWaste initiative. Finish Australia, in partnership with Rural Aid and supported by Coles Group will strengthen water security for drought-affected communities by providing tools to…
GRASSROOTS street justice organisation It’s Not A Compliment (INAC), shines a light on the intersectionality of street harassment in their new campaign Our Public Spaces. Launched on October 21 and running until October 27, 2021, Our Public Spaces invites the public to…
A NEW report by Worldwide Fund for Nature-Australia reveals the environmental letdowns that have resulted from Australia’s past inabilities to meet land protection targets. This report comes in time for a new landmark pact to protect at least 30 percent of the…
