Jacinta Elston

That speech Michelle Obama just gave was one of the best of this entire cycle. She is unbelievable. Here’s how she brought it home.

Read my latest article with @DebKilroy 'Beneath all of the fancy footwork and buzzwords, it’s just another punitive approach that punishes children for the failures of the state.' DON’t VOTE LNP crikey.com.au/2024/10/23/que…

Slogans do not produce community safety. Slogans cause fear and division in our communities. We together can reimagine our communities and build new modes of security and safety without causing more harm and without building more cages. #qldvotes abc.net.au/listen/program…

We’re 3 days from the Qld election & we still haven’t heard all the details & costings for David Crusifulli’s plans & promises, inc how he & the LNP plans to deliver compulsory education for young people in detention (with a teacher shortage) & the cost. #Qldvotes #QLDelection

This poll in today’s Guardian captures, I think, the true nature of Australians and also the path ahead. A truthful and still celebratory and positive path to a fuller nationhood. A reconciled country, at ease with its past, having fully dealt with its injustices, and celebratory of the modern Australian society that we all enjoy. And while we must all continue to work to improve so that it is equally welcoming for everyone without barriers, to call ourselves Australian is something special. As we see, the majority of all age groups want to acknowledge both the positive, and negative elements of our colonial history. That’s very important. We want the truth. And the truth brings opportunities for justice and healing. And by refusing to acknowledge the injustices of our past, we force advocates to the periphery and ensure that the only form of engagement is protest. As we saw in recent days. This has continued for several hundred years, and will continue until we realise that accepting important truths is a national strength, not a weakness. It does not undermine the nature of Australia, as some say. It’s not a view of history that cannot recognise the wonderful parts. These are cynical arguments to try to silence the voices of many of our communities and to be dishonest with ourselves. Truth enriches our understanding, reinforces our pride in that we are able to measure against what we see as acceptable or unjust, and allows us to walk forward together. As I’ve said many times and in recent days, the British monarchy and UK Starmer Government are part of this as yet untold history, and should also be equally and fully accountable to it. Irrespective, it’s time to walk our own path.

Queensland LNP’s ‘fresh start’ for youth detention is just a cruel repackaging of failed punitive policies. 'Beneath all of the fancy footwork and buzzwords, it’s just another punitive approach that punishes children for the failures of the state.' crikey.com.au/2024/10/23/que…

#Prostatecancer is estimated to be the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia. This #MensHealthWeek, find out more about prostate cancer: bit.ly/41iwic5

3 amazing Australian First Nations leaders, so proud of what they have given and continue to give to our nation. #WICC2024

Prof Dorothy Keefe @CEOCancerAus and Prof Jacinta Elston presenting at the #WICC2024 on CA's First Nations Australian-led co-designed approach to the development of the #AustralianCancerPlan. For information, visit bit.ly/4cdrU4X

@ProfRScolyerMIA @ProfGLongMIA @Dr_Brindha @CPC_usyd @amenzies9 @MattCarlino @gmaddox @HelenRizos @JWilmott38 @inespiresilva @PathologyRCPA My fingers and toes are crossed for you. Thank you for sharing all you are doing as it will make a difference to future treatment and care for people all over the world🙏🏿🙏🏽🙏

I had my latest MRI scan today looking for recurrent tumour (or complications of treatment). I expect I’ll receive the results later this week. Incredibly it is now about 10 months since my supposedly incurable #glioblastoma was initially detected when I had a seizure in #Poland after lecturing for my friend & colleague Dr Artur Zembowicz (@Dermpedia). Thankfully my wife Katie was with me when I had the first seizure, and this probably saved my life. Feel free to cross your fingers & toes with me for a moment whilst we wait to hear my scan results! @MelanomaAus @SydneyLHD @Sydney_Uni @tourdecure_aus @ausoftheyear

Want more information about cancer? Visit Our Mob and Cancer, a website co-designed by and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer, your families, communities, and the health professionals who care for you. ourmobandcancer.gov.au #ourmobandcancer

Opinion: Imagine if remote community houses were designed by their Indigenous residents nit.com.au/04-03-2024/100…

Like me, in May 2023, Jenny George diagnosed with #glioblastoma. V generously supporting fundraising event this Sunday for @MelanomaAus #melanoma & #BrainCancer research. Sold out in person but online participation in auctions for great items possible: app.galabid.com/jennygeorgebla…

I have decided to do all my supermarket shopping at Woolworths for the next 3 weeks, as a show of solidarity with the retail staff being abused by Dutton's mutton.

@UNSW @mdavisqlder @Harvard Congratulations. I know you will have a great impact on the world through this new role.

A huge congratulations to UNSW Scientia Professor and Cobble Cobble woman Professor Megan Davis (@mdavisqlder) who has been appointed Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies at @Harvard University. 🔗 newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/general/m…

@mdavisqlder Thats worrying so please take care 🙏🏽

@ProfRScolyerMIA @MelanomaAus Sending you warm thoughts, prayers and wishes of ongoing strength in this journey. Your sharing is wonderfully kind and generous, so I pray you just keep taking one day at time, and staying strong and positive. 🙏

Best wishes 4 fab Festive Season. It’s different & more emotional 4 me than ever b4 but still enjoying it. Fingers crossed with world 1st #glioblastoma treatments I’ll b here next year & treatments/outcomes improve 4 1st time in 18 years! That would b gift of a lifetime!

#OTD 6 December 1938, Yorta Yorta elder William Cooper led a group of First Nations activists who marched for two hours from Footscray to the German consulate in Melbourne to condemn the ‘cruel persecution of the Jewish people by the Nazi government in Germany’.

The #AustralianCancerPlan is an Australian first ten-year plan designed to improve cancer outcomes, particularly for those groups whose health outcomes are poorer. To learn more and view the #AustralianCancerPlan today, visit australiancancerplan.gov.au