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Simon Kneebone T-Shirt – White – Freedom from Torture shop

Spread a message of unity with our Cartoon Design Tee by Simon Kneebone, featuring the slogan ‘Where are you from? Earth?’. Printed sustainably, this unisex t-shirt is a thought-provoking way to show solidarity. Wear it to the July voting polls to remind all politicians of our shared humanity. All profits to charity.
— Read on shop.freedomfromtorture.org/products/simon-kneebone-t-shirt-white

Not even half baked …

If he wins the next election opposition party leader Peter Dutton proposes trashing emissions targets and backing nuclear energy to get us to net zero by 2050. No details on costs, waste storage, nor emissions produced while waiting for any nuclear magic bullet to eventually appear … or not.

A gift that won’t stop giving …

WHO #Film4Health – Dalal’s Story …

Dalal’s Story is one of 16 finalists in the World Health Organisation‘s 2024 Health for All Film Festival – Category 2: Emergencies, Migrants and Refugees Health. The film was produced by Laundry Lane, illustrations: Simon Kneebone, animation: Santiago Dutil, edited by: Claire Cooper-Southam, sound: Alex Armour. The film was commissioned by STARTTS Refugee Support Services. A longer version combined two refugee family stories, one Yazidi and one Rohingya; see the post for Mohammed and Dalal here.

From the Film Festival: ‘The public is encouraged to choose one of the films they would like to champion and comment about its story/topic, before the end of May 2024. Comments can be posted on their social media using #Film4Health or through the posts inserted in those YouTube playlists‘.

UPDATE:

Such exciting news from Laundry Lane!  ‘Dalal’s Story’ has just been announced as the winner for the ‘Emergencies, Migrants and Refugees Health’ category in WHO’s 5th Health for All Film Festival.

How it works …

Oh, REALLY …?!

The examples of drone footage published by Al Jazeera are incredibly unsettling. Take note of the warning. And for backround, ‘Israeli Defense Minister Announces Siege On Gaza To Fight ‘Human Animals’.

‘We know what we want …’

Cartoons from the Alliance Building Day – Climate Impacted Communities Canberra Delegation – 25th March 2024, ‘For too long others have spoken on our behalf, or assumed what communities want and need.’ Preparation for the Advocacy Day on the 26th, ‘advocating in Parliament House for key asks that would improve the outcomes for climate impacted communities‘.

An alliance of: Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BSCA), Climate Action Network Australia (CANA), The Sunrise Project, The Grata Fund (re The Australian Climate Case), Sweltering Cities, Plan C, Reclaim Our Recovery and more!

Cheltenham Cemetery Stobie Pole Project …

The Cheltenham Cemetery Stobie Pole Project is engaging artists to paint the sides of stobie poles adjacent to the Cheltenham Cemetery with themes reflecting local history and figures buried in the cemetery. I have painted two sides.

One portrays Adelaide Miethke OBE, 1881 – 1962, an educator and teacher, initiator of the School of the Air, which used the existing Royal Flying Doctor Service radio network to connect teachers with students in remote and outback Australia.

The other side illustrates Henry Franson’s unfortunate death. He was head lighthouse keeper of the Wonga Shoal Lighthouse, marking the channel into Port Adelaide. At about 2.30 am on the 17th November 1912 the lighthouse was run into and destroyed by the sailing ship Dimsdale. Both lighthouse keepers drowned.

Adelaide Miethke and Henry Franson are buried in the Cheltenham Cemetery.

Tapping the staff resource …

Cartoons from the Auditor-General’s Department ( South Australia) ‘world cafe’ style workshop for all staff to workshop thoughts and ideas to help develop the department’s new Strategic Plan; held in Adelaide, 12th March, and facilitated by the wonderful Denis Picton, Oztrain. One key message was to better promote the range of work that the department does and its value to the community – it is annoying to staff that the department is often confused in people’s minds with the Tax Office…

Each staff member had a ‘passport’ to be stamped as they moved from table to table – each table tackled a particular aspect of the department’s work…