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ALT On a pastel background, a tweet from @RachHill_ that reads “Stop grabbing girls by the arm or waist to say excuse me… we hear you without being touched. Thank you for coming to my ted talk”.
ALT Tile 1 reads "The NSW government is investing $30 million over the next two years to ensure women’s safety in public spaces after dark. Here's what we know so far" with a picture of a street light.
ALT Tile 2 reads "The government will be investing in: Improving lighting and CCTV in parks and outdoor spaces across NSW starting with Parramatta and The Rocks area. An anti-street harassment campaign aimed at shifting the attitudes of the community."
ALT Tile 3 reads "Why is this important? Over time, street harassment has become an accepted part of our society. The stance for many of us was to brush it off, push down the uncomfortableness and just move on with our day – no matter how upsetting the incident might have been."
ALT Tile 4 reads "It has taken a wave of advocacy and research to bring the issue into public conversation, utilising technology, and the internet to share experiences and break through the silence that dominated the topic. This investment is an important step in breaking through the normalisation of street harassment in Australian society."
ALT Tile 5 reads "It focuses on improving safety in public spaces while also developing an anti-street harassment campaign aimed at shifting the attitudes of the community. At INAC, we take an awareness-based approach to street harassment because we believe transformative changes can only be brought about by changing the way our society views street harassment."
ALT Tile 6 reads "We hope the NSW government will continue its financial dedication to combatting street harassment, with an intersectional lens, and that other state governments across Australia follow suit."
ALT A story of street harassment in Melbourne: "I parted ways with friends staying in the city and I lived a train ride away. I was heading to Melbourne Central home. Past a busy restaurant a group of young men passed me.
ALT "One of whom grabbed my left butt cheek and said something like 'nice juicy ass'. I'm not sure becayse all I saw was red. I yelled 'f*ck off'. They laughed and walked away."
ALT "These old blokes though smoking in front of the restaurant had the audacity to be all shocked and said something like 'that's disgusting language'. "
ALT "Like, no d*ckheads, my language is totally justified and what's gross is a man thinking he has the right to just grab a woman in public!!"
ALT On a pastel background, a screenshot of a tweet from @aaronhoyland: “Is she being rude, or have you been socially conditioned into believing that women should be warm, positive and friendly at all times and are uncomfortable when they don’t adhere to that behaviour?”
ALT A story of street harassment in Geelong, Victoria: "Was in Geelong, walking home by myself at about 9 at night. My phone was flat so I was extra stressed and just trying to get home as quickly as possible. This ute drove past me and yelled out completely startling me..."
ALT "One of them yelled out "f*cking b*tch let me eat your p*ssy". I was terrified they were gonna loop back around and go again so wanted to get off that road..."
ALT "but at the same time didn't want to go any other way because this was the most well-lit route".
ALT A black and white photo of people at a protest, with someone holding a sign that reads “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for”.
ALT A story of street harassment in the CBD, Victoria: "Just last week a man got within kissing distance of my face and let out a big cough like he wanted me to know he could hurt me."
ALT Tile 1: A beige background with text that reads “Today is IDAHOBIT: International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia”. Graphics include rainbow-coloured hearts, a pride flag, and a rainbow.
ALT Tile 1: “Disability and Ableism + LGBTQIA+ Rights: Major political parties ranked”.
ALT Tile 2 ranks the parties on a fully funded and resourced NDIS, accessible work and education and addressing disability discrimination. Greens and Labor rank 3 for each, Liberal and Nationals rank 1 for each.
ALT Tile 3 ranks the parties on creating safe schools for LGBTQIA+ youth, affirming policy for transgender people and anti-conversation therapy. Greens rank 3 on each, Labor ranks 2 and 3, and Liberal and Nationals rank 1 on each.
ALT Tile 4: “Find out more on how we ranked the four major political parties itsnotacompliment.org/votesmart”.
ALT Tile 1: “Sexism, Violence and Misogyny + Addressing Racism: Major political parties ranked”.
ALT Tile 2 ranks the parties on commitment to ending gender based violence, commitment to an intersectional approach, addressing the wage gap and increasing access to work, and policy on primary prevention and addressing rape culture. Greens and Labor rank 3 for all, Liberal and Nationals rank 1-2.
ALT Tile 3 ranks the parties on being anti-racist, and commitment to policy change including a racism commission, making hate speech illegal and an anti-racism strategy. Greens rank 3 for both, Labor ranks 3 and 1, Liberal and Nationals rank 1.
ALT Tile 6: “Find out more on how we ranked the four major political parties itsnotacompliment.org/votesmart”.
ALT Tile 1: “Migration and Refugees + First Nations Justice: Major political parties ranked”.
ALT Tile 2 ranks the Greens, Labor, Liberal and Nationals on ending offshore detention, ending temporary visas, ending indefinite detention, simplifying citizenship and visa pathways and ending economic exploitation of migrants. The Greens rank 3 on each, Liberals and Nationals rank 1 on each, and Labor’s rankings varying from 1-3, with 3 standing for strong commitment and 1 standing for no or poor commitment.
ALT Tile 3 anks the parties on justice system reforms, constitutional reform, closing the gap, stolen generations reparations and reconciliation. Greens rank 3 for each, Labor ranks 2 and 3, Liberals and Nationals rank 1 and 2.
ALT Tile 6: “Find out more on how we ranked the four major political parties itsnotacompliment.org/votesmart”.
ALT Tile 1: “What is a federal election? The what and when”.
ALT Tile 2: “Levels of government in Australia. Australia has three levels of government: local, state, federal. Power is shared between the three levels. Some powers are shared and both state and federal parliaments are able to make laws for these matters. However, if there is a conflicting law the federal law takes precedence”.
ALT Tile 3: “Federal elections: what are they? A federal election is held so Australians can vote to decide who will represent them in the federal parliament. Federal parliament consists of 3 houses: House of Representatives, Senate”.
ALT Tile 4: “Formation of a government. The Parliament forms government from the party (or coalition of parties) which achieve a majority in the House of Representatives following a federal election. The Prime Minister is chosen by a vote of the members of the political party that has successfully formed government at an election. Federal elections 2022. The 2022 Federal election will be held on 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia”.
ALT Tiles with pink and white text on black backgrounds. Tile 1: “Dear Australia, this federal election, let’s #VoteSmart. Because if not us, then who?”
ALT Tile 2: “Our campaign focus: We have chosen six areas that are important to us and our community, and also connected to our work: Migration and Refugees; First Nations Justice; Sexism, Violence and Misogyny; Addressing Racism; Ableism and Disability Rights; LGBTQIA+ Rights”.