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Graeme Innes

@Graemeinnes

Chancellor CQUni; Company Director; human rights activist; love family, sailing and cricket

 Tweed Heads Australia
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Joined March 2009
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Listening to Radio National Breakfast (Changing Australia: Nas Campanella and changing how stories of disability are told): abc.net.au/listen/programs/r…
Changing Australia: Nas Campanella and changing how stories of disability are told - ABC listen

Changing Australia: Nas Campanella and changing how stories of disability are told - ABC listen

For seven years Nas Campanella was behind the triple j news desk and later became the ABC's first National Disability Affairs Reporter.

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My thanks to Kurt Fearnly AO the outgoing chair. It has been a privilege to serve under his excellent leadership.
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Australia has let abuse of its representatives become ‘part of the job’ – and women bear the brunt theconversation.com/australi…
Australia has let abuse of its representatives become ‘part of the job’ – and women bear the brunt

Australia has let abuse of its representatives become ‘part of the job’ – and women bear the brunt

The alleged attack on Helen Haines has renewed focus on MPs’ safety. More needs to be done to stop abuse and violence against public officials.

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My appointment as the next Chair of the Board of the National Disability Insurance Agency was announced this morning. I will start on 17 December. I am honoured to take on this role, and will work with people with disabilities and government.
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Nobody wants to pay more tax, except me smh.com.au/business/the-econ…
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When powerful women are remembered as witches, we should challenge the historical motive theconversation.com/when-pow…
When powerful women are remembered as witches, we should challenge the historical motive

When powerful women are remembered as witches, we should challenge the historical motive

Historical women are remembered through reputations they never chose – we need not pass them on uncritically.

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Digital natives are buying electric cars as if they were smartphones theconversation.com/digital-…
Digital natives are buying electric cars as if they were smartphones

Digital natives are buying electric cars as if they were smartphones

Car buyers increasingly see vehicles as hardware platforms to host digital functions.

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If we want a better Australia, we need to raise the GST – and cut income taxes theconversation.com/if-we-wa…
If we want a better Australia, we need to raise the GST – and cut income taxes

If we want a better Australia, we need to raise the GST – and cut income taxes

If we make better use of the GST, and offset it with tax cuts, we’ll have a fairer tax system that can adapt to an ageing population.

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Vaccines have been so successful that some people have forgotten why we need them theconversation.com/vaccines…
Vaccines have been so successful that some people have forgotten why we need them

Vaccines have been so successful that some people have forgotten why we need them

The return of measles shows what happens when vaccination rates fall. Understanding why people distrust vaccines is essential to rebuilding confidence.

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How electric vehicles could help pollinators find flowers again theconversation.com/how-elec…
How electric vehicles could help pollinators find flowers again

How electric vehicles could help pollinators find flowers again

Diesel pollution can disrupt floral scents. Switching to electric would help.

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'Pervert glasses' rhetoric is unfair, disability advocates say abc.net.au/news/2026-10-13/f…
'Pervert glasses' rhetoric is unfair, disability advocates say

'Pervert glasses' rhetoric is unfair, disability advocates say

The tenor of the public debate around smart glasses has concerned members of the disability community, who say the devices give them more independence.

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Who is Navi Pillay, the South African judge who won the Nobel prize? We asked her biographer theconversation.com/who-is-n…
Who is Navi Pillay, the South African judge who won the Nobel prize? We asked her biographer

Who is Navi Pillay, the South African judge who won the Nobel prize? We asked her biographer

Under the warmth and good humour is a formidable, steely grit.

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Our place in the sun: Australia’s uptake of solar panels is already through the roof. How much higher could it get? theguardian.com/environment/…
Our place in the sun: Australia’s uptake of solar panels is already through the roof. How much...

Our place in the sun: Australia’s uptake of solar panels is already through the roof. How much...

Sunshine, government subsidies and high power prices are driving record solar installations

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The little Aussie battler taking on Tesla, one truck at a time smh.com.au/national/the-litt…
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The migration debate has a big blind spot: much of regional Australia is shrinking theconversation.com/the-migr…
The migration debate has a big blind spot: much of regional Australia is shrinking

The migration debate has a big blind spot: much of regional Australia is shrinking

Limiting our attention to short-term workforce needs ignores a much bigger conversation about what it will take for regional Australia to thrive in the future.

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‘Catastrophic wildfire loop’ created after colonisation left parts of Australia more at risk from bushfires, study finds theguardian.com/environment/…
‘Catastrophic wildfire loop’ after colonisation left parts of Australia more at risk from bushfir...

‘Catastrophic wildfire loop’ after colonisation left parts of Australia more at risk from bushfir...

Researchers found the shift from open woodland to dense forest after 1788 led to more intense fires, consistent with loss of cultural burning practices

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Parasitic worms could hold the key to treating immune system diseases – here’s what we know theconversation.com/parasiti…
Parasitic worms could hold the key to treating immune system diseases – here’s what we know

Parasitic worms could hold the key to treating immune system diseases – here’s what we know

Parasitic worms have evolved a way to calm the immune system, and scientists want to copy it.

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Electric long-haul trucks could become a reality sooner – if there’s no driver theconversation.com/electric…
Electric long-haul trucks could become a reality sooner – if there’s no driver

Electric long-haul trucks could become a reality sooner – if there’s no driver

Smaller electric trucks are already on Australian city streets. As battery prices fall, bigger trucks will become viable – especially if there’s no driver.

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A new study finds that to counter misinformation online, we need to copy its style theconversation.com/a-new-st…
A new study finds that to counter misinformation online, we need to copy its style

A new study finds that to counter misinformation online, we need to copy its style

How do you get reliable information to someone who isn’t looking for it? New research using Facebook ads suggests a change in language makes a big difference.

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15 October is White Cane Day. United Blind Leaders is marking it with a webinar. to register go to unitedblindleaders.org

United Blind Leaders

Empowering Blind Leadership, Creating Change

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