I’m not usually afraid to say what is right, but sometimes I’ve wanted to crawl into bed and not get up
Do all Australians have the same right to express a public opinion without being harassed, abused and defamed? Unfortunately, I’ve learned the hard way that the answer to this question is no.
Practically every day, I receive directly targeted messages on social media and through abusive phone calls, letters and emails that attempt to push me out of the political conversation simply for being who I am – a brown, migrant, Muslim woman from a Pakistani background.
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