Author: Media Team

Amnesty QLD/NNSW Media Team are a group of volunteers who meet weekly at the Brisbane Action Centre. Their role includes managing the regional social media accounts, facilitating engagement between journalists and activists, creating original content and other media/communications related tasks and projects.

Stopping climate change protects human rights

by Media Team, posted in Activism, Human Rights

Strike for Climate Change is a campaign that has spread worldwide. Swedish school student Greta Thunberg led the first strike outside the Swedish parliament building in 2018. Last Friday, thousands of Australian school students, united by their concern for the planet, participated in their own School Strike for Climate Action. The student-led strike’s goal was … Continue reading Stopping climate change protects human rights

Pages vs Groups: Organising your action group on Facebook

by Media Team, posted in Social media

Facebook’s page and group features were designed and implemented in order to meet organisations’ social media goals. When organising an action group—such as a regional Amnesty International team—the different forms of audience and interaction the two features provide must be understood to ensure your organisations online profile is being properly developed. Depending on your action … Continue reading Pages vs Groups: Organising your action group on Facebook

Historic Human Rights Act passed by Queensland Parliament

by Media Team, posted in Activism, Human Rights

Unfortunately, the state of Queensland has a background of big brother style governments from both sides of politics. Until now, there was only a mishmash of legislation to protect the rights of citizens under the Common Law. The introduction of Queensland's Human Rights Act ensures freedom of speech, safety, privacy and equality. Queensland Human Rights … Continue reading Historic Human Rights Act passed by Queensland Parliament