Today, 8th March, is International Women’s Day! It is both a celebration of womanhood and a protest against society’s treatment of women. On International Women’s Day we celebrate the achievements … [Read more...]
Toxic Workplace Cultures – The Need to Listen to Victims
Multiple recent allegations in federal parliament clearly display a toxic workplace culture. Earlier this year, allegations were published that Brittany Higgins, a staffer at Parliament House, was … [Read more...]
Update on Ismail
I just want to thank everybody again for helping Ismail, a refugee from Somalia who had been on Manus Island for seven years and was then medevacced to Australia in 2019. He remains in a hotel, where … [Read more...]
Happy Halloween!!!
Let's celebrate witches! Did you know that the Scottish Witchcraft Act was passed in Scotland in 1563 and remained in effect for 175 years? Over 380 women were executed under the act, generally by … [Read more...]
Our Values – Diversity, Tolerance, Professionalism, Justice, Compassion
At Martin Bullock Lawyers we have long thought about our values, and we try to practice them both in our professional lives and in our personal lives. The values that we espouse and try to live by … [Read more...]
Update on Ismail
A big shout out to all of the wonderful people who supported us in raising funds in order to get Ismail to Canada. Here is an update on where Ismail is at the moment from the lovely Dawn … [Read more...]
Be a Grinch – Weird Xmas Laws and How to get your Neighbour’s Lights Taken Down! Ho Ho Ho!!!
Christmas is a special time of the year, when millions of people around the world celebrate in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways. However, it is also a very easy time to fall afoul of the … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas! Here is your opportunity to do something good!
I have previously blogged about Ismail here. Ismail fled unspeakable violence and persecution in Somalia. He was kidnapped, his father was murdered, his mother disappeared. He spent two years … [Read more...]
Another Attack on our Humanity – Repeal of the Medevac Laws
On 3 December 2019, the 47th anniversary of the election of the Whitlam government, the current Australian government took another step down the path of removing rights for asylum seekers. The … [Read more...]
Supporting Refugees – Meet Ismail
Ismail is a young Somalian refugee who fled Somalia in 2013 in search of a safe place to live. After arriving in Australia by boat, he since has been detained in offshore detention on Manus Island and … [Read more...]
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