By Soaliha Iqbal
Hello dear readers, welcome back to Ettention Please where we share the stories you might have missed this week thanks to little coverage, establishment media silence, or big stories (like Trump’s new money-making scheme or Pauline Hanson being [redacted]) dominating the headlines
This week, we discuss a racism inquiry many Australians are unlikely to have heard about, Meta and Uber being villainous (allegedly), and the perspective about the Indian PM’s visit that I have been waiting for.
'The blackfella nightmare': Indigenous media staff reveal daily battle against online racism and abuse, National Indigenous Times
National Indigenous Times staff shared testimonies of the abuse they experienced and witnessed at work before the Senate inquiry into Racism, Hate and Violence Directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples on Monday and their stories are harrowing.
Noongar Yamatji Naaguja Nanda woman Leanne Djilandi Dolby — who works as NIT’s social media and marketing officer — told the inquiry that working as a First Nations journalist has made her fear for her life.
Dolby was at the Boorloo/Perth Invasion Day rally when the alleged terror attack took place earlier this year. She told the inquiry that while other journalists were actively covering the event, police “heavy-handedly” pushed her.
"The police did not see me as a member of the media, but just as an Aboriginal woman with a camera," she said.
