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Shelley Walker
@shelleyjwalker.bsky.social
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Researcher. ARC DECRA Fellow. Police Custody & Young People. Living on unceded Wurundjeri land.
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Shelley Walker @shelleyjwalker.bsky.social · Feb 16
Great launch of Kate Seear's report about #humanrights & #drugpolicy. Insightful panel discussions with Ele Morrison @aivl.bsky.social, Nick Kent @HRV & Alejandra Zuluaga about the importance of including the voices of #PWUD in #drugpolicyreform decision-making. opal.latrobe.edu.au/articles/rep...
Human rights and drug policy: Summary report of project findings and recommendations
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Shelley Walker @shelleyjwalker.bsky.social · Jan 31
Thanks to #HealthandJustice for publishing our important article about the adverse impacts of #COVID policing on people who use drugs. @curtinuniversity.bsky.social @burnetinstitute.bsky.social @higgspg.bsky.social healthandjusticejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Disproportionate, differential and targeted treatment: people who use drugs’ experiences of policing during the COVID-19 pandemic - Health & Justice
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide introduced law enforcement measures to deter and punish breaches of emergency public health orders. For example, in Victoria, Australia, ...
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Shelley Walker @shelleyjwalker.bsky.social · Jan 31
Pleased to share our article about the adverse impacts of #COVID policing on the lives of people who use drugs, published in the Conversation today. We call on
governments to do the right thing and waive all outstanding COVID fines, to lift the financial and emotional burden on vulnerable groups.
5 years after COVID began, outstanding fines mean marginalised Australians are still paying the highest price
In our new study, people told us they’d been fined for leaving home to access drug treatment programs – and still couldn’t afford to pay, years later.
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Shelley Walker @shelleyjwalker.bsky.social · Jan 26
Standing with First Nations People on Yorta Yorta Country on this day of Mourning
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Shelley Walker @shelleyjwalker.bsky.social · Jan 25
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Shelley Walker @shelleyjwalker.bsky.social · Jan 22
Hello Blue Sky 🦋
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