Articles by Tammy Milne
- Profile
- My name is Tammy Milne and I live in rural/regional North West Coast Tasmania. I have worked for 32 years at the Department of Education Tasmania. I own my disability and wear it like a suit of armour now after years of trying to fit into the abled world. I have a physical disability that is very visible, i have Arthrogrophosis Multiplex Congenita. I am now very outspoken around disability rights and human rights. I am too wise now to put up with bad treatment of myself and people around me. I see myself as fierce and a warrior for our collective cause. I still have much to learn.
Democracy, Featured, Green Agenda Quarterly Journal Winter 2021, Social Justice
Rising above discrimination in an attempt to be heard: People with disability
When posing the question what mechanism does dissent play in Australian politics we can view this through the lens of history. Australia has a long history of formulating policy through grassroots actions; the shearers strike of 1891, the Pilbara strike of 1949 and the waterside workers strike of 1998 are each seminal points in history that have remade the conditions... Read More