Olivia Ball
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Dr Olivia Ball is an Australian human rights advocate and politician. She is serving as a member of the City of Melbourne council in Victoria, Australia.
Qualifications
Ball has a Masters in human rights from London University[1] and a PhD in international human rights law awarded by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University.[2]
Career
In her early career Ball worked as a psychologist before becoming a human rights researcher and activist.[3] Together with Paul Gready she co-authored "The No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights".[4] She co-founded Remedy Australia with Nick Toonen[5] and has worked in the drug outreach program at Fitzroy Legal Service.[6]
Advocacy
Ball opposes the practise of arbitrary detention in Australia and argues that it "falls to us to press our government to do the right thing."[7] She has criticised income tax cuts whilst "our elderly are dying in need of adequate care" and that we "must expect more of our government."[8]
Politics
Ball has been a member of the Australian Greens Victoria since 2001.[6] She was elected to the council of the City of Melbourne in the 2020 election.[9]
She supports a medically supervised injecting service in the City of Melbourne[10] and advocates for increased naloxone availability across the city as a harm reduction measure.[11]
Personal life
Ball was born in East Melbourne and lives in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton.[6]
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "Federal Election 2016". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ Davey, Melissa (2016-05-01). "Asylum seekers: Greens use Labor's 'key weakness' to attack Shorten's stronghold". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ Lucas, Clay (2016-07-18). "Greens name human rights advocate Olivia Ball as Lord Mayor candidate". The Age. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ Ball, Olivia; Gready, Paul (2007). The No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights. New Internationalist. ISBN 978-1904456452.
- ^ "Founding Directors Remedy Australia". Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- ^ a b c Car, Sean (2021-05-18). "Olivia gets the ball rolling on council". North West City News. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ Ball, Olivia (2015-04-07). "How we've failed as a nation on arbitrary detention". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ Ball, Olivia (2019-08-02). "We can have the aged care we need: opinion". Australian Ageing Agenda. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ Durkin, Patrick (2020-11-04). "Sally Capp re-elected Melbourne mayor". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
- ^ Booker, Chloe (2021-05-25). "After furious debate, Melbourne council votes to support safe-injecting room in CBD". The Age. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
- ^ Abbott, Lachlan (2023-11-22). "Vending machines for clean syringes and opioid treatment proposed by Melbourne City". The Age. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
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