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Kelly wrote for community newspapers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement, covering stories that highlighted social inequality. Kelly had a strong focus on Perth’s housing and poverty crisis, working closely with advocates to magnify voices of families and individuals living on the streets.
Her rich portfolio details complex topics around gender-based violence, community activism, sex worker’s rights, and First Nations advocacy
No More Sleeping On It: Family of Alana Garlett plead for immediate housing action.
FIFTY SIX sleeping bags laid out on the front steps of WA’s Parliament on Tuesday laid bare the grim toll of WA’s housing crisis during an evening vigil to its latest casualty, Alana Garlett.
Grieving Family Call for Vigil: “They slip through your fingers because there’s no housing”
The family of Alana Garlett are calling for a vigil at Parliament House to raise awareness of her death, and the 56 other homeless people who died on Perth’s streets last year.
Too many taken too young.
Noongar mother, Alana Garlett, was the most recent homeless person to die on Perth’s streets, after new data revealed 56 homeless citizens were lost last year.
City of Stirling Name Change
An electors’ vote to change the City of Stirling’s name because it is insulting to Indigenous people has sparked conflicting discourse in the community, but mayor Mark Irwin said a name change would take years to implement anyway.
Change the date protest 2021
About 2,000 people gathered in Forest Place on January 26 in support of changing the date of Australia Day – the biggest WA rally to date.
Parliament House rally against homelessness
Setting up tents under the noses of WA’s leaders, 30 of Perth’s homeless residents and allies brought the issue of poverty to the doorsteps of Parliament on Wednesday.
BLM youth protest
About 500 people gathered in Langley Park for a youth rally supporting the Black Lives Matters protests last Saturday.