Celeste Liddle Explained

Celeste Liddle
Birth Place:Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation:Writer and unionist
Party:Greens (2021-2023)
Alma Mater:La Trobe University
University of Melbourne
Monash University

Celeste Liddle (born 1978) is an Aboriginal Australian unionist, writer, and Indigenous feminist of the Arrernte people of Central Australia. Having first risen to prominence via her personal blog, Rantings of an Aboriginal Feminist, Liddle has written opinion and commentary for several media publications and anthologies.

Early life and education

Celeste Liddle was born in Canberra, Australia, in 1978. She moved to Melbourne with her family in 1992,[1] when she was 14.

She has an honours degree in arts from La Trobe University, a graduate diploma from the University of Melbourne and a masters in communications and media studies from Monash University.In 2020, Liddle undertook a master's degree at Monash.[2] and in 2021 was awarded the Academic Medal for Excellence.[3]

Career

Writing and broadcasting

Liddle hosted the IndigenousX program from 19 June 2015.

She has been a regular columnist for Eureka Street since 2017, having written her first opinion piece for them two years earlier. She has also been a columnist and featured writer for Daily Life,[4] The Saturday Paper,[5] and The Guardian.[6] She has also provided commentary for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Special Broadcasting Service (SBS).

In addition to opinion writing, Liddle has been published in a number of anthologies, including Black Inc's Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia,[7] Pan McMillan's "Mothers and Others" and Hardie Grant's "Better than Sex".

She has been involved in several major literary events, including the All About Women Festival,[8] Melbourne Writers Festival,[9] the Antidote Festival,[10] The Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair[11] and the Bendigo Writers' Festival.[12]

Activism and unionism

, Liddle works as National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Organiser for the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU).[13] She was instrumental in ensuring that the NTEU vocally supported the campaign to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Australia.[14]

Politics

In May 2021, Liddle was preselected by the Victorian Greens for the seat of Cooper in the 2022 federal election.[15] Cooper is the Melbourne electorate where she has lived for over 20 years. Her campaign set out to include dental into Medicare, enhance workers' rights, increase renewable energy in response to the climate emergency, and work towards truth and treaty for First Nations people. Liddle was also a strong advocate for the Greens policy to tax billionaires and for Melbourne's live music and arts scenes.[16]

In the 2022 election, Liddle received 27.7% of the primary vote, coming second to the incumbent Labor member Ged Kearney. Liddle increased the Greens primary vote by 6.43% while Labor's decreased by 5.5% on the previous election.[17]

Liddle left the Greens in February 2023.[18]

Recognition

In 2017, she was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.[19] [20]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Celeste Liddle . Rantings of an Aboriginal Feminist . 10 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Liddle . Celeste . Higher education should be for everyone . Eureka Street . Eureka Street . 18 January 2021 . 15 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210115031824/https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article/higher-education-should-be-for-everyone . live .
  3. Web site: I'd just like to inform the person who hides behind the @IndigenousUoM account, and who tried to make out that I was stupid a few weeks back only to have it backfire spectacularly, that I have just found out I have been awarded the Academic Medal for Excellence by Monash . 2021-05-13. Twitter. en . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210414031307/https://twitter.com/utopiana/status/1382169992301481988 . 2021-04-14.
  4. News: Celeste Liddle . The Age . 11 January 2020 . 9 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200809003951/https://www.theage.com.au/by/celeste-liddle-hvepm . live .
  5. Web site: 2021-05-07. Celeste Liddle. 2021-05-13. The Saturday Paper. en. 13 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513124651/https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/contributor/celeste-liddle. live.
  6. News: Celeste Liddle . The Guardian . 18 January 2017 . 18 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170118232546/https://www.theguardian.com/profile/celeste-liddle . live .
  7. Book: Growing up Aboriginal in Australia by Anita Heiss. 6 November 2017. 15 June 2021. 13 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200113083706/https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/growing-aboriginal-australia. live.
  8. Web site: Blak Matriarchies . Sydney Opera House . 2020 . 11 January 2020 . 20 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210120083943/https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/events/past-events/all-about-women/2020/blak-matriarchies.html#bio . live .
  9. Web site: EVENT - Melbourne Writer's Festival . liminalmag.com . 11 August 2017 . 11 January 2020 . 19 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230319130059/https://www.liminalmag.com/blog/mwf2017 . live .
  10. Web site: Antidote . Sydney Opera House . 2 September 2017 . 11 January 2020 . 12 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210112125449/https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/content/soh/events/whats-on/ideas-and-talks/2017/antidote0.html . live .
  11. Web site: August 2015 . 16 May 2022 . 29 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220629152722/https://progressivepodcastaustralia.com/2015/08/ . live .
  12. https://issuu.com/cvebendigo/docs/2023_bwf_program_clickable_links
  13. Web site: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander . NTEU . 6 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230803080939/https://www.nteu.au/NTEU/Key_Issues/Aboriginal_Torres_Strait_Islander.aspx . 3 August 2023 . unfit . 3 September 2023.
  14. Web site: NTEU National Executive passes motion in support of raising the age of criminal responsibility. 2021-05-13 . NTEU. 13 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513124652/https://www.nteu.org.au/article/NTEU-National-Executive-passes-motion-in-support-of-raising-the-age-of-criminal-responsibility-22611. dead.
  15. Web site: Indigenous activist to run for Greens in Ged Kearney's inner-Melbourne seat . Sydney Morning Herald . 2021 . 14 May 2021 . 14 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210514021517/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/indigenous-activist-to-run-for-greens-in-inner-melbourne-seat-of-cooper-20210514-p57rx3.html . live .
  16. Web site: Missing Melbourne's music scene. 16 June 2021. 31 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210531015407/https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article/missing-melbourne-s-music-scene. live.
  17. Web site: Cooper (Key Seat) - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results . 2022-05-23 . abc.net.au . en-AU . 23 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220523081307/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2022/guide/coop . live .
  18. Web site: I remain undecided on the Indigenous voice to parliament. And I’m exhausted . Celeste . Liddle . . 26 June 2023 . 27 June 2023 . 26 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230626223634/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/26/i-remain-undecided-on-the-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-and-im-exhausted . live .
  19. Web site: Women's Honour Roll Receives 25 New Inductees . Premier of Victoria . Victorian Premier . 6 March 2017 . 11 January 2020 . 17 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170817121505/http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/womens-honour-roll-receives-25-new-inductees/ . live .
  20. Web site: NTEU congratulates Celeste Liddle . NTEU . 7 March 2017 . 3 September 2023.

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