http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/eliza-cussen/ In her first two years out of uni, Eliza has worked as a publicist and campaigner across social justice, environment and health.  Her work aims to make Australia a more democratic and progressive place. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/it-started-with-a-kiss-gay-protests-in-your-facebook/ This week, Facebook pages have been brimming over with pictures of same-sex couples kissing. The pictures are a protest against Facebook because a photo (actually a still from EastEnders) of two blokes having a pash was removed. Facebook have now apologised, saying the removal was a mistake (check out the exclusive news.com.au story here). Maybe it was, but people are right to be cynical when discrimination against gay people is still seen as OK by many sections of society. Growing up, there were some things I couldn’t get my head around. Differential equations were one, homophobia was another. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Eliza Cussen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/it-started-with-a-kiss-gay-protests-in-your-facebook/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/it-started-with-a-kiss-gay-protests-in-your-facebook/#item5671 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:00:41 +0000 Eliza Cussen | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/top-ten-internet-filter-lies/ Just in case Punch readers believe what people tell them, here are some of the things that have been said about internet filtering…and exactly why they shouldn’t be believed. Lie # 1: The filter will help in the fight against child pornography. I wish this were true. But it isn’t. Even child protection group, Save The Children, has come out exposing Conroy’s plan as unworkable and the wrong way to protect children online. The filter will not (and Stephen Conroy admits this) work for the areas where unwanted material actually lives, namely: peer-to-peer networking, instant messaging, torrents, direct emails and chat rooms. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Eliza Cussen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/top-ten-internet-filter-lies/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/top-ten-internet-filter-lies/#item2704 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:50:51 +0000 Eliza Cussen | Author bios | The Punch