Hoda Afshar documents Australian government whistleblowers in new photography and film project
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In Agonistes, Hoda Afshar asks us to judge our democracy by the way it treats its whistleblowers.
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A young woman who witnessed the inhumane treatment of refugees in offshore detention; an officer who saw the corruption of the Australian Defence Force firsthand; a disability care worker who uncovered a system of physical abuse of children and adults with autism.
These are just three of the Australian whistleblowers whose portraits are hanging outside Melbourne's St Paul's Cathedral.