Madeleine Keck
About Madeleine Keck
Maddie is Global Citizen Australia's Digital Campaigner based in Melbourne. She has a passion for human rights with a particular focus on refugee and asylum seeker issues. Maddie has completed a Bachelor of Journalism with a major in human rights from Monash University, Melbourne. She is a massive movie buff and you will often catch her reading a classical book or two in her spare time.
Stories
A 5-Year-Old Australian Child With Cook Island Heritage Has Been Told to Cut His Hair or Leave School
Hair discrimination is not ok. Read more
Epilepsy Will Cost Australia’s Economy Over $12 Billion in 2020: Report
“Epilepsy doesn't discriminate, being prevalent across gender, age and location.” Read more
This Company Is Bringing the World’s Best Adaptive Fashion to Australia
The online platform will cater to those living with disabilities, from autism to amputees. Read more
One of Australia’s Biggest Universities Just Committed to Becoming Carbon Negative
“It has been the role of universities for almost a millennium to challenge orthodoxy and think big.” Read more
Brown Water Is Running Through the Taps of This Australian Town
“It looked like Coke, that is how dark the colour of the water was. It was just gross." Read more
Australian Scientists Have Created a Lab-Grown Version of the Coronavirus
The lab-grown copy of the virus was created from a sample of an infected patient. Read more
Dozens of Koalas Found 'Massacred' After Their Habitat Was Destroyed by Bulldozers
“Every Victorian can rightly feel not only appalled, deeply saddened and heartbroken, but angry.” Read more
From Madagascar to Kenya, Here Are the 10 Crises the World Forgot in 2019
“There is often a direct link between media coverage and relief funding sent to an emergency.” Read more
Global Citizen's Sarah Meredith Takes a Decade of Politics Into Activism
“I want to encourage more Australians to use their voice.” Read more
The University of Queensland Is Racing to Create a Coronavirus Vaccine
“The world needs to act quickly and in unity to tackle this disease.” Read more