Toni Hassan (born 1972) is an Australian journalist, a writer with an interest in contemporary social issues,[1] and emerging artist who works predominantly in painting.
[4] She attended Mackellar Girls High and completed a Bachelor of Arts, Communication at Charles Sturt University, before pursuing a career as a journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, The Canberra Times, Fairfax Media and Nine Newspapers.
[5] Broadcast as part of the ABC's Health Report, Hassan explored the services available to asylum seekers and the implications of long-term detention.
[8] Hassan is an emerging artist: her work has been influenced by her early years living in South Africa during the Soweto Riots, as well as ongoing issues of human trafficking and social justice.
The acrylic paintings depicts a "Wiradjuri man, Jimmy Clements, who walked for nearly a week to attend the opening of Australia's Federal Parliament in 1923" and the image is described as "being immediately recognisable as a reflection on race and power".