Societal change is achieved via the courage of those willing to challenge the power of wealthy, by those willing to plant their ideas wherever they stand.
I. The Upper RoomThey gathered where the lamplight held the night at bay,and bread was broken gently into willing hands.A teacher poured out wine as dark as fading day,and love…
Enforcing a disputed political definition in the public service sets an implicit bias that will affect public policy and relations both local and international.
The persistent lack of accountability for the vilification of Muslims threatens to undermine the foundations of equality that form the fabric of our society.
Australia's future lies with those who are working constructively to build a more mature multicultural society.
Australia must learn from the deterioration of democratic freedoms of the United States and defend the freedoms of individuals and independence of the courts.
The exclusionary politics that devastated the Haitian people are being played out almost a century later in the United States.
Comprehension of the social and ideological foundations accepted by society are precursors to structural change.
The Muslim community is culturally and politically diverse, historically engaged in reasoned debate, whilst contemporaneously progressive and inclusive.
I have been voting in Australian elections for decades. Over that time I have supported a range of parties and individuals – Liberal when I thought they had the right…
Contradictory records presented by the Australian Federal Police for the same day regarding entirely separate matters demonstrate manipulation of evidence.
Representations of Islam as a perpetual aggressor against Western traditions are a facile expression of correlation equalling causation.
The diva belts her entrance With forty notes of vengeance .
Impractical proposals to address social and housing challenges by One Nations reveal a lack of comprehension of the economic necessities of immigration.
Addressing isolated racism whilst ignoring that against other ethnicities or cultures is a bandage to a systemic wound.
Entrenched Australian romanticism in the face of the demographic, religious and economic changes of multiculturalism sets a path to democratic inequality.
Opportunistic appeals to cultural tropes, economic and security fears by right wing conservatives fails to identify the true causes of instability.
Racism, particularly for Indigenous people and visible minorities, is a significant issue, despite Australia's strong integration and social cohesion.
Every life is of equal value – a truth without borders, without exceptions.
A hierarchy of attention and resources to counter racism in Australia undermines our commitment to equality and cohesion.