The Get Out of Jail Free Card
A Poem in Seven Counts Against the Man Who Believed in Nothing“My mother did it tough. She raised me in public housing.That’s why I fight for people who are doing…
A Poem in Seven Counts Against the Man Who Believed in Nothing“My mother did it tough. She raised me in public housing.That’s why I fight for people who are doing…
Immigrants, most of whom came to Australia legally, are not the cause of the problems we face; that fault lies with the policies of successive governments.
Pauline Hanson's track record is clear that she more concerned with performance that addressing the structural inequalities between people.
I am old. Older than the names they gave me,
Farrer has become the canary in the electoral mine, highlighting that voters in regional areas have had enough of being ignored.
That is the wound that does not close — to love a place that is choosing, deliberately, with its eyes open, to be less than it was, less than it could be ...
Ambition combined with greed and envy makes for a dangerous combination.
She storms through rallies like a queen of the lost,and something in the crowd completes the circuit – not stupidity, not theatre, but a costlong owed, long felt, finally given…
We are the princess. Reject Hanson’s othering. Love our unfinished multicultural nation enough to transform. Wish it so.
Australia's future lies with those who are working constructively to build a more mature multicultural society.
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…
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.
Ignorance in debate by public figures and willful misrepresentation by media underscore the exclusive rhetoric that fractures societal cohesion.
Democracies require honest communicators who resist the temptation to leverage social anxiety.
Grievance-driven politics needs to be challenged with positive policies and practical solutions.
Blaming the costs of living, lack of housing and cultural issues to migration ignores the benefits, including economic growth and prosperity.