25 February 2024

Heatwaves and blackouts: Australia's climate crisis is now

As Western Australia endures another extreme heatwave, with temperatures soaring up to 47 degrees Celsius in the Pilbara, the reality of the impacts of climate change is becoming impossible for Australia to ignore. Escalating and unprecedented heat is harming our communities, ecosystems, and economy. Last week Victoria was battered by fires and storms that destroyed homes and infrastructure, leaving half a million people without power. These are stark reminders of the climate crisis's immediacy and the urgent need for action.

26 December 2023

Time for Australia to admit its a petrostate

The first step in fixing any problem is acknowledging it. And for Australia on climate change, that means admitting we are a petrostate.

23 November 2023

Restoring democracy to avoid climate collapse

17 November 2023 will go down in history as the day when planet Earth reached its first two degree plus temperature anomaly relative to the preindustrial baseline. It was also the day that I was carted off to hospital in an ambulance after spending over two weeks on a climate hunger strike on the lawns of Parliament House while Anthony Albanese ghosted me.

20 October 2023

Australia has shown itself to be a selfish nation that lacks empathy

As an Australian with First Nations and coloniser blood running through my veins, Ive always believed in the promise of a fair and just Australia, one that can celebrate our 65,000 years of history, reconcile our colonial past and build a better future for all. But the Voice referendum has cast a shadow on that vision. It has revealed a darker side of our nation one driven by selfishness and fear. And one where we allow ourselves to be sucked in by misinformation and social media algorithms.

26 September 2023

Pezzullo, like Campbell, has brought shame on the Public Service

Mike Pezzullo must be removed to restore integrity and protect our democracy.

15 September 2023

Yes will say No to Trumpism and US-like social disintegration

Im voting Yes as a proud Australian of Aboriginal, European and Middle-eastern ancestry. Australias Constitution needs to catch up with the nation we are today. Were a multicultural superpower and Asia-Pacific democracy, founded on 65,000 years of heritage and culture. Our Constitution needs to reflect that.

11 September 2023

Insulating foreign policy from domestic politics: The legacy of Marise Payne

Marise Payne's tenure as Australia's Foreign Minister was rightly marked with criticism. Australia's international and strategic interests went backwards during her time. But was she really Australias worst Foreign Minister as some commentators assert? Its important to consider the root cause of the damage done to Australias national interests: the belligerent interference and harm done by Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton.

1 June 2023

LGBTIQ+ persecution in Africa: Australias responsibility to protect

Atrocities dont happen overnight. They ramp up over time. The Nazi death camps, were preceded by at least a decade of smaller, selective and escalating removals of human rights for Jewish and LGBTIQ+ peoples. Similar patterns allowed for the genocides in Rwanda and Cambodia - incremental and selective removals of minority rights built momentum and social licence for graver crimes against humanity. This is an important reason why the world must act now to stop criminalisation and abuse of LGBTIQ+ peoples in Africa.

26 April 2022

Election opportunity to move from boofhead to smart diplomacy

Recent foreign policy experience shows bullying and belligerence dont work. Prime Minister Scott Morrison cares little about Australias foreign policy outcomes. Neither does he care for Australias international reputation. He cares least of all about our national interests. Indeed, he consistently damages them for his own political gain. The federal election offers Australia an opportunity for a reset.