Occupation: Writer Birth: 1982
I'm not so sure liberal democracy as we know it has reached its terminus. It's clear though, that many have genuinely lost confidence in the Australi….
We have a natural constant craving for leadership. Democracy is always a fragile and imperfect achievement. Yet a distinct feeling of malaise in our ….
No-one wants to see violence of any kind on our streets, certainly not any violence that's justified by extreme nationalist ideas or that targets peo….
There are many in public life who deserve only our praise and admiration. But there are too many who are products of a class that knows little other ….
We know that a large majority of the Australian society is extremely comfortable with a multicultural society, that we accept that living in a democr….
People have a right to protest peacefully, but there's absolutely no excuse for anyone to be conducting a campaign of intimidation that may be direct….
You can protest, you can protest peacefully, but keep things civil..
People should not be responding to bigoted ugliness with any ugliness of their own..
Anti-Muslim protests represent a fringe of our society that's seeking to promote hatred and division..
If anyone has engaged unlawful activity, they should be held to account with the full force of the law..