Face masks and retrograde steps: Victoria, we have a problem
Today, Scott Morrison proclaimed that “we are all Victorians”. On the other side of a closed border, visceral lockdowns and putrid politics, I feel that might be a bit of a stretch.
Black lives, white lies
The subjugation of black lives has not evolved since settlement. But it is not our behaviour that needs to change. Ignoring this fact is a choice.
Canberra’s recession response has been an exercise in refusing to take women seriously
Scott Morrison may have gone viral after he marginalised the concerns of pregnant women, but it is his androcentric approach to COVID-19 that is far more telling.
When Trump attacks the press, he’s attacking the American Constitution
The police wilfully targeting the press during the riots is not an attack on free speech, they’re attacking the core ideals of America itself.
In a post-lockdown world, the buffet will kill you
As we take our first tentative steps towards returning to a life post-lockdown, it is no time to relax our recently acquired behaviours. Be excellent in all things – and best to avoid other human beings.
America burns
As racial violence splits America, I’m reminded of the riots of the sixties, the inflammatory language used and a grim pattern, doomed to repeat.
