I dig into the reasons that the “Voices of” independents are almost exclusively women. First published in The Big Smoke.

Women are taking increasingly senior roles in business and academia, yet in the Coalition, their rise is stymied by the pretence that a merit process is in place. In fact, it’s run by a quota system, one that rewards people who look and act like the people who make the decisions: men. [READ MORE]

A personal piece on the forthcoming election, the “Voices of” independents, and climate change. First published on No Fibs.

AUSTRALIA HAS BECOME the poster child for oil-producing nations seeking to evade their climate change responsibilities. We’ve got a Coalition government and its media spruikers in utter denial about the enormity of the issue and our potential to change, or admitting climate change is real but claiming that as a small country we can do nothing. All the while, they’re conveniently ignoring that this small country has among the highest per capita emissions in the developed world.

But we cannot claim we didn’t see it coming… [READ MORE]