I won’t see my family this Christmas. I’ll be on the tail end of my last work trip for the year that will bring me back to Australia on Boxing Day night. But I won’t be alone.
Forget politics or power. Australian values of fairness and tolerance are being attacked and eroded with impunity.
Imagine if the world had held the line against those who want to obliterate the state of Israel.
Since the voice referendum was defeated, I’ve seen precious few on the footpaths demanding better outcomes for Indigenous people.
The Senate has descended into a madhouse of horse-trading and personal agendas. On Wednesday, it finally found the stones to suspend ex-Greens senator Lidia Thorpe. What took so long?
Blokes’ day passed without even a whimper, because men apparently are not worth celebrating with the same energy and focus that women are.
Elitist activists — with the benefit of electricity — have hit a new low with this manipulative, intellectually flawed and indefensible logic.
Around the world, in many ways, women are being undermined, silenced, violated and erased.
If nothing else, this past week has shown us just how shallow the talent pool in Canberra is – so shallow you could pass out drunk in it and be at no risk of drowning. But what do we expect?
If we judge a nation on the direction in which it’s going, rather than its past, then Australia, we have a problem. But, it’s one we can fix it if we all agree to be the change we so desperately need.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/gemma-tognini/page/3