25 October 2026 | Advocacy, News
Is it safe to speak up? The recent terrible event involving Independent MP for Indi, Helen Haines, has highlighted the extent to which normal public debate has been transformed into personal attacks and violence. For the good of our community, we must all do what we...
25 August 2026 | Advocacy, Biodiversity, Clean energy
Why “many planted for every one removed” doesn’t add up The removal of 300 trees as part of the Macleod rail level crossing removal has left many residents shocked, not only by the scale of the clearing itself, but because the number of trees to be removed wasn’t...
27 April 2026 | Advocacy, Clean energy, News
Revisiting civil discourse Talking across the divide in 2026 This article is a rewriting of one I wrote in May 2024, prompted partly by listening to Laura Tingle (ABC 7.30), present the John Button Oration on uncivil discourse. The recent fracturing of social...
