Steep Leading Curve

Meeting new and familiar faces from across the country today at a National Leadership conference.  The need to hear more female and youth lead voices in leading change, signalling a long, long road ahead. #endislamophobia #endracism #makeachange #tasneemchopra...

The Hate Race- A memoir, unforgiving and on point

I attended the Wheeler Centre tonight to hear the inimitable Maxine Beneba Clarke discuss how writing about unbelonging in ‘The Hate Race’ morphed into a critique of lived racism.  All power to her in proclaiming the brutal reality of...

Defining Times in Trying Times

Tonight I participated in a session for the ‘Defining moments in Australian History’ program of the National Museum of Australia, in Canberra, featuring in a ‘Postwar immigration’ panel discussion.The panel examined: How have Australian...

An Ed for Change

This morning I met with Ed Husic MP, Shadow Minister for Employment Services and Workforce Participation.  We shared a candid conversation about a host of socio political issues including how the economic strain of low income families is furthered when many early...

AHPRA Keynote – Regulating for Diversity in Health

This evening I had the opportunity to guest speak at the #AHPRA #NRAS combined dinner for their biannual national conference.  Seated amongst a few hundred experts in the field of health regulation in this country, I got to appreciate the joint efforts invested...

Look, Learn & Lead: The LaTrobe example 

Congratulations to LaTrobe University for respecting and acknowledging the ethic which refugees bring: will and fortitude to forge a future in this country. In a single billboard you’ve demonstrated more integrity than our Government has in 5 years. And while...