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Sharing As Democracy – DemFest21
What does borrowing dress up clothes or lending a lawnmower have to do with democracy? Quite a lot, as it happens! When you do it thoughtfully. When the Canberra Alliance for Participatory Democracy announced a call for pre-recorded videos for their DemFest21, celebrating local democracy, I knew I had to do one explaining the participatory…
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Launch Of “Unconditionally”
From reflections on lived experience to academic analysis of real life impacts to analysis of what people actually believe, the launch of our new paper, “Unconditionally: COVID response and the future of welfare” was a brilliant way to help us imagine a future where welfare is unconditional. The event featured Kirstin O’Connell from the Anti…
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“Unconditionally” – Covid Response And The Future Of Welfare
Can we imagine a future where income support payments in Australia are permanently made unconditional? The Covid response helps us do so – and it’s a brighter future! On the evening of October 27, I’m excited to bring you a discussion about this big idea with some of Australia’s leading thinkers, researchers and advocates in…
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What Is Green Politics? Discussion With Asia Pacific Greens
I was absolutely privileged on October 10 to join a panel for the Asia Pacific Greens Federation, discussing the question “What is Green Politics?” with Greens colleagues from Lebanon, Japan and Indonesia. It was a wonderful insight into how, in different circumstances and from different perspectives, our challenges, issues and vision are truly the same.…
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Exploring Green Politics And The Peace Pillar
So what actually do we mean by Green politics? And what’s the story with the peace pillar? I’m delighted to be participating in and co-presenting a couple of fantastic conversations in the coming fortnight exploring these questions, and I’d love it if you came along to take part in the discussions. On October 10, as…
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Peace – you wouldn’t read about it (elsewhere)
On September 21 each year, the United Nations marks World Peace Day. What a tragic irony that the day falls this year less than a week after Scott Morrison joined Joe Biden and Boris Johnson (both of whom seemingly forgot his name) to announce Australia’s purchase of nuclear submarines. The announcement is the latest in…
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Everything Is Terrible. What A Time To Be Alive!
This opinion piece was first published in The Canberra Times on 15 August, 2021. “So, New Zealand looks like the best place to ride out the apocalypse. When are we moving?” If I had a tonne of coal in the ground for every time someone had said something like this, we’d be several steps back…
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Momentum Builds For Universal Basic Income
Anglicare Australia backing will shift the debate The Green Institute has warmly welcomed Anglicare Australia’s announcement this week of support for Universal Basic Income, making it the first major Australian charity to back the policy shift, and marking an important turning point in the conversation about poverty, universalism, and the right to a decent standard…
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Ecocide – Law As If The Earth Matters
Are we, around the world and here in Australia, slowly but surely making our way towards a legal system where the Earth actually matters? This fantastic conversation suggests that we are, and that we’re picking up speed. Dr Michelle Maloney, from The Australian Earth Laws Alliance, opened with a wonderful introduction to the ideas of…
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Replenishing The Oily Rag
So far this year, amidst the challenges we’re all facing, The Green Institute has brought you two fantastic quarterly editions of Green Agenda – Into The Fire and On (in)security, webinars on youth & democracy and climate grief and action, a bunch of blog posts, and a democratic budget reply featuring people living in poverty.…
