If there’s anything better for the soul than a big group of people gathered together around a good meal, actively planning together how to build a better world, I’ve not experienced it. On the traditional Budget Reply night, Thursday of Budget week, The Green Institute partnered with The Australian Unemployed…
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For everyone who was living anywhere near the gargantuan, climate-change-fuelled fires of 2019-20, or had any connection to the country that was burning, they left an indelible mark on our psyche. Recently, as the autumn chill arrived in Canberra and the first hazard reduction burns took place in…
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I’m super excited to be bringing you three fantastic events covering diverse and important issues over the next six weeks. Please join us to discuss how we can resist austerity in a post-budget event with the Australian Unemployed Workers Union, how to move from climate grief to action…
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I was delighted recently to be invited to speak at the conference of the Australian Academy of Jewish Studies, where I gave a presentation about Ecology, Citizenship and Jewish Identity, drawing together the ideas of Emma Goldman, Hannah Arendt and Murray Bookchin. I talked about how the fragile sense of…
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Never in my memory has there been a moment of such broad, burning rage against patriarchy, against the entitlement of privileged men, against the way our politics and our justice system allow men to get away with appalling abuse of women. The events of the last couple of weeks, led…
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Speech to The Australian Association of Jewish Studies conference, Canberra, February 28. Thanks very much. I want to start by acknowledging that we’re meeting here on the land of the Ngunnawal people, and pay my respect to their elders, past, present and still to come. This always was and always…
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Last year will go down as history-making in so many ways. It was an immense struggle, marked by tragedy and devastation. But, unexpectedly, it was also tinged with real hope; the hope that can be found in people coming together through adversity, working collectively to create a better world. Looking…
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Imagine if, instead of extending the awful, controlling, racist Cashless Welfare Card, as they did this week, our government was discussing how to cultivate trust, how a good society helps every one of its members get by. Imagine if, alongside a commitment to universal health care and education, we put…
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Unfortunately, it’s patently obvious that we need anti-corruption commissions to expose corruption in Australian politics. But history shows such commissions to be necessary to expose corruption but insufficient to prevent it. With NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, fighting for her political life after her knowledge of and failure to act on…
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Pictured: Bernard Collaery and supporters. Speech by Tim Hollo in Canberra on September 30 at the Bernard Collaery Trial. Good morning everyone and good on you stalwarts for continuing to be here, to stand up for justice and democracy. Before going any further, I also want to acknowledge that we’re…
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