I wrote this for the Guardian today about the proposed senate voting changes and why I think they are garbage.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/15/everything-you-dont-understand-about-senate-voting-reform-and-are-afraid-to-admit?CMP=share_btn_tw

Amazing. These are the political stakes in America, as raised by Trump. Watch.

http://nydn.us/1TSXJoj

Did you know that one in two women who flee domestic violence in NSW are *turned away* from refuges? What’s more, Mike Baird and Pru Goward have outsourced and amalgamated services so vulnerable women and their children are forced into accommodation that’s witg those seeking help with long term homelessness and substance abuse communities – hence failing all three groups of marginalised people with the provision of adequate care. Today, Pru Goward attended a talkfest in Sydney, discussing DV policy in the comfy confines of the Sydney Hilton – and these awesome Sydney activists risked arrest to remind her that COST CUTTING COSTS LIVES. No time, some cardboard and some pens and yet the point was made. Please share.

What’s that, skip? Luring people into a “senate reform” deal that would prevent the cross-benchers being elected was actually a Liberal Party strategy for coercing the cross-benchers into voting for union-busting legislation? And the Greens walked straight into it? And gave Turnbull the numbers to threaten the cross-benchers? And Turnbull just admitted it on Wendy Harmer’s breakfast show on the ABC? Skip? Skip…?!

Happy International Women’s Day! I went on ABC’s Radio National this morning to talk about women, the theatre, the arts, advantage, disadvantage and just about everything else with the lovely Michael Cathcart. Enjoy.

https://radio.abc.net.au/programitem/pgdq6l3X2G

Angry about the political bullying of Safe Schools? Don’t get cross – get (rainbow) crossing! Possibly the most fun political action you will ever be involved in! Please spread the word.

https://m.facebook.com/events/1052808601443230/