Emily Wilding – Medium

Feb 10

Labor’s Gambit and its True Collateral

There are any number of opinions on Labor’s handling of the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 in Parliament this week, ranging from glowing reviews of the four dimensional chess-master Albanese, to scathing assessments of a party bereft of principle. What we saw from the Opposition was cunning, but careless; calculated, but…

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Feb 6

In the Shadow of the Religious Discrimination Bill

This week, the government will likely put the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 to the vote in the House of Representatives, and it will likely pass with the support of the Labor opposition. LGBTQIA+ Australians, as well as others who would be disadvantaged should it pass, have lived in the shadow…

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Dec 4, 2020

Silence through a Megaphone: Thoughts on Cancel Culture

Cancel culture follows in the footsteps of other modern phrases in political discourse, with an intangible variety of definitions fit for every situation. …

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Silence through a Megaphone: Thoughts on Cancel Culture

Oct 29, 2020

Representation for Some, Not All: Reflections on the Words of Basil Zempilas

On the 28th of October, freshly elected Lord Mayor of Perth Basil Zempilas graced the airwaves of 6PR with a series of distasteful comments regarding the Transgender community. These comments included: “No, you don’t. No. Wrong. If you’ve got a penis, mate, you are a bloke. If you’ve got a…

Basil Zempilas

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