How I would love to live in an Australia that advances fairly…

Imagine the progress for common good to be made in a country where all are treated equally, and where a person’s background does not automatically carry prejudice. Contemplate, if you will, what it says for the maturity and civility of a nation when such things as a person’s race, culture, or spiritual practices do not cause them to be targeted for state surveillance and heavy-handed interference in their lives.

Only the most avowed bigots and authoritarians could object to such lofty goals!

On the political front, the Labor Party’s signature social...