Parliamentary disability discourse reopening old wounds
(Screenshot via YouTube) Originally Published on Independent Australia on 13 October 2024. It’s not just the slur — it’s the fact that in this day and age a stigmatised disability…
‘Insiders’ ignores hard facts of housing crisis
Originally Published on Independent Australia on 1 October 2024. A discussion on ABC’s Insiders sidelined the plight of the elderly and disabled through Australia’s housing crisis, focusing on problems of…
2024 Paralympics para equestrians showcase interspecies interdependence on world stage
Originally Published in the Olympic and Paralympic Analysis 2024: Mega events, media, and the politics of sport 18 September 2024. Para dressage was first included in the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics…
Opposition plans to scrap worker safeguards
Originally published by Independent Australia on 17 September 2024. An interview with Senator Jane Hume has revealed the Opposition’s plans to scrap legislation that would result in workers having fewer…
Australia announces para-equestrian squad for Paris 2024
Originally published by Independent Australia on 9 July 2024. After months of intensive qualifying events, the Australian Paralympic squad for para-equestrian has been announced. The Australian Paralympics announced on Thursday…
Calls to address domestic and family violence met with more words
Originally published on Independent Australia on 9 May 2024. The Federal Government has been criticised after failing to take firm action in assisting domestic violence victims, writes Melissa Marsden. *…
How para-equestrian challenges disability assumptions and can ‘complete a whole human’
Originally Published on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on 20 September 2023. Jessie Smith has been horse-mad since she was three years old. She began riding, and then started competing as…
ABC exposes AFL homophobia, but Cornes’ critique crumbles
Originally published on Independent Australia on 29 August 2023. A critique published by a former AFL coach over a Four Corners episode revealing homophobia within the AFL has completely missed…
Banning mobiles in schools to curb bullying a band-aid, not a cure
Originally Published on Independent Australia on 5 February 2023. The South Australian Government has launched a ban on mobile phones in public high schools to curb bullying. However, while smartphones…
Para-Dressage Spring Championships Achieves Greatness
Originally Published in Dressage South Australia Moving Forward Magazine ISSUE 142 Dec 22/Jan 23. The 2022 South Australian Para-Dressage Championships held a successful event in Strathalbyn last month. Run in…