The speech of a Democrat committed to international peace and prosperity. Calling for UN reform to guarantee its essential survival as a forum for a rules based world order

Now is the autumn of my content in Canberra - a city saved from scorched earth purges.

Ed Husic shows his class on ABC Insiders. Should give the PM cause for a rethink.

Keats blasts the stupidity of the factional system excluding cabinet’s only Muslim Ed Husic and its only Jew Mark Dreyfus: “Poor judgement” “unfairness” “diminished respect” Absolutely PM must intervene.

This story blasts apart Dutton and the opposition’s disgusting antisemitism panic. Vindicates The “disgusting” description of them by Mark Dreyfus

Written in the first Trump presidency these lessons have certainly not been heeded as we approach the second iteration. My holiday reading is proving depressing. A novel titled “This is Happiness” may be the antidote

Just finished reading and notating this meticulously researched book. My own ignorance shocked me almost as much as the chronicled atrocities.

Christmas for me is about the power of love blasting through barriers of injustice and marginalisation. A reason to say to all Merry Christmas.