New Podcast Interview out now!

In this episode of Canberra Sentinel – The Podcast with Tom Ravlic, we talk about parliamentary workplace reforms and the gap between what was promised, what’s been implemented, and what’s still missing.

Speaker announcement!

I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be speaking at the Psychosocial Safety Summit this September. I’m looking forward to conversations that go beyond surface-level solutions, thanks to the Psychosocial Safety and Leadership Institute.‍ ‍I’ll be speaking about the hidden power dynamics driving psychosocial risk.

New podcast interview out now!

I recently joined Eric Adams on The Change Agent Podcast - an international series focused on real-world leadership, crisis, and decision-making. It’s a worthwhile conversation for anyone who is interested in better understanding how power works and what it takes to lead with integrity when the stakes are high. Available now on Youtube, Spotify and Apple podcasts.

Canberra Women’s Event

It’s amazing what can happen when people show up for each other: community, connection, and a room full of meaningful conversations.

Exactly as it should be.

It was great to co-host this Canberra women’s event on Monday 30 March with Jade Warne from the Small Business Growth Club. You can see photos of the evening on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Available now on my Substack!

Understanding power is the first step. The next is using that knowledge to move it deliberately. Ethical influence understands how power works, but chooses not to mirror its worst instincts. Its focus is simple: changing outcomes without replicating the behaviour it opposes.

Read it on my Substack now!

Silence is one of the most powerful tools in politics. It signals loyalty, discourages dissent, and very often protects the system exactly as it is. These dynamics also appear in workplaces and other contexts. If we want better government, stronger institutions and a healthier democracy, we need to understand how power actually works — not just how we wish it worked.

Available now on all major podcast platforms!

In this podcast interview, I discuss the themes from my recent Substack series on power, politics and leadership. Because if we want better government, a stronger democracy and a better country, we need to understand how power actually works — not just how we wish it worked. Listen here.

New advisory service: Beyond The Photo Op

Access is one thing. Influence is another.

I help changemakers and organisations prepare for meetings with politicians - because access alone won’t deliver outcomes.

More details coming soon. Contact me for further information.

I’m honoured to be appointed as an Ambassador for The HALO Trust, the world’s largest humanitarian mine action organisation. Long after wars end, landmines continue to threaten civilians and make communities unsafe. Global conflict is now at its highest level since World War II. The work of The HALO Trust has never been more important.

Tickets available now via Eventbrite!

Are you ready to Find Your People? The right people around you can change everything. This Canberra event is for women who value thoughtful conversation, meaningful connection and supporting one another to live their best lives. Grab your ticket now before they sell out!

Check out these amazing photos and stories!

There are women across Canberra doing extraordinary work that most of us never hear about. In the lead-up to International Women’s Day 2026, Jade Warne (Small Business Growth Club) and I decided to do something about that and we issued a call-out on social media inviting applications from Canberra women whose impact was real, but rarely showcased. These are their photos and stories.

Available now via my Substack!

I have worked inside rooms where decisions about escalating international crises are made. This piece examines Australia’s response to the US’ strike on Iran, the legal threshold for anticipatory self-defence, and the tension between alliance loyalty and legal scrutiny.

Feature profile!

This week I was featured in “This Will Get Loud”, a series by Sara Zuboff profiling people who have chosen to use their voice, even when it would have been easier not to.

New podcast interview!

I recently joined Angela Henderson on The Angela Henderson Online Business Show (Episode 465) to talk about challenging powerful systems, the impact of toxic workplace experiences, and what happens when integrity disrupts hierarchy.

Available via Women’s Agenda and on my Substack!

Four years after the Set the Standard report, the Australian Parliament still has questions to answer about workplace culture and safety.

IWD 2026: For women in Canberra!

There are women across Canberra doing extraordinary work that most of us never hear about. This International Women’s Day, we’re doing something about that.

Read it in The Saturday Paper or via my Substack!
The debate about AUKUS usually centres on cost, timing and industrial capacity. My piece in The Saturday Paper examines a different dimension - the strategic cost of silence in a shifting global order.

Now available on my Substack!

Why do principled people step away from political life? This article takes a clear-eyed look at how political systems shape behaviour and why many issue-driven, values-led people eventually choose to leave. It examines what it costs all of us when that happens and why we need better politics.

Available now on my Substack!

Across February 2026, I will be publishing a Substack series on Power. It draws on lived experience - not to settle scores or to demystify individuals, but to describe patterns: how influence actually moves; how silence, signal, alliance and ambition shape outcomes; and how ethical action can still produce change when formal power resists it. The essays are an attempt to build literacy for those who engage from within the system, those who challenge it from outside, and those who want to understand why change so often feels harder than it should be - and who remain determined to seek better.

Available via my Substack!

We are living through a period of global strategic change and volatility. It is becoming increasingly visible in patterns of institutional behaviour, with international norms, laws and alliances being tested in real time and coming under strain. This piece calls for intellectual honesty, brave discussion, and agency.