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Appointment: Ambassador for The HALO Trust

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.

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Finding Your People: Women’s Event in Canberra

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!

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International Women’s Day 2026: Canberra Photo Project

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.

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International Women’s Day 2026

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.

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The true cost of AUKUS

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.

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Why Good People Leave Politics - and What It Costs Us

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.

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Swimming With Narcissists: What Power Looks Like Up Close

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.

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Looking at the World the Way It Is, not the way we would like it to be

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.

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Who Decides When Australia Goes to War?

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Recent global events have triggered renewed interest in how the use of military force is authorised in democratic systems. Much of that attention is centred on the United States. But it also prompts questions closer to home about how well Australia’s own arrangements are understood.

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Operation 2026

Your Sunday support squad for the best year yet.

A seven-week global program designed to help you step into the new year and beyond with clarity, courage and a plan you actually follow through on.

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