refugees — Body of Work

You are not Conor McGregor

There is a level of frustration and passion bordering on anger that inevitably bubbles to the surface when I read that families are threatening educators at schools across Tasmania in record numbers.

Verbal and physical aggression often born of frustration are not responses appropriate to environments determined to model and build community. In fact, they are not appropriate in most environments.

Fight for your kids, but do not fight those desperate to make a difference - our teachers and support staff.

You are not UFC legend Conor McGregor; you are your child's partner in education and along with love this partnership is the most important role you will ever play.

Promises...Promises...

We then had the Prime Minister and Minister Peter Dutton, both former Immigration Ministers, calling for compassion and humanity after a daughter was denied entry to Queensland to attend her father's funeral due to, ironically, tough border controls as a result of COVID-19.

Their plea for common sense was warranted, but not without a level of hypocrisy.

There has been no better example of a debate that requires compassion than that of asylum seekers and refugees across the world.