Australia is strongest when everyone feels safe, respected, and truly belongs - no matter their background, faith, or identity. Our multicultural country is grounded in the enduring heritage of the First Nations people of Australia - the oldest continuous civilisation on Earth. This diversity is a source of pride and strength.
Building social cohesion is an ongoing commitment that starts with fair laws and well-funded programs celebrating our diversity and supporting all communities.
I support stronger hate speech protections, investment in anti-discrimination and multicultural initiatives, and equal access to education, healthcare, and housing. I also respect freedom of religion and belief, so long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others.
Respect, decency, and inclusion aren't optional extras - they are the foundation of a strong, united Australia.
A national framework to address racism
The Australian Human Rights Commission's National Anti-Racism Framework is the first national roadmap for eliminating racism in this country. Developed after extensive consultation with communities across Australia, it sets out 63 recommendations spanning law, justice, health, education, workplaces, media and the arts, and it makes clear that racism here is systemic rather than only a matter of individual prejudice.
The Framework has been sitting with government since it was handed down. I support committing to it properly: funding it, establishing the National Anti-Racism Taskforce it recommends, and getting on with implementation. The communities who carried the cost of racism did the work of telling us what needs to change.
The international rules-based order
Australia is a middle power that has done well out of a world governed by rules rather than by strength alone. Our security, our trade, and our ability to advocate for Australians abroad all rest on international law being taken seriously, and applied consistently.
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Support the multilateral institutions that underpin the rules-based order, including the United Nations system and the international courts, and respect their findings.
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Apply international humanitarian law consistently, whoever the parties are.
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Sign the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. I've asked the Government in the House when it intends to do so.
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Ensure proper parliamentary scrutiny of the commitments we make. With crossbench colleagues, I've called for a parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS.
Below you'll find the work I've been doing to strengthen social cohesion and human rights — in Parliament, in the media, and here in Bradfield.