After the success of Alone Australia, I’ve had a great idea for a new reality TV show.

It’s called “Alone Australian” and we get to watch ten plucky people dropped, completely alone, into the middle of a housing crisis and rely only on their wits and a dodgy internet connection to access the services they need to survive.

One of the major critiques of politics and politicians is the short-term nature of the election cycle and the short term nature of political visions and decisions. There are a lot of different ways to address this — from banning corporate donations, to extending the electoral cycle, to increasing lobbyist transparency, etc.

From street parties, to community visioning, to town hall meetings and more…. The most effective examples of community stepping up are when people connect their local work to systems and institutions of power so that these institutions too are changed.

Goosebumps. They’re one of my favourite parts of this job. The moment when I’m chatting to some inspiring person and they tell me a small anecdote that brings to life the beauty and the humanness of the work that they do.

We’ve long known as people that we need more than food and shelter for a good life. We need celebration, community and purpose…

There is plenty of evidence that offering a greater vision of what you’re for and talking about solutions is highly effective. But it takes practice, and the deliberate choice to shift our focus again and again from, ‘how do we stop what’s wrong’, to, ‘how do we build what’s right?’…

Students at the University of Tasmania began a divestment campaign that took a surprising twist when they came out FOR something…

It is our great pleasure to introduce Miriam Hechtman, Australia reMADE’s first Poet Laureate and creator of the poem I AM FOR. Miriam recently spoke about her poetry and Australia reMADE at the Social Justice Summit in Sydney…

Hope is not something you have it is something you do…