Work hard. Don’t sponge off anybody else. Take responsibility for your actions. Help others where you can. Those are the core values I learnt from my parents. They were hard-working people. When I was young my…

I have spent the last twelve months in the ‘Future of Work’ portfolio focusing on technological change and the profound impact it will have on employment through automation, alteration and addition. Automation will change a number…

Politics, essentially, is about the expression of values. A large party like the Labor Party encompasses a number of different traditions, whereas smaller parties might draw on a single tradition, but whatever the case, we’re all…

American progress has many dimensions. There’s technological progress, cultural progress, economic progress and many other types besides. What’s interesting is that the US has excelled at technological innovation and it’s my view, from a progressive perspective,…

All levels of government get criticised for their short-term thinking, focusing on the here-and-now instead of the long-term, state governments being no exception. For me it’s a balance; in part I work to a grand vision…

From the time I was elected to Parliament in 2010, my ethics and values have remained constant, a strong reflection of my family and upbringing. One of those values is tolerance, which is absolutely central to…

When I was in my late 20s, I was appointed General Counsel for a major corporation after spending my early career in private practice predominantly in litigation. At the time the reaction from the senior ranks…