I’ve spent a large part of my career in disability, mental health, suicide prevention, child safety and ageing services. Different corners of the same big, beautiful, chronically under-resourced tent. And if there’s one thing that unites everyone under that tent, it’s this: we’re all really good at doing more with less. We wear it like […]

Secret Harbour, last weekend: safe Labor turf, held by 31 points at the last election, gone on a two-party swing past 17 points. Turns out it’s not much of a secret anymore — One Nation is on a roll, and the whole country just found the harbour. “No seat is safe from the orange tsunami,” […]

Focussing on One Nation won’t win voters back – focussing on the voters will win voters back. Lately, there have been a lot of words thrown around targeting other political parties, much of it language that could also be thrown back at the protagonists. In other words, people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. At […]

Ted Lasso’s genius is its understanding of people. Football is simply where it plays out. Across the Apple TV series, there’s no shortage of power struggles, media storms and personal dramas. Rebecca sets out to sabotage the club to punish her ex-husband. Paparazzi photos turn Ted and Keeley’s platonic kiss into a scandal. Nate’s search for […]

Every month, our talented team at the SAS Group workshops content ideas for The Inside Word. Often, a common theme emerges, and while we write to that theme, it’s often subtle and implied in the content. This time, however, the theme that emerged in our discussions was so clear and strong that I feel compelled to […]

With the November Victorian election fast approaching we want to share where things stand, consistent with the potential change of government briefings we’ve been providing our clients, and what it may mean for business.  Why this election is different As incoming Premier, Ben Carroll is trying to achieve what no Labor government has before: a […]

To paraphrase Joe Hildbrand in The Herald Sun, One Nation is not the message. It’s the vessel.   That distinction matters, and I don’t think either major party has fully absorbed it.  When I talk to my non-political friends – and they’re the ones who actually matter, because they’re the overwhelming majority of the voter base – I hear the same line about the Crisafulli Government:  “They’re doing okay. […]

Darryl Kerrigan is a legend who transcends generations. That’s because he embodies everything it means to be Australian. He is a hardworking man who runs his own tow-truck business to support his family. He’s happily married to Sal, who, as well as making restaurant-worthy rissoles and sponge cakes, serves up the finest ice cream… Her […]

Three years ago, if you’d told me I’d be writing a column for a corporate advisory newsletter, I’d have laughed. For most of my ministry, I stood in parishes, not boardrooms. I still do, some days. I continue to offer sacramental ministry as an Anglican Priest and a Third Order Franciscan, having taken vows of […]