Grace Tame

was the 2021 Australian of the Year and is director of The Grace Tame Foundation.

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Letters November 08, 2025

Sacrificial man

Jason Koutsoukis’s story about Don Farrell (“Meet the man who really controls Canberra,” November 1-7) shines some light on a pivotal but not well-known character in the Australian Labor Party. I hadn’t realised his influence throughout the government …

Comment April 26, 2025

Young people must fight for democracy

“Not only do we need to reinvent the wheel but we need to move beyond having two alternating drivers and also change the literal source of fuel. We want representatives in parliament who reflect the many and diverse values of our communities, not narrow …”

Life November 01, 2025

Tony Abbott’s warped story of Australia

Tony Abbott’s history of Australia is a version that sanitises the worst effects of colonialism and immigration policy, and leans into the destructive doctrine of Trump.

Comment January 18, 2025

National Autism Strategy v leaf blowers

“We need to stop the NDIS rejecting autistic people. It strikes me as hypocritical that the NDIS is flaunted in the strategy when the application process and eligibility criteria are increasingly prohibitive.”

Comment April 13, 2024

National Autism Strategy a start but there’s much more to do

“The problem is a society-wide ... failure to accommodate the needs of autistic people, embrace our way of thinking, and treat us equitably. It’s general ignorance of the nuanced reality of autism that has resulted in stigma, shame, stereotyping, …”