Month: September 2026

Georgie Purcell didn’t take a traditional road into Victoria’s parliament: in November 2022 she won the Northern Victoria seat as the Animal Justice Party’s representative (Animal Justice Party Victoria (party biography)), after a career from union campaigns to party chief-of-staff. Her political agenda is squarely about animal welfare, while her personal life stays quiet. Full … Read more

For a judge who spent 12 years on Australia’s highest court, Virginia Bell’s career didn’t end with retirement. It took a different turn — into one of the most politically charged inquiries the country has seen: the Royal Commission into Antisemitism. This profile traces her journey from a legal aid solicitor in Redfern to the … Read more

For anyone who watched Schitt’s Creek and wondered what happened to the deadpan motel clerk Stevie Budd, the answer is a lot. Emily Hampshire, the Canadian actress behind that iconic role, has spent the years since the show’s end building a career as a writer, producer, and advocate — and publicly embracing her identity as … Read more