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Elfy Scott

May 28, 2024

The climate needs you to start engaging again

When all of us are looking down the barrel of a rapidly warming climate, reinstilling our individual responsibility is actually revolutionary.

May 13, 2024

We’re stuck with the question of whether or not to have children – and no, it’s not our fault

We’re addicted to asking all of the questions: “Will you do it?” “What has your friend said about it?” “When do you think you’ll go through with it?”

May 11, 2024

How writing a book introduced me to my mum

While it has been incredibly rewarding having interactions with a broader community in speaking about complex mental health conditions and the issues with Australia’s mental healthcare system, connecting more with my mum has been the greatest reward of the process.

April 19, 2024

Should we be relying on climate litigation for global climate action? 

Last week, a landmark ruling in Europe’s top human rights court found that Switzerland’s government had violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to act on climate change.

April 19, 2024

Black Girl Environmentalist founder Wawa Gatheru on the future – of the planet and the climate movement

The 25-year-old opens up about the intersectionality of the climate crisis and what it takes to break down barriers.

March 27, 2024

Australia’s arts are still failing when it comes to diversity. But Lena Nahlous says there are other ways to look at it. 

While the arts landscape has changed a lot since she kicked off her career two decades ago, the struggle to diversify it beyond what Nahlous calls a ‘Euro-American canon’ is still ongoing.

March 8, 2024

Australians are being asked to sign a pledge against family and domestic violence this IWD

This International Women’s Day, Domestic Violence NSW (DVNSW) are calling for the Australian public to sign a pledge declaring their commitment to ending domestic and family violence.

February 16, 2024

What’s in a language? Sometimes, an unspoken part of you

For Missing Perspectives columnist and author of ‘The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About’ Elfy Scott, learning to speak Bahasa, the national language of Indonesia, means more fully becoming herself.

January 30, 2024

Anjali Sharma, the youth climate activist leading a fight she shouldn’t have to

"It’s not something that young people want to be doing with their time, but it’s... out of responsibility, out of fear, out of a wish for a future that is safe and liveable."

January 30, 2024

Melbourne bookstore controversy is a reminder of why Australia needs to value diversity in literature

The owner of a chain of bookstores has apologised after criticising books with a “woke agenda” and calling for more male-led books with “traditional nuclear white family stories” in a series of tweets posted late last year. 
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