Politics is very serious business. Being Deputy Convenor of the Qld Greens is very serious business. Running as a candidate is very serious business. West Papuan refugees shipped off to Christmas Island for ‘processing’ is very serious business. Innocent people incarcerated in Villawood Detention Centre is very serious business.

My job is very serious.

I take a lot of things very seriously.

Which is why Radical cheerleading is the only answer to making the most of my time at Villawood Detention Centre.

If the public want to give me a voice one day, perhaps I’ll settle then. But for now – I’ll shout it loud and shout it clear REFUGEES ARE WELCOME HERE!

Because I’m Australian and this is a democracy and – oh just bring on the plastic bag pom poms…