Pat O'Shane

Socialist Alliance candidate Pat O'Shane: 'We need adequate housing for all'

Socialist Alliance candidate for Leichhardt Pat O'Shane discusses some of the critical issues in this federal election: housing, healthcare, education and First Nations peoples' rights. 

Anthony Albanese says he’s ‘more like John Howard’?

Labor opposition leader Anthony Albanese has described himself as “more Hawke or Howard and less Shorten”. Holy shit, writes Pat O'Shane.

Pat O'Shane: The Earth is our mother — we must fight for it

We do not need to become scientists to understand that some human behaviour is killing the only precious thing we need — a functioning planet, writes Pat O'Shane.

Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O’Shane: ‘I’m fired up about education, injustice and sovereignty’

Distinguished Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O’Shane is running for Socialist Alliance in the seat of Leichhardt. A retired barrister and a former New South Wales magistrate, she spoke to Alex Bainbridge about what fires her up and why she decided to contest the federal election.

Aboriginal Tent Embassy marks the illegal 1788 occupation

Invasion Day in 1972, when the Tent Embassy was set up, dawned bright in New South Wales, writes Pat O'Shane.

Pat O'Shane: I’m fired up about injustice

Pat O'Shane argues the Morrison government's mishandling of the pandemic has given rise to a collapse of equity and justice.