13/09/2026
✊ Dignity
I have spent some intoxicating time in Canberra with people who can effect real change. People who start movements, pass new laws, fix broken systems.
When I was in Council I had a great friend, Chris Tait, a fellow Councillor. I don’t think I’m telling tales out of school….Chris has heard this story many times before.
Before I got in, I thought “I will not get on with that guy….he’s a middle-aged, conservative male.”
Nothing could have been further from the truth. He was such a sage individual who gave me an incredible piece of advice, I have never forgotten it.
Chris said “it’s ok to have a position of power, privilege and authority Megan….but it’s all about the dismount….knowing when to go and doing it with dignity”
Julia Gillard has done it with incredible dignity.