Sarah Gill
Sarah Gill is an Age columnist who has worked as a writer and a policy analyst. She is undertaking postgraduate legal studies at the University of Western Australia.
Nothing to separate Coalition and ALP on border security
Sarah Gill It says something about how dire things have become that any Labor or Liberal MP urging a more tolerant approach to asylum is now considered a liability.
A year on, Indonesia gears up for executions again
Sarah Gill Indonesia is gearing up for another round of executions. Determined to keep it low profile, Indonesian authorities are remaining tight-lipped about the condemned.
Anti-immunisation movie Vaxxed is a platform for its maker, not its message
Sarah Gill Amid World Immunisation Week, a film by a frontman for the anti-vaccination movement is being rolled out in US cinemas.
The Government turns a blind eye to Aboriginal disadvantage
Sarah Gill Our laws were not drafted with the intention to discriminate, but discriminate they do.
Peta Credlin treatment is insulting to all women
Sarah Gill Blair and his right-hand man were close too, but nobody thought they were having sex.
CSIRO cuts: getting our priorities all wrong
Sarah Gill It’s galling to hear a scientist suggest climate research is not making a return.
The new school year can be a time of dread for parents of kids with special needs
Sarah Gill Students with learning differences struggle in an education system that values conformity and efficiency over excellence and understanding.
Limits to media freedom hamper the fight against terrorism
Sarah Gill Governments use national security concerns to blunt coverage of important issues.
Paris aftermath: Why resort to the flawed clash of civilisations narrative?
Sarah Gill Our eagerness to cling to a simplistic narrative reflects our inability to deal with complexity in the terrorism debate and to confront our own prejudice.
Tony Abbott's fictions resonate with Europe's far right
Sarah Gill Our former PM's reflections on his accomplishments while in high office clash markedly with reality.
Josh Frydenberg's arguments in favour of Adani mine are farcical
Sarah Gill The argument that burning coal exported by the Adani mine project will deliver health benefits to the world’s poor is plain rubbish.
The way we treat women, you’d think we were at war
Sarah Gill The prevalence of violence against women makes it seem part of our cultural identity.
AFP actions at odds with death-penalty foes
Sarah Gill Guidelines are not enough to direct federal police through death-penalty decisions.
AFP exposes Australians to the risk of execution in foreign countries more often than you think
Sarah Gill The federal police knowingly puts Australians on drug charges at risk in countries that apply the death penalty, and it's had no impact on the global drug trade.
Marriage equality should not be put to a popular vote
Sarah Gill Public sentiment is not always a good guide to what is right, or just, or even acceptable.
The easy answer to our problems: export them
Sarah Gill Whether it's home-grown terrorists drawn to terror hot spots or humanity fleeing them, the government's modus operandi is the same.
Coal lobby seduces PM with its windy siren song
Sarah Gill Who stands to benefit from the slander of wind power and other forms of renewable energy?
Boston bomber sentenced to death, so why has Australia gone silent?
Sarah Gill The recent decision in Boston should reminder us of how easily the capital punishment apparatus is hijacked in pursuit of a political agenda.
A journey into the heart of darkness
Sarah Gill As we confront the unfathomable divide between what is, and what should be, it's more and more tempting to find someone to blame and, paradoxically, increasingly difficult to do so.
A great wave of sadness will eventually engulf us
Sarah Gill Crafted images of war give us a heroic story but they also obscure the horror of PTSD, which continues long after the battle is over.
