223 - Senator Jordon Steele-John

Jordon Steele-John is a disability and youth activist and has been a Greens senator for Western Australia since 2017, when he replaced Scott Ludlam in the Senate at just 23 years old. Here I ask Jordon about how parliament actually works and how it feels to be inside it as a Millennial Green. He explains why he's in parliament, his disappointment in the ALP, what being a socialist means to him, empowering young people, the fight for "ecological democracy" and the good and bad of the NDIS and the ongoing Royal Commission into the abuse and neglect of people with disabilities.  If you’ve got the means please support this show by becoming a Patron Join the LIASYO Facebook group here please and thank you My 2021 show is called WE ARE ALL IN THIS – it’s on sale now at the Adelaide Fringe and the Melbourne Comedy Festival I’m joining the (awesome) line up for Tommy Little’s Big Comedy Show @ the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in March @JordonSteele jordon-steele-john.greensmps.org.au ARTICLE: 'Aussie Squad' may be Labor's worst nightmare by Janet Albrechtsen ARTICLE: Tim Hollo on "ecological democracy" for The Green Institute ARTICLE: "We are sexual beings": why disability advocates want the NDIS to cover sexual services ARTICLE: Stuart Robert condemned for plan to deny people with disability access to sex worker services Cause of the Week: People With Disabilities Australia (pwd.org.au)