Unstable Australia

11/09/2026

Following my post the other day where I talked about people saying things from behind a screen that they wouldn’t say in person, this delightful sod commented on a personal post I had put in a property group. Is this really the type of person we want representing the Australian government?

Am I petty? Absolutely. But I’m also proud of my service and I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that the deaths of Rachel and Matthew hit home more than anything I’d ever experienced, and that was without meeting them. To have someone in such a privileged position use their deaths in a throwaway comment is disgraceful and I expect there to be a thorough investigation. I believe this is the “find out” component of life for Mr Woodward.

P.S All of this information was obtained through open internet sources. Makes you realise how easy it is to get information on someone 🤷🏻‍♂️

11/09/2026

For those playing along at home… reconsider buying a 27 year old JDM car 🙃😂

10/09/2026

I don’t want this to be political.I don’t want it to be about Labor, Liberal, left, right, or whose fault it is.

I just want to ask a question:

How did we get here?

How did we get to a point where seeing tents beside highways and in parks has become almost normal?

Where some of those tents aren’t occupied by people who have never worked — but by families, parents and kids who simply can’t find or afford somewhere to live.

Where teachers are seeing kids arrive at school without enough food in their lunchbox.

Where parents walk through a supermarket adding everything up in their head, then quietly put things back because the total has gone over what they can afford.

Where people with jobs, mortgages, families and seemingly “normal” lives are lying awake at night wondering how they’re going to keep everything together.

And behind all of that is the part we don’t always see.

The stress. The shame. The anxiety.
The relationships under pressure.
The parents feeling like they’ve failed their kids when they’re actually doing everything they possibly can.

Australia is still an incredible country and that’s probably why seeing this hurts so much.

Because somewhere along the way, things that once felt like basic expectations — a roof over your head, food on the table, the ability to raise a family without constantly drowning — have started feeling like luxuries for too many people.

This isn’t about pointing fingers.

It’s about noticing.

It’s about remembering that behind every tent, every empty lunchbox and every item quietly returned to a supermarket shelf is a human being with a story.

Maybe the question isn’t just “How did we get here?”

Maybe it’s how do we make sure we don’t become so used to seeing it that we stop caring?

Conversation before crisis. 🖤

02/09/2026

There was a term I always loved in policing: “Perspex warrior.”

You know the type.

Face-to-face? Not much to say.

Then the handcuffs go on. They’re safely locked in the back of the police car, Perspex between you and them, and suddenly they’ve found their courage.

“Take your badge off and I’ll fight you.”

“You’re lucky I’m in cuffs.”

Amazing what a piece of Perspex can do for someone’s confidence.

But I’ve started to think social media has created a whole new generation of Perspex warriors.

Except now the Perspex is a screen.

People will type things to complete strangers that they would never have the courage — or basic decency — to say standing in front of them.

They’ll attack someone’s appearance. Parenting. Intelligence. Job. Family. Mental health. Just yesterday I had a guy saying he hoped for more police officers to take their own lives!

And we wonder why kids bully each other online.

We tell them “think before you post”, “words hurt” & “If you wouldn’t say it to their face, don’t say it online.”

Meanwhile, some of the adults telling them this are sitting on social media doing exactly the opposite.

Our kids aren’t learning how to behave online from a cyber-safety presentation.

They’re watching us.

You don’t have to agree with everyone. You don’t even have to like everyone.

But disagreement doesn’t require cruelty.

Maybe before we ask how we’re going to stop the next generation from becoming online bullies, we should look at the example we’re setting them.

Perspex warriors never disappeared.

We just gave them Wi-Fi.

Embrace the Chaos

30/08/2026

“But you chose the job.”

It’s something I hear surprisingly often whenever mental health in policing is discussed.

“You knew what you were signing up for.”

“This is what you chose.”

And you know what?

They’re right. I did choose it.

Thousands of police officers around Australia chose it too. But I’ve always found it interesting that we rarely seem to apply the same logic elsewhere.

We don’t look at a paramedic struggling after years of attending horrific crashes and say, “Well, you chose to be an ambo.”

We don’t look at a firefighter affected by what they’ve witnessed and say, “That’s what you signed up for.”

We recognise the sacrifices made by our Defence personnel, including the psychological injuries that can come from their service.

And rightly so.

So why, when it comes to police, does the conversation so often become:

Suck it up. You chose this.

Yes. We did. We chose to walk towards situations everyone else was running from.

We chose to knock on the door and tell a parent their child wasn’t coming home.

We chose to stand between violent people and their victims.

We chose to attend the suicides, the fatal crashes, the domestic violence, the abused children, the murders and the countless scenes most people will thankfully never witness.

But choosing the uniform doesn’t make someone immune to what they see while wearing it.

And choosing a profession where trauma is foreseeable is not the same as consenting to psychological injury.

The uncomfortable reality is that most of the community will never truly know how much darkness exists around them.

And perhaps that’s actually a good thing.

Because while people sleep, raise their kids, go to work and live their lives without ever having to see it, there are men and women out there dealing with the things we hope never reach our front door.

They chose that job. Thank God they did.

Because imagine, just for a moment, a country where nobody did.

Maybe instead of asking why a police officer couldn’t “handle what they signed up for”, we should start asking what we can do for the people who spent their careers handling it for us.

The thin blue line isn’t made of steel 💙

29/08/2026

Thursday night was an amazing success. To be in a room of like minded people from so many different organisations was actually quite intimidating! These people are quietly battling systems and processes daily to try and help men and boys to get the help they need and deserve. From youth workers, men’s support groups, even a couple of ex 1%’ers who now dedicated their lives to youth work, incredible. I felt completely out of my depth and yet everyone was so respectful and welcoming. I don’t know where this journey leads me, but I’m glad and proud to be along for the ride 💙 a massive thank you to Rowan Holzberger MP for bringing everyone together, I look forward to seeing what we can accomplish moving forward

27/08/2026

We talk a lot about reaching out when you’re struggling.

But there’s a problem with that.

Sometimes the hardest part isn’t finding someone who cares.

It’s finding the words to tell them you’re not okay.

Conversation Before Crisis is something I’ve been thinking about for a long time.

What if we made it easier to start the conversation before someone reaches breaking point?

Before the crisis.

Before the intervention.

Before “I wish I knew.”

Not everything needs to be a hotline, an appointment or a massive conversation.

Sometimes people just need a way to say:

“Hey… I could use someone right now.”

I’ve been quietly working on something built around that idea.

It’s simple.

It’s different.

And hopefully, it makes starting that conversation just a little bit easier.

More soon. 🟢

Conversation Before Crisis.

25/08/2026

Some of you may remember a while ago (in one of my spirals), I sent off emails calling out the lack of support for mental health. One of those emails was to Rowan Holzberger MP who took the time to genuinely reply to me and even offered a chance to meet and chat. From there Rowan has organised a community meeting around mental health and I’m honoured to say I’ve been invited to network with others this Thursday. I’m so passionate about mental health work and hopefully I can make some connections with like minded people.

Please also know I was put on the spot for a video, I thought it was only going to be a picture 😂 I guess it’s true what they say, the camera adds 10kg and 15 years 😜

20/08/2026

18/08/2026

Anyone who knows me knows I’ve never really been a big fan of cardio. Lately though I’ve been trying to incorporate it into my routine in an attempt to be a little healthier. My goal is to participate (not compete 😂) in a triathlon next year - when I say triathlon please think of the shortest distances possible 😂 today was a 5km run and I know it isn’t a blistering pace but it’s something to work with!