This clever idea is in line with White Ribbon events held in November to highlight and end violence against women.

The UN Declaration of Human Rights states, “All human beings are born free and equal”.

In creating a society where women feel free, safe and respected, men also free themselves to live with dignity.

As Jenny said, “Given that animal products are not necessary in our diet – it’s healthier to avoid them – violence to billions of innocent animals is clearly no more justifiable than violence to women.”

Intensively factory-farmed animals get no such freedom, safety or respect. 

For example, every day and with Christmas approaching, billions of turkeys and pigs have been bred in dark, filthy, cramped conditions, and trucked to be violently and mercilessly slaughtered, for he sole purpose of satisfying peoples' taste buds, while we celebrate “peace and goodwill on earth”.

These atrocities are going unnoticed. Surely it is time to reflect on Leonardo Da Vinci's quote, “The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they look upon the murder of men.” 

A more enlightened concept for now and into the future will be to leave animals out of our food chain.

Understandably, women and girls may be feeling a bit disheartened across Australia as 2016 draws to a close.

Hillary Clinton’s shock defeat to Donald Trump in the US presidential election hurt for many of us. It was also a shock reminder of the misogynistic behaviour our first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, was subjected to when she held Australia’s top job. Women face everyday sexism every day. In Australia, research by Plan International revealed that just eight per cent of girls and young women feel they’re always treated equally to boys. Only 14 per cent say they always receive the same opportunities to succeed as boys. 

Following our event on how to tackle everyday sexism, participants including government representatives, researchers, journalists and the online community outlined strategies we can all adopt, both men and women, to fight gender inequality. 

Check your language, don’t say “you run like a girl”. Instead of telling girls they look beautiful, tell them they’re strong.

Call out everyday sexism, and stop laughing at sexist remarks. Check your unconscious bias, there’s no such thing as men’s work or women’s work, boys or girls chores. Value women for their personalities and intelligence, not just their looks. Celebrate women leaders, and encourage girls to dream big.

Lead by example as children mirror our behaviour, it’s our responsibility to ensure their generation leaves no glass ceilings intact.

The MDBA proposed Basin Plan amendments are flawed in the most basic sense.

Replacing environmental flows with complementary measures is of no value.  Without water in rivers, fish and other water dependant ecosystems die.  

Having dry fish ladders or infrastructure to modify non-existent cold water releases is no compensation for water.

Complementary measures are exactly that – they complement planned flows; they are not capable of replacing these flows.