Created for a time when we’re all spending much more of it at home, Home Truths is an interview and illustration project that explores the meaning of ‘home’ from the perspective of eight different women over 70.

Created for a time when we’re all spending much more of it at home, Home Truths is an interview and illustration project that explores the meaning of ‘home’ from the perspective of eight different women over 70.

Kate Robinson is the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre’s inaugural Feminist in Residence. I’m so delighted to speak with this incredible woman who wears her heart on her brightly coloured sleeve and find out what makes her tick.

Hoda Afshar a winner of many awards, including the prestigious Bowness Photography Prize for her 2018 portrait of Kurdish refugee and activist Behrouz Boochani, taken on Manus Island, Hoda turns a lens to the issues of the invisible in our society and gives them shape and form.

Annette Creek is the Executive Officer of the Nhill Learning Centre. Nhill is a small town in western Victoria’s Wimmera region, halfway between Adelaide and Melbourne. With a population of approximately 2000 people, over the past 10 years Nhill has welcomed over 200 Karen people – around 10% of its total population – and helped them make Nhill their home.

Azmeena Hussain is a partner at law firm Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and, as the manager of their Workplace injuries division, defends the rights of workers to feel safe on the job, all day, every day.

Sue Maslin is a legend of the Australian film industry. As a producer, she has been at the forefront of feature film and documentary making for over three decades with an incredible track record of putting incredible stories on screen.

Linh Do is a Melbourne-based climate change activist who’s worked from the age of 16 to change the way the world thinks about climate change. Currently the Project Lead of Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project, Linh is a trailblazing communicator who, at just 16, created the ‘Change a Million Lightbulbs’ campaign.

I’m so pleased to be speaking with Sue Giles, Artistic Director of Polyglot, a revolutionary theatre company for young people. I’ve seen Polyglot performances in action and, action is the right word to describe it – a beautiful, organised, immersive chaos that sees the audience – children – take the lead in the performance and make it their own.

I’m here to meet with Sherene Hassan, the Director of Education and Community Engagement at the Museum. Sherene has worked in leadership roles in the Islamic community and is a force for change in creating and facilitating interfaith dialogue.