Jamila Rizvi is a writer, commentator, former Labor staffer and political junkie. She was raised in Canberra by her immigrant public service parents, joined the Labor Party at 18 and has worked for the Rudd and Gillard governments.
In this frank and funny chat, Jamila reflects on her political pragmatism, the "Labor tragedy" that was the Rudd/Gillard/Rudd years and what her passionate exchange with Steve Price on The Project revealed to her about trolls, debate and PC. The World Keeps Happening is being filmed for Stan at the Comedy Theatre on Saturday December 3rd First Contact series 2 starts Tuesday November 29th on SBS jamilarizvi.com.au @jamilarizvi Jamila's writing on Mamamia Jamila's writing on news.com.au change.org petition: Call for The Project to apologise to Steve Price live on air A message to Steve Price and his supporters: grow up and get over it by Clementine Ford Cause of the Week: CARE Australia (care.org.au)