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Daniel Johnston, Director of Learning and Teaching at Excelsia University College and Research Affiliate, University of Sydney

Headless fish and babies take centre stage during election season – but don’t let the theatre of politics distract you

As Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young waved a decapitated salmon dripping with blood in parliament last week, you could feel the election coming.

Hanson-Young was protesting the watering down of Australia’s environmental laws aimed at preserving salmon farming in Tasmania.

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