Last year I did this song about Cardinal Pell,
which is the most overt piece of activism I've ever done
and it had an impact I didn't see coming at all.
[singing] "Come home Cardinal Pell,
[singing] "we know you're not feeling well,
[singing] "perhaps you just need some sun."
[interviewer] What were you hoping to achieve
Well, to express anger and to get people
laughing at something very, very awful.
But also it was very, very deliberate.
The most powerful Catholic in Australia is Cardinal Pell.
The Royal Commission asked him to come back
to Australia to answer questions
and he said he was too sick to come,
and that didn't seem quite right.
[singing] "You're a coward Georgie,
[singing] "Come and face the music Georgie.
[singing] "You owe it to the victims Georgie.
[singing] "Come and face the music…"
I wrote to raise money to send survivors to Rome
to listen to him, to look him in the eye
while he was giving these answers.
And it worked. It worked in a way I wouldn't have believed.
There was an unbelievable amount of hate as well,
But much, much more vindication than criticism.
[singing] "Go home Cardinal Pell."
I'm proud of it. People come up to me in tears
in Australia all the time.
The damage done is immeasurable.
[singing] "Cardinal Pell,
[singing] "if you don't feel compelled to come home
[singing] "by a sense of moral duty
[singing] "perhaps you will come home and frickin sue me!"
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