Cattle vs Asylum Seekers
Recently high moral outrage has been achieved over the treatment of Australian cows, exported live to Indonesia for slaughter according to religious requirements. This has stirred up an unlikely...
View ArticleLessons from a waitress
My mother worked in the service industry, part time, for decades before finally retiring last year. When she was growing up, her parents owned one of just two cafés in a small country town, and my...
View ArticleGame of Moans
Over the past 48 hours or so, there’s been an unbelievable amount of moaning and gnashing of teeth over the death of some fictional characters in the TV show, Game of Thrones. Having read the books, I...
View ArticleNot in my name
There are many things about being Australian I can be proud of. Our treatment of asylum seekers arriving by boat is not one of them. We have a prime minister who has made no secret of his affiliation...
View ArticleAustralia! At war with undesirables
Australia. A seemingly peaceful country from the outside, full of sweeping plains, amazing wildlife and breathtaking views. But don’t be deceived. This is a country at war. Yes: war. To be sure,...
View ArticleSee how he runs
Julia Gillard was one of those politicians who always kept me thinking – there were aspects to her that I equally liked and despaired of. She was clearly a tireless worker and she clearly had a great...
View ArticleThe Beatles got it wrong
The Beatles got it wrong. One of their most popular songs tries to tell us: All you need is love All you need is love All you need is love, love Love is all you need It’s a nice attitude but it’s not...
View ArticleScratch the surface
I love my grandmother. She’s 93 years old and now getting a bit dotty. It’s not unusual for people twenty years younger to start getting scatterbrained and it’s testament to her that she’s only started...
View ArticleThe Princess Cried
In the legendary movie, The Princess Bride, after Vizzini exclaims “Inconceivable!” for seemingly the hundredth time, Inigo Montoya finally responds with: You keep using that word. I do not think it...
View ArticleTears for Tláloc
The Museum of Victoria has been home to an Aztec exhibition for several months, which ends next weekend. After many delays, we finally got around to visiting the exhibition today, and I was amazed by...
View ArticleThe egregious crime of simply not giving a damn
Another month, another mindless mass shooting in the United States. They happen so regularly it seems that if you take a few days sabbatical from the news you’ll miss another one. Ten people dead...
View ArticleAustralia preparing for humanitarian crisis
In an urgent press conference convened in the early hours of the morning, an un-named Australian government official spoke passionately and earnestly of a new humanitarian crisis looming. Standing...
View ArticleOperation GrowOld Instituted To Remove Children From Detention
Reacting angrily to claims they are wilfully imprisoning children within hellish detention centres situated in poverty stricken countries where they are subject to rape, physical abuse, anguish and...
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