Category: Opinions
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Help the helpers
“Daddy? What is it you do again?” My daughter looked up from her drawing and fixed me with her questioning stare.
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Freed Speech
They talk about free speech. That free speech that silences all of another. That free speech that suffocates second thought. That free speech that only allows one voice and one voice alone to be heard. Free speech that interrupts, name calls, demeans, labels, isolates and threatens violence. Publicly, privately, hourly, daily, always weakly. Isn’t free…
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Why Adults Should Read to Their Children (Upside Down)
Steps for reading to children: Place book on your lap facing child. Read book while tracing out each word. Which of course means the child learns to read for him or herself. Which leads them on the first steps towards an education. The disadvantage is that the adult has to learn to read upside down.
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Australia Day
As a country we couldn’t even agree on the width of railways. As a country we can’t even agree on a national day. Or respect those who disagree. Every Australia Day is the same: somebody’s yelling at the immigrants, yelling at the Aboriginals, yelling at all and those who don’t think like you. Every Australia…
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The Feminist Card
“You know me… I either bring the best out of people or the worst…” A mere musing to myself. But a few weeks later, the remark returned to me. Adversely. Not only that but he played the feminist card. On me… This person had hurriedly and thoughtlessly implemented a change that had adversely affected many…
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Budget 2018
May’s Federal Budget, the standard script. The lock up from which no one escapes! Winners! (Everybody rejoice). Losers! (No one important). Next the wide-eyed superficial analysis. The breathless interviews with families singles, couples, pensioners, wage earners, etc fully economically briefed. The joyously satisfied interest groups. We always set aside the whispers and whispers of the few…
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Bang! Crash! Wallop! The Real Game Of Cricket.
Bang! Crash! Wallop! Throbbing music and flashing lights. People stomping, clapping and shouting.
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Green is the new Red!
Apparently, being concerned about the environment and supporting Same Sex Marriage is red. Communist red that is! Wow! Or rephrased as Green is the new Red! Really? Let’s look at the history then… Caring for the environment was never a priority for any communist state. Name one. Certainly not China. Or the Soviet Union. Both…
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When the Rainbow Opened My Eyes
My niece got engaged yesterday to her partner. Now my brother has two daughters instead of one. I’m joyful for both as they’ve found that love is love is love. But it took me a while to understand… For I must have lived in a sexual vacuum. Growing up I never even knew what homosexuality…