Like many people I enjoy a good mystery especially one with many layers and conflicting information that eventually leads to uncovering an alarming conspiracy of some sort. As a general rule of course I prefer to find these ‘plots’ within the pages of novels or on the movie screen however from time to time things…
Okay now I’m more than a little ticked off today. In education Australia has tried to maintain the separation of church and state when it comes to public education. State schools have access to funds to have counselors, chaplains etc available for their students but it has always been at the discretion of the school…
Just when you thought Tony Abbott couldn’t sink any lower in public estimation he just goes ahead and dives face first into public disgrace. Mr Abbott, presumably not realizing he was on camera, winked at Jon Faine, the host of 774 ABC, during a live phone call, when a pensioner called Gloria mentions she needed…
How do I begin this post? I typed introduction after introduction and each left me feeling at a loss. It wasn’t until I took a step back that I realized that the issue wasn’t that I didn’t know what I wanted to say it was that I didn’t know how to say it without resorting…
After the funk of Wednesday seeped into Thursday and my brain synapses devolved to that of a root vegetable I am happy to say that Friday has me fighting fit. Which is a good thing considering our latest federal budget as it seems it’s not enough for us to pay a medicare levy each fortnight…
Okay everyone lets talk refugees, boat people, illegal aliens or whatever particular term is the current label for asylum seekers. Here in Australia decency, social justice and democracy itself are being unraveled before our eyes. This is at the behest of a government headed by a man whose rise to power was achieved by the…
As a rule I try to keep the weekend posts here at Unload and Unwind to more humorous topics as a way of taking a step back from the more serious pieces that I write about politics and the environment. However I have decided that this issue far out ways the need to step back.…
There has been incredible progress on freeing Roseanne. Locked up in prison indefinitely because of her disability, without being guilty of a crime – your signatures have helped convince the NT Government to start moving to free her. THANK YOU!! For those of you who have missed my previous posts Roseann’s cycle of abuse and neglect growing up…
Thank you to everyone who supported the petitions and shared the information regard Fracking here in Australia and overseas. Today Federal Member for Lyne, Dr David Gillespie, MP presented The Big Ban CSG Petition in the Federation Chamber of the Australian Parliament at 10:07:50am on Thursday 27 March 2014. This was an important victory but only the first…
Yet another stellar idea from our Federal Governments desire to reduce funding into social justice issues as well as health and education. Eighty homelessness services addressing domestic violence are having to wind back services and turn clients away until homelessness funding is confirmed on Budget night. If you would like to add your support to…
