Oz Update


Well as I said in a previous post things have gotten somewhat interesting here in the land of Oz and not in a good way.  For a country that is supposed to pride itself about providing a ‘fair go’ for everyone we seem to be failing rather badly on a variety of fronts.  I don’t…

Little Thought for Thursday


Well now this is a lovely piece of snark from Smile – Be Happy, aimed at our illustrious Prime Minister and his minions. All of whom have just decided to gut funding into research, revoke funding for the environmental research and planning, increased the cost of medicare along with raising the age of the retirement…

Thank You For Supporting Roseanne


Huge progress! The NT Government have just announced that they’re accessing options to move Roseanne to appropriate care in Alice Springs. In parliament last night the NT Health Minister said “I am absolutely committed to getting Rosanne Fulton home as soon as it is practicable” – the pressure from more than 104,000 of you who’ve signed the petition…

Could Have Been Me – Just For Fun


  Detention brings smartass behaviour to the awareness of parents who in my case generally responded to pointing out the glaring stupidity of calling that sort of attention to myself in class by saying something along the lines of: and then wanted me to apologise to the teacher but didn’t feel that as a rule my…

An important note on Superannuation Fund Divestment from Mandatory Detention


Originally posted on xBorder:
Ever since private superannuation became compulsory in Australia, superannuation funds—and superannuation fund managers—have created an immense pool of investment dollars. Running in the trillions of dollars, these are both significant elements in the economy and, at the same time, they are also the retirement funds of thousands of workers. This is…