I'm reposting this Conversation article by Denis Altman, to mark my backing of the new model being set up by the ARM. The republic debate is back (again) but we [...]
Reference: ABC Online: Future Australia While the Federal government has come to the party at the COP 26 (Glasgow) on net zero CO2 emissions by 2050, our 2030 targets still [...]
A Hermit State Forever More? The normally united states of Australia, have entered a chequered phase of mistrust and anger. Victoria hates New South Wales for not locking down sooner [...]
That is, reading on the beach I live at Coogee, close to the beach in a unit with my husband of 47 years. Coogee Beach is located on Sydney's famous [...]
by Ian Harry Wells (Wellsy) Armidale is a city of learning, being home to the first NSW Teachers' College established outside of Sydney. The Armidale Teachers' College is a heritage-listed (now [...]
What would you do, if you lost your long-term partner? How would you cope with the grief? My Armidale Teachers' College classmate, Ian, writes about just this. Feel free to [...]
Coronavirus (COVID-19) SARS-CoV-2, The Australian Government is managing the COVID-19 outbreak in Australia as a health emergency. A glossary of terms in daily use in the media in Australia in [...]
Words in a book... Esther learnt of my existence and found me through words in a family history tome. My older brother had written and published A Little Bit of [...]
In 2015, I titled this post "A Crafty, Callous and Curmudgeonly Crew", which was a boating metaphor for the members of cabinet at the time. I found their lack of [...]
Whenever I walk through Sydney Hyde Park, past the Archibald Fountain, along Art Gallery Road, and up to the steps of the Art Gallery of NSW, I remember our six-year-old [...]










