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A big week for Australia, for women

It has been a monumental week in Australian politics and history.
We now have our first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. The circumstances of her ascent to the top job were tumultuous -  Labor party MPs made the decision to oust Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and backed Gillard as his successor. Rudd stepped down when it [...]

June 25, 2010   Posted in: Society  2 Comments

K-Rudd local love

 

The Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd was on my home patch today.
He rocked up to a popular shopping precinct and was greeted by a throng of media (I was one of them) and locals (I was also one of them) who were snapping away with their mobile phones and thrusting their kids forward for the [...]

March 30, 2010   Posted in: Lifestyle, Society  No Comments

Why I feel sorry for young people: part 1

I was watching a music channel countdown of the top 20 hits of the 80s the other night. “Walk Like an Egyptian” by The Bangles came on and it reminded me of the times I would get up early to tape music off the radio.
I can clearly remember one morning desperately waiting to tape “Walk [...]

March 23, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Parenting, Society  No Comments

Disney Princess Complex

My daughter is heavily into the Disney Princesses at the moment. Ariel and Snow White are her favourites and she loves to dress up as a princess.
I flip between worry that this interest is going to give her unrealistic expectations about what it means to be a girl and her role in the world, and then [...]

February 24, 2010   Posted in: Parenting, Relationships, Society  No Comments

Successful marriage secrets

Part of my job as a local newspaper reporter  is to do stories on significant wedding anniversaries - mostly 50th and 60th, even 70th ones.
One of my regular questions to these devoted couples is “what are your secrets to a successful marriage?”.
I am always waiting with my breath held for a nugget of advice that is so amazing that [...]

February 14, 2010   Posted in: Lifestyle, Relationships, Society  4 Comments

The kids’ bookshelf cannot be tamed

This great article on Australian news site The Punch mentioned something I have long thought but never heard anyone articulate before – children’s books are impossible to stack neatly.
See our bookshelf below (Note the Go Duster. It has become more of a toy for our daughter than used by us as a cleaning aid!):
Several times [...]

January 5, 2010   Posted in: Parenting, Society  7 Comments




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