Making a Difference
March 28, 2020
What are your plans for the hours, weeks or even months ahead, as you face more and more time within in the confines of your home? For those of you about to embark on the homeschooling adventure, whether or not you chose it, who or what are you turning to for assistance to not only […]
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March 14, 2020
It’s Not All About You (or Me)
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If we were to believe social media, it would be easy to think we need to choose either panic or denial in response to the reported risks of COVID-19. Rush to the shops and stock up for doomsday, or proceed as if it should be business as usual. I confess I’d been wondering if too […]
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January 27, 2020
Looking for the Helpers
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I don’t know about you, but I’m often disheartened by all that’s wrong in our world. War mongering leaders who care only about securing their own wealth and power. The apparent increase in Orwellian-like surveillance and data collection. Our treatment of refugees or anyone ‘different’ to ourselves. The increase in fake and misleading news. A […]
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November 22, 2019
Young people often get a bad rap when they’re portrayed in the media, but I meet so many who are helping to make their community, and the world, a better place by their presence in it. So, I’m starting a new series of interviews with MAD kids and young people—where MAD stands for Making a […]
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May 21, 2019
Numerous tributes flowing in for Bob Hawke have recalled his response to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. As Prime Minister, he allowed Chinese students to stay in Australia, rather than force them back to suffer the consequences of a Chinese government crackdown. I wonder how many lives Hawke’s decision saved, how many young men and […]
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April 18, 2019
Imagine you’re the new girl in town on your first day of high school. After travelling around Australia for a year, you’re feeling positive about settling in one place and making friends. Imagine your delight when the first girl you meet invites you to sit with her friends at recess. Imagine that by lunchtime, your […]
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