Fixing asylum seeker mess in all our interests
When Julia Gillard visits Indonesia’s president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) next month, both leaders will have far more in common than usual: Both are terribly unpopular within their own nations; they will both soon be leaving office and of course both agree that Tony Abbott’s ‘turn back the boats’ policy is completely unacceptable to the Indonesian government. There is general agreement amongst government and expert commentators however, that a solution to this crisis must involve Indonesia. So we should, at the outset, acknowl…
Sexist comments should have no place in our society; not even from a prime minister
Some of the comments made against the PM last week were downright disgusting. My colleague Howard Sattler - who always treats me with great courteousy when being interviewed - stuffed-it up with his remarks about Tim. Not good Howard. But let me say this to our PM: As an Aussie bloke, let me state that I wear a white shirt to work and I even wear a blue tie. But there is something else I need you to know PM. Some of my best team members at work and my charities including my current company secretary, our current brand manager and s…
Being naughty (and difficult) at Australia Post!
I did something very naughty in the post office on Friday..... Ever been into an Australian Post shop lately? Well, on Friday I had the courage to do something that I have been scared to do for ages: Let me explain... There I stood in the 10 person-long queue, watching each person, one-by-on be asked to the counter. Let's look at those nine people in front of me as to what services they requested at the counter: 1. Passport photo 2. Pay a drivers licence account 3. Buy a travel card 4. Buy some story books for kids 5. Apply for a …
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