Robyn Dunphy
New Land, New Life – a documentary everyone should watch
Today Craig Pendlebury drew my attention to a wonderful documentary about the lives of five refugees that had been highlighted in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald. I am very grateful to to Craig, for had he not brought it to my attention I would have missed it totally. As much as I try […]
Abbott the UnAustralian
He’s done it AGAIN! What does Abbott have to do to make people wake up to the fact this man is NOT Prime Ministerial material? As if all the videos on YouTube of him avoiding journalists, or his terrible performance when Leigh Sales interviewed him, or his lack of knowledge of things he SHOULD know […]
A Common Enemy – The Elengia
***Previous episodes of A Common Enemy can be found on the top menu, or start at A Common Enemy. A little sci-fi in progress. *** Palenda slithered into the resting cocoon and gently touched Rosna. He knew she was asleep, but he needed to feel her nearness. They had come so far to save their families; perhaps even their […]
Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing via WhitWords
This is an important article for Australians to read. Before you vote this September, make damn sure you know who is leading the pack.
Equal pay for equal work – unless you play tennis
Equality is something we all believe in. Irrespective of ethnicity, gender or religion all humans should have equal rights and receive equal pay for equal work. Regular readers will also know I am not against a bit of affirmative action when required to correct imbalances that have existed for generations. Then we have tennis players. […]
That climate change stuff
Personally, I believe we are damaging our planet. I’m not here to review the MANY scientific articles on the topic – they are everywhere and almost every politician in the world has an opinion one way or the other about the scientific opinions. Then the public have opinions about the politicians’ opinions about the scientific […]
I will not be renewing my Liberal Party membership
I’ve been feeling less and less able to to support the Liberal Party for some time. I’ve reached the point where I find I cannot, in all conscience, remain a member. I was particularly disappointed in Joe Hockey’s attack on the Prime Minister over Christmas. That sort of thing just isn’t necessary in a civilised […]
A Common Enemy
Earth sparkled in the sunlight, a blue and white ball gliding through space in the orbit determined millennia ago. The ship hovered above, listening to the babel of voices detected by the sound sensors. Leader Rosna shook her lateral tendrils in horror. “How does this planet survive?” The sound technician was battling to isolate the various sound […]
Open Letter to ASIO
In May last year I wrote about Ranjini. Ranjini is still being held in detention and is about to give birth to her third child. Ranjini may already be in labour as I write this. Edit – Ranjini gave birth to a lovely baby boy January 15th! I want to stress, this is NOT about the […]
W for Wonderful Weather
Australia is a LARGE piece of land. So large we have several different climate zones, ranging from tropical in the north to temperate in the south and bloody cold cool in Tasmania. Temperate doesn’t translate into any form of constant temperate ranges though! Down here in Victoria, we have be freezing one day and cooking […]
Random Observations of Life 