Tag Archive | Australia
Captain, Captain, I don’t know where we are
“Captain, please come to the bridge. I’m not sure where the border is.” “WTF? What are you talking about?” “Captain, I am serious. We’ve had a Ephemeris error. Or a Propagation delay error. Or maybe there are bubbles in the compass. I’m not sure!” “Are you sure the helmsman didn’t just stay on autopilot too long? You […]
This is a MUST VIEW for men and women
Chimamanda Adichie says it all for me. Please listen to her wonderful, wonderful view of and vision for feminism. Thank you so much to Betty for drawing my attention to an article by Sunili Govinnage that lead me to this wonderful speech. Don’t tell anyone, but this is now mandatory viewing for the males in our […]
Small government philosophy? Then cut the waste
If there is one thing that irritates me about governments it is their propensity to introduce additional administration for what seems like the sake of it. Perhaps due consideration is not given to streamlining an existing system, who knows. Certainly there is not much of a Lean approach taken in most cases. Back in April […]
Feminism and white privilege
There is something not quite right about the massive amount of time and effort devoted to the question of white privilege in relation to feminism: I’m not 100% sure what yet, but I’m working on it. Maybe together we can get to the bottom of it, maybe I’ll work out what the issue is for […]
Tim Wilson as Human Rights Commissioner
I must say this appointment of Tim Wilson is an interesting development indeed. Let’s take a step back to January 23, 2013. “The Australian Human Rights Commission does not protect human rights and should be abolished,” Simon Breheny, Director of the Legal Rights Project at free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs will […]
Metro Trains abuse update
This is an update on my previous article about the astounding physical abuse of a 15 year-old girl by a Metro Trains ticketing inspector. Thank you to Dan A’Vard for permission to use the graphic. Dan started the petition on Change.org that now has over 33,000 signatures.
Unbelievable Mr Gosland
I rarely swear on social media. It is not my style. Today I saw red and I hope a lot of other people see red with me. You can look at the video directly from the link below. Wait for the second CCTV angle towards the end of the video. Then have a guess who […]
A woman is left for dead and the media are quiet
Edit May 8, 2014: An update is posted HERE. Maybe there are police reasons for this, but having looked at the video of the police appealing for help, I don’t think so. If you haven’t heard of the case, Shey Webber was found in her home beaten and left to die. Her injuries are described […]
Bubs Belong With Mums
Edit Nov 15: It has been reported the baby and family are now reunited, but ONLY because the baby has been discharged from hospital. No changes to policy or regulations or standing orders or whatever red tape controls these things, so what of the next case and the case after that? We need to keep […]
How does a racist hide racism?
A racist claims to not be a racist when the racist says he or she believes we are all one race, the human race. I make the same claim. The difference between the racist’s use of the phrase and mine, is my context is not the same. I recognise difference, the need for cultural intelligence […]
Random Observations of Life 