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The only guide you'll ever need to the Reserve Bank of Australia Museum
Some people mark the end of their treatment for cancer by going to Disneyland or swimming with dolphins. I celebrated the end of my treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome by visiting the Reserve Bank of...
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The appalling legacy of Jocelyn Newman
Howard government minister, political matriarch, social reformer and Godmother of Centrelink Jocelyn Newman passed away over the weekend at the age of 80. Don't go to a Centrelink office to express...
View ArticleWhy can't we have anti depressants that work?
I had another mental health episode recently. You wouldn't know anything was wrong to look at me; no talking to angels or strangers. But inside, I felt dreadful; an emotional flu, spiritual hangover,...
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Not a good look
I felt annoyed, kinda disgusted and above all, tired when I saw this photo of NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham at a Greens trivia fundraiser:(I debated whether I should include the actual photo, but...
View ArticleOnward Christian Hypocrites: The strange logic of Trumping God
I don't think there's anyone who, by now, does not believe that at some time in the last 15 years, Donald Trump had sex with Stormy Daniels. The details of who paid how much when to shut who up about...
View ArticleQuinceañera
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the man - the cat - the legend Xander who is fifteen years old today (and doesn't look a day over 6). Enjoy your (butcher's) sausage on a bed of smoked salmon for dinner with a warm...
View ArticleNo more "good blokes": a call for guidelines on reporting murder
Somewhere in Australia, right now, there is a man considering killing their entire family, and themselves.There may, in fact, be more than one. Probably is more than one, in fact. But we know it's a...
View ArticleNo, regrets!
I used to hate Mayim Bialik. Well, hate's a strong word. But I wasn't too fond of her, what with the whole presenting herself as a neurological natural parenting guru whilst having a bris ceremony for...
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The weird psychology of Barnaby Joyce and the Right
Oh, for a skilled political journalist to have handled the Channel 7 interview with former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and his former staffer turned partner Vicki Campion last night. Then maybe...
View ArticleBaby boomers: change the system or end up in the terrible nursing homes you...
I think I may have mentioned this, but I don't like neoliberalism.That's okay, because most other people don't like it either. They just don't know it. But the ideology which has spread like a cancer...
View ArticleThis is what happens when you reach out and get help
With the recent, much publicised suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, social media was flooded with messages urging anyone suffering depression or thoughts of self harm to reach out...get help....
View ArticleABC bias and other urban legends
The Coalition government would like to privatise the ABC. Of course they would, because they can't see the value in anything you can't turn a profit from, especially not one that allows the unwashed...
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Pens down
Today is a day I thought would never come. When I started my Bachelor of Social Science degree, my first, at the University of Newcastle back in 2013, I knew it wasn't going to be easy studying with a...
View ArticleDisability welfare reform must start at the top
Yet another terrible story of a seriously ill person being told by Centrelink that they don't qualify for the disability support pension.Single father Robert Laughlin is battling stage 3 bowel cancer....
View ArticleThe "colonies" are not a threat to you. They're protection for us
Aw man, I was taking a break from blogging. See, I'm writing a memoir. I know I haven't done much, but "O.J. Simpson wrote a memoir, and the jury said he didn't do anything at all"1. Anyway, I have no...
View Article2018, love and other catastrophes
Hey everyone, I've been on a bit of a blogging break cause I've been kinda busy. It's safe to say the past few years haven't been great for me, leading to such delightful low points as running down a...
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Learning from top to bottom
2018 has been a year of learning and growth for me. So I could really relate when I saw this in one of those best of 2018 in Tumblr things:Well kids, gather round, because I had one of those moments...
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Gone Postal
Those of us above a certain age may remember back in the heady days of the 1990s when, in between listening to The Offspring and dropping into the cabin to say hi to the pilots when boarding a...
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Hungry for the good old days
Recently some colleagues and I were discussing food. They were mostly younger than me, and from ethnically diverse parts of Sydney, and they spoke of the food they grew up eating. Lebanese, Italian,...
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Second Life
To celebrate several life events and also because I haven't been overseas in literally fifteen years, I'm planning an overseas trip in the middle of the year.Of course, it's a somewhat daunting...
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Looking good
A recent opinion piece in The Independent rehashed a well-worn premise: that wearing make up is anti-feminist, that choosing to wear make up is conforming to the desires of the patriarchal system that...
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The fantastic day I didn't have at Wet n Wild
So this week I went to Wet n Wild, Sydney's only water park, expecting and hoping to have one of the best days of my life.I did not.I've been wanting to go to Wet n Wild for years, ever since it first...
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What's in your handbag: 2019
Back in 2004, struggling for ideas about what I'd put in this blog thing, I thought it would be fun to make an inventory of the contents of my handbag.Tonight, as I made one of my semi-annual tip-outs...
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NSW Election: why was hate embraced with hate?
In the aftermath of the NSW State election, it's easy to get depressed. The NSW Liberal/National coalition has gained a third term of government, ensuring more sell offs of public assets, more cuts to...
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Doctor Google vs the patients
If you ask any suburban family doctor what the hardest part of their job is, then I'm sure that - along with under funding, excessive patient loads, waits for tests and referrals, work load, the burden...
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