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Chaplaincy Challenge: Williams returns to the High Court 9 Aug 2013 | 05:02 am
Yesterday (8 August 2013), Ron Williams and his crack legal team (Claude Bilinsky solicitor, Bret Walker SC and Gerald Ng) announced that a Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim had been issued out o...
The ‘goss’ on Catherine Deveny: what she’s really like! 29 Jul 2013 | 01:02 pm
I’m just a middle-aged lady, sitting on top of a little mountain in regional Queensland, tap-tap-tapping away at a keyboard. I’m not famous, I’m not a celebrity and if I venture beyond the village po...
Tara Moss, media, misogyny, Mamamia and me 29 Jul 2013 | 11:51 am
Last year I wrote an article on gender bias in the Australian media. Conceived and commissioned by Jane Gilmore of The King’s Tribune, “The Blokeyness Index” looks at the representation of women (as j...
The Windmills of Tony Abbott’s Mind 7 Jul 2013 | 12:03 pm
Round, like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel. Never ending or beginning, On an ever spinning wheel Like a snowball down a mountain Or a carnival balloon Like a carousel that’s tu...
Just when you thought it was safe to vote Labor, again … 2 Jul 2013 | 12:07 pm
I vowed some time ago that I would not vote for a party which opposes same-sex marriage or, for a party led by someone who doesn’t embrace marriage equality. It’s not that I’m a ‘single issue’ voter –...
Farewell Ms Gillard – I’m not sad to see you go 27 Jun 2013 | 05:35 pm
Last night, a Twitter critic accused me of consistently undermining Julia Gillard when I should have showed solidarity. My first response was that he was overestimating my power to bring down a Prime...
Gaynor ‘Gatsby’s’ his way into political oblivion 19 Jun 2013 | 02:08 pm
Bernard Gaynor is not a popular boy. He reminds me of that poor kid at school. You know the one! The kid who, when it came time for picking sporting teams, would hop up and down as if dying for a pee,...
Fluoride – Fact vs Fiction 6 Jun 2013 | 07:47 am
A letter to the editor of the local newspaper caught my attention this week. Written by one, “RG”, astrologer, clairvoyant, feng shui aficionado and crop-circle observer, the letter warned of the dang...
Judy Wilyman: immune to vaccination facts 26 May 2013 | 11:26 pm
I’ve written two blog posts on anti-vax campaigner, Judy Wilyman (aka Roslyn Judith Wilyman) and, kindly, in return, she’s written a malevolent little missive about me which I found hugely entertaini...
Dr Catherine Lennon, Doctors for the Family – NSW Hansard 23 May 2013 | 06:23 am
Following is the Hansard report on Cate Faehrmann MLC’s comments in the NSW Parliament about the actions of Dr Catherine Lennon, devout Catholic, NSW President of Doctors for the Family, founder and ...
