Life on Palm Island
Elizabeth Doomadgee invited me to dinner, along with the lawyers representing the Palm Island community…More
Browsing: Civil Society
A Big High Five for the Dude in the Sky
If you’d paid a few thousand dollars to fly to the other side of the…More
As Resilient as a Cockroach
I went to World Youth Day and I was converted. I’ve seen the light. I…More
How's that Ice-Cream, Todd?
Last year, during debate in NSW Parliament about the World Youth Day laws which have…More
Anything to Declare?
Travellers entering Australia are directed to declare every spice, wooden mask and market trinket to…More
Not all Mass and Singing
What glorious sunshine Sydney is getting these winter days. It would be even better if…More
How Annoying?
The judicial slap administered yesterday by the full Federal Court to the NSW Government’s attempts…More
Lost Lunch and Luggage all Part of the Journey
If you consider yourself a staunch atheist, you’re probably nodding to yourself that religion is…More
Waiting for God
"Smooth" was the judgment of the six o’clock news bulletins on Tuesday night as the…More
The Great Australian Nightmare
This country has always had lots of space. What contemporary Australia never has enough of…More