Designing a new family structure?

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There was a story in the paper this week, about “the High Court being asked to decide whether sperm donors who intend to be involved as fathers, and are known to their biological offspring as dads, should be recognised as legal parents”. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/high-court-test-case-on-sperm-donor-who-helped-raise-child/news-story/98f6ec9e2166827068984e3fe7d21874 Did you get that?  We’ve reached the point where it is getting too … [Read more…]

An Inquiry into the Cost of Workplace Sexual Harassment

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An Inquiry into the Cost of Workplace Sexual Harassment.  Over twelve months, at a cost of about $900 000. “Recent prominent international and national coverage has highlighted the prevalence and detrimental impact of sexual harassment on individuals and organisations. This inquiry will be a positive and meaningful step forward in reducing sexual harassment at work … [Read more…]

Israel Again

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This last week there was another little rumble about Israel Folau.  Once again there are people complaining about the ‘homophobic’ links he is posting, about his ‘preaching’, how he does this in defiance of Rugby Australia, and how he should stop it. I went to the trouble of watching the YouTube link to the talk … [Read more…]

Israel and us today

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You may or may not have noticed, but over the last week there has been a fair bit of uproar in the media about Israel.  Not the one in the Middle East, but the Wallaby.  Israel Folau. Israel is a Christian, has played Rugby League, Aussie Rules, and is currently in the national team for … [Read more…]

Learn to Forgive Yourself ….

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It has become pretty fashionable to talk about learning to forgive yourself, or learning to love yourself.  I wonder if you have heard that, or maybe even said that yourself. Not to put too find a point on it, I think that these expressions are some of the most self-absorbed non-sense that it is possible … [Read more…]

Struggling with Hardship

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We’ve just had a cold wet week (about to become a very hot weekend) in the middle of harvest.  Which means that harvest stops, the condition of the crops may deteriorate, volumes reduce, and the return for the year’s work diminish.  These are the realities of farming, and when these things happen, it produces a … [Read more…]