Vale Dorothy Porter

by | Dec 10, 2008 | Uncategorized

Dorothy Porter, Aus­tralian poet, inspir­a­tion and mentor, has died of cancer aged 54.Dorothy, I first met you when I was 18. I was a young poet, bright and shiny-eyed, des­per­ate to impress you. You were my new poetry teacher at the Uni­ver­sity...

A human rights act for Australia

by | Dec 10, 2008 | Uncategorized

This is hugely import­ant. It’s the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Declar­a­tion of Human Rights.The Aus­tralian Attor­ney-Gen­eral has just announced a con­sulta­tion panel to invest­ig­ate the pos­sib­il­ity of a Human Rights Act for Aus­tralia. We...
Floorboards!

Floorboards!

by | Dec 8, 2008 | Uncategorized

Took a while but here you go:The crib was gifted to us by the won­der­ful Vicki and Andrew and is cur­rently just filled with cush­ions. We need to buy a new mat­tress (it’s one of the things the SIDS people say you’re not allowed to have second-hand) and...