This is how I remember Musgrave Park during the 1982 Commonwealth Games … or, to be precise, just before the big march to the opening ceremony from Garden City circa 30 September 1982.… Go to Article

This is to announce the next novel to be read by the group that has just finished reading Alessandro Manzoni’s The Betrothed.

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Four Families, all with new born babies were woken and taken at 5am to Christmas Island yesterday. They have been told that they will then be transferred to Nauru .… Go to Article

The Senate has today supported an Australian Greens motion for an inquiry into children living in Out of Home Care.

“I moved for this Inquiry to provide the Senate with the opportunity to examine a number of very important issues when it comes to the wellbeing of children and our approach to Out of Home Care at a state and federal level,” Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens spokesperson on family and community services said today.… Go to Article