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Poetry slam to try and bring cheer to Yarra Glum
About a year ago I met with a local published poet, Sandy Jeffs. We were at a writer’s convention and she and I were guest poets together. We met again recently and she told me about a poetry night she...
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Autism; A special report by Kathy Gollan – now send in the clowns
Finally, 16 years of public image damage since the defamatory ABC interview by Kathy Gollan which was initiated by Chris Eipper, the second of the two ‘experts’ who had backed them, US Autism expert,...
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Autism: A special report by Kathy Gollan – exploring Marcia Devlin
When my first book, Nobody Nowhere, became a major international bestseller, my Australian publisher, Doubleday received a submission from Chris Eipper for his fiction novel he was hoping to get a...
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The Tale of Rosemary’s Baby, Part Four – why Anne McDonald was nobody’s ‘baby’
I remember one night when three of us, me, my husband Chris Samuel, and a friend of ours Kieran, went to dinner at Rosemary Crossley’s house. Rosemary and her partner, Chris B were always great hosts...
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Thanking Marcia Devlin for the Higher Education
When my first book, Nobody Nowhere, became a major international bestseller, my Australian publisher, Doubleday received a submission from Chris Eipper for his fiction novel he was hoping to get a...
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Rosemary Crossley defends her methods – what the Herald Sun kept from the public
Hanging out with Anne Mc Donald In defense of Crossley, McDonald & facilitated communication Crossley, McKay and Biklen, from ABC Ramp Up 24 May 2012, reporter Stella Young. Following Andrew Rule’s...
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Barry Humphries Farewell Tour
Barry Humphries is one of those faces that has haunted me for years. I have had to see his face on TV, in newspapers and magazines, on billboards and each time I remember him in our house, in my room,...
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How Coles and Woolworths use poker machines to gamble with lives
Coles and Woolworths are Australia’s largest poker machine merchants, reaping mega profits from the misery of Australians whilst posing as ‘family friendly’ supermarkets. The wolf has already eaten...
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Hi Ho Silver, Away….
Hi ho Silver, away! Lone Ranger, you were not not even in your golden child cowboy suit back then not even with me tied to the pole in the back yard awaiting rescue… from you. Our horse, Neddy, was a...
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Casting Call for the film, Nobody Nowhere, just announced
As the screenwriter of the film Nobody Nowhere (based on the international bestseller of the same name), I was excited to see the recent interview this week by Nadine Maritz with the one of the film’s...
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Why I’m voting for the Australian Greens
Why I’m voting for the greens This item originally posted here:Why I’m voting for the Australian Greens
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Trade agreements – what Australians should know
this was sent to me by a friend. It makes interesting reading… TPPA – The mother of all Trade agreements and why you should care The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement is being negotiated in secret...
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Tony Abbott, for your families, for your children, for Australia’s future
Tony Abbott, quote on climate change: “Notwithstanding the dramatic increases in man made CO2 emissions over the last decade, the world’s warming has stopped. Now admittedly we are still pretty warm...
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Melbourne Pink Ladies A Cappella Choir ?
I’m based in the Dandenong Ranges and looking to form an A Cappella Choir of Pink Ladies. Interested? email me This item originally posted here:Melbourne Pink Ladies A Cappella Choir ?
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Australia’s new Tony Abbott government 2013
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welcome to Australia, the Dictatorship
welcome to Australia, the Dictatorship… you wanted conservative and right wing… well you got it baybee: “The Abbott government wants to make boycotts illegal — criminalising our ability to hold...
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Tony Abbott’s missing ‘debt crisis’ and his other latest 15 lies
How duped were Australian voters? What kind of sheep were we? Will we wake up soon? “Tony Abbott’s dishonest speech this week confirms fact-checking in federal politics remains a faraway fantasy,...
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Art in a Box
I recently did some new highly textured faceless works on rustic wooden trinket boxes. There’s something magical about original paintings inlaid on a wooden box… makes you want to open these art works,...
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Tony Abbott needs more than a good smacking
My abuser claimed in a letter to me as an adult that she’s only ever ‘smacked me when I was bad’... hmm, is this all she remembers from the few times she was sober during a childhood in which she was...
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