perspectives on stuff from an angry feminist
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21st, 2008
It never bloody ends.
I’ve had nothing but trouble from Centrelink for this entire year.
It begun when I attempted to get back onto student benefits after my full-time job wound up at the end of last year, after I’d gone part-time for six months. I was told I couldn’t claim them, despite being an enrolled student, until […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 14th, 2008
Last night brought the best news so far of the Rudd government: the appointment of Quentin Bryce as our first woman Governor-General, the first woman in history to fill that role. I couldn’t be more thrilled.
We’ve had two awful, conservative male Governor-Generals in a row: no one could really get worse than archbishop Peter Hollingworth, […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 10th, 2008
As I posted a few days ago, we’re at a crucial time in the battle to see the Civil Partnerships Bill actually see the light of the day in the Legislative Assembly. With the federal government maintaining an hardline stance against the bill, our only real hope is to convince the territory government to plow […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 12th, 2008
At 9am tomorrow, Kevin Rudd will stand in parliament and deliver a formal apology to the Stolen Generations. White liberals all over the country will, I’m sure, celebrate and feel proud that “reconciliation” has finally happened. Board rooms and offices will watch the event on their big screen televisions. But, while this is a notable […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 10th, 2008
There’s been two significant announcements from the new government today. In the first - disgusting, but unsurprising, Julia Gillard has revealed that the current, and much-criticised, school funding system will be kept for another four years. The current funding formulas are a disgrace. They don’t just fund private schools, but they’ve been giving them a […]