‘Hey, Saray! It’s on!’ Keev said. The Prime Minister announced today that all public funding for religious groups would be terminated with those funds being diverted back into public health and education. Despite the LNP’s increasing sums of taxation being diverted out of secular society, Labour has implemented a fundamental shift in public spending. ‘AreContinue reading “Sea Change”
Misuse
He’s grabbed me again, spat on his fingers. Dirtying me more. He’s shoved me in a bag. Dark. Pushing me around. How long this time? I don’t want this. ‘Scott. Here!’ ‘Yessir?’ He takes me out of the bag and hurls me on the table. Why does he always hurl me? What can’t he justContinue reading “Misuse”
Old Car
Dad’s driving. He always drives. Mum wanted to drive for a while but the one day he let her, she reversed the car through the back wall of the garage into the living room. It was stuck there for three days until the wall could be chocked up and the car pulled out. She neverContinue reading “Old Car”
Drive-by Talking
Bob: How’s your mum? She doing well? Kent: Yeah, I tested her short-term and long-term memory yesterday and both are working. Her left side is still out. But her contextual awareness is low. When normal people think, we automatically double-check our surroundings but mum can’t do that any more. Bob: I started chatting to this really hot guyContinue reading “Drive-by Talking”
Muru
He sat in the corner lounge, sunlight patterning through the window, toothbrush between teeth and pad in hand. One corner of his dressing gown, gnawed at by Muru, his prize bilby. Not many were left when he emerged and none left by the time he started school. The first time he saw one in aContinue reading “Muru”
Little Green Ant
She crossed the room, marble floors and columnated ceiling far above. Light piercing from above. Tapestries covering the walls. She knelt at the prescribed distance from the throne and stared at her scarpins. ‘The Lady Carinda, My Lord,’ announced the Grand Harlequin. His Majesty must have glanced sideways as the boots of the Guard marchedContinue reading “Little Green Ant”
Matinee
‘Lord Henry Wotton, I must impress upon you the necessity for you to stay, if not only a few moments more?’ The hat and gloves returned to the divan. Dorian’s eyes were bright in satisfaction. ‘Thank-you, Lord Henry. Even a long discussion on philanthropy would be preferable to the endless strokes of a brush onContinue reading “Matinee”
Wooden Stake
This afternoon, the Albanese government announced a revision to Regional Forestry Agreements with broad consequences for farmers, the forestry industry and mining. The Department of Resources portfolio has been extended with new powers to ensure reforestation and supersedes the purview of mining and exploration. In line with the science, the creation of carbon sinks areContinue reading “Wooden Stake”
Silver Bullet
In a surprise announcement this morning, the Albanese government has terminated all tax cuts for religious institutions and permanently rescinded all religious public funding in Australia. This budgetary move is estimated to free approximately $30 billion in the budget. This is being funnelled into Austudy, Abstudy and Job Seeker to bring those payments up toContinue reading “Silver Bullet”
North Node
How we grow; what we must become. Aries: our independent identity and willTaurus: standing by our own hand-built valuesGemini: knowing what is worth knowingCancer: nurturing ourselves firstLeo: focussing principles on our healthVirgo: creating perfection healthily Libra: balancing my will with othersScorpio: valuing others’ valuesSagittarius: knowing the purpose of informationCapricorn: being our own authorityAquarius: facilitating allContinue reading “North Node”
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