Problem then – Massive Now

ALCOHOL STIMULATES INTRA-TERRITORY MOVEMENT

Many remote communities in the NT have evoked ‘dry’ status. This status is conferred by the NT Liquor Commission after application by communities for this consideration.

Alcohol cannot be sold or consumed in dry communities. There are heavy penalties for those caught breaching the law of prohibition with dry communities. These penalties can include hefty fines, jail terms and the forfeiture of funds gained from illicit sales. The forfeiture of the vehicle or boat used in transporting alcohol to dry communities is generally ordered by the court.

The issue of ‘dryness’ impacts upon community residents who would prefer to have alcohol at home. Those who want but cannot access alcohol, often leave home abd move to places without this restriction.

To this end, many drinkers finish up in Darwin, Palmerston or Alice Springs. There they become itinerants who are classed as being ‘homeless’ and who generally live out in the open. They are called ‘long grassers’.  [They are not homeless in the sense that they have left home to go travelling.]

These persons often have a detrimental impact upon places to which they move, particularly shopping centres and around other facilities where they set up camp. It is held that some contribute to the spike in property crime in our urban centres. There is begging, urination and defacation in public places. The behaviour of some members of these groups is impaired by alcohol. Members of this group are often supported by charities with essentials, including food, being handed out. For some, this largese leaves more money for alcohol.

This is an aspect of the NT about which much is known but about which little is done. There is plenty of talk about correcting the issues but little us done and few changes are made.

Without criminals, there would be no need for:

Police

Detectives

Foresnsic sectionand investigative staff

Prison Officers

Sociologists

Many counsellors

Lawyers

Magistrates

Judges

Court Officers

Security staff at every shopping centre and in stores

Many Ambulance staff who are. Often called upon to support victims of crime

Staff monitoring the wearing of ankle brcelets and those onbail for crimes

Juveniles and youth following in the behaviour of their criminal elders

Liason Officer and the huge cohort of Family Services staff dealing with domestic violence issues.

Police dog handlers and trainers

The list goes on

And on

And ….

Criminals contribute to our economy through both employment and manufacturing.

This may be a distasteful fact, but it is true.

Think about this. I am not wrong.

To be continued

From Channel 7

Half time

Fremantle and Brisbane

Late to rise

Shrouded by cloud

Fading and shrinking

Lack lustre light

Henry is sad.

Having AI answer phones and asking what I want is eerily Frankensteinian. Human response is evermore impersonal and increasingly distant. We are abrogation humanity and embracing artificiality.. 

Two radio stations were broadcasting simultaneously today. On one channel—both being ABC—the Treasurer Jim Chalmers was talking about how wonderful he was and how great it happened to be that the federal budget had savings of six billion dollars. Wasn’t he a good treasurer getting that to be the case? On the other channel, at the same time, commentators were talking about how sad it was that the RBA will tomorrow raise interest rates on home loans and how desperate the Australian economy had become. So good news on one channel, bad news on the other, and both at the same time.

Australia is sadly complacent about dementia , directly and indirectly the leading cause of death in this country. A ‘ho hum’ attitude to dementia is detestable.

When you think of it, the world in all its parts has been raggedly stitched together by war, after war, after war ad Infiniti.

SCORES LEVEL AT HALF TIME

My heart wants Fremantle to win today’s AFL Grand Final at the MCG. It would be absolutely wonderful if this could come to pass.

But my head tells me to be realistic. And this is Brisbane’s game for the taking. I think that I will.

The relationship between the Albanese Leftist Government and the Australian Community at large, is one of adversalarianism.

From one day to the next can seem like an eternity if the travails of life are pressing so hard that one feels wedged.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY  (I.T.)  

I.T.,  

Idealogue,  

To you our alter ego,  

We sacrifice our souls.  

Baal,  

Of the modern era,  

To you all things are beholden,  

Then servant,  

Now master,  

Bowing low in supplication,  

We are putty in your hands.   

Seven headed hydra,  

Your resource appetite is enormous,  

Knowing no bounds,  

Barely satisfied   

By the dollars,   

The explosion of dollars,  

Poured into your thirsty gap.   

Venus Flytrap,  

Your scent entices,  

Your jaws snap shut.   

You suck our vitality,  

Eschew our energy,  

Spitting out,  

Our dry, skeletal remains.   

Quickly forgotten,  

We blow away on the winds of change,  

While you seek,  

Your next victim.   

Praying Mantis,  

Upon us you prey,    

Grabbed!!  

Our heads serrated by your pincers,  

You feast upon our brains,  

Injecting numbing belief,   

That YOU,  

I.T.,  

Are ALL that counts.   

Prince of Modern Darkness,    

You command attention,  

We look upon you,   

Falling like blind souls   

At your technological feet.  

Stunned by your intensity   

We let all things    

Other than YOU   

Slip from peripheral vision.  

Plunging,  

All considerations but I.T.,   

Into an age of eternal darkness.   

I.T.,   

You are a drug,  

Seared into our psyche.  

You are an aphrodisiac,   

A demigod,  

Exciting our desire,  

Driving us to worship at your alter.   

Nothing else matters.    

Pied Piper,   

You have lead your rats to the brink. 

Stand smilingly aside,    

Witness from your screens,   

As we sink,   

Deeper, ever deeper,   

Into a hopeless abyss,   

Of eternal servitude,   

From    

Which we,   

Will NEVER emerge.   

Poor Old Henry

And now we have AI on the verge of controlling the world.

What do you think when the Minister for Energy and Climate Change, smiles?

To date….

THANKING THE LARRAKIA

City of Darwin Council

City of Darwin is proud to operate on Larrakia country. We acknowledge the Larrakia people as the Traditional Owners of the Darwin region and pay our respects to Larrakia elders past and present. We are committed to working with all Larrakia people to care for our community and this land and sea for our shared future.

City of Darwin acknowledges the Larrakia people as the Traditional Owners of the land and waterways now known as Darwin. Council pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging, and values the ongoing contribution to enrich and appreciate the cultural heritage of Darwin. Council acknowledges and respects Australia’s First Peoples as Traditional Owners of lands and waterways across Country, and encourages reconciliation between all. The City of Darwin also values the contribution made to Darwin over the years by people of diverse backgrounds and cultures.

I am privileged to work and live on the lands of the Larrakia (Gulumoerrgin) people of the Darwin region (Garramilla/Garrmalang). I thank them for their ongoing protection of country, and acknowledge elders past, present, and emerging.

Coles dockets

Charles Darwin University

 acknowledges all First Nations people across the lands on which we live and work, and we pay our respects to Elders both past and present.

Imprints Booksellers 

is located on the land of the Kaurna people, and we respect their people and culture.

ACEL

 acknowledges First Australians, the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing culture, their contribution and connection to land, waters and community, and we pay our respect to elders past, present and emerging.

NT News

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land in all states and territories on which we work and report. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and emerging, and honour

their history, cultures, and traditions of story telling.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We pay our respects to all First Nations peoples and acknowledge Elders past and present.

Woolworths

Woolworths Group acknowledges the many 

Traditional Owners of the lands on which we operate, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We recognise their strengths and enduring connection to lands, waters and skies as the Custodians of the oldest continuing cultures on the planet. 

Woolworths Group supports the invitation set out in the Uluru Statement from the Heart to walk together with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to actively contributing to Australia’s reconciliation journey through listening and learning, empowering more diverse voices, caring deeply for our communities and working together for a better tomorrow.

An individual

I acknowledge and pay respect to the Widjabal people of Bundjalung Nation on whose Land we work, meet and study. I recognise the significant role the past and future Elders play in the life of the University and the region. I am mindful that within and without the buildings, the Land always was and always will be Aboriginal Land

AFL

Acknowledgement of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation the AFL acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Peoples Choice

We acknowledge and honour the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet, work and live. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge and honour the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet, work and live. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past, present and future.

Luke Gosling

 I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. I pay respect to them and their cultures and to elders past, present and future.

AEU NT

We acknowledge that our office operates out of the traditional lands of the Larrakia people in Garramilla (Darwin) and acknowledge the many lands across the Territory upon which we all teach, work and learn. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.

Jingili Primary School

Woolworths second edition

Woolworths Group acknowledges the many Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia, and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. We recognise their strengths and enduring connection to lands, waters and skies as the Custodians of the oldest continuing cultures on the planet.

We are committed to actively contributing to Australia’s reconciliation journey through listening and learning, empowering more diverse voices, caring deeply for our communities and working together for a better tomorrow.

Woolworths in more detail

Our Vision for Reconciliation

Woolworths Group acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Lands and pays respect to Elders past and present.

As one of Australia’s largest retailers, we have the honour of serving thousands of communities and millions of people across rural, remote and metro areas. Representing the communities we serve, Woolworths Group has a unique opportunity to make positive and tangible changes to the lives of all Australians, including First Nations peoples.

Our latest RAP tells the story of our Reconciliation journey. Supported by our strategic focuses across Indigenous education, employment, sourcing and health, our RAP plays to our organisational strengths in the belief that our actions will make a meaningful contribution toward reconciliation and Closing the Gap within Australia.

Led by our values of ‘we care deeply’, ‘we listen and learn’, and ‘we do the right thing’, our RAP stays true to Woolworths Group’s purpose of creating better experiences for a better tomorrow.

Our vision for reconciliation is an Australia where First Nations peoples have equitable access to the essential products, services and opportunities they need to truly thrive for a better tomorrow.

A brave heart for a better tomorrow.

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Regis

Regis acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Elders past and present.

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ARRCS respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work and live and connect to Australia’s First Nations Peoples. We acknowledge Elders both past and present, whose ongoing effort to protect and promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures will leave a lasting legacy for future leaders and reconciliation within Australia.

  the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants and the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work

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I acknowledge Aboriginal people as the Traditional Owners of the country I work on, and their connection to land and community. I pay my respect to all Traditional Owners, and to the Elders both past and present.

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• The National Indigenous Times acknowledges and pays respect to past and present Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation. We recognise Aboriginal Community’s continuing connection to their lands, waters and stories and acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.

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McGrath Foundation 

In the spirit of reconciliation, the McGrath Foundation acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging who have nurtured these lands and cared for each other for thousands of years. May we learn from their experience and be guided by their wisdom.

Acknowledgement of Country

Trove acknowledges First Australian peoples as the Traditional Custodians of this country and their continued connection to land, sea, and culture. Trove pays their respects to the resilience and strength of Ancestors and Elders past, present, and emerging and extends that respect to all First Australian peoples.

AFLW

Acknowledgement of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation the AFL acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

ACEL

ACEL acknowledges First Australians, the traditional custodians of country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing culture, their contribution and connection to land, waters and community, and we pay our respect to elders past, present and emerging.

CARERS AUSTRALIA

Carers Australia acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities as the traditional custodians of the land we work on and pay our respects to elders past and present. As an inclusive organisation we celebrate people of all backgrounds, genders, cultures, and abilities.

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Dementia Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia, and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to Elders both past and present.

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I wonder if the Australian Government would like us all to be like Dolly the Sheep – clones?

What a bastard of a journey has been assigned to growing numbers of sufferers and carers. It IS a day of sorrow and sombre realisation.

The PM at the UN spending millions to try and get a two year temporary seat on the Security Council.

What an abysmal waste with the big boys permanently there, able to veto and block any recommendations or proposals from the floor.

All that ‘Handsome Boy’ can expect is an occasional pat on the head.

• Dementia takes away foundations of thought and makes everything shaky.

• Dementia carers internalise reservoirs of tears.

• Dementia opens the door to truculent aggressiveness.

• Values education has swung 90 degrees to the left in schools.

• Dementia saps vitality and drains all the energy from carers

The path to hell is paved with good intentions

Mark Doolan

Don’t be so open minded that your brain falls out

Caleb Bond

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Can I apply for the position?

I possess many of the skills required for such a position, not the least of which is my adherence to, and over many years of leadership, the practice of Concentric management. I’d have a fair crack at helping overcome CDU shortfalls and establishing priorities.

All staff and all students would know who I was, and I would get to know them well.

My attendance at all these conferences held in such plentiful quantity would be by Zoom or phone conference, and I would be where I should be – at my place at my work at the CDU in Darwin.

I wouldn’t demand or expect an exorbitant salary, and my personal expenses claim would be minimal, because I believe in paying my way. My CV is available to confirm my suitability for the position.

The pontifications, the power of his words and the regard paid on the worldwide stage to our Prime Minister, remind me of the mouse that roared.

Today’s reading

I try to remember to visit them every night. Dash with the camera on my iPhone. This was my visit last night. The moon is certainly growing in stature as we reach toward its fullness for the month of September.

According to Mark Butler, the Federal Minister for Health, the National Disability Insurance Scheme, NDIS, is “a cherished institution.” It certainly is an institution that’s cherished—by the thousands and thousands of providers.

From Berrimah Kebab and Pizza Shop

Thoughts

Having AI answer phones and asking what I want is eerily Frankensteinian. Human response is evermore impersonal and increasingly distant.

AI might be one of the seven last plagues prophesied in Revelation as leading to the end of the world.

Precipice Ever Looming

There is significant fragility and growing uncertainty around educational leadership in 2026. Indeed, that uncertainty extends to all organisations and all branches of leadership. Nobody in the top echelons of leadership trusts the perceptions of those whom they lead. They feel insecure, and their tenure seems to be ever more uncertain. 

They feel that those looking up toward the positions they occupy hold for them anything from indifference to downright hostility for the job they are doing.

 The interactions between leaders and subordinates are based on uncertainty, a great deal of suspicion and jealousy of others that often simmers just below the surface.. The unanimity and one-man-ship have gone by the by. There is no trust. There is ever more distrust. There is no certainty.

As an eighty-year-old man, I reflect and write a lot. I so often yearn for the transparency, honesty, and straightforwardness that were part of my earlier decades and have now vanished from the world.

Humour, genuine laughter and mirth have also been submerged in the boghole of straitened expectation and serious, monitored workplaces.

These days authorities and organisations try as hard as they can to make things as difficult as they can for people to transact their way through life particularly if you’re a couple who have been together for a hell of a long time. If one of you has Dementia and the is their carer,  any obstacle that they can throw in the way for both the person with the Dementia and their carer is put there so that you have to jump through hoops and over hurdles in order to try and manage the situation which so increasingly complex. 

It used to be simple once upon a time when trust and love were part of the equation but these days there so much legalese  about everything that the whole issue  just becomes bloody  impossible and incomprehensible to understand. 

If doesn’t help much when you’re dealing with people on the telephone whose level of  English is just not there. It’s all bloody hopeless.

The Australian Government is a yoke, a heavy burden around the Australian neck. “The government is marching us into darkness”. (David Elliot)

Greed and an unquenchable thirst for power by all political leaders will supplant reasoned and rational reality.

China will become number one as it blows the world sky-high.

What a celebration!

The insatiable population growth of 370, 000 will have already tilted Earth’s axis because of people volume and weight, placing Earth on a new annual orbit that will take us closer to the Sun.

That will fulfil the prophecy of Recelation that the world will be destroyed by fire.

developer, not a punisher

• We are so blessed in Australia to have a Prime Minister who prefers to reposition colleagues into more appropriate portfolios if they find it hard. He is not into sacking but instead developing them. He is an aware and empathetic leader and an outstanding captain of the Australian political ship.

Cigarette smoking should be prohibited when weather bureau fire bans have been declared. Cigarettes start bushfires.

A careful constructor of body language

Our PM is most careful to ensure that the messages he offers are not distracted from their import by his body language.  In terms of matter, manner of delivery and method of appeal, he is top drawer. If a member of Toastmasters, he would be certificated as a gold standard communicator

I am totally and thoroughly disenchanted with the major parties. Even in the NT, I am starting to doubt the credibility of our CLP Government after its crass handling of a totally inadequate and woeful Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill – legislation so poorly and deliberately minimised that its passage is tantamount to a broken election promise.

Humanity and humans are degrading themselves to a point of being almost indistinguishable from predators of the so-called animal kingdom. The bad are outnumbering the good. We are sinking fast.



So often bad the governments are voted back into Office because voters have very short-term memories and quickly forget the arrogance of government in terms of the way it operates. They are also fooled by believing and promises of government’s make about what they will do to reform the situations after eviction occur therefore nothing changes and bad governments are constant particularly in Australia at the Federal level 

While most formal education takes place in classrooms, learning opportunities beyond the ‘four walls’ can add to student development. The part excursions play in furthering awareness should be appreciated.

Excursions extend normal teaching and learning contexts and are planned to support development and knowledge of the world beyond school boundaries.

In primary school, the child’s first extended educational experience may be an overnight camp at school. By the time children are in year 3 or 4, excursions often extend to provide for overnights of one or two days at places away from home. Berry Springs Wildlife Park is a top end example of where children camp and learn about animals, birds and nature.

Children in upper primary years may spend up to a week at the Batchelor Outdoor Education Centre, Outbound Adventure at Wallaroo (on the Arnhem Highway) or at similar places. These programs build confidence, introduce students to new skills and allow them to develop a sense of living that goes beyond the home. Sometimes exchanges between schools take place, with students being able to learn about other places in the Territory, for example Katherine, Jabiru and other Territory towns and communities.

Extending knowledge

In recent years, senior primary students have travelled interstate on extended excursion programs. One of the most popular destinations is Canberra where the War Museum, Parliament House, the National Art Gallery and other places of significance are visited. Education officers working in each place offer key learning and understanding opportunities. Some school groups, while down south, also visit Australia’s snow fields.

Destinations for some primary and secondary school excursion groups include overseas countries as near as Indonesia and as far away as Japan.

‘Living’ learning

Excursions add value to learning, enabling students to extend their knowledge and understanding. After reading, visualising or being told about elements of the curriculum studied, they get to ‘live’ in these environments beyond home and school.

Learning outside the classroom enables students and staff to build on positive relationships. Often those participating come back to school with added appreciation and respect for each other. Excursions are exercises in team building. They certainly help those taking part to understand and know each other as people. They come at a cost to parents and often engage schools in fundraising. However, the value added to student learning outcomes makes the preparation and expenditure fully worthwhile.

Note: Extended excursions are often referred to as ‘camps’.

Published on September 12 2017 in local newspaper

• NT VAD Bill – a sham and a credibility lacking disgrace.

• NDIS is being undone by govt ignoring gouging and rorting

• Dementia means life’s sky is always overcast.

• ‘A Daisy a Day’ for what has been stolen by savage dementia.

• Dementia is  piercing this  carer’s head  like forked lightning.

Is piercing the head of this carer like forked lightning.

IN PERTH AT OPTUS STADIUM

Fremantle home team v Geelong

Winner advances and loser is eliminated.

Crowd of 59,000 – ground sold out.

‘A Daisy a Day’ for what has been stolen by savage dementia.

For the last couple of days I have been really down in the doldrums, couldn’t care less about much at all.

I hope I get out of this mood swing before too long. Because at the moment, all I seem to do is feel tired, worried. I’m just not up to speed. Everything’s an effort.

And I have confronted many, many challenges.

Today, I’ve woken. But I wish deep depression would not permeate my soul the way it does and has for the last amounts of time.

I used to be full of effervescence. But at the moment, I feel about as vital as flat lemonade.

Beyond what can be the hell of living comes the tranquility of death. I can understand why some people look forward to dying. And also why some people end it all.

Berrimah Kebab and Pizza Shop

In Berrimah Darwin. Once you visit you will never go anywhere else for pizzas and kebabs

It is awful to think that all world leaders who are arrogant, self centred, voracious, greedy, brutal, and emboldened by bloody ambition to the point of being prepared to shred the world in their quest for power and control, were once sweet, innocent and usually adored babies.

Feeding one’s kids,

It seems like a sin,

You go out and buy,

Food for the bin.

Chips, yes please!

And chicken too,

On a plate the brow pluckers,

Tears tumble, “boo hoo”.

Plates pushed away,

Is it a sin,

To transfer good food,

From the shop to the bin?

“Sit there and eat it”!!

Kinds whinge and whine,

But refuse like mules,

For eons of time.

Minutes drag by,

Like hours it seems,

Food stays untouched,

What happens are screams.

“Take it away”,

Steadfast to the last,

They refuse like real martyrs,

To break their long fast.

The fast lasts as long,

As the food on the plate,

But once in the bin,

Young voices grate ..

“We’re hungry, we’re starving,

Feed us real quick,

Our tummies are empty,

With hunger we’re sick”!

What do you do?

(This you’ll regret),

Give lollies and sweet things,

Then peace you will get –

It’s only a breather,

Until the next meal,

Then it starts all over,

The next squawk and squeal.

POH

Father’s Day

AND

As an old man. looking into support and care to help me in terms of being a better carer for my wife, I am astounded and gobsmacked at the amount of money charged by providers for even the most minimal of care.

Old people who can support these charges are no longer thought of as Baby Boomers and the oldest Gen Xers: They are Cash Cows – usually moderate and prudent savers over the years – who are considered ripe for the picking.

A happy Father’s Day to all Fathers from one who is glad to be the father of three great children.

I am missing the moon

Today I feel very old .

Written on September 4 2018

All non-indigenous Australians should pay land rent to Indigenous Australians from whom Australia was wrested.

The money should be paid annually, like a rate and on top of present rate payments to local government authorities. The money should go to the indigenous corporation or organisation representing the groups whose land has been re-purposed.

We increasingly recognise by statements of appreciation, the groups on whose land we squat. This would add sincerity of purpose and additional meaning to the words being spoken

360-degree perspective

————— Cokoured in the aura of her own magnificence

Why is Jim Chalmers like a cuckoo and not a hen?

The hen lay golden eggs for Jack. Jim steals golden nesteggs from othetd

Religion in all its forms, it’s nothing but intrusive.

It gets in the way of everything that’s done, and it’s the prime cause of most of the world’s conflicts.

Every religion seems to have a desire to conquer every other religion and turn people from being what they are into something else—from Christians into Muslims, or from Muslims into Hindus, or Hindus into Buddhists, or Buddhists into Christians, and so on and so forth.

It just gets in the way and really mucks everything up.

Religion’s responsible for about 90% of the world’s problems.

If it wasn’t for religion, there’d probably be a lot more peace in the world.

I am very old and very tired.

I am one who went before and am now government garbage.

But I hope you as someone much younger feel more relevant and that things are going well for you.

Published on 2 September 2018

WHERE ARE WE GOING

In political terms, the past fortnight has left me bemused and in some sort of limbo state. The federal happenings conjure up a mind picture of political quicksand into which the government is sinking. Sinking with our political leaders, must be the perceptions held of this country by overseas observers. “Which prime minister today” is a legitimate question. So too, is asking which minister is responsible for what! In the back of everyone’s mind is the question of when the next election (general, not by-election) will be called.

It often seems that the only thing on the minds of politicans, is when the next election will take place. The country is in constant, everlasting, electoral mode.

Here in the NT, we are wrestling with the notion of being part of the ‘Boundless Possible’ equation – a catch-cry that has many Territorians in a lampooning mode. There may be lip service paid to this anomalous pair of words, but the thoughts in the heads of people would be interesting to read.

The apparent aspiration built into these words reflects on Dubai, where those words or desperately similar, were adapted before falling off the back of a truck into the NT. Mind you, the truck ride provided by consultants, cost our government 1.5 million dollars

I AM bemused

Has much really changed eight years on?

Phone contact options

Email contact applications

News 24

AFL

Cricket

I am a very, very old and very, very traditional man.

• Dementia strips involuntary living habits from sufferers’ memories.

• Dementia makes victims/carers prisoners for life.

• Dementia reminds me off woodworm in Thames River hulks.

• Dementia destroys the reality of time and distance for victims.

• Aust. is now a country of hostile social and cultural tribes.

NT VAD Bill – a sham and a credibility-lacking disgrace.

Why is the Federal Albanese Government hell-bent on sacrificing Australia, turning it from a country of opportunity and prosperity into a rugged and awful place where decency is being sacrificed to ambition, and the thought of collectivity has become an approach of individualised selfishness?

You get born

You grow up

You become old

You go dead.