“Usual problem with the drainage in the lower field…”
“Ted, are you interested in French cinema at all, Ted?”
“I wouldn’t know about that sir…”
“Are you doing anything on Friday Ted?”
“No, you misunderstand me Ted, I did mean in the evening… Do you like Tina Turner, Ted?”
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Went to the Press Freedom Media dinner held by the MEAA and Walkley Foundation to mark World Press Freedom Day. We were reminded of the deaths of 32 journalists in the Philippines on November 23 last year (it was pre-meditated – an excavator was nearby to bury the bodies and cars) and how journalists risk death or jail, even in Australia, while working for the greater good.
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It was a beautiful Sunday arvo. Traipsed out west to support the Refugee Action Coalition in a clash with the right-wing Australian Protectionist Party. The APP had organised the rally because they think Rudd should go back to Howard’s Pacific Solution. I listened to their speech and they actually think the Pacific Solution wasn’t harsh enough, our borders should be completely closed to “illegals” (what they call people who flee for their lives without having valid passports and entry visas sorted out a year beforehand).
Continue reading Visit to Villawood Detention Centre
As an ABBA superfan, I met Robert Hughes one afternoon in 1991 to make a historical record of his recollections of working with ABBA.
Continue reading Actor Robert Hughes interview: ABBA — The Movie
Joined the Bisexual table at a general trivia night. The quiz master must have been used to serious quizgoers, as he kept enforcing strict rules about keeping mobile phones off and during True and False game team members weren’t allowed to help each other.
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