Category: opinion
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The real problem on our roads is…you and me!
I’m sitting here in the darkness of my room wondering if there’s a way I can get out of work tomorrow. Don’t get me wrong I want to go to work (well to the normal point) it’s more I’m gripped with anxiety and I’m genuinely scared to! No, I’m not scared of my work place,…
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Camping – the good, the average and the different!
Ok so here’s the thing, I am a non-camper! Now before you jump down my throat with the “princess and diva” comments, which I happily embrace, my dislike of camping stems back many many decades, back to the good old days of school camps. You see school camps and I didn’t ever see eye to…
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Hey Australia…if it’s ok with you, please call me Mum and a Woman.
Hey Australia….we need to talk! I’ve got to say this time I think we have gone too far! Now I am totally aware of the fact that political correctness seems to be the it thing at the moment but there comes a time when everything goes a step too far, and I think when it…
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Are you a victim of secrecising?!
I have been cheated on! I’ve suspected now, for a few weeks, that something was going on with my partner. I should have seen the signs earlier, they were all there. The emotional ones. Suddenly my partner has an increased confidence, a new glow, a different spring in his step and he is looking…well fitter.…
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Is the School Canteen now just a memory of the past?
Can someone PLEASE step away from the school canteen!! No seriously I mean it! I feel like right now I have to go into bat for the school canteen, because clearly our government and nanny state is out to ruin childhood memories! This morning it has been announced that there is now a new list…
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Why John Laws has made me re-think my skirt!
So it appears that John Laws has been slammed as sexist and a misogynist today after admitting last night that he makes women in his work place wear skirts. The comment came during an interview that saw the legendary radio host say he “loves women. It’s been one of my great downfalls in life. I…
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Things I learnt from Trump’s Inauguration!
And there you have it…just like a plot from a terrible American horror movie, Donald Trump is now the President of the United States. I was among many who spent a lot of my Saturday (Australian time) watching bits and bobs of the inauguration and I have to say there are a few things I…
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Australia – our garlic bread crisis is real!
So listen up Australia, we have a crisis on our hands! I am not talking about the type of crisis that will see politicians flood to parliament to hold 24 hour meetings, no my friends, this is much worse! We…are in the middle of a garlic bread crisis! Yup you heard it right! Wholey moley…
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2016 – What You Taught Me.
Well, 2016 you are almost over ! And as I sit out here in my backyard surrounded by an overwhelming amount of crap with my boys sleeping soundly in their pram, it’s a perfect time to reflect back on the year that was. To say 2016 has been a challenging year is an understatement. It’s…
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A tough Mum decision – why returning to work is a challenge
As a new mother, you face endless challenges you didn’t see coming. In todays society there are a lot of pressures on young mothers. From post-partum appearance to the scrutiny of life style choices and rearing decisions, but none more so than the woman’s decision on return to work. I’m amazed that in 2016 my…
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