For the best part of two decades I’ve been advocating for changes to the way young people are supported in their careers. I’ve delivered dozens of education and labour market programs, I’ve advocated from numerous angles, participated in countless pilot programs, employed numerous young people in my own businesses, brought together people working towards similar […]
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Lockdown, connection, anxiety, singing, spring, Dept of Education, events, walking tribes, advocacy, a food cart and fathers day 30 August – 5 September The weeks are jam packed and somehow this one disappeared before I could grasp it. As lockdown in regional Australia moves into it’s fourth week I am starting to notice my home
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When my child got her first job in fast food I was delighted. The world around me said that it was a ‘good start’, ‘it would set her up for her future’. Those things I must agree are very true. However, perhaps it’s not only the training program that has prepped this girl for her
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International Women’s Day was this week (or, as the NSW Government declared, NSW Women’s Week) and as this week comes to a close I want to pose an important question… Ladies, are we getting in our own way? This week has been an emotionally charged one for me. It’s been a week of standing in
Ladies: are we getting in our own way? Read More
Way back when a student could actually afford to live in Sydney, I ‘escaped’ my small regional town neatly packing my big dreams into lofty goals and vowing never to return. For almost a decade I lived in share houses starting out in the Northern Beaches gradually making the daring journey across the big bridge
There’s a lot of good to be gained via giving your time and resources in your community. Some people give because it’s how they are built – they are compelled to. You’ll find these people sharing from their garden, lending a hand to neighbours, giving frontline workers coffees and selling raffle tickets. You won’t usually
Are you really doing good? Lessons from a reformed do-gooder. Read More
I’ve no doubt the past months have tested our telecommunications services. Afterall, what else is a nation stuck at home for several months going to do? There’s been the binge watching, gaming, online shopping and oh yes, online meetings. AND as a bonus we’ve taken up new hobbies – only in a modern and slightly
A side of contempt with your bundle? Read More
When I started my job in 2016 the office was 100kms away from my home. Each day I’d arrive home exhausted and when you’re a working parent going from a busy working day back into the home to commence that role it’s not good for anyone. The paradigm of work – having a job that
Could a remote office work for you? Read More
In a society that has forgotten how to think, use manners and apply common sense the logical thing to do is regulate. Provocative statement? Well be careful what you say about it or you may just be sued (or I may as the publisher of the post hosting your comments). What? The Australian newspaper (6
Could your doofus followers land you in court? Read More
My darling middle child has always had a way with words. She’s almost 16 now. She’s worldly, she’s seen ‘stuff’ (so she tells me), she has a boyfriend (with whom time is carefully rationed during the mother’s watch) and she’s pretty sure she knows how most things work (except the washing machine which she has
Raising teen: still waving not quite drowning Read More