George Christensen, the federal member for Dawson, delivered this speech to the House of Representatives on Wednesday, September 6, 2017. View the video of Mr Christensen’s speech here. Mr CHRISTENSEN (Dawson) (19:49): Notwithstanding any extraordinary intervention by the High Court next week, the Australian people will be asked a question about changing the definition…
Equal ability: equal pay The chorus of “foul play” whenever statistics showing fewer women in top jobs and with top salaries than men is well overdue for a reality check. Given that only about 30 per cent of women as against 100 per cent of men spend their whole adult lives in the workforce, and…
Antimacassar: Any member of a now-defunct religious and political organisation in the South Pacific that opposed the wearing of raincoats in tropical climates. Many were imprisoned by the British and the Dutch at different times for standing out in the rain quite uncovered. Bathysphere: Hermetically sealed vehicle in which a person, or persons, can travel…
Water-Taxi from a Pittwater Island Smooth water. A silver fanunder the bowsreaching away to touch the stillsketched mastsof moonlit schooners anchoredwith lanternsdistant, and the far hills with houseshung in the night. Would it be too much to ask, very reasonably, that this enchanted silver-blue journey under the full moon simply go on for ever? …