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Juvenile Cyber Bullying

Reading Time: 3 minutesI can’t stop thinking about an article by Megan Lehmann in The Weekend Australian Magazine (14-15 July 2018, pp 14-18). It is titled, ‘Just Go KJS xo’. It is a powerful, particularly well written,...

‘Deceit’ Richard Evans

Reading Time: 2 minutes  ‘Deceit’ is the first novel of Richard Evans’ proposed Democracy Trilogy. Evans is a former Australian federal politician. He was elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1996 as Liberal Party MHR for the...

‘Calvary’

Reading Time: 2 minutes‘Calvary’ is a beautiful, wise, funny and sad film, set in a picturesque sea-side town in Ireland. This 2014 Irish production is exceptional in that it succeeds to both entertain and challenge our thinking...

‘The Bookshop’

Reading Time: 2 minutes‘The Bookshop’ is a film that is different in a number of significant ways. While this makes it more memorable, it also makes it less sugar-coated. It most certainly is not a Hollywood movie....

‘Loveless’

Reading Time: < 1 minute‘Loveless’ is a custody battle film with a twist – neither of the parents wants their 12 year old son. Set in contemporary Russia, this excellent Russian Arthouse film presents modern Russia without the...

Dr Goodall’s wish to die

Reading Time: 2 minutesIn today’s ‘Guardian Australia’, Australian Medical Association president, Dr Michael Gannon, is reported commenting on Dr Goodall’s death in Switzerland, saying that he was concerned that the “suicide of someone who’s aged 100” was...