by Heather Hastie | Sep 13, 2017 | Australia, Tweets
Today, the US lost one of its LGBTQ icons, Edie Windsor, who was a champion of marriage equality in that country. There’s a short video about her in the Political Tweets section below. However, it’s the situation in Australia I want to talk about. Despite...
by Heather Hastie | Jul 12, 2017 | Australia, Religion
Prior to the latest census in Australia (2016) the Atheist Foundation of Australia ran a campaign. It was to urge people to mark the “NoReligion” option on the census form. The number that did so was 29.6%, almost double the 16% of 2001, just fifteen years...
by Heather Hastie | Feb 13, 2017 | Australia, Religion
The Australian government set up the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in 2013. There were ongoing revelations in the media of institutions moving alleged abusers moving from school to school rather than reporting them to the police....
by Heather Hastie | Jun 14, 2016 | Science & Nature
Once again Amy Carparelli has sent me a video that deserves as wide an audience as possible. This clip of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef was published in December 2015 by attenboroughsreef.com and is full of wonderful images, in the true sense of the word....
by Heather Hastie | Aug 30, 2015 | Australia, Democracy, Religion, US Politics, Winners and Worries
This week the Sinner is again political – it’s easy to find a recipient in US politics – and the Saint award goes to Australia. Giving an award to Australia is damn near impossible for any New Zealander, so make the most of it – it might never...
