Facebook has its fair share of critics and many of the accusations leveled at it and the people using it are possibly justified, especially when it comes to bullying, grooming of children and inappropriate language, photos etc.
Succession planning is very much a modern term and one that frightens many people, especially the older generation.
Those who have built up a property or farm from scratch often feel threatened by talk of succession planning. The younger generations, who may be keen to take over, but want to do things their way, are often frustrated by the lack of communication about the future.
CHOGM –Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting – is causing great excitement in Perth, at least among the political parties. The average everyday person I think sees it as a non-event or just an inconvenience. There will be those, of course, who will enjoy their glimpse of the Queen and good luck to them.
I don’t profess to understand politics and have no real ambition to try so what I’m going to write is probably far too simplistic in terms of politics but it still puzzles me.
This morning I heard on the news that Julia Gillard is hoping Tony Abbott and the opposition will assist her to amend legislation to get around the high court decision that said sending the boat people to Malaysia was illegal as their country is not party to UN Refugee Convention. (Funny how Julia will seek out Tony when she need help!)
I think most of us believed when we grew to be adults the bullying/one upmanship and other nastiness would be left behind in the playground of our childhood or youth.
What a shock that many carry those same attributes right through to adulthood and continue to make people’s lives a misery whenever/wherever they can. Some put it down to others being ‘soft’ or ‘weak’ and order them to ‘toughen up’.
A smorgasbord of whingers is how Bob Brown described the “Convoy of No Confidence’ that arrived in Canberra yesterday.
What a bl…. cheek! Citizens from across this once great nation, who are more inclined to cop blows on the chin than whinge, finally say ‘enough is enough’ and that they can’t take any more knocks from the Federal Government.
The ‘Convoy to Canberra’ will be an event the like of which has never been seen in Australia before –what the outcome will be remains to be seen. Personally I hope it is an election.
Every year there is a smaller ‘convoy’ of Australians head to one state of our great nation. They are smaller in number but just as passionate. They drive, fly, bus and train to get to the destination and the event.
Why do we live out in the middle of nowhere is a common question we are asked, about our home on a cattle station in the East Gascoyne of Western Australia?
There are plenty of times when I have asked myself that same question. When you miss out on special occasions due to distance or are unable to leave home because of wind droughts or other issues, when anyone is sick and the doctor is so far away, when a new baby is born and you can’t have a cuddle or when someone is grieving and you can’t put your arms around them, I too ask why we live here?
RAELENE HALL: I recently visited a town with better shopping facilities than our local outback centre. Now normally I would be bursting to indulge in a little retail therapy but this time I just couldn’t be bothered. I decided I didn’t need any new clothes (is the woman sick?) and even the jewellery stores couldn’t arouse more than a passing glance from me –now I knew there was something drastically wrong.
Fortunately, before I went rushing off to the psychiatrist, I decided to pop into a stationery store for a few bits and pieces. The minute I walked in the door I was cured. The shop was wall-to-wall stationery items and as a writer, and a self confessed stationery freak, I was in heaven.
RAELENE HALL: When I first began my own small business publishing a magazine for a voluntary group it was the thought of compiling an entire magazine that had me totally trembling in my boots. It didn’t even cross my mind to think about the bookwork required to run the business.
That side would be easy I thought. After all I just needed to record money coming in –hopefully lots, and money going out –not too much with any luck! First step was to buy some accounting software so into the computer shop I waltzed and found the accounting software rack. The word that attracted me to the programme I chose was ‘Easy’. I should sue them for false advertising or naming or something!
