Category Archives: politics / current affairs / ecology

Vale Margaret Whitlam: a woman to look up to (a short girl says thank you)

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Beth Spencer

I was so saddened to hear of the death of Margaret Whitlam (nee Dovey) yesterday, described by her husband Gough as ‘a remarkable woman and the love of my life.’ She was 92, and they would have been celebrating their … Continue reading →

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Housing Asylum Seekers in the Community: the costs and benefits of community detention and the real story behind those reports of ‘luxury packages’

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Beth Spencer

For those who were sickened by the front page ‘news’ in the tabloids last week about luxurious goods given to asylum seekers — sickened because they believed it, or sickened because they knew in their hearts it was lies — … Continue reading →

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Detention is not a ‘solution’: Asylum Seekers, children, and the need to heal trauma not exacerbate it

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Beth Spencer

I wrote this letter to my local politician this morning. Feel free to borrow any parts of it if you too are upset by plans to have children and traumatised refugees sent to offshore detention camps in Malaysia, and wish … Continue reading →

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