Category Archives: politics / current affairs / ecology

Equal love: why marriage is not just about having babies

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Beth Spencer

***Update: 2nd April 2012 – to send your thoughts to the Senate Enquiry (closes today) go here: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=legcon_ctte/marriage_equality_2012/info.htm or via Getup at http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/marriage-equality/senate-inquiry/senate-inquiry-into-marriage — must be in by close of today. Altho you can still always write to your local … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Work, Value, and ‘Job Capacity’ : Ability and Disability

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Beth Spencer

Reflecting — on International Day for People With Disability — on issues to do with social value, work and ‘job capacity’; and on the increasing incidence of medical disability, and why it should concern all of us. Continue reading →

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The privilege of clean water & lush wise gardens

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Beth Spencer

Did you know that more people on the planet have mobile (cell) phones than have clean water to drink? For a $25 donation to water.org you can give a fellow traveller on this planet clean water for a lifetime. (And … Continue reading →

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