Author Archives: Beth Spencer

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

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’

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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Somewhere in a parallel universe: Dickens meets with his editor.

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