“It’s all good”, I hear it all the time! So much so that it’s enough to drive me to distraction! Even Blind Freddy would agree with me on this one! So why all the fuss over such an insignificant but popular catch phrase? Well,...
Topics: Aussie colloquialisms, Australian language, Bamboozle, Deliberate deception, English language, Happy little vegemite, One sided conversation, Sarcasm, Self-deception, Social intercourse

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Making a living will has been in the back of my mind for sometime now, especially when seeing others anguish over the decision whether to continue life support by way of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the hope that their family member will...
Topics: Advanced care directive, Basic patient care, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, Die with dignity, Life support, Living Will, NFR, Not for resuscitation, Palliative care, Quality of life, Right to live or die, Senior doctor

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At births, deaths and marriages, oh! and Christmas too! is when you’ll most probably find this family all together as one. So as not to break with tradition and one day before Mother’s Day, we gathered for the marriage of the last child within the...
Topics: Forever young, Kindred souls, Marriage, Phooning, Welcome

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With the threat to our family and friends from terrorism, dependency on fossil fuels, pandemic diseases and the decline of the global economy, the ever growing costs of eternal vigilance are sapping our resources in terms of human life, natural resources.
Topics: Affirmative action, Fossil fuels, Global conflicts, Global economy, Pandemic diseases, Terrorism, Time for change, War

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ANZAC Day , Australia's most important national occasion commemorated on the 25 April of every year, not only marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War at Gallipoli.
Topics: ANZAC Day, Flight Lieutenant John Joseph McCabe, Gallipoli, Lest We Forget, Ode of Remembrance, Private Ralph Thomas Cooke, Two-up

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