Through our great good fortune in our youths we were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Memorial Day Address, 1884
Latest Papers
The working papers collection comprises historical papers as well as current ideas and works in progress on some of the major issues and topics of our times.
Every generation will develop their own aging strategies, Beehive Industries represents an interesting model of social enterprise that just might set a paradigm for the future.
5000 word report on the imperative of lifting Indigenous employment and prosperity.
First presented at the Just and Vibrant Communities National Local Government and Community Development Conference, Jupiters Townsville Hotel, Sir Leslie Thiess Drive, Townsville , 27-30 July 2003
Unpublished opinion column, 1/1/2003 on Labor's Coast Guard
This article was published in The Australian 22 January 2004 as "Beattie too tight to fight rampant child abuse"
This working paper was the source of a number of opinion columns in early 2003
This article was submitted to The Australian on the 23rd March, 2004 it was matter of some regret that it was never published. Anika Pitt has since left Goolarri and Broome but one day I feel sure her talent will be recognised! You can download a video of Anika singing below. Agents can still reach Anika through Goolarri Media Enterprises Broome 08-9192-1325
A version of this article was published in The Australian newspaper as "Party Inner Sanctum leaves new ideas on the outer" on 29 January, 2004. This is the unabridged version.
A version of this article was published as "Maverick vision hangs on detail", Australian, 08 January 2004
