I was having coffee with friends this morning when the news of yet another US school shooting popped up on the news. It's deeply saddening to hear of it. More children dead, more teachers dead. Obviously, I live in Australia. We have our own share of violence, like every nation, but not this kind. There … Continue reading Deeply Saddened
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A Message to Scott Morrison
This week, Médecins Sans Frontiers, or Doctors Without Borders, was ordered to remove their mental health team from Nauru, where about 800 refugees, including 90 or so children, are being kept in offshore detention, at the behest of the Australian Government. There have been repeated, independent reports of the appalling conditions that these, already traumatised, … Continue reading A Message to Scott Morrison
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Children are precious. We have two of them, and I am one of three siblings. A few years ago I asked my mother when you stopped worrying about your kids. She smiled, and said "Never. You just teach them as well as you're able, and then you pray that they make good choices in their … Continue reading Children
Leonie Rogers 