Author Archives: Bettsie
Stopping Home Grown Terrorists: Domestic Violence Re-defined
Yesterday, Prime Minister Tony Abbott addressed the National Press Club. Predictably his speech contained warnings of ‘Islamic death cult”, terrorism, downed planes and the ongoing need for increased surveillance. Scare & fear politics at its best. There were many important … Continue reading
Silence on Violence
Well the Queensland election is now in full swing with both major and minor parties out on the hustings with promises and counter promises announced daily. Asset sales/ leases, new roads, schools, extra teachers, extra nurses, gas & coal mining, … Continue reading
“It’s Time for Women”…Gough Responds
1972: “It’s Time”…I still remember the ALP television ads featuring Alison McCallum, Col Joye, Little Pattie, Judy Stone, Bobby Limb and a host of others. Even before Gough Whitlam and Labor were elected, there was a sense of expectation and … Continue reading
I’m A Granger
What on earth is a Granger, I can hear you ask. Well don’t reach for your dictionary as you wont find it there. Granger: A very angry grannie Quiet a few things have got me going lately but the events … Continue reading
Another Woman Died To-day
Remembering women who have lost their lives to domestic violence. Another Woman Today another woman died and not on a foreign field and not with a rifle strapped to her backand not with a large defense … Continue reading
I’m All Right Jill or Stuff The Sisterhood
Are women’s voices, once powerful and united (I am woman hear me roar) becoming quieter, quieted, singular and self focused. There has been much discussion of late on who is and who isn’t a feminist. While some (self included) have … Continue reading
Language of Exclusion
I was dismayed to read a blog by Kate Galloway referring to moves by the Queensland Government to revert to gender specific language within the Crime and Misconduct and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014. Apart from structural legislative changes to … Continue reading
Tony Abbott A Feminist …Delusional Thinking
Delusional: Having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions I have to wonder if the public announcement by Prime Minister Tony Abbott that he is a “feminist” was a ploy to win over women or a ‘stuff you’ moment to the … Continue reading
Dear Minister Morrison Part Two
Well, if I thought things weren’t going so well when I wrote to you in November, they have really gone to hell in a hand-basket now. Many commentators talk about a “race to the bottom”. Well, I think the bottom … Continue reading
Nauru …What the hell is going on?
We all know that Australia has a partnership with Nauru which allows the government to export all our unwanted asylum seekers into a prison facility on the island. The Detention Centre was first opened under the Howard Government in 2001 … Continue reading
One Voice In The Crowd 