#SheInspires Jill Atkinson 

  Is there any more beautifully ethereal instrument than a harp? Jill Atkinson thinks not. You see Jill has a long history with the harp beginning before she was even born and on April 22, 2020 Jill marks 46 years of playing […]

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FRIDAY, April 24 The Porsche driver who allegedly fled the scene of a freeway crash which killed four police officers was filmed heaping abuse on one of the victims and complaining about the damage to his car, a court has heard. Leading […]

#SheDiscovers What’s New This Week

#SheSociety rounds up this week’s newest finds New Netflix Series coming Sunday: Coronavirus Explained In 2020, the world changed. This topical series examines the coronavirus pandemic, the efforts to combat it and ways to manage its mental health toll. __________________________________ Kath & […]

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THURSDAY , APRIL 23 Queensland’s Parliament last night passed laws to deliver $4.5 billion in funding to support households, businesses and the health sector hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The move came as the state recorded another two cases overnight. There are […]

Who Made My Clothes?

  This week marks Fashion Revolution Week 2020. This week commemorates the Rana Plaza factory collapse in 2013, which killed 1134 people in Dhaka District, Bangladesh. The eight storey garment factory collapsed after the upper four floors were built without permission, becoming […]

Knitting Squares For Beginners

  Come on, how about giving knitting a go.  My mother introduced me to knitting, crocheting, sewing, many crafts when I was a young girl and I am eternally grateful.  It is the best therapy to forget about stuff and chill out. […]

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  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 Queensland has recorded no new cases of coronavirus for the second time this week. A smiling Annastacia Palaszczuk told a press conference: “We are really on the track to be smashing that curve.”  “But, of course, we still […]

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  TUESDAY, April 21 In what could be a blueprint for other states, NSW is planning for school students to return to classrooms full-time from term three, under a staged rollout that will see students spending some time in class from the […]

#SheDiscovers What’s New This Week

#SheSociety rounds up this week’s newest finds New Netflix RomCom- Love, Wedding, Repeat Different versions of the same day unfold as Jack juggles difficult guests, unbridled chaos and potential romance at his sister’s wedding. Starring: Sam Claflin, Olivia Munn, Freida Pinto __________________________________ […]

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MONDAY, APRIL 19 For the first time in more than 80 days Queensland has recorded no new cases of coronavirus overnight, the state’s Premier saying she was “overjoyed”.  “This is tremendous news but we want to see this over a period of […]

What’s So Funny?

How often have you watched a TV comedy show that you don’t think is in the least bit funny, yet the studio “audience” is in stitches. No, you are not boring and an out-of-touch stick-in-the-mud for not tittering along with the comedians […]

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  It will be at least another four weeks before strict measures to slow the spread of coronavirus are eased in Australia. The Prime Minister says that before any measures are scaled back, federal and state leaders want crucial benchmarks met to […]

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THURSDAY, APRIL 16 Schools could reopen within four to six weeks to start unlocking the economy and getting people back to work, according to a report in The Australian. The paper said it understood state and territory governments will priorities getting high […]

#SheInspires Anne Wallace 

  Before the world stopped and held its collective breath I had the joy of going on a lovely day out with a friend. We lunched on a spicy cauliflower salad with pomegranates, sitting outside in the sun at the GOMA café […]

Stamping Down On COVID-19 Hoarding

  An SA supermarket boss has blasted one of his customers after  the man tried to return almost 5000 rolls of toilet paper and 150 bottles of hand sanitiser which he couldn’t sell online. John-Paul Drake, an executive with South Australian supermarket […]

Starting A Vegetable Garden

  Being in isolation might be a great time to try something new. In this series, we get the basics on hobbies and activities to start while you’re spending more time at home. There is a long history of looking to one’s […]

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