Just by making a decision to stay out of politics, you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it, if you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it.
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Men are rarely questioned on their spouses or their partners, and nor should they be. And the question to ask is why is this done to women?
It's okay, when we as women are in a serving role. But it's not okay, it appears, still, when we have full access to power.
I have severe osteoporosis. Your bones start to collapse.
I was very happy being education minister and deputy to John Cain.
I tried chemo, but chemo and I didn't agree, so we didn't persist.
Dad was a great advocate for social justice and a very quiet advocate of the essential Labor values.