Raising the Barr

Raising the BARR – Week ending 19 March 2021

In How Many Ways is Our Society Becoming Less Equal Some years ago I had the chance to visit one of the theme parks on the Gold Coast. After paying…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 5 March 2021

TAFE Gets Cut Again and Again In recent days it has been revealed that another 12 jobs will be lost from our local TAFEs. This follows the dozens of jobs…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 15 January 2021

Bushfire Grants Lost to Politics While Affected Communities Suffer There are some days that you get to see the absolute worst of politics. And yes, I realise that some people…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 15 January 2021

Crystal Ball Predictions for 2021 In a column that should come with a warning “dangerous content” label, it is that time of the year when I gaze into my Crystal…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 11 December 2020

It Has Been a Year to Remember As I sit to write my last column for the year, I reflect on the past 12 months. It really has been quite…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 11 November 2020

Some Things are Getting Back to Normal Last week I attended my first “public” event since way back in March of this year. Like you, I have been avoiding large…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 30 October 2020

Never Been a More Important Time for Our Social Services If anyone out there is coming to the end of their schooling or maybe looking for a career change (forced…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 16 October 2020

Person A, Person B & ICAC Imagine for a moment a story about two people that we will call Person A and Person B. Let’s imagine that these two people work together…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 2 October 2020

Daylight Savings Mayhem As we head into the warmer months and the festive season, there will be some that are looking forward to daylight savings and those that are nervous…
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Raising the BARR – Week ending 18 September 2020

Winter Sport Wind Down As the tens of thousands of volunteers at our winter sports start to pull down the shutters of the canteen, wash and pack away the jumpers…
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