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https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2011/12/saturday-morning-musings-question-of.html Personal Reflections: Saturday Morning Musings - a question of identity My thanks to Ramana's post Where Are You From? for this link - Ariane Sherine's It may not be racist, but it's a question I'm tired of hear... personal reflectionssaturday morningmusingsquestionidentity https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-us-financial-package-should-be.html Personal Reflections: Why the US financial package should be rejected In a post on my Management Perspectives blog, Why the US financial package should be rejected - and why Australia will ride out the storm , ... personal reflectionsthe usfinancialpackagerejected https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2016/09/sunday-snippets-lessons-from-murray.html Personal Reflections: Sunday Snippets - lessons from the Murray Goulburn affair Its a beautiful day here in Sydney. First load of washing hung out, second in machine. It's birthday season. Eldest's birthday was on the se... personal reflectionssunday snippetsfrom thelessonsmurray https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2016/09/saturday-morning-musings-christian.html?showComment=1476698774162 Personal Reflections: Saturday Morning Musings - Christian Porter's overreach? The announcement on Tuesday 20 September 2016 by Australian Social Services Minister Christian Porter that the Government was adopting the... personal reflectionssaturday morningchristian portermusingsoverreach https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2007/11/musings-on-university-of-new-england.html?showComment=1195551120000 Personal Reflections: Musings on the University of New England Experience I have always felt lucky to have attended the University of New England when I did. Even today and despite all the changes that have occurre... university of new englandpersonal reflectionsmusingsexperience https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2016/11/monday-forum-as-you-will.html?showComment=1478851306113 Personal Reflections: Monday Forum - as you will Another Monday Forum. As always, feel free to go in in whatever The UK Daily Mail got quite upset at the High Court's decision on the Br... personal reflectionsas youmondayforum https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2006/11/public-administration-and-awb-affair.html Personal Reflections: Public Administration and the AWB Affair - setting the scene In my last post on the AWB Affair, I suggested that a major issue for me was the way the affair suggested the existence of systemic proble... personal reflectionspublic administrationand theawbaffair https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2011/10/saturday-morning-musings-rain-terra.html?showComment=1318254792561 Personal Reflections: Saturday morning musings - rain, Terra Nova & The Slap This morning I browsed the Australian papers as I usually do looking for story ideas. Not inspiring. There are perhaps things that I shoul... personal reflectionssaturday morningterra novamusingsrain https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2008/09/scattered-friday-thoughts.html Personal Reflections: Scattered Friday Thoughts So much to do today, so this post is limited to some very scattered thoughts, really notes to myself. In a comment to Anon on New England St... personal reflectionsscatteredfridaythoughts https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2013/01/hysteria-over-fire-risk.html Personal Reflections: Hysteria over fire risk personal reflectionshysteriafirerisk https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2020/01/when-john-deere-becomes-to-dear.html Personal Reflections: When John Deere becomes too dear Very slow getting underway in the new year. I'm working on a course. My apologies to all. Interesting article in Vice by Matthew Gault, ... personal reflectionsjohn deerebecomesdear https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2007/05/depression-series.html Personal Reflections: The Depression Series Well, I have now completed the depression series on the Managing the Professional Services Firm blog , including insertion of a full list of... personal reflectionsthe depressionseries https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2010/04/threads-in-current-australian-politics.html Personal Reflections: Threads in current Australian politics The Australian political theatre is quite interesting if also a but depressing at the present time. In NSW, the Government has announced y... personal reflectionsthreadscurrentaustralianpolitics https://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2006/02/my-personal-reflections-from-today.html?showComment=1140841200000 A Catholic Life: My personal reflections from today A Catholic Life is dedicated to teaching and transmitting the Traditional Catholic Faith with a focus on fasting, the Tridentine Mass, and customs. a catholic lifemy personalreflectionstoday https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2009/10/sunday-essay-time-technology-and.html Personal Reflections: Sunday Essay - time, technology and the fallacies of modern communications I am fairly conservative about who I follow on Twitter simply because of time constraints. I am far past that point where activities outstri... personal reflections https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2013/08/limiting-australian-presidential.html?showComment=1376042843059 Personal Reflections: Limiting Australian presidential politics: vote tactical While still bogged down on writing deadlines, I have taken the liberty tonight of returning to the blogging world just to talk about preside... personal reflectionspresidential politicslimitingaustralianvote https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2013/03/confusions-over-minister-conroy-media.html Personal Reflections: Confusions over Minister Conroy's media changes Since all hell has broken out in this country over Minister Conroy's proposed media changes, I went searching for official press release l... personal reflectionsconfusionsministerconroymedia https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2012/10/is-modern-technology-destroying.html Personal Reflections: Is modern technology destroying interaction and empathy? I have mused before on this blog about the impact on new technology on human behaviour. One example was the way in which it affected the b... personal reflectionsmodern technologydestroyinginteractionempathy https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2006/12/pacific-perspective-australia-in.html Personal Reflections: Pacific Perspective - Australia in the Pacific Photo: 4 April 1883, Queensland unilaterally annexes the southern coast of New Guinea in the name of the British Empire In my last post , I... personal reflectionspacificperspectiveaustralia https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2016/05/neanderthals-denisovans-and-homo.html?showComment=1464683435785 Personal Reflections: Neanderthals, Denisovans and homo sapiens sapiens - and now the Monday Forum... The mystery of the Neanderthals has long fascinated people. What were they? Why did they vanish? Were they wiped out by homo sapiens? No... personal reflectionshomo sapiensthe mondayneanderthalsdenisovans https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2006/12/wiganplatt-bridge-belshaws-note-1.html Personal Reflections: The Wigan/Platt Bridge Belshaws - Note 1 Photo : Church, Platt Bridge We had a lovely Christmas today. I suppose its natural at Christmas time to think about family past amd prese... personal reflectionsplatt bridgewigannote https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2018/06/karl-rove-and-rejection-of-discernible.html Personal Reflections: Karl Rove and the rejection of discernible reality The aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined as people who "believe that solutions ... personal reflectionskarl roveand therejectionreality https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-cold-front-that-was-meant-to-hit.html Personal Reflections: Saturday Morning Musings - the dog as pet The cold front that was meant to hit Sydney today has so far held off. It's been cold, but bright. Some clouds are now appearing in the we... personal reflectionssaturday morningthe dogmusingspet https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2008/11/purely-personal-clare-returns.html?showComment=1226494980000 Personal Reflections: Purely Personal - Clare returns To the airport yesterday evening to pick up youngest on her return from New Zealand. She had a fantastic time. This photo shows Clare a bit... personal reflectionspurelyclarereturns https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2007/08/australian-perspective-why-i-am-not.html Personal Reflections: Australian Perspective - Why I am not a conservative Now this post is triggered by a comment Neil Whitfield made: As my in many ways quite conservative friend Jim Belshaw says . Neil, old frie... i am notpersonal reflectionsaustralianperspectiveconservative https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2009/06/australian-aborigines-problems-with.html Personal Reflections: The Australian Aborigines - problems with personal perceptions Today I listened to a chat from an Australian Aboriginal colleague. Some of the things he said I knew to be true, some I did not know whethe... personal reflectionsthe australianproblems withaboriginesperceptions https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2014/03/musings-on-ukraine.html Personal Reflections: Musings on the Ukraine My apologies for not posting since Thursday. I have been travelling, gathering new information and ideas. A friend asked me what I thought... personal reflectionsmusingsukraine https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-importance-of-representative.html?showComment=1372718787734 Personal Reflections: The importance of representative democracy Tonight I listened to Tony Abbott saying that the Australian people elect the Prime Minister. They don't, nor should they if you want to mai... personal reflectionsimportancerepresentativedemocracy https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2007/08/history-of-australian-and-new-zealand.html Personal Reflections: History of Australian (and New Zealand?) Thought - musings Yesterday almost in a fit of absent mindedness I created a new blog, called History of Australian Thought . Or should it be History of Austr... personal reflectionshistory ofnew zealandaustralianthought https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2012/05/i-love-this-post.html?showComment=1335991209585 Personal Reflections: I love this post I was struck as only a blogger would be by this illustration that came from Lynne. This, by the way, is really only an excuse for not p... i love thispersonal reflectionspost https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2011/08/blog-performance-july-11.html Personal Reflections: Blog performance July 11 In am earlier post I commented on an apparent unexplained decline in blog traffic. The graphic shows visits (yellow) and page views (yello... personal reflectionsblog performancejuly https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2014/02/remembering-legal-eagle.html Personal Reflections: Remembering Legal Eagle Legal Eagle (Katy Barnett) is giving up blogging. I made my first blog post on 19 March 2006. The following month, on 21 April, Legal Eagl... personal reflectionsrememberinglegaleagle https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2012/07/history-blog-round-up.html Personal Reflections: History blog round up My main post today is on the New England history blog, Round the history blogs 14 - ancient pottery, Canadian photos with a dash of romance ... personal reflectionshistory bloground https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2018/07/preserving-integrity-of-historical.html Personal Reflections: Preserving the integrity of historical records in the age of cultural... Aboriginal camp near Armidale. Taken by C Brown Photographer who was working in Armidale in 1892. Seventy years ago, convict records ris... personal reflectionshistorical recordspreservingintegrity https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2016/07/pca-law-of-sea-and-battle-for-south.html Personal Reflections: PCA, the law of the sea and the battle for the South China Sea This map from the BBC sets out China's territorial claims in the South China Sea. Now the Permanent Court for Arbitration has ruled follo... personal reflectionsthe law https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2008/01/evils-of-daily-telegraph-test.html Personal Reflections: The evils of "the Daily Telegraph" test Thats NSW State Labor looking after your children and their wellbeing for you. Who in their right mind, other than lazy deadbeat parents ... personal reflectionsdaily telegraphevilstest https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2011/10/myth-of-mobile-australian.html Personal Reflections: Myth of the mobile Australian I first became aware of the myth of the mobile Australian back in 1980. Then, like most Australians, I accepted the view that Australians an... personal reflectionsof themythmobileaustralian https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2012/06/newspaper-decline-market-segmentation.html Personal Reflections: Newspaper decline, market segmentation & a reality check I'm very tired tonight, so just a short ramble. I don't have time to check the links to my own writing. I will try to do so later. In Aust... personal reflectionsmarket segmentationnewspaperdeclinereality https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2012/01/sunday-snippets.html Personal Reflections: Sunday snippets I feel a bit as though I am walking on eggshells this morning. I have a very busy day in front of me, so only a few snippets. Over on Ge... personal reflectionssundaysnippets https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2010/05/case-studies-in-public-administration.html Personal Reflections: Case studies in public administration Earlier Kangaroo Valley David had one of his usual thoughtful comments on my post, Rupert Murdoch and the future of blogging . The comment ... personal reflectionscase studiesin publicadministration https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2010/01/saturday-morning-musings-blogs-blogging.html Personal Reflections: Saturday Morning Musings - blogs, blogging and Canada's constitutional crisis Just a bit of a round-up this morning on various blogs and blogging. I have been enjoying maximos62's posts on revisiting Indonesia. I wa... personal reflectionssaturday morning https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2011/11/pubs-daughters-fuzzy-wuzzy-angels.html Personal Reflections: Pubs, daughters & the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels As someone fascinated by the idiosyncrasies of human life, I love the sometimes randomness of it all. I have mentioned before that eldest ... personal reflectionsfuzzy wuzzypubsdaughtersangels https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2009/01/congratulations-to-marcellous.html Personal Reflections: Congratulations to Marcellous To say that I was pleased that one of Marcellous's posts, E M and 'The Macropoulos Secret , had been selected for publication in On-Line Opi... personal reflectionscongratulations https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2021/07/naidoc-week-reflections-on-teaching-of.html?showComment=1626011919201 Personal Reflections: NAIDOC Week - reflections on the teaching of Aboriginal history Aboriginal languages, NSW at the time of European Occupation. In 1788 there were at least 250 Aboriginal languages on the Australian contine... personal reflectionsnaidoc weekthe teachingaboriginalhistory https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2013/07/hockey-two-clares-coincidence-in-far.html Personal Reflections: Hockey, two Clares & coincidence in a far city It was already getting cold as Clare and I arrived at Moorebank for the hockey. I stood there with a pink champagne (a charity fund raiser... personal reflectionshockeytwoclarescoincidence https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2006/11/words-and-manners-use-and-abuse-of.html?showComment=1163186520000 Personal Reflections: Words and Manners - the use and abuse of "the punters" The way we use (and abuse) words says a lot about us and our attitudes. As an Australian case, take the evolution of the word punter. The wo... personal reflectionsthe usewordsmannersabuse https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2011/11/in-one-of-his-now-rare-blog-posts-paul.html?showComment=1321696544829 Personal Reflections: The education trap In a post on the Lowy Institute blog, Development: A misplaced emphasis on education? , Danielle Romanes said in part: The idea of educ... personal reflectionsthe educationtrap https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2012/02/computer-woes.html Personal Reflections: Computer woes My computer has been down since the weekend. Posting will be difficult until I have it back personal reflectionscomputerwoes https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2012/10/saturday-morning-musings-gender.html?showComment=1350445675066 Personal Reflections: Saturday morning musings - gender & the possible rise of Mr Turnbull? The new information emerging on the Slipper matter is tending to support the position I adopted in Abbott, Gillard - time to stop! . Peter H... personal reflectionssaturday morning https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2010/05/australian-budget-2010-assumptions-and.html Personal Reflections: Australian budget 2010 - assumptions and issues Last night's Federal budget from Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan has, as you might expect, received blanket coverage in the Australian medi... personal reflectionsaustralian budgetassumptionsissues https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2009/06/visiting-vancouver-3-canadian-history.html?showComment=1246316264544 Personal Reflections: Visiting Vancouver - 3: Canadian history through Australian eyes, early days I my second post in this series, I said: I had not properly realised just how different Canada's history is to that of Australia or New Zea... personal reflectionscanadian history https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2011/09/pacific-island-forum-china-australia.html Personal Reflections: Pacific Island Forum, China & Australia's future migration The Pacific Island Forum (and here ) meeting is getting underway In Auckland. An editorial in the New Zealand Herald provides a good summa... personal reflectionspacific islandforumchinaaustralia https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2013/10/australian-life-diving-into-australia.html Personal Reflections: Australian life - diving into Australia's past personal reflectionsaustralian lifediving intopast https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2015/10/saturday-morning-musings-big-ships.html?showComment=1445127077880 Personal Reflections: Saturday Morning Musings - Big ships, Carmichael and environmental processes A week ago I had just got home. This morning's post is a simple wander. To begin with, what do you think of this cruise ship ? My reacti... personal reflectionssaturday morningmusings https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2010/10/sunday-essay-why-who-signs-what-is.html Personal Reflections: Sunday Essay - why who signs what is important As a manager and adviser over a now considerable period, I have worked through a number of different sometimes overlapping management fashio... personal reflectionswhat issundayessaysigns https://catalogueofstelisabethconvent.blogspot.com/2018/01/personal-reflections-on-feast-of.html Personal Reflections on the Feast of the Nativity of Christ - The Catalog of Good Deeds personal reflectionsthe feast https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2011/10/saturday-morning-musings-rain-terra.html?showComment=1318132119182 Personal Reflections: Saturday morning musings - rain, Terra Nova & The Slap This morning I browsed the Australian papers as I usually do looking for story ideas. Not inspiring. There are perhaps things that I shoul... personal reflectionssaturday morningterra novamusingsrain https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2018/09/monday-forum-things-that-inspire.html?showComment=1537249357375 Personal Reflections: Monday Forum - things that inspire My internet connection has been down, system outage, which proved a complete pain! Forcibly removed from my screen, I was sitting there in... personal reflectionsmondayforumthingsinspire https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2015/08/saturday-morning-musings-note-on.html?showComment=1439709854640 Personal Reflections: Saturday Morning Musings - a note on vegemite Vegemite is an Australian staple, although even not all Australians like it. The photo shows both vegemite and its rival marmite. It ap... personal reflectionssaturday morningmusingsnotevegemite https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2012/04/train-reading-introducing-very-short.html?showComment=1335200492001 Personal Reflections: Train Reading - introducing a very short history of the world My train reading this last week has been Geoffrey Blainey's "A very short history of the world" (Penguin Group Australia, revised edition, 2... personal reflections https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2015/06/that-australian-life-killing-season-mr.html?showComment=1433925629574 Personal Reflections: That Australian life - the Killing Season, Mr Rudd and the GFC This morning I watched the first episode of the new ABC political documentary, The Killing Season , on the Rudd-Gillard years. The photo ... personal reflectionsaustralian lifethe killing https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2007/07/buxom-wenches.html?showComment=1185271740000 Personal Reflections: Buxom Wenches I was going to run one of Norman Lindsay's nudes to illustrate this story. But then I was side-tracked by this painting . You see, I have al... personal reflectionsbuxomwenches https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2016/07/rope-and-roma.html?showComment=1469707998391 Personal Reflections: Rope and Roma Just snippets this Sunday, Monday, Tuesday , Wednesday. Interesting piece in Past Horizons: 40,000 year old mammoth ivory rope-making to... personal reflectionsroperoma https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2013/07/hockey-two-clares-coincidence-in-far.html?showComment=1373874817531 Personal Reflections: Hockey, two Clares & coincidence in a far city It was already getting cold as Clare and I arrived at Moorebank for the hockey. I stood there with a pink champagne (a charity fund raiser... personal reflectionshockeytwoclarescoincidence https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2006/09/baby-boomers-generation-x-generation-y_29.html?showComment=1159738380000 Personal Reflections: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y - Setting the Scene Note to readers: Because there is an interesting (at least I find it so) discussion going on at present between David and myself on this a... personal reflectionsbaby boomersgeneration xsettingscene https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2013/07/saturday-morning-musings-rudd-electoral.html Personal Reflections: Saturday Morning Musings - the Rudd electoral factor Today's Saturday Morning Musings is a round-up of some of the things that attracted my attention over the last week, things that I could hav... personal reflectionssaturday morningmusingsruddelectoral https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2016/01/saturday-morning-musings-updating.html?showComment=1453520842341 Personal Reflections: Saturday Morning Musings - Updating Australia's cultural decline following a... The discovery of an apparent human massacre dating to some 10,000 years ago ( Archaeologists unearth the earliest evidence of warfare betw... personal reflectionssaturday morning https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2015/01/mr-abbotts-terminal-political-illness.html?showComment=1422599119963 Personal Reflections: Mr Abbott's terminal political illness Given my views, I had no particular problem with Mr Abbott's award of a knighthood to the Duke of Edinburgh. Measured objectively, and you d... personal reflectionsmr abbottterminalpoliticalillness https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2010/12/ogilvies-wrights-social-change.html Personal Reflections: Ogilvies, Wrights, social change I am not posting today in any substantive way because my writing obsessions are elsewhere directed. In 1923: Classical Greek in the New En... personal reflectionsogilvieswrightssocialchange https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2015/06/mixed-incomerental-models-in-social.html Personal Reflections: Mixed income/rental models in social housing I have recently been involved in discussions on the development of a new social housing policy for NSW. For those who are interested, you ... personal reflectionsrental modelsin socialmixedincome https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2008/10/sunday-essay-for-ramana-india-and.html?showComment=1223771580000 Personal Reflections: Sunday Essay - for Ramana: India and Australia This photo shows the Guru Nanak Gurdwara ('The Temple on the Hill'), the second Sikh temple built in Woolgoolga, a seaside town on the New ... personal reflectionssundayessayramanaindia https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2016/04/gambias-islamic-state.html?showComment=1461145318324 Personal Reflections: Gambia's Islamic state We get very little African news in Australia, so it requires a special effort to keep up. This is a photo of Gambian President Yahya Jamme... personal reflectionsgambiaislamicstate https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-performance-october-2008.html Personal Reflections: Blog Performance - October 2008 Hasty correction: I showed this post to Helen who pointed out two errors. The team is the women's team, not the mixed one (ouch!). It foll... personal reflectionsblog performanceoctober https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2013/08/saturday-morning-musings-elections.html?showComment=1377322858051 Personal Reflections: Saturday Morning Musings - elections, budgets & the patterns of political and... I have been off air, so to speak, since Monday because of the need to complete other things. Meantime, the election has ground on. This has ... personal reflectionssaturday morning https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-baaa-studs-present-shepherding.html Personal Reflections: The Baaa-Studs present "Extreme Shepherding" This is one of those extremely clever advertising videos, in this case for Samsung LED television sets,that has gone viral. At first I thoug... personal reflectionsstudspresentextremeshepherding https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2007/07/timgad-and-study-of-australian-history.html Personal Reflections: Timgad and the Study of Australian History Photo: Ruins, Roman city of Timgad , modern Algeria Sunday night I watched the continuing story of the Roman Empire on SBS . This program ... personal reflectionsand thetimgadstudyaustralian https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2008/11/joshua-gans-and-our-internet-community.html?showComment=1227304740000 Personal Reflections: Joshua Gans and our Internet community I wanted to briefly record this one, in part so that I did not lose the reference, in part because I know that there is an interest in our i... personal reflectionsjoshua gansand ourinternetcommunity https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2010/02/will-my-school-destroy-naplan.html Personal Reflections: Will My School destroy NAPLAN? My main post today, History of the New England New State Movement 2 - defining New England , is on the New England's History blog. This took... personal reflectionsmy schooldestroynaplan https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2013/08/elections-representative-democracy-and.html?showComment=1377894488940 Personal Reflections: Elections, representative democracy and popular opinion As the Australian Federal election campaign enters its last week, both sides are attempting to appeal to what they perceive as popular topic... personal reflectionsrepresentative democracyelectionspopularopinion https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2009/03/saturday-morning-musings-past-is-always.html Personal Reflections: Saturday Morning Musings - the past is always present It is 4am Saturday. Given the continuing computing problems I referred to in Continuing computer woes - and problems with Sydney life , I am... personal reflectionssaturday morningthe pastmusingsalways https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2008/05/bill-henson-art-and-child-pornography.html Personal Reflections: Bill Henson, art and child pornography Having finally completed a long post, Sunday Essay - The beliefs of a New England populist , I had absolutely no intention of writing anothe... personal reflectionsbill hensonand childartpornography https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2015/06/that-australian-life-killing-season-mr.html?showComment=1433970572099 Personal Reflections: That Australian life - the Killing Season, Mr Rudd and the GFC This morning I watched the first episode of the new ABC political documentary, The Killing Season , on the Rudd-Gillard years. The photo ... personal reflectionsaustralian lifethe killing https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2016/01/that-australian-life-has-australian.html?showComment=1453510213985 Personal Reflections: That Australian Life - has Australian culture entered into decline? Triggered by two TV documentaries, Monday Forum - Brilliant Creatures, Blood and Thunder and the culture that formed us concluded: On... personal reflectionsaustralian lifecultureentereddecline https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2009/06/ Personal Reflections: June 2009 personal reflectionsjune https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2015/03/australians-loss-of-faith-in-age-of.html?showComment=1426767110578 Personal Reflections: Australian's loss of faith in an age of ennui Yesterday at tennis, youngest commented that she and most of her generation had given up on the idea of home ownership. I argued against tha... in an agepersonal reflectionsaustralianloss https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2011/07/comfort-reading-to-serve-them-all-my.html Personal Reflections: Comfort reading - to serve them all my days Regular commenter KVD has been after me to resume my Greek odyssey. I will do so! Have you heard the phrase comfort reading? I think that ... personal reflectionsto servecomfortreadingdays https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-importance-of-aboriginal-concept-of.html?showComment=1368696870194 Personal Reflections: The importance of the Aboriginal concept of respect This post is for my Aboriginal friends including Callum and Susan. I was emailed about a proposed Aboriginal monument in Armidale. I will do... personal reflectionsimportanceaboriginalconceptrespect https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2012/11/train-reading-kevin-gilbert-living-black.html Personal Reflections: Train reading - Kevin Gilbert's Living Black One of the more difficult things that I have to do as both a sometimes historian and social commentator is to read and write things about th... personal reflectionskevin gilberttrainreadingliving https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2012/12/train-reading-ray-bass-teachers-college.html Personal Reflections: Train Reading - Ray Bass's Teachers College to University I was going to start bringing up the next post in the current higher education series, but I don't have time this morning. While writing t... personal reflectionsteachers collegetrainreadingray https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2021/01/reflections-on-passage-of-time-deaths.html?showComment=1609746924367 Personal Reflections: Reflections on the passage of time - deaths of Mungo MacCallum and Doug... Talking to people and in on-line discussions, the major reaction to the new year has been one of relief that 2020 has finished. It has indee... passage of timepersonal reflections https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2012/09/visit-bookshop-week-starts-22-october.html Personal Reflections: Visit a bookshop week starts 22 October - spread the word This is a bookshop, in Gunnedah. Remember bookshops? They are places that sell printed books, things that you can buy and take away to ... personal reflections https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2015/08/another-morning-at-rugby-tas-v-scots.html Personal Reflections: Another morning at the Rugby: TAS V Scots It was a beautiful day in Sydney yesterday. It was the last match in this year's GPS thirds competition for my old school TAS (The Armida... personal reflectionsanother morningrugbytasv https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2012/10/economic-threads-need-for-new-view.html Personal Reflections: Economic threads & the need for a new view Tonight's brief post draws together a few recent economic threads. After having just watched Looper , I'm not sure that I'm up to any more!... personal reflectionsthe needeconomicthreadsnew https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2007/10/end-month-traffic-review-september-2007.html Personal Reflections: End Month Traffic Review - September 2007 Another end month, another blog traffic review. I have spent a bit of today reviewing traffic patterns and preparing end month material for ... personal reflectionsendmonthtrafficreview https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2009/08/australia-dumb-would-be-terrorists.html Personal Reflections: Australia's dumb would be terrorists To say that I was a bit flabbergasted by the latest terrorism scare in Australia would be an understatement. I didn't know whether to be mor... personal reflectionsaustraliadumbwouldterrorists https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2006/12/demographic-change-note-on-germany.html Personal Reflections: Demographic Change - a note on Germany I apologise to those who may have got several feeds on the Pacific story. Unfortunately there was some corruption with the story including ... personal reflectionsdemographic changenotegermany https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2008/10/personal-reflections-anne-of-green.html Personal Reflections: Personal Reflections - Anne of Green Gables, depression about indigenous... While in China I bought a copy of L M Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables . Published in 1908 and set in Canada's Prince Edward Island, the b... anne of green gablespersonal reflectionsdepressionindigenous https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2008/10/australian-index-one-year-ago-today.html Personal Reflections: The Australian Index - one year ago today Each day The Australian Index features a small group of bog posts from one year ago. I feel flattered that today they included one of my po... one year agopersonal reflectionsthe australianindextoday https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2010/05/problems-with-profits.html?showComment=1274772616328 Personal Reflections: Problems with profits In a comment on Sunday Essay - threads in Belshaw thought , Ramana wrote: having been a professional manager with hands on experienc... personal reflectionsproblems withprofits https://belshaw.blogspot.com/2011/04/royal-weddings-republics-real-problems.html Personal Reflections: Royal weddings, republics & real problems personal reflectionsroyal weddingsrepublicsrealproblems