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Tag Archives: citizenship
I think it’s Thursday
I think it’s Thursday. I know it’s still November. But if my GP were to do one of those tests to assess my cognition right now, I’d have trouble with the year, and where I am, more specifically the international … Continue reading
Posted in Theatre, Time, travel
Tagged Atlantis, Broadway, citizenship, heritage buildings, humour, indie theatre, KXT, memory, New Zealand, November, Stella, Theatre, travel, underground art, vault, writing
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The Ninety Percent Club
The other day I was speaking to a group of gynecologists from the USA. This is the kind of thing I get paid to do. They were a very political group, and as part of their conference program in Sydney, had … Continue reading
Posted in democracy
Tagged 1967 Referendum, Australian citizenship, Australian Constitution, citizenship, citizenship test, civil rights movement, compulsory voting, Constitutional Recognition, democracy, electoral law, migration, Recognition Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution., voting
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I vote therefore I am
It was 1978, Thursday, late night shopping. I was at Liverpool Westfield’s but I wasn’t buying anything. I was witnessing my parents’ Australian Citizenship ceremony. Yep, right there on Centre Stage. You know, where they hold the fashion parades, and … Continue reading
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