Nothing better can happen to you during the holiday season than to spend a couple of hours every day in a cool spot under a shady tree reading an entertaining book that has a page-turning message to renew your soul. It won’t surprise you to discover that I enthusiastically recommend that any one of my … Continue reading READING A SIGNED EVERALD BOOK ...

An active group of Progressive Christians meet regularly at Redcliffe to debate the core issues of modern Christianity. They call themselves the REDCLIFFE EXPLORERS and they are interesting people who have expansive minds. I am delighted to have accepted their invitation to meet with them on Tuesday of the coming week, 4 November, at 7.00pm, … ...

(Alfred Deakin, pictured below, tried in 1895 to include a Preamble in our Constitution but Federation delegates couldn’t agree on its wording) https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN8147 PETITION CLOSES 22 OCTOBER. Together, we can ensure that, before they arrive, every immigrant signs up to live by Australian principles. And we re-commit ...

Most readers of my book WALKING WITH THE MAN BUT NOT TO CHURCH enjoy it because it charts an inspirational pathway of life for the 90% of Australians who have left churches and have no intention of ever returning. They reject organised religion and its ancient outlook on life. My book sets out a plan … Continue reading ‘WALK WITH THE MAN’ TO CREATE A ...

I have tried and failed to have the huge potential of unused productivity of Senior Australians on to the agenda of the Productivity Roundtable that takes place in Canberra next week. While I have been treated with courtesy and respect, my comments have fallen on deaf ears as the agenda of the Roundtable focusses solely … Continue reading PRODUCTIVITY ...

My hope is that 100 friends will join me at ULURU on a WALK IN THE SPIRIT and each set a goal of funds they will raise personally for Dorcas ACTS. I hope that another 1000 friends, scattered all over Australia, will do a ‘symbolic’ ULURU WALK IN THE SPIRIT of eleven kilometres in a … Continue reading 5 OCTOBER 2026 (NOT 2025). MARK IT IS YOUR DIARY AS ...

Currently, my friend Grantlee Kieza is Australia’s best selling history author, a honour that he richly deserves. Over the past decade he has published a dozen books about the history of Australia that some of you will have read. Absolute gems like Sister Viv, Flinders, Hudson Fysh, Banjo, The Remarkable Mrs Reibey, Lawson, Monash, Banks, … Continue ...

When I reached the outer fringe of old age at 80, I took up book writing seriously and have over the past 13 years published 5 of which I am proud. The Man on the Twenty Dollar Notes, Dinner with the Founding Fathers, A Beautiful Sunset, Catching the Linville Train and Walking with the Man … Continue reading Reviews of my book, “WALKING WITH THE MAN, ...

I applaud Jim Chalmers decision to hold a Productivity Roundtable at Parliament in Canberra in August with the aim of creating a plan to increase the productivity of our nation. 25 of Australia’s top financial and industrial power brokers will meet in the Cabinet Room to express the well known views they have been publicly … Continue reading ...

My morale got a boost this week when my book Walking with the Man got a #1 best seller rating in a section of books on religion at Amazon, including a 5 star rating. It also got a #2 best seller rating in another section just below a Pope Francis book. The reason is that … Continue reading ‘WALKING WITH THE MAN’ IS HITTING THE MARK The post ‘WALKING ...

I have drafted a Preamble I believe our Founding Fathers should have adopted as the opening statement of the Australian Constitution in 1901. We should vote on it (or a better version) at a Referendum to be held on the same day as Federal Election 2028 so that future Parliaments are required to uphold the … Continue reading AUSTRALIA MUST HOLD A ...

Alfred Deakin was Prime Minister of Australia three times. He was also a powerful founding father of our nation, having a huge influence in drafting our Constitution. It is important to note that he made a significant effort to include a Preamble to the Constitution that would set out what it means to be an … Continue reading WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ...