Although I know it does me no good, I sat for four days last month and watched the leader of the Church in Australia, Cardinal Pell, explain what he did and mostly didn't do to respond to children abused on his watch.
Read MoreIn fairness to those who do hit their children, or those who’d like to defend their right to do so, I will be the first to admit I fail as a disciplinarian.
Read MoreOn a whim we drove to Byron Bay in the afternoon of New Year and even the hordes of other travellers I mostly can’t abide were just part of the joy of the experience. Gelato, a dip in the sea with the dog, Spike frankly doing more howling from shore trying to avoid the actual water than swimming but happy to be there with us.
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