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Maternity Leave and the Mother Wars

Maternity Leave and the Mother Wars

A brand new survey of what women really want concerning paid maternity leave is most revealing. Contrary to the usual line that basically all women want a paid career, with perhaps family thrown in on the side, this new Galaxy poll finds overwhelming support for the importance of stay-at-home mothering..

  • A different routine … adult children welcome home.... but....

    Several recent Australian surveys have shown that young people are choosing to stay at home longer than their parents ever did; or they return back home to save money.

  • When is it time to move on

    Peter Spencer\'s hunger strike over the New South Wales legislation on farm land clearing was the focus of a recent article by Michael Duffy in the Sydney Morning Herald. He has since been evicted and is travelling around Australia speaking of his cause.

  • Jesus, Remember Me

    So Robert Pattinson has traded in Bella and his body shimmer for a shot at a non-supernatural romance called \"Remember Me\". This was probably a major challenge for Pattinson as he must transition from a brooding and semi-sulking character in love with Bella to a brooding and semi-sulking character in love with Ally.

  • It's not so difficult to do !

    Recently there was another case where someone masqueraded themselves as a doctor. In this particular case the fake doctor worked at the Alice Springs Hospital in the Northern Territory.

  • Obamacare and the Decline of a Nation

    A one trillion dollar package; a 2000 page bill; a win by just seven votes; and one big meltdown of a nation. That about sums up the numbers on the passage of Obama's health care bill. While the President has just signed the bill into law, already numerous legal challenges are being hurled against it. Indeed, so far thirteen states have filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the bill.

  • It's no joking matter

    How many times are we told that airport security is no laughing matter, and yet constantly we learn of accounts where, very stupidly, someone jokes about a bomb in their possession. Recently, unbelievably, it happened again.

  • Science fiction and sport?

    The movie \'What Women Want\' starring Australian actor Mel Gibson showed situations where he was able (for a time at least) to listen to specific women\'s minds. It gave a glimpse of how dangerous this could become if some science fiction ideas came to reality.

  • Israel Series 6 – Theology and History

    Baptist minister and cricket chaplain Mark Tronson delivered a series of six lectures on Israel and Prophecy and this series of articles are a summary of those lectures. His interest in this subject goes back many years as a Holy Land Tour Guide and writer.

  • Explaining Away Religion

    Those who dislike God and religion are stuck with the fact that the overwhelming majority of the world's population has been, and is, religious. So how does an atheist explain the widespread presence of religious belief? All sorts of schemes have been offered to account for this.

  • Israel Series 5 - Mystique

    Baptist minister and cricket chaplain Mark Tronson delivered a series of six lectures on Israel and Prophecy and this series of articles are a summary of those lectures. His interest in this subject goes back many years as a Holy Land Tour Guide and writer.

  • Israel Series 4 – The announced Judgements

    Baptist minister and cricket chaplain Mark Tronson delivered a series of six lectures on Israel and Prophecy and this series of articles are a summary of those lectures. His interest in this subject goes back many years as a Holy Land Tour Guide and writer.