Dad's Update

My dear Dad is currently in my beloved England
There is no postcard yet...but just prior to his departure he sent my sister-in-law and i the following instructions:-

"Look after the country until we get back."

So Dad I thought I'd post you an update.
Dear Dad
In my attempts to run the country I'm being hampered by a Mr Howard who is determined to rid Australia of its current industrial relations system. So yesterday I had no cash to run this part of the country because we had to go on strike to keep our TAFE AWA free - I mean part time casual teachers have few enough conditions anyway! And it seems that Uni's funding is now being tied to them getting staff to take up AWAs - because they too are swimming in cash...it's so bad that even the SMH noticed and ran an article on Saturday in My Career.

The country sent itself into a frenzy about the Corby verdict...the media were awash with emotion and have since replayed the whole thing several times.

Graham Kennedy - the man you usen't to let us watch on TV died - so you don't need to worry about that any more.

Diane, the nice lady i sit next to at the ACO was interviewed in Spectrum about her new book - following in the family tradition I have clipped this from the paper for you to read.

The market has gone up and down again - but the RBA didn't increase interest rates - yeah!

The brothers have been silent which I construe to mean working hard - I certainly have...but haven't finished my Uni essays yet (I'm writing this instead :-))

The weather has been shockingly cold though we haven't had a frost yet and the roses have continued to bloom magnificently.

Look forward to you coming home with photos Dad.