Last week some of my bloggy friends got to have morning tea with our Prime Minister Julia Gillard and in doing so provoked feelings of insane jealousy in me. What a cool opportunity! What a great country we live in!
While this morning tea was simply a (very clever) PR exercise for the PM with little opportunity for the individual bloggers to raise or ask thorny questions, it did get me thinking about what I would have said to JG if I had been in attendance at that morning tea. Unlike many people I know, there are few decisions the government makes that has any kind of major impact on my life. I don’t have a child with a disability, I don’t have any family members in aged care, I don’t rely on the public health system for anything other than GP services and I don’t resent handouts being taken away from me if I earn a certain amount of money.
So what do I care about? Well there is really only one thing that JG opposes that I would love to see her change her mind on, and that is the issue of same sex marriage. While I realise that I would be just one voice, and one without a personal story to share, if I was at that morning tea on Friday I would have lent my one little voice to the issue of legalising same sex marriage in this country.
Thus, in honour of the morning tea I never had with Julia Gillard, I’d like to take my cue from the current (beautiful) edition of marie claire and draw the contents of this post straight from my favourite Pinterest board – my rainbow board.
Enjoy!
Well said Kelly. This issue is not going to go away; nor should it.
Just do it Julia, it will all turn out fine.
Love & stuff
Mrs M
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That is something I would have chosen too. I think that it takes one voice to start a conversation, so even though you say you’re only ‘one person’, it all starts somewhere.
I loved the fact that there was no pretence about the fact it was a PR activity – what a wonderful opportunity for those bloggers to meet a world leader.
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Rather love that magazine, your pinboard and your choice of of issue.. just seems so silly that it IS even an issue x
I thought I was the only freak who collected rainbows! Lovely post & images, Kelly
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Yes! Great question. I would have had questions for her in regards to education, being a teacher I understand the sad state of affairs schools are in.
I also would have asked about public health having dealt with it this year with 4 surgeries- each one the care has been really bad. They’ve thrown me out because they have had no beds. I was sent home once in a terrible state with the canular still in my arm and just last week I was still compeltely drugged out and nearly fainted when I got home and threw up everywhere. Sent home only two hours after my op.
Love this board! And totally I agree with you… knowing as I do one very special person who would dearly love to marry the woman she wants to spend the rest of her life with. I think we’re ready as a community. Just don’t listen to certain radio stations Julia for what the real public opinion is.
Of course, I would have asked her about total environmental reform… not sure the Carbon Tax is going to cut it 20 years down the track.
And yes, I was a little envious too!
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Dropped by your blog to have a look today and saw the very colourful rainbow collection from your Pinterest board. It was very fitting I thought given all the rainbows I managed to spot in Perth today, amongst all that rain! Lovely blog.
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