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Commonsense fairness and humanity is needed
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March 16, 2021 12.01am
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GENDER EQUALITY
Commonsense fairness and humanity is needed
I’m a bloke and was on school-pickup duty yesterday – I wish I could have marched, such a great thing to see happening. My mum taught me and my brother as boys in the 1980s and ’90s to respect girls and women – especially her and our sister. So I am fortunate to have lived and breathed her feminism (which today just looks like commonsense fairness and humanity, funny that) and – unlike many men more powerful than me – to find today’s changes afoot plainly needed and no great challenge to my values or self-concept. Thanks mum.
Lack of ideas to combat problems at The Pillars
3 Mins Read Natural attraction: The Pillars, left, was deserted on Friday. The cliff jumping area also features in the Mt Martha supermarket’s window display and has been turned into a souvenir badge. Share
LONG running concerns surrounding the management of The Pillars cliff jumping site continue to frustrate Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.
While it acknowledges that the amenity of Mount Martha residents needs to be protected from discarded litter, overcrowded streets, and even occasional abuse from unwanted visitors, there’s no denying they will continue to come – and to climb through, or over, fences to get to the water.