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A day in the life of a brickie labourer

“i know some people live to work, i work to live.” Chris Mathison Meet my neighbour Chris  who works around Sydney on building sites. I’ve always been curious about what it’s like to do such demanding physical work each and every day.  So Chris obliged me and let me record this conversation with him.  I so enjoyed talking with him and found his enthusiasm infectious. I’m sure you will too.   Continue reading A day in the life of a brickie labourer

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The US election and my neighbours

“There’s something almost salacious about the US election…I can’t turn away,” Mif Hudson, Sydneysider. What were you doing the day of the US election?  Were you glued to the news and the drama unfolding in the world’s most powerful democracy? The US election has stirred some soul searching in America with some suggesting it was a referendum  on race; others  simply exhausted from four years of chaotic  government.  In Australia,  some of us were drawn into the drama; others bravely resisted.  Here’s what a few  of my neighbours had to say. Continue reading The US election and my neighbours