by Rosie Martin | Dec 21, 2019 | Blog, Social Justice
Do you remember The Man from Snowy River? Or more specifically the blog I wrote about a paper I gave at the 2019 Australian and New Zealand Supreme and High Court Judges’ Conference? The presentation at that conference has led to the great privilege and opportunity to...
by Rosie Martin | Apr 7, 2019 | Blog, Kindness, Social Justice
I love reading. My pile of reading climbs up and up, not so as to overwhelm me with doubt and despair about my inaction, but to remind me that there is so much to read and I must act whenever and wherever possible. So one of the places I was reading this week...
by Rosie Martin | Feb 16, 2019 | Blog, Kindness, Social Justice, Speech Pathology
Last month I spoke about a lot of f^*king horses – not a usual mental image to associate with Banjo Paterson’s The Man from Snowy River! To quickly recap: when you don’t know or haven’t learnt the rules of communication, things become difficult. For both you and...
by Rosie Martin | Jan 25, 2019 | Blog, Social Justice
I am sitting on my couch reflecting on this time and this day, two years ago. As the 2017 Tasmanian Australian of the Year, I was standing alongside 31 other Australians who had lived their work. Scientists, artists, chefs, and so on. Each, like me, feeling a sense of...
by Rosie Martin | Dec 9, 2018 | Blog, Kindness, Social Justice
Clarified, aspirational boldness and grounded determination are present in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Reading it in this week, 70 years since its creation, one is struck by its beauty and dauntless resolve. One feels the tenacious valour and fortitude...
by Rosie Martin | Aug 18, 2018 | Blog, Social Justice, Speech Pathology
Increased educational attainment amongst Tasmanians is vital to a vibrant, flourishing people and state. Many are talking about it and few would argue otherwise. And ‘vital’ is the right word, because education is life-giving. Actually life-giving. Those with higher...
