I have been a Richmond (Tigers) fan ever since I was a little kid. I was brain-washed by my older cousins after the 1974 premiership. My father was not happy with that since he was a North Melbourne supporter, but there really was no choice. How do you not barrack for the team who had […]
Author Archives: Margaret Louey
September
04
Hook Turns
posted by Margaret Louey
Nearly all interstate and international visitors driving in Melbourne central business district (CBD) are completely bewildered by and utterly fearful of performing a hook turn, which is a right hand turn taken from the left hand lane. Just to clarify, Australians drive on the left hand side of the road, so a right hand turn […]
August
10
What is a Plebiscite?
posted by Margaret Louey
Same-sex marriage is legal in the following countries: Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Spain, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Iceland, Argentina, Denmark, Uruguay, New Zealand, France, Brazil, England, Wales, Scotland, Columbia, Luxembourg, United States, Greenland, Ireland, Finland, Slovenia and Germany. However, same-sex marriage is not allowed in Australia, even though a huge majority of Australians support it. […]
July
23
First Impressions
posted by Margaret Louey
It’s been an intense first week on my PULSE assignment. I started in the Australian Programs department of Save the Children Australia (SCA)* on Monday. I have been tasked with helping the Strategy and Growth group with governance, operating model and business systems improvements. The timing of my arrival couldn’t have been any better. There […]
July
13
Homecoming Rituals and Jetlagged Ramblings
posted by Margaret Louey
There are so many places that I’ve called “home”; the most significant ones include: Warrnambool (where I was born and lived for the first 17 years of my life), Chapel Hill (where I have been living for the past 17 years; and more importantly where my wife and son are while I’m on my Pulse […]
June
10
Before the Beginning
posted by Margaret Louey
“Each beginning is the end of a waiting. We are each given exactly one chance to be. Each of us is both impossible and inevitable. Every replete tree was first a seed that waited.” An excerpt from “Lab Girl” by Hope Jahren As I prepare for commencing my PULSE assignment, I have been reflecting on what […]
