The pursuit of eternity is no longer the prerogative of the gods - it is the business of us all, here and now.

With a small fraction of the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on the Iraq war, the US and Australia could ensure every starving, sunken-eyed child on the planet could be well fed, have clean water and sanitation and a local school to go to.

We must have an expansionary vision, one that captures the imagination and diversity of the whole community, one which benefits a nation which has moved beyond the basics of literacy and numeracy and which wants to develop a learning culture.

Australia must prioritise education spending. It is not a question of whether or not we have the money, it is a question of how we choose to spend it.

There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium.

Seeing the whales off James Price Point, mothers, babies, bull whales, seeing the count, going up into the thousands of these whales, the assurance that they will be ok with a mega port, mega ships and a huge factory ashore, is now clearly proven wrong.

One-time Guinness World Record holder for Yo-Yo endurance.