I've never owned a pair of jeans, but I had a fantastic denim boiler-suit and it got a lot of wearing.

The thing we often forget to talk about, or perhaps we take for granted, is our country’s dazzling beauty. Our natural environment is so much a part of Australia’s art, writing, music and culture, both indigenous and non indigenous.

I believe the old boys' network is a powerful one. No one gives up power and privilege willingly, do they?

Again and again, I learn how much friendship enriches my life, bringing warmth, assurance, humour, inspiration, a sense of security. It depends on honesty, trust, loyalty. It's about giving. It's for sharing the good times, but also the tough times, hurt, grief, sadness.

Yes, you can have it all, but not all at the same time. Set your own priorities, trust your gut and follow your heart.

I've never owned a pair of jeans, but I had a fantastic denim boiler-suit and it got a lot of wearing.

The Australian way of affirmative action is setting goals and recognising discrimination and lack of opportunity and deciding to take action and setting some goals and targets. I guess I prefer that language to talking about quotas.