This is a quick note because my week is just a tad busier than usual. First, there\u2019s always catching up on paperwork to do after Yom Kippur, because people always send me things, assuming it\u2019s a normal day. I\u2019ve made a little list of some of the things that must be done by Wednesday afternoon. It\u2019s 14 tasks long and some of them are quite hefty tasks.<\/p>\n
The question is, why Wednesday?<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve talked about the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion at great length, but I didn\u2019t mention the other one. I\u2019m giving my testimony as part of a group testimony on Wednesday afternoon. It\u2019s into disability. I tick all the \u201cWho has been left out in our current system\u201d box.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not doing a written submission for this. My right eye is problematic and my vision is even more impaired than usual, so it would be a lot harder than the earlier submissions. But the RC into disabilities is allowing for such things and a group of us is being brought together online to work through the framework and explain the things the Commission needs to know about our lives.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve never done things for two Royal Commissions within six months before. I had a whole submission published and cited in the report for one, many years ago. They\u2019re not an ordinary part of our lives, but they\u2019re one of the places and times when we can interface with government on issues that are beyond the ordinary. They are terrifyingly expensive, but they\u2019re also exceptionally valuable. Even when the government in power pretends to accept the outcomes of a Commission and never does anything, the process shifts Australia and makes us choose our paths more carefully. Initially, the RC into Antisemitism caused a tsunami of hate, but as people saw that tsunami and thought it through, I think the hate is diminishing a little. I won\u2019t know, however, until the studies of it are in.<\/p>\n
If I remember and if it\u2019s not classified, next week I\u2019ll let you know what happened on Wednesday. The government methods of other countries always entertain me, so maybe they will also entertain some of you.<\/p>\n
If any of you would like a 101 on our parliamentary system and an explanation of how we vote, I\u2019m happy to explain. We are so different from the US and Canada! And all this stuff used to be my meat and drink. Being Jewish excludes me from those circles right now, but I had 20 years of working to help people within the system and I loved it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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