Again And Again, I Learn How Much

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.

The Bonds That Women Share Around The World, Wherever We Come From, They're Very Powerful And They Have An Ease Of Communication Because We Share Those Very Important Things Of Our Families, Our Mothering, Of Improving Opportunities For The Next Generation.

All Women Need Support When They're Having Their Babies And Their Little Families Are In Formation. I Have To Say I Have A Lot Of Concern About The Numbers Of Women - And Men, Now - Who Are Not Getting The Support That They Need. There Are Not The Families And The Communities Around That There Used To Be.

We All Go Back To Our Roots. My Father Went To The Central West, Went To Ilfracombe In 1919. He Was The Manager Of The Wool Scour There. And, Ilfracombe Was Right At The Heart Of Australia's Great Wool Industry, And My Mother Was A Teacher At Winton.

My Mother Played The Piano And My Father The Violin, I Can Remember My Dad Teaching Me How To Waltz; I Had My Feet On His, My Mother Playing The Piano, And My Husband Will Tell You The Lessons Weren't Very Successful.