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Stu O'Brien

My two biggest passions are travel and writing, which is great because they play well together. I am hoping to have my first book published this year, about my travels and volunteering (http://quaerere.org/stu) in Africa… I also blog here – stublogs.wordpress.com


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Latest posts

Australia ill at ease without Olympic gold rush

The Australian sporting psyche was established in the 1950’s and 60’s when the country produced an abundance of international sporting heroes. Dominating the pool, tennis courts and cricket fields, we [...]

Education dreaming, becoming reality

The Australian education discourse is a largely urban one. Families in the capital cities have an abundance of schooling options to choose from, with the major consideration being the merits [...]

Australia’s fireproof democracy

One week before the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires the state of Victoria cooked like never before.  On three consecutive days in late January the temperature exceeded 43 °C / 109 °F, [...]

Harvesting a positive water culture

Water, or the lack of it, has been a prominent issue in the Australian state of Victoria for the last decade and a half. Year after year, as drought ravaged [...]

Take the Power Back

As the Arab Spring stretches into the Arab Summer it has become harder and bloodier for each dictator to fall. The speed with which Ben Ali was deposed shocked the [...]

Remittances from a Refugee

Kathy*, originally from Papua New Guinea, fled her home country and arrived in Australia late last year. Living as an asylum seeker in Australia is tough, despite what the media [...]