Before you read any of my posts you probably should know a
little bit about me.
I’m an Australian father of three girls. I grew up in the country, but have lived more
than half my life in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. I was raised as a Christian, so my beliefs
and values underpin everything I do. I
am passionate about human rights, equality, and the rights of first nations
peoples. Like most of us, my family is
very important to me. My partner has a
degree in nutritional medicine, and has a major passion for food. She loves our Great Dane almost as much as
our kids. I enjoy spending time with my
family, regardless of what we are doing.
I started my career in banking, and after 19 years and
numerous roles in customer service, data management, mortgage processing,
merchant services and sales, I decided it was time to leave the bank and the oppressive
profit-driven environment. After leaving
the bank I worked in recruitment for a short time before moving into local
government. Serving the city and its
residents has been a return to customer service which I really enjoy, rather
than profit driving everything you do. I
love that my work now contributes to the city being a better place for those
that live, work, play and visit here.
I love sport, and played football, tennis, basketball and
golf in my junior years, and dabbled in mixed netball and table tennis in my
20s before settling on playing and coaching basketball which I did year-round
for many years. My sporting days ended
when I ruptured my ACL in my 30s, requiring a full knee reconstruction. So now I get my sporting fix from watching a
lot of AFL and sometimes NFL, and taking my eldest daughter to her netball games.
I do get passionate about some issues, and like to have my
say. I started by posting on Facebook,
and decided to expand it to this blog – mostly so that my posts don’t get lost
over time. My hope is that those of you
that read my blog will hear a different point of view, consider whether your
views are your own or those of the media, and maybe even be inspired to act for
the greater good. Regardless of your
reaction to my writing, thank you for taking the time to read it.
