By: charmarchad

Much as I enjoyed the speech, there were also welfare reforms passed that day by Gillard's government which will impact single parents -primarily women. Here's a good article http://overland.org.au/blogs/lfmg/2012/10/on-that-parliamentary-smackdown/ Oh for the days of Aunty Helen (NZ). But it was a great speech and brilliant how it got picked up internationally! Can't even start to comment on the refugee situation- it's not really on topic and I'm a little drunk- but I guess you know there's a protest against offshore processing Oct 21st...