Hi Mavs and Foxy,

So many older folk get total enjoyment from the 'Esk Bush Bashers' here in Queensland, they put on a terrific 2 hours show every fortnight, sandwiches and tea/coffee provided, at the Esk Anglican Church Hall. With all those old time favourites 'Roll Out The Barrel', 'Its A Long Way To Tipperary etc, and plenty of Aussie favourites like 'The Wild Colonial Boy', 'Click Goes The Shears', 'Waltzing Matilda' etc, and with lots of audience participation, a jolly good sing-a-long, story telling, poetry, jokes, all dressed the part. The wife went along with a bus load a few weeks back, good time had by all. All proceeds are used to help disaffected youth in the area, the old helping the young.

p/s Looking at the video, me thinks the wife's 'largerphone' had to be seen to be believed, there she was at 73 leading the parade up and down, around and around, singing and dancing.

Hi Maverick,

Thanks for the song. It reminds me of Sister Mary Virgilius
giving her famous speech to us girls in the assembly hall
as she did every Wednesday. Her usual sex talk. "Remember girls'
for an hour's worth of pleasure, you'll end up burning in hell!"

A young voice called out from the back of the hall:

"Sister, how do you make it last an hour?"

Talking about singing and dementia. My mum was diagnosed with
dementia. She loved to sing and belonged to a choir for many years.
The members of the choir would visit her on special occasions -
Christmas, Easter. And they'd invite her to sing with them at the
concerts they'd perform in the aged care facility that she was in.

Well, it was lovely to watch. She'd light up with sheer joy.
And she remembered the songs.

Hi Paul,

Your wife sound incredible. Give her my love. I envy her energy.
Singing and dancing - Wow! I'm struggling with just walking.

Albo's Voice will fail because the government cannot listen to the aboriginal needs now, therefore they will not listen in the future. The Voice is a sham to make Albo permanently remembered in history, it does nothing more than the Labour Government has done about aboriginal issues in remote communities even in Alice Springs. NOTHING!

josephus,

First and foremost is the fact that Labor wants to have
a referendum on a Voice to Parliament enshrined in the
Constitution by 2025. By putting a nation changing Indigenous
Policy front and centre of its election campaign Labor showed
how serious it was about First Nations issues.

It was in stark contrast to the Liberal National Party which
did not even have a First Nations platform listed on the party
website.

Foxy be real, it was Labor that abandoned the alcohol dry communities and the cashless card on the advice of some aboriginal leaders who spoke on behalf of some and said it was discriminatory. Other communities now suffer because the Government believed the advice. The Voice to Government is not the answer. Because whose Voice does Government follow? Ultimately, it will give power to some with loud voices to hold others to ransom.

josephus,

It was the Morrison government which approved the
removal of Alice Springs alcohol bans in a written
letter to the NT government in 2022. Sky News has a copy
of the letter. The Labor government has re-instated the
bans and communities and towns have an opportunity
as to whether they want the bans in place . However if they
don't want the bans then they are required to have an
Alcohol Management plan approved.

The cashless card was discriminatory and diminished people's
self-worth. It was a piece of technology that was used by a
private organisation for profit.

The structure and role of the Voice is going to be decided by
Parliament through legislation with members chosen by First
Nations people. Parliament as you've been told many times -
has the power and control. And according to constitutional
experts the Voice is not in any way a threat - but simply
an advisory body.