Mary, Isabella Burke, Michael, Louise Burke (née Easson), and Amanda Howard (née Easson), 14 February 2020 in the Botantical Gardens, on the park bench named in honour of Afif Gabriel Geha and Margaret June “Betty” Mariani, formerly Easson.
Our father, who art in heaven, was a complex man – humble, intelligent, self-deprecating (we all got our humour – the Easson wit – from him), proud of his Celtic blood (frugal, sentimental, fiery, brave.)
This essay suggests that Burkean ideas apply to the Australian labour tradition7 and help illuminate that tradition as well as enabling the explication of competing ideas that sit outside, sometimes in competition and sometimes as complementary.
In 25 years, as an independent Director of various ACT government corporations in energy, water, and urban planning, I participated in decisions that continue to shape the future of Canberra.
John Bernard “Jack” Mundey (1929-2000), conservationist, union leader, activist, was an unlikely hero. This article briefly summarises his life, achievements and, finally, reflects on lessons from a life that endured more disappointments than triumphs.
Q&A for the July/August 2020 Special Australia Section of the Institutional Real Estate Asia Pacific (IREAP) journal. Written in late May 2020 in the expectation that excerpts would be published.