Steven Herrick

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Celeste Liddle |Melissa Fisher |Steven Herrick

The two-party system needs to be broken‘The two-party system needs to be broken and voters’ voices need to be heard,’ says Celeste Liddle. Photograph: Michael Currie/SOPA ImagesWhen it comes to this election, I am uninspired. All around me, particularly in the aftermath of the US election, I hear panic that a Peter Dutton-led government will be our equivalent here. This sentiment fails to have an impact on me. It assumes, for example, that the government has a moral high ground.

Oct 5, 2024 | theguardian.com | Steven Herrick

My wife – and best friend– of the past 38 years can no longer say the word “hippopotamus” or count backwards from 100, or draw a watch face on a piece of paper. Sometimes she leaves the oven on or forgets to turn off the kitchen tap, and yesterday she wandered into the wrong stairwell of our apartment block. Two years ago, at the age of 60, Cathie was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s and our lives changed irrevocably.

Sep 5, 2024 | stagewhispers.com.au | Anton Chekhov |Steven Herrick |Paul Treasure |Aydee Bull

Roleystone Theatre delivered three very different one act plays as part of a very short one act season. With two locally written shows, one of which was a musical and a Russian classic, it was certainly a diverse selection. First up was Aydee Bull's new youth musical Mr Notahero and the Horrors of Science. Performed by a teenage cast, the story features an unassuming chemistry teacher Mr Notahero, whose secret alter-ego is a superhero.

Apr 11, 2024 | theguardian.com | Steven Herrick

I am a middle-aged man on a bicycle. I wear Lycra. According to the mainstream media, I’m a free-loading, red-light dodging, unregistered road warrior cruising on expensive cycle paths that would be better redesigned as traffic lanes. Yet every day I cycle, people smile at me. Tradies in utes lean out the window and give me the thumbs up. The other day a young woman stopped me and asked if she could take my photo.

Oct 8, 2023 | readingaustralia.com.au | Peter Carnavas |Steven Herrick |Jasmine Seymour |Bruce Pascoe

Commence with an Acknowledgement of Country. Ask students what they know about the purpose of a formal Acknowledgement of Country, and how this differs from a Welcome to Country. Explain that students will be reading Sally Morgan’s Sister Heart and that, throughout the unit, they will be discussing matters relating to Australia’s First Nations peoples. NOTE: This includes matters of grief; be aware that the topic of the Stolen Generations may be distressing for some students.