Orbital - Halcyon - Live at Coachella 2024
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MOⒶNARCHISM
" - Mum, I'm ready.Christos Tsiolkas: The Jesus Man (p 280)
She's voting at my old primary school. The day is not cold, not quite warm. Mum looks pretty good, a white vest, a long skirt with a discreet split. The grounds are full of people handing out leaflets, how to vote cards. My mum dismisses all of them and goes straight to the Labor Party representative. The smiling woman tries to hand me one as well.
-No, no thanks.
Her smile fades.
-Take one, Mum orders in Greek. I shake my head.
She walks in line exasperated.
-She'll think you're a Liberal, she whispers, then finishes loudly, and we know there is nothing more embarrassing than being a Liberal."
Ramjan found me. She is a small woman, and Tony Abbott was (and is) a strong man. She was very shaken, scared and angry. She told me that Abbott had come up to her, put his face in her face, and punched the wall on either side of her head.Political Animal
So, I am a witness. Her immediate complaint to me about what Abbott had just done had the absolute ring of truth about it. I believed Ramjan at the time, and still do. Barbara Ramjan has been telling that story about Abbott ever since.