When our daughter Helen was about ten
years old she painted this pic...
It's not bad at all..she hadn't
perfected her human figures at that stage.
Just kiddin...it was painted by Arthur
Boyd in the early 1950s and was just auctioned for the princely sum
of A$1.68 Million. I am, even at the age of 72, a bit puzzled as
why such art is so valuable. I guess it is investment value.
The Australian government has just
caved in to the opposition about how to deal with boat people
arriving at Australia's Christmas Island. Christmas Island is just a
spit away from Indonesia from where most of the boats depart.
Everyone (except the Greens) now agrees that offshore detention in
Papua New Guinea and the small nation of Nauru will deter reffos who
think they will get a quick trip into Australian residency. Not
sure that will actually work.... but?
The government previously built
expensive detention centres in Australia and now these will not be
needed. Two of these in Western Australia; one at Leonora which is
desert-side of Kalgoorlie and the other at Northam which is about 60
miles from Perth city will probably fall into disuse. The Mayor of
the small town of Leonora is whinging about the fact that the town
relies heavily on the detention centre for its local economy. The
Mayor of Christmas Island is also saying the same thing. Both
communities initially whinged about the establishment of the
detention centres, but now have changed their mind.
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