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On the Home Run

Boyz N The Hood

Dear Inner Circle, A few years ago now, two brothers walked into Redfern from the country. Their shoes had given up long before they had

House of Cards

Dear Inner Circle, This week the whole country is being asked a strange kind of question: who are you, and where do you live? For

Being A Non-Idiot

Dear Inner Circle, Sitting out the front of our centre in Bondi just before it opened was a great chance to have a yarn on

Where It’s At

Dear Inner Circle, Last week we held a funeral for a much loved member of our community. For me, it was a particularly difficult one.

Livin’ On A Prayer

Dear Inner Circle, Recently, someone who had been through a breakdown of a very long-term relationship shared with me the importance of being kind: “Be

The Inefficiency Of It All

Dear Inner Circle, We live in a world obsessed with efficiency, one that pays consultants a lot of money to make sure nothing is wasted

Kilowatts and Calendars

Dear Inner Circle, When you celebrate the New Year depends on whether you’re paying attention to the sun, the stars, a religion, a tradition or

A Seven Sugar Coffee

Dear Inner Circle, There’s a direction to the way power moves through a room. You can feel it the moment you enter and you see

Unfireable Mates

Dear Inner Circle, Every now and then, for privacy’s sake, I have to haul a stack of boxes away to be securely disposed of. The

Something A Little Different

Dear Inner Circle, I’d like to share something a little different this week. Many of you will have heard of the passing of James Valentine.