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: Verdana'=3EIt=92s always hard when your father dies=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-s=
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<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe are never really ready f=
or this passing=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ESuch was =
the case with Aboriginal leader Ronnie Williams who was a father to the fath=
erless of our nation=2E<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ERon Williams died a week ago=2E</B=3E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe was 63=2E<SPAN style=3D'=
mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe was a spiritual father to the Fatherhoo=
d Foundation=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOur dream to=
 inspire fathers to be better fathers for the sake of their children was liv=
ing in Ps Ron Williams heart long before the Fatherhood Foundation was born=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EYou see, Ronnie Williams wa=
s a fatherless child himself=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPA=
N=3EHe knew what it was like to be separated from his mother and family by t=
he dreaded rabbit proof fence welfare police=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: =
yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EPerhaps it was the pain of being an outcast in white man=
=92s society and fatherless himself that gave Ron the heart to be a father t=
o the fatherless=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<=3Fxml:=
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=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ERon told the story of saying, =93=
G=92day Mate=94 with a smile to a man in the streets of Sydney=2E<SPAN style=
=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis same man turned angrily to Ron Wi=
lliams and snarled in his face =93You black b*st*rd! I hate you=85I wish to =
God that my forefathers had killed you all=85you talk like us, you wear our =
clothes, but I still hate you!=94<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </S=
PAN=3EWhilst this made Ron sad this did not stop him helping, loving and pro=
viding counsel to all who asked, black and white alike=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-=
spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe story of his life and his charitable work =
may be found in the book by his wife, Diana Williams, <B style=3D'mso-bidi-f=
ont-weight: normal'=3EHorizon is Where Heaven and Earth Meet</B=3E, Bantam B=
ooks =A9 2001=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'=
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di-font-weight: normal'=3E Friday the 7<SUP=3Eth</SUP=3E November 2003 at 1:=
30pm, the Great Hall at Parliament House</B=3E was filled with the sound of =
black and white alike singing songs of thanksgiving for Ps Ronnie Williams=92=
 life of love and service for the people of Australia=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-s=
pacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt is interesting to note that Ps Ronnie Willia=
ms is only the <U=3Esecond person in ten years</U=3E to be accorded the hono=
ur of a memorial service in the Great Hall of Parliament House=2E<SPAN style=
=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis was a fitting tribute to a man of=
 the people who was also a man of God=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EHe met with heads of state, business executives, fatherless chi=
ldren and prostitutes and accorded them all the same respect=2E<SPAN style=3D=
'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThat is one of the reasons that Ron Willi=
ams was awarded the Fatherhood & Love Award by the National Strategic Confer=
ence on Fatherhood on Tuesday the 19<SUP=3Eth</SUP=3E of August 2003=2E<o:p=3E=
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T-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EDiana Williams shared this story about=
 her husband Ron that took place 24 hours before he died=2E<SPAN style=3D'ms=
o-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThree doctors came to his bedside to report =
the bad news that the cancer was too aggressive and that further treatment w=
ould be of doubtful value=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
When the doctors told them this, Ron lifted off his oxygen mask and said, =91=
I don=92t want any further treatment, I have made my peace with God=2E<SPAN =
style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI am ready to meet my maker=92=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThen taking Diana=92s hand,=
 he continued, =91I have had a wonderful life and a wonderful wife and daugh=
ter=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI want to thank you d=
octors and hospital staff for your patient and loving care while I=92ve been=
 here=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI just want to say =
that the most important thing in someone=92s life is to love their family=92=
=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe doctors were deeply =
moved and surprised=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThey =
had never before received thanks and love from anyone in such deep pain and =
at the point of death=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal s=
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 the story of Ron=92s life, a father to the fatherless, loved by children, l=
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r high or low=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E<B style=3D=
'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3EUncle Ronnie</B=3E <B style=3D'mso-bidi-fon=
t-weight: normal'=3EWilliams was an important inspiration in the forming of =
the Fatherhood Foundation=2E</B=3E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </=
SPAN=3EThe Fatherhood Foundation salutes the passing of a true Aussie hero=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAustralia is poorer, but he=
aven is richer=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
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le=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ENote: Apologies for anyone wh=
o felt offended by last week=92s article=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=
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ify'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EWarwick Marsh=
=A0=A0has been married=A0to Alison for=A027 years=2E He is the father of fiv=
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rs=2E=A0 Warwick is a musician, songwriter, producer and public speaker who =
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e was another =93YOU=94 or another =93ME=94 in this world to contend with=2E=
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ving the ability to <B=3Ebe</B=3E =93Paul Sloan=94, or <B=3Eact</B=3E like =93=
Paul Sloan=94 does=2E I cannot imagine having another me around! I can=92t i=
magine how the world would be with another Bin Laden=2E I can=92t imagine ho=
w Australia would be with another Slim Dusty=2E Or ponder the mayhem if ther=
e was another Elvis Presley!!! Yes, it is probably a good thing that God mad=
e just one of each of us, for as Jacko the footballer used to sing; =93I=92m=
 and Individual=85OI=94<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau=
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ver, we do live in a society that thrives on keeping up with the Jones=92s, =
a society that labels or judge=92s people against a =91model=92 of standards=
 and acceptabilities, often using oneself or one's hero as that model=2E Con=
fused=3F Well, try this one on for size=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P c=
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-size: 12=2E0pt'=3ETake check of where you are positioned in life at the mom=
ent=2E Consider your material possessions=2E Consider your occupation=2E Con=
sider the motor vehicle you drive=2E=A0Now ask yourself the question, 'When =
was the last time I compared any of these with someone else I know'=3F When =
was the last time you visited a friend's house and thought;'Gee, aren=92t Bo=
b and Suzy doing well=85I wonder how big their mortgage is=3F I wonder how m=
uch they earn to be able to pay it off=3F' How often do you compare your own=
 position in life to that of your parents, and if you are like me, trying to=
 at least match their success or achievements in life=3F Yes, I do this a lo=
t, and, as my wife will reassure you readers, I use a model of existence tha=
t is often well beyond our reach=85but hey, I like dreaming!<o:p=3E</o:p=3E<=
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ana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3ENow think about our beautiful children=2E=
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ies, those little things <IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2E=
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ft vspace=3D4 border=3D0=3Ethey do that make us as parents laugh and cry=2E =
You know what I love listening to=3F The way parents, especially mums, of yo=
ung children can recall almost to the day when little Johnny first walked, w=
hen little Jessica first was potty trained, how old Caleb was when he first =
could feed himself=2E However, within this comes the element of placing expe=
ctations on our own children, expectations that our two year old =93SHOULD=94=
 be potty trained by now=2E Expectations that little Johnny should be feedin=
g himself now, should be talking better by now, is your little one still in =
cot=85get the picture=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockTex=
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I am not saying that making comparisons is a bad thing=2E We all do it=2E So=
metimes it can be healthy thing, and sometimes it can ring some alarm bells =
in other areas=2E What I am bringing forward is this, and understand that I =
am as guilty as anyone in this=85our children are all individuals=2E They wi=
ll grow, talk, eat, and sit on the toilet the same way all the other kids do=
=2E Does it really matter what the wonder child did next door=3F I don=92t t=
hink so=2E We have expectations thrust upon us daily in our work life, in ou=
r roles as parents, and in our roles as part of society=2E We should not wor=
ry about the =91level=92 our children are at=2E Let them live, enjoy, and gr=
ow as God intended=2E They are all special, they are all precious, and they =
deserve our endless love and affection=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cl=
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tered the big toilet yet, or the big vocabulary yet, or the eating thing yet=
=85WHO CARES!!! <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D=
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n is an accountant working in Maroochydoore=2E He is married with three chil=
dren aged two,=A0ten and=A0thirteen years=2E Paul is an active surfer who li=
ves on the Sunshine Coast=A0in Queensland=2E He is a family man who hasn't l=
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FONT size=3D2=3EThe following Eulogy was given at the service in Parliament =
House:</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN:=
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na size=3D2=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E=A0</P=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU=3E<FONT face=3DV=
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size: 12=2E0pt'=3ERon Williams truly embodied the saying of Will Rogers, who=
 said, =91I never met a man I didn=92t like=92=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ERon never had a judgmental word about anyone=2E<SPAN s=
tyle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe used to say that his job was to=
 help others =91find the music within their own heart=2E=92<SPAN style=3D'ms=
o-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe has cradled the heads of dying people, st=
opped spear fights in desert communities, shared a song with Slim Dusty and =
Buddy Williams, prayed for the Prime Minister in Old Parliament House, and c=
hanged the lives of people from all races and backgrounds in Australia=2E<o:=
p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt=
'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-b=
idi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNo=
rmal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: =
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<IMG hspace=3D4 =
src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5F=
Ron%20Willams%203=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft vspace=3D4 border=3D0=3EIn 1984, he ma=
rried Diana, who had come from New York City as a missionary-teacher among t=
he tribal people of the western desert and who was walking the same footstep=
s he had walked back in the 60s=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </=
SPAN=3EThey married at Skull creek, Laverton at the site of an Aboriginal ma=
ssacre=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn 1988 they were =
blessed with the birth of their daughter Lydia=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAs a family, they have travelled together for almost 2=
0 years, preaching, teaching, touching people=92s lives for reconciliation=2E=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm =
0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; ms=
o-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
oNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZ=
E: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EIn Ron=92s wo=
rds: =91My wife and I have had to walk out reconciliation every day of our l=
ives=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe come from two ver=
y different backgrounds and parts of the world=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWe represent two major people groups of the world =96 =
the western mindset and the indigenous culture=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBecause Jesus is the centre of our lives we are able t=
o appreciate one another, learn to walk together, complementing one another=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOur daughter is proud that =
she has five cultures as her heritage=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EAs we have shared with multicultural marriages, cross-cultural =
ministry, and reconciliation services, we have tried to live out the ministr=
y that God has given us=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EA=
s an Aboriginal, I have now become reconciled to my past, to my history, to =
my God and to my fellow man=2E=92<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2E=
com=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5FRons%20Award%20180=2Ejpg' a=
lign=3Dright vspace=3D4 border=3D0=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3D=
MsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-S=
IZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E<=
/o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<=
SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-f=
ont-size: 12=2E0pt'=3ERon has received many awards for his work, and has bee=
n asked to pray a blessing on numerous organisations and projects for Aborig=
inal people of Australia=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
As part of the Federation Celebrations, Ron was honoured by having a figure =
representing him in the Peoplescape in November 2001=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-sp=
acerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOn October 23, 2002, he was honoured in the New =
South Wales Parliament House by the Festival of Light for contributions to t=
he Aboriginal community=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ET=
hen on August 19, 2003, in Parliament House, Canberra, he was awarded the Fa=
therhood and Love Award by the National Strategic Conference on Fatherhood=2E=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm =
0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; ms=
o-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMs=
oNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZ=
E: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EA kaleidoscop=
e is a fascinating instrument and someone once said that it is like a messag=
e of hope as you see each new image formed from the pieces that break apart =
from what came before=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETha=
t is a good description of Ron=92s life, new images and pieces forming and r=
eforming, embracing the peoples and cultures of the world=2E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMuch of his life was formed from suffering=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe had a tremendous capacit=
y to handle pain=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ENot only=
 his own pain, but also the pain of others=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: ye=
s'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWhen some Aboriginal people died far away from their own c=
ountry and could not get back to their community for burial, Ron transported=
 them in the back of his panel van or 4WD=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes=
'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWhen a young man would hang himself in prison, Ron would co=
mfort the family and travel for thousands of kilometres to take his funeral=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThere was nothing that was =
too far out of his way, always travelling from waterhole to waterhole=2E <o:=
p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt=
'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-b=
idi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNo=
rmal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: =
10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EWhat was Ron=92s=
 motive in travelling Australia and abroad=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: ye=
s'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETo bring hope to our people=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
 yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETo bring hope to the individual on the side of the road=
=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETo bring hope to our com=
munities in urban, rural and remote Australia=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun:=
 yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETo bring hope to families=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun=
: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETo bring hope to the lonely=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-space=
run: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ETo bring hope to the outcast=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-s=
pacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe went walkabout to seek and save that which w=
as lost=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN=
: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: V=
erdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P =
class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D=
'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3ERon =
Williams never sought position or power=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=
=A0 </SPAN=3EOn the contrary, he sought out the position of the powerless, t=
he disenfranchised, the lonely, the lost, and inspired them to believe that =
through Jesus Christ any and every human being can have hope for a better fu=
ture=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0=
cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verd=
ana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cla=
ss=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'F=
ONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3ERon wa=
s proud of his culture as an Aboriginal person, but he was equally as proud =
to be an Aussie=2E He illustrated life=92s lessons by using his own cultural=
 tools and artefacts, showing his people that they could be proud of their b=
ackground and heritage=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAt=
 the same time he encouraged people of other cultures to use their own tools=
 and artefacts to speak of life=92s lessons to the younger generation=2E<o:p=
=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=
=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bi=
di-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNor=
mal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 1=
0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<IMG hspace=3D3 s=
rc=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5F=
aboriginal%20dancer%20150=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft vspace=3D3 border=3D0=3EHe was=
 one of Aboriginal Australia=92s greatest storytellers=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-=
spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe could capture any audience of all ages thro=
ugh story=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHe showed his l=
ove for us through story=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=
In a unique way he became a part of our story, and in the end he became one =
of our great stories=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn A=
boriginal culture the spirit of the old people is kept alive when we talk ab=
out them, when we rehearse the dreaming, when we visit the graves, when we w=
alk among the rocks and along the sandy beaches, when we sit by the fireside=
 and tell our children over and over again of their significance=2E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ERon had many stories and many songs =
to share as he journeyed toward the horizon where heaven and earth meet=2E<S=
PAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe land he has walked on is =
the link between the joy of heaven and the pain of earth, and if you listen =
carefully, you will hear him say, =91I have just one more story to tell=92=2E=
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm =
0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; ms=
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E: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3EIn Memory of =
Ron Williams<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARG=
IN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:=
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NT size=3D2=3EMy eldest have both left the nest, my youngest son is cool, bu=
t it was delightful to have another young person as a houseguest for a few w=
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much=2E I knew my guest did so I bought some=2E Three disappeared in a coupl=
e of days=2E The fourth lingered on day after day=2E Finally I held it up: '=
What's with this=3F'<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAn incr=
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e: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EThe explanation was the guest had been train=
ed never to take the very last of anything in case someone else wanted it=2E=
 I was so sad that such an imposition had been placed upon a young person=2E=
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ILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EI shop a coup=
le of times a week=2E Each time I look around for what we have run out of=2E=
 The single apple remained so I did not buy more=2E The once fresh fruit was=
 past its best, but its presence stopped me from unnecessarily replenishing =
the supply=2E I was ever ready to give more=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=
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e=3D2=3EWhile it remained, getting old in the fruit bowl, it was becoming a =
fixation of fear for my guest=2E 'I want it but can't have it=2E I am not en=
titled=2E If the last is spent it may not be replaced=2E If all is gone I ma=
y be blamed=2E'<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal s=
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ana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EIn fact I found my gue=
st had some difficulty in <IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2E=
au/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fguest%20house%202%20125=2Ejpg' al=
ign=3Dright vspace=3D4 border=3D0=3Egrasping what it meant to be =91part of =
my family=92 for a short time=2E I may not be fabulously wealthy but I can a=
fford to feed my =91children=92=2E It was sad to reflect upon a past that a =
single apple symbolized=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3D=
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 I have it I will enjoy it and if possible, share it=2E When it's gone I won=
't regret having enjoyed using it=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 =
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-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EI have been near poverty and w=
as unemployed for years=2E I have slept in a car, without a car in a wet sle=
eping bag and on a stranger's garage floor without a bed=2E I have made bad =
choices and had my freedom of choice taken from me at times=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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pt'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EStill there is richness and blessing about us that is=
 difficult to deny=2E Jesus said that worry does not add a hair to your head=
 or a finger-breadth to your height=2E Quite the opposite, worry will bow us=
 down in fear=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal =
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ana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EI can hear the voice o=
f my guest singing three rooms away today=2E I gave her a different perspect=
ive and a bottomless resource of love=2E Some burdens have been taken away=2E=
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font-size: 12=2E0pt'=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EMy words at times may be sad about t=
he past but my heart is usually content and happy - that's why it's called =91=
the present=92, it is a gift=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cla=
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Steve Gray is a Finance Broker, divorced and single=2E His three children sp=
ent most of their time over the past decade living with their Dad=2E Steve h=
as been teaching Sunday School for five years=2E</SPAN=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU =
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so-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EFor our interstate readers: the HSC is the NSW Hi=
gher School Certificate=2E It is <I=3Ethe </I=3Efinal exam for NSW high scho=
ol students, held at the end of Year 12 and at the end of their school lives=
=2E It is <I=3Ethe</I=3E exam that all students, our sons and daughters, <I=3E=
must</I=3E perform well at, or their future lives are at stake=2E Well, that=
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ial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EOstensibly, the HSC commenced about three w=
eeks ago, and by the time you read this, is likely to be over=2E In reality =
it started about six years ago for the current batch of students and, for so=
me, may never be over=2E Psychology research has shown that even many senior=
 citizens have never fully recovered from school bullying and it seems that =
the HSC is the biggest school bully of them all=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</=
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ana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-lan=
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; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3ETo be fair to man=
y, if not most, teachers in recent years the importance of the HSC has been =
de-emphasised somewhat in an attempt to frame it in the whole life perspecti=
ve that it deserves=2E However, it appears that, year after year, they are f=
ighting a losing battle and the HSC remains a demon that terrifies and contr=
ols students for their six years at high school=2E What a shame! It really d=
oesn't need to be like this=2E Am I exaggerating=3F Consider the following, =
albeit, somewhat randomly selected, points:<IMG hspace=3D4 src=3D'http://www=
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nsi-language: EN-AU'=3E-<SPAN style=3D'mso-tab-count: 1'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAnot=
her young life was lost, literally, this year=2E The parents have attributed=
 a significant contribution to the boy's depression and suicide to HSC press=
ure=2E This is not common but also not unusual=2E I have seen a number of su=
ch cases reported in the press over the years=2E This particular boy was top=
s at just about everything that he did, in the class, on the field, and anyw=
here else=2E Nevertheless, the HSC culture wants to squeeze still more out o=
f its contenders=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
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-AU'=3E-<SPAN style=3D'mso-tab-count: 1'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThis year, top stude=
nts walked out of the maths exam visibly weeping and swearing to never have =
anything to do with maths again=2E Teachers publicly condemned the exam=2E A=
s a former TAFE teacher for twenty-seven years, I know that this is both unn=
ecessary and irresponsible=2E I would suggest that the examiner(s) and asses=
sor(s) need to be reprimanded or even dismissed=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</=
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ly: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3E-<SPAN style=3D'mso-tab-count: 1'=3E=A0=
 </SPAN=3EA perspective: When I left school and went to University, in the f=
irst week, in 2x2 hour classes of maths, we completed the <I=3Ewhole </I=3Es=
yllabus of Coordinate Geometry (Number Plane, for the modern students) that =
had taken our last whole two years at high school! So, senior high school wa=
s so important that you could really do it in only four hours=3F<o:p=3E</o:p=
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di-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3E-<SPAN style=3D'mso-tab-c=
ount: 1'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EA special feature in the <I=3EIllawarra Mercury</I=3E=
 of October 14 displayed a full page picture of a high school student doing =
an exam behind prison bars with the heading, 'HSC - Is There A Better Way=3F=
'=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm =
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style=3D'mso-tab-count: 1'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EQueensland abandoned their HSC equ=
ivalent 30 years ago and replaced it with a continuous assessment system=2E =
This can be supplemented with a two-day skills test for those seeking a tert=
iary entrance score=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal sty=
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EN-AU'=3E-<SPAN style=3D'mso-tab-count: 1'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EFederal Education =
Minister, Brendan Nelson, has said, '=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E students are sitting so=
me 330 different exams in order to get to university=2E'<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPA=
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 1'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn commenting on the pressure that the HSC puts on young =
children, Nelson has also said:<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoN=
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nt: 1'=3E </SPAN=3E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E we say to young people in all kinds of wa=
ys that success in life is an outstanding result in year 12, a university ed=
ucation, a mobile phone, fashionable clothes and a BMW=2E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P c=
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ents) buckled under exam pressure, leading them to engage in self-harm, incl=
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nsi-language: EN-AU'=3E-<SPAN style=3D'mso-tab-count: 1'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn t=
he <I=3EIllawarra Mercury</I=3E of October 21, columnist Kerrie O'Connor dis=
cussed the HSC under the heading, 'Design Your Own Destiny'=2E She used phra=
ses such as, '=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E another group of lambs to the slaughter =2E=2E=
=2E=2E=2E', 'More than 20 years later, I can still conjure up the dread =2E=2E=
=2E=2E=2E',<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E'It (referring t=
o the 6 years of fear) was totally, completely unnecessary=2E', 'The system =
has something to answer for=2E', and, to top it off, regarding her current j=
ournalism career, '=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E I landed a job a week after school =2E=2E=
=2E=2E=2E And my exam results had no bearing on any of it=2E'<o:p=3E</o:p=3E=
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style=3D'mso-tab-count: 1'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn TAFE I saw numerous 'failures',=
 termed by others as drop&#8209;outs, no&#8209;hopers, etc=2E come in at all=
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, of course,<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3Ealso the 'norma=
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nt-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EForgive me for being selective=
 and random in my illustrations above=2E The debate is far too broad<SPAN st=
yle=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3Eand complex to be covered in this n=
ewsletter article=2E I believe we must ask, 'What on earth are we doing to o=
ur children with the HSC and what real purpose does it achieve=3F' My wife a=
nd I have been homeschooling our children over the last few years, but, stra=
ngely enough, not because of any of the reasons listed above=2E It has, howe=
ver, made us aware of numerous pathways to university other than the HSC, so=
me of then just different, but most of them better, we believe=2E I suspect =
that it goes almost without saying that there are just so many un&#8209;exam=
ined attributes of a student that make them capable and employable, and, dar=
e I saw it in this era of political correctness, even excellent=2E But, in t=
he HSC, these valuable attributes remain <I=3Eun</I=3E&#8209;examined, in th=
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mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EWhat I am saying to=
day is that, as parents, it would be wise to examine <I=3Eall</I=3E the avai=
lable options, especially, the TAFE to university articulation pathway (not =
for all, admittedly)=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal st=
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ome years ago, Bert Newton was conducting a live televised interview with on=
e of Australia's most wealthy self-made millionaires=2E The interview was be=
coming confused and Bert was getting visibly irritated=2E Finally, he blurte=
d out, 'Are you trying to say that young people can become successful if the=
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!', exclaimed the multi-millionaire, 'All that will do is get you a good job=
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: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial'=3ENeil Porter is =
a qualified teacher, computer consultant, professional musician, producer an=
d writer who has 4 beautiful children=2E=A0 He was a single dad for 8 years =
before he remarried in 1984=2E=A0 Neil is passionate to encourage marriages =
and families=2E=A0 Contact Neil at=A0 <A href=3D'mailto:neilporter@fishinter=
net=2Ecom=2Eau'=3Eneilporter@fishinternet=2Ecom=2Eau</A=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E=
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ack to top</a=3E</font=3E</div=3E<br=3E<p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</blockquote=3E</=
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NT color=3Ddarkmagenta=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3EThe most important t=
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ge: EN-AU'=3EDear Fatherhood Foundation,<=3Fxml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D=
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=3E<DIV=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3D=
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-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EI was thinking while I =
was reading your newsletter=2E=A0 Some women may think that getting men invo=
lved with their children is a threat to them and their own child=2E=A0 Maybe=
 you should point out when encouraging men to be more involved with their ch=
ildren, sharing quality and time, this should relieve some of the pressure o=
n women to be the perfect mother, not to compete with or set lines in the sa=
nd for the battle of the sexes=2E=A0 By men taking on their responsibilities=
 women should be released from having to be super mum which many times is du=
e to us men not taking up our responsibilities=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=
=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN lang=3DEN-AU s=
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I have failed to read only one or two newsletters</B=3E - and=A0I have share=
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FFLINE=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN:=
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s means that generally I do not see all the piccies and animations, etc - bu=
t I DO READ THE MESSAGES =2E =2E =2E =A0 I can imagine that there others who=
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ana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU'=3EIn stating=
 that many fathers do not read the newsletter, you said: 'We know this becau=
se of internet tracking abilities inherent within the email=2E' If you are r=
elying on news clients to send a message that the email has been read when i=
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newsletter in the preview pane and do not set my news client to automaticall=
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