Moments I saw or faced injustice, my protests, why I stand up.
paul believes the 1980's Tasmanian school curriculum's silence on Tasmanian Aboriginal history was deliberate and racist
paul was keen to support the labor movement but feared becoming a political apparatchik
paul's love for books began in the Primary School library after being permanently excused from Scripture
paul studied but did not complete his PhD at Flinders University 1998-2001
paul earned a Bachelor of Education (Hons) from the University of Tasmania 1993-1996
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Well looked after people look after people well. Hurt people can hurt people.
Unknown
Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.
Simon Sinek
Resilience is about how you recharge, not about how you endure.
Shawn Anchor (The Happiness Advantage)
Being positive doesn’t just make you better; it makes everyone around you better.
Jon Gordon
A mind stretched by new experiences can never go back to its old dimensions.
Unknown
Give people light and they will find a way.
Ella Baker (Civil Rights Activist)
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
Joseph Joubert
An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind.
Gandhi
Fair isn’t everybody getting the same thing. Fair is everybody getting what they need in order to succeed.
Paraphrase of Rick Riordan
It’s better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.
Diane Grant
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