Australian Federal Police have just raided the offices of the Australian Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton. Good. Peter Dutton is in charge of Australian Homeland Security and, like many others world wide, he is a bad egg.

the independent organisation Bellingcat seems to do a good job of investigating and discovering how many Russian spies are lurking around. You'd think this would actually be the job of various governments...unless those governments want to make a statement for the sake of celebrity and self importance, but dont actually have the data...so are happy that BellingCat makes it up for them. I'd like to see Bellingcat's list of donators.

As for the Australian Prime Minister, on TV every day now...3 hours coaching for 5 minutes air time, every day...rather than governing. Governing is quiet, thoughtful, and really hard. Governing is why the Australian PM is paid more than the US President...the job is to actually do the work...be quiet, be astute, head down. He is A ridiculous clown always saying 'Hey, look at me! I've made it!'. Scott Morrison is the Kim Kardashian of politics.

In terms of Peter Dutton, he has shown that, as a leader, that whenever wealthy friends ask him for his help, he will help them, whilst keeping unwealthy folk in cages on islands as a warning to others. He is, arguably, Australia's best advocate for helping wealthy white South African people in the whole world. He should get some award for that...after all, wealthy white South African pastoralists are just like him...and not like THEM. These are his Qualities as... a man.

advice of 65 year old mental health nurse to patients of various ages... well, the human condition never changes. when you get to a certain age you are wise to choose what you wish to change about yourself, if anything at all, rather than listening to the world. you are fine as you are anyway. for young people, well, attend to what is most important to your own development as a being. you have to work out what that is, for you. the great thing about not committing suicide, or of having silly failed attempts, is that, generically, as we age, especially beyond 50, is that we get happier. this is the story of humanity. there is nothing wrong with being happier. there is nothing wrong with doing the hard yards. that's what we all have always done. at the same time, respect those who choose to go. if you study grief, well, suicide matters in the heart and mind of those who remain after you for a year or so, then they will just grieve for you the same as if a car accident or a cancer took you from us. that's the truth of it. that's all we can do. respect.

Nauru: Mental Health for Refugees seeking refuge in Australia, refugees who have been locked up for 5 years: One psychiatrist who can't speak English, no translator. One Mental Health Nurse who can speak English. That's it. Keep up the good work, dear sister Nurse.

TRUE TIME SAGA Today I have achieved the hitherto impossible and reset the time on my Casio G Shock watch to daylight saving time. This only took 3 hours of effort...last time it took about 40 hours of failed effort. I have a long history with the watch, buying it at Melbourne Airport a few years ago, en route home to Cairns, reading the 40 pages of instructions, and setting it up. Then, when we moved to Victoria, and when daylight saving came along, I couldn't change the hands by one hour no matter how many hours I spent trying. I took it to 2 watch shops and they couldn't do it either, so I posted it back to Japan, to Mr Cashio, who owns Casio, saying 'look, I don't want this watch anymore. I dont want a refund. I just am sick of it. Please think about what you make." Anyway, a nice letter from Casio Japan, and the time adjusted watch came back to me, with the usual 40 page booklet...so I have persisted with the watch. Last night, tooling around with it for a few hours, brought the watch up to current local time, although it is now 5 minutes fast and has 3 alarms that I have no control over....but that's good. That's fine. I can live with that. I can live 5 minutes into the future.