What a babe. My new hero. My tiny pocket-rocket, my go-getter, my social-saviour. My Golden Georgie Parker. It was love at first sight, boarding the ABC bus in Canberra yesterday for the annual reception at Parliament House. More

Boxes still everywhere and the snob deli woman wasn’t nice to me (I’m not local): I moved from the inner west and the new inner east apartment (like my outlook) is “full of potential” in agent-speak. More

I did a quick profile interview with a magazine in Beijing today, about my experiences writing Beijing Blur. More

I nearly lost my vegan sausage today, paddling my guts out in the fourth annual Fool’s Afloat, the inflatable regatta at Gordon’s Bay. I’d just downed my tangy beetroot-relish vegan roll, when I mounted my inflatable steed (a light orange gecko). It was a bright day, near 4pm. The goal: round two buoys out in the bay, battling 30 others to win a bottle of sunscreen. More

I got it wrong today. I misjudged the response from listeners around the country on the gay adoption issue. As responses began to flow in, I started to think: maybe this might happen in my lifetime. More