The last time I went to Greece was on my first ever trip overseas 38 years ago. I went back in May. A highlight was Epidaurus where the World Heritage-listed ruins of the most important sanctuary of Asclepius can be found. Asclepius, a god, the…
On Saturday I gave a seminar to AFOEM NSW. 42 people registered, 32 in the room and 10 online. My topic was Emerging best practice for case management by insurance schemes: Implications for occupational physicians (you can view the presentation here). The bulk of the…
I was amazed to find this quote on the ‘interweb’. It was attributed to George Sand, the famous French novelist, who was a woman, born Aurore Dupin, in 1804 and who died in 1876. I found it shortly after reading an article by Nick…
Ross Gittins wasn’t losing any sleep over cuts to universities in this year’s budget. In a Sydney Morning Herald article titled ‘Our universities aren’t earning the money we’re giving them’ he laid out his criticisms. They can be summarised as: Having recently spent a decade…
The International Convention Centre (ICC) in Birmingham is one of those in the middle-of-nowhere, vast complexes. However, the sense of desolation as I made my way from the railway station that delivers you into the heart of the complex through endless empty pavilions and past…
I can cope with life as long as every morning I can go to a good café, have toast and coffee and read the paper. I do a trade with the Gods – give me that and I pretty much don’t mind what gets thrown…
‘He’s making a list He’s checking it twice; He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town’ This morning, as I flicked through Twitter and opened number 12 on my advent calendar, I found an article with the headline, ‘If…
WorkSafe NZ have issue a 10-year strategic plan for work-related health. Safeguard, a WHS safety magazine, asked me, along with others to comment. I thought the plan reflected the rather reluctant transition WHS is currently experiencing as it broadens from a health protection model: mandated…
I have just moved back to Sydney. I am trying to find a builder to renovate my apartment and it is not easy. If you are lucky enough to get the attention of one of them they talk in prices so high it makes you…
Congratulations Howard Williams, one of the organisers of this year’s ALUCA conference, on a great conference. Held in Adelaide, numbers were up this year to 400. The opening address by futurist Gihan Perera was terrific. I spoke in one of the parallel sessions on 20…
