by Mark Crosweller | Jan 12, 2018 | The Allegorical Life blog
Remembering Bourke Street Many people would remember the tragic event in the Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne on 20th January 2017. The male driver of a motor vehicle intentionally drove down through the Mall, aiming his car at as many people as possible, killing a...
by Mark Crosweller | Dec 22, 2017 | The Allegorical Life blog
Not ‘if’ – only ‘when’ and ‘where’ The idea of the inevitability of natural hazard events was well and truly reinforced in my mind when visiting Marysville and Kinglake, some days after the tragic fires in Victoria of 7...
by Mark Crosweller | Dec 22, 2017 | The Allegorical Life blog
Guilty or not guilty – an interesting question! We all experience guilt as part of our psyche. Seen positively, it aids us throughout our lives, helping us to maintain a close relationship with our soul or consciousness, its moral compass, and its desire to give and...
by Mark Crosweller | Dec 21, 2017 | The Allegorical Life blog
Finding opportunities for compassion Over the past 33 years, having personally experienced the physical, emotional and psychological impacts of severe to catastrophic natural hazard events as well as witnessing these impacts on those who directly lost loved ones or...
by Mark Crosweller | Dec 21, 2017 | The Allegorical Life blog
The Meaning of a Uniform Every Police, Fire and Emergency Service (PF&ES) in Australia, as in most other countries in the world, wears a uniform with a badge on each shoulder. When I ask members of PF&ES what the badge symbolises, the usual response is a...
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