From the rector & principal of saint ignatius’ college riverview
From the rector & principal of saint ignatius’ college riverview
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Thursday 28 June 2018 | Dr Paul Hine
The Riverview Family
Staff Services has completed another busy term and work continues through the break. The Staff Services team is responsible for the human resources across the College including recruitment, induction, staff professional learning and formation, leadership development, staff review and development, work health and safety, child protection, talent management and succession. As Deputy Principal Staff, I have the privilege of working with all staff in the College.
Finish strong. That was what Daryl Thompson, friend, mentor and chaplain supervisor, had written on his resumé. Not as a career goal, but in a category he titled ‘Life Goals’. In everything he did, he told me, he wanted to finish strong. He showed me the document once and those words stayed with me. A very admirable goal, and harder to do than it sounds.
This week the Coalition, after a marathon Party Room discussion, has unanimously decided there will be no ‘conscience vote’ for them on legislating for same-sex marriage in this parliamentary term. There may be a referendum or plebiscite to determine public opinion on the matter following the next election. This current debate was heightened some months ago when Ireland, that traditionally most Catholic of countries, voted overwhelmingly for same-sex marriage in a national referendum.
