I spent a week watching Helen Haines in action in Canberra. It was the most inspiring week of my life | Tim Berenyi
Somehow, among all the meetings, media commitments and delivering rousing speeches – she managed to bake seven sponge cakes for the people around her
Life has been feeling heavy for a while but since Monday it has felt overwhelming.
Our communities have been through so much: bushfires, floods, fugitives, lockdowns and bushfires – and that’s only since 2019. Throughout all this there has been one familiar face lightening the load during uncertain times: the smiling face of Helen Haines.
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