Contents:
- THE SECRET HISTORY OF ATRALIA'S GAY DIGGERS
- NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY
- HOW THIS TRADIE'S SEXUALY SPIRED HIM TO START HIS OWN BSELECTRICIAN DAVID JON HAS BEEN NAMED AMONG ATRALIA’S OUTSTANDG LGBTI LEARS FOR 2018, HE IS DRIVEN TOWARDS HELPG OTHERS FD SELF-ACCEPTANCE.ATRALIA'S OUTSTANDG LGBTI LEAR DAVID JON. SOURCE: SUPPLIEDDAVID JON NEVER SET OUT TO BE A TRENDSETTER, BUT THE ELECTRICIAN HAS MA A NAME FOR HIMSELF THE NSTCTN DTRY.“THIRTY YEARS AGO MAY HAVE BEEN A B OF A NOVELTY I SUPPOSE TO BE A GAY TRADIE,” SAYS DAVID.THE FOUNR OF DAVID JON ELECTRICIANS HAS JOED THE LIK OF SENATOR PENNY WONG THE LIST OF OUTSTANDG 50 LGBTI ROLE MOLS ATRALIA.DAVID SET UP HIS OWN ELECTRIL BS AFTER G TO TERMS WH HIS SEXUALY.“I LIKE WHEN EVERYBODY’S HAPPY, WHEN CLIENTS ARE HAPPY AND THE STAFF IS HAPPY.”“I’M NOT PERFECT AT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGATN AND I’M STILL WORKG ON MYSELF AND MY PERSONAL GROWTH,” HE SAYS. ELECTRICIAN DAVID JON WORKG WH HIS EMPLOYEE TYSON O'LEARY. SOURCE: SUPPLIEDDAVID HAS SPENT THE LAST 28 YEARS BUILDG A 24/7 BS THAT SPECIALIS DOMTIC AND MERCIAL ELECTRIL WORK. HIS DRIVE TO CREATE A SUPPORTIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT STEMMED OM HIS OWN EXPERIENC AND A FEELG OF TOLERANCE THE WORKPLACE.DAVID WAS A YOUNG ELECTRIL APPRENTICE WORKG NSTCTN WHEN HE WAS ALG WH HIS SEXUALY.“COMG TO TERMS WH BEG GAY THE 1980S, I DIDN’T WANT TO BE GAY AND THOUGHT I ULD CHANGE ,” SAYS DAVID.“SO I SAID TO MYSELF, I’LL GO AND GET HELP WHEN I’M 19 AND IF I N’T, I’LL KILL MYSELF."BUT I NEVER OBVLY WENT THROUGH WH AND PROBABLY NEVER ME CLOSE.”HIS STGGLE FOR ACCEPTANCE BEE THE TALYST FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT.IN 1990, HE FIXED UP A 1967 VC VALIANT STATN WAGON THAT WAS DUMPED HIS UNCLE’S PADDOCK AND BEGAN DOG ELECTRIL JOBS.“THAT WAS REALLY THE START OF MY BS AND GOT MORE AND MORE JOBS THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH.”DAVID WOULD OFTEN GO OUT ON JOBS WH HIS DOG, BEN, WAS THE START OF A BETIFUL IENDSHIP,“I’D NEVER HAD A DOG BEFORE. WE WERE SEPARABLE FOR 13 YEARS".ELECTRICIAN DAVID JON WH HIS FIRST DOG BEN. SOURCE: SUPPLIEDAS MAND FOR THE BS GREW, DAVID BEGAN EMPLOYG MORE ELECTRIL NTRACTORS AND EXPANDG HIS SERVIC TO PROPERTY AND STRATA. ALONG WH THE CHALLENGE OF NNG A BS, DAVID HAD TO AL WH PERSONAL ADVERSY.IN 2003, HIS OLR BROTHER PL PASSED AWAY, AGED JT 41 YEARS OLD.“WE DIDN’T E THE TERM HIV POSIVE, WAS AIDS AND WAS VASTATG,” HE SAYS.FOUR YEARS LATER, DAVID HAD TO PE WH THE SUDN ATH OF HIS FORMER PARTNER AND THE BIRTH OF HIS SON, JACK. “I WAS GRIEVG OM SOMEBODY PASSG WHO’D BEEN VERY SIGNIFINT MY LIFE AND THE VERY NEXT DAY MY SON WAS BORN SO THAT WAS A VERY STRANGE SPACE TO BE,” SAYS DAVID.HE HASN’T HAD A SER PARTNER SCE.DAVID JON FORMER PARTNER MICHAEL. SOURCE: SUPPLIED“HE MEANT EVERYTHG TO ME,” DAVID SAYS.DEALG WH THE PA OF LOSS, AND JOY OF FATHERHOOD HAS ALSO HELPED DAVID BUILD A BS THAT REVOLV AROUND TOLERANCE AND EMPATHY, AS MUCH AS PROF.TYSON O'LEARY HAS BEEN WORKG FOR DAVID FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS AND IS APPROACHG LONG-SERVICE LEAVE.“HE’S A GREAT BOSS, HE LOV TO HAVE A LGH,” SAYS TYSON WHO WAS AWARD BT ELECTRIL APPRENTICE BY THE NATNAL ELECTRIL AND COMMUNITNS ASSOCIATN (NECA) 2013.HOWEVER TYSON ADMS THERE’S THE ODD OCSN, HIS BOSS DO DRIVE HIM CRAZY.“YEAH HE DO A LTLE B BUT AS ANY BOSS, HE DO WH MEANS,” HE LGHS.DAVID ADMS MANAGG 20 STAFF N BE CHALLENGG.“I’M STILL WORKG ON MYSELF AND MY PERSONAL GROWTH.“IF I LOOK BACK WHEN I STARTED 30 YEARS AGO, I WAS A VERY DIFFERENT PERSON.”AFTER ALMOST THREE S OF NNG A BS, DAVID’S NEXT GOAL IS SETTG UP A ANCHISE.HE HOP TO NTUE THE BRAND’S WORK PHILOSOPHY OF TOLERANCE AND ACCEPTANCE.DAVID ALSO HOP HIS JOURNEY WILL HELP OTHERS G TO TERMS WH THEIR INTY. HIS ADVICE: “JT BE HONT TO YOURSELF AND HONT TO OTHERS AND DON’T BE ASHAMED OF WHO YOU ARE.” SHAREFOLLOW SMALL BS SECRETSFACEBOOKTWTERSTAGRAMSHARG BS SECRETS OF SPIRG ENTREPRENRS & TIPS ON STARTG UP ATRALIA'S DIVERSE SMALL BS SECTOR. READ MORE ABOUT SMALL BS SECRETSWATCH NOWHAVE A STORY OR MENT? CONTACT USSHARG BS SECRETS OF SPIRG ENTREPRENRS & TIPS ON STARTG UP ATRALIA'S DIVERSE SMALL BS SECTOR.WATCH NOWFOLLOW SMALL BS SECRETSFACEBOOKTWTERSTAGRAM4 M READPUBLISHED 2 OCTOBER 2018 3:07PMUPDATED 8 OCTOBER 2018 10:50AMBY DANIELA INTILISOURCE: SBS SMALL BS SECRETSTAGSOBUARIBSSYDNEYSHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHARETOPICS
THE SECRET HISTORY OF ATRALIA'S GAY DIGGERS
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NSW POLICE LOSE URT BID TO EXCLU STT JOHNSON KILLG OM GAY HATE QUIRY
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HOW THIS TRADIE'S SEXUALY SPIRED HIM TO START HIS OWN BSELECTRICIAN DAVID JON HAS BEEN NAMED AMONG ATRALIA’S OUTSTANDG LGBTI LEARS FOR 2018, HE IS DRIVEN TOWARDS HELPG OTHERS FD SELF-ACCEPTANCE.ATRALIA'S OUTSTANDG LGBTI LEAR DAVID JON. SOURCE: SUPPLIEDDAVID JON NEVER SET OUT TO BE A TRENDSETTER, BUT THE ELECTRICIAN HAS MA A NAME FOR HIMSELF THE NSTCTN DTRY.“THIRTY YEARS AGO MAY HAVE BEEN A B OF A NOVELTY I SUPPOSE TO BE A GAY TRADIE,” SAYS DAVID.THE FOUNR OF DAVID JON ELECTRICIANS HAS JOED THE LIK OF SENATOR PENNY WONG THE LIST OF OUTSTANDG 50 LGBTI ROLE MOLS ATRALIA.DAVID SET UP HIS OWN ELECTRIL BS AFTER G TO TERMS WH HIS SEXUALY.“I LIKE WHEN EVERYBODY’S HAPPY, WHEN CLIENTS ARE HAPPY AND THE STAFF IS HAPPY.”“I’M NOT PERFECT AT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGATN AND I’M STILL WORKG ON MYSELF AND MY PERSONAL GROWTH,” HE SAYS. ELECTRICIAN DAVID JON WORKG WH HIS EMPLOYEE TYSON O'LEARY. SOURCE: SUPPLIEDDAVID HAS SPENT THE LAST 28 YEARS BUILDG A 24/7 BS THAT SPECIALIS DOMTIC AND MERCIAL ELECTRIL WORK. HIS DRIVE TO CREATE A SUPPORTIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT STEMMED OM HIS OWN EXPERIENC AND A FEELG OF TOLERANCE THE WORKPLACE.DAVID WAS A YOUNG ELECTRIL APPRENTICE WORKG NSTCTN WHEN HE WAS ALG WH HIS SEXUALY.“COMG TO TERMS WH BEG GAY THE 1980S, I DIDN’T WANT TO BE GAY AND THOUGHT I ULD CHANGE ,” SAYS DAVID.“SO I SAID TO MYSELF, I’LL GO AND GET HELP WHEN I’M 19 AND IF I N’T, I’LL KILL MYSELF."BUT I NEVER OBVLY WENT THROUGH WH AND PROBABLY NEVER ME CLOSE.”HIS STGGLE FOR ACCEPTANCE BEE THE TALYST FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT.IN 1990, HE FIXED UP A 1967 VC VALIANT STATN WAGON THAT WAS DUMPED HIS UNCLE’S PADDOCK AND BEGAN DOG ELECTRIL JOBS.“THAT WAS REALLY THE START OF MY BS AND GOT MORE AND MORE JOBS THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH.”DAVID WOULD OFTEN GO OUT ON JOBS WH HIS DOG, BEN, WAS THE START OF A BETIFUL IENDSHIP,“I’D NEVER HAD A DOG BEFORE. WE WERE SEPARABLE FOR 13 YEARS".ELECTRICIAN DAVID JON WH HIS FIRST DOG BEN. SOURCE: SUPPLIEDAS MAND FOR THE BS GREW, DAVID BEGAN EMPLOYG MORE ELECTRIL NTRACTORS AND EXPANDG HIS SERVIC TO PROPERTY AND STRATA. ALONG WH THE CHALLENGE OF NNG A BS, DAVID HAD TO AL WH PERSONAL ADVERSY.IN 2003, HIS OLR BROTHER PL PASSED AWAY, AGED JT 41 YEARS OLD.“WE DIDN’T E THE TERM HIV POSIVE, WAS AIDS AND WAS VASTATG,” HE SAYS.FOUR YEARS LATER, DAVID HAD TO PE WH THE SUDN ATH OF HIS FORMER PARTNER AND THE BIRTH OF HIS SON, JACK. “I WAS GRIEVG OM SOMEBODY PASSG WHO’D BEEN VERY SIGNIFINT MY LIFE AND THE VERY NEXT DAY MY SON WAS BORN SO THAT WAS A VERY STRANGE SPACE TO BE,” SAYS DAVID.HE HASN’T HAD A SER PARTNER SCE.DAVID JON FORMER PARTNER MICHAEL. SOURCE: SUPPLIED“HE MEANT EVERYTHG TO ME,” DAVID SAYS.DEALG WH THE PA OF LOSS, AND JOY OF FATHERHOOD HAS ALSO HELPED DAVID BUILD A BS THAT REVOLV AROUND TOLERANCE AND EMPATHY, AS MUCH AS PROF.TYSON O'LEARY HAS BEEN WORKG FOR DAVID FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS AND IS APPROACHG LONG-SERVICE LEAVE.“HE’S A GREAT BOSS, HE LOV TO HAVE A LGH,” SAYS TYSON WHO WAS AWARD BT ELECTRIL APPRENTICE BY THE NATNAL ELECTRIL AND COMMUNITNS ASSOCIATN (NECA) 2013.HOWEVER TYSON ADMS THERE’S THE ODD OCSN, HIS BOSS DO DRIVE HIM CRAZY.“YEAH HE DO A LTLE B BUT AS ANY BOSS, HE DO WH MEANS,” HE LGHS.DAVID ADMS MANAGG 20 STAFF N BE CHALLENGG.“I’M STILL WORKG ON MYSELF AND MY PERSONAL GROWTH.“IF I LOOK BACK WHEN I STARTED 30 YEARS AGO, I WAS A VERY DIFFERENT PERSON.”AFTER ALMOST THREE S OF NNG A BS, DAVID’S NEXT GOAL IS SETTG UP A ANCHISE.HE HOP TO NTUE THE BRAND’S WORK PHILOSOPHY OF TOLERANCE AND ACCEPTANCE.DAVID ALSO HOP HIS JOURNEY WILL HELP OTHERS G TO TERMS WH THEIR INTY. HIS ADVICE: “JT BE HONT TO YOURSELF AND HONT TO OTHERS AND DON’T BE ASHAMED OF WHO YOU ARE.” SHAREFOLLOW SMALL BS SECRETSFACEBOOKTWTERSTAGRAMSHARG BS SECRETS OF SPIRG ENTREPRENRS & TIPS ON STARTG UP ATRALIA'S DIVERSE SMALL BS SECTOR. READ MORE ABOUT SMALL BS SECRETSWATCH NOWHAVE A STORY OR MENT? CONTACT USSHARG BS SECRETS OF SPIRG ENTREPRENRS & TIPS ON STARTG UP ATRALIA'S DIVERSE SMALL BS SECTOR.WATCH NOWFOLLOW SMALL BS SECRETSFACEBOOKTWTERSTAGRAM4 M READPUBLISHED 2 OCTOBER 2018 3:07PMUPDATED 8 OCTOBER 2018 10:50AMBY DANIELA INTILISOURCE: SBS SMALL BS SECRETSTAGSOBUARIBSSYDNEYSHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHARETOPICS
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