Continued from Significant changes to a worn-out Australian democracy require some positivity from Peter Dutton Let’s envision a future where everyone has equal opportunities for growth and success. The key to achieving this noble goal is to let go of outdated social objectives and invest in a broader social and philosophical common good that benefits…
Change can be gradual, or it can be sudden. Either way, we humans are usually prepared for it. We’ve seen it coming. We’ve been warned. Our technology and mass forms of communication keep us in touch with the progress of a changing planet. We know when a pandemic is on our doorstep. We know when…
Continued from Is Australian democracy at risk from an authoritarian leader? One day on a tranquil Sunday, I found myself lost in thought as the rain gently tapped on the rooftop, prompting me with profound questions. The word ‘democracy’ keeps coming back to me, and though I have written about it before, my inner political…
By unashamed believer in Love, guest columnist Tess Lawrence The romance between the Navalnys, Alexey and Yulia is destined for historical and cinematic heroic grandeur, now that Vladimir Putin’s nemesis has been put to death by murder most foul. For sure, in due course, there will be a film, a popera, a musical, a docudrama…
A new report reveals a growing crisis of women and children fleeing domestic and family violence into homelessness prompting calls for an urgent funding package to provide pathways to safe housing. Homelessness Australia’s Homelessness and domestic and family violence: State of Response Report for International Women’s Day analyses Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data…
Plan International Australia Media Release New research by Plan International Australia, released as the world marks International Women’s Day has revealed that awareness of how gender inequality manifests in some of the most devastating ways in Australia – and in more vulnerable contexts overseas – is alarmingly low. Almost half of Australians (47%) surveyed in…
The Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) has called for the federal government to expand build-to-rent-to-buy schemes. The Greens’ housing policy, released yesterday, calls for the government to build 360,000 homes over five years that would be available to rent and buy at discounted rates. CFMEU National Secretary Zach Smith said the Federal Labor Government…
ActionAid Media Release With one-quarter of Gaza’s population being one step away from famine and more than a dozen children dying from malnutrition in the north of the enclave, ActionAid is warning that an already extremely strained humanitarian system will face total collapse amidst the apparent looming offensive of Rafah. A senior UN aid official…
Royal Australian College of GPs Media Release The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) is calling on government to boost the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the bush. It comes following the College’s submission to the inquiry into NDIS participant experience in rural, regional, and remote Australia. RACGP President Dr Nicole Higgins said that no…
The spectacle, if it did not say it all, said much of it. Planes dropping humanitarian aid to a starving, famine-threatened populace of Gaza (the United Nations warns that 576,000 are “one step from famine”), with parachuted packages veering off course, some falling into the sea. Cargo also coming into Israel, with bullets, weaponry and…