I am really disappointed at the absence of women in Cabinet positions in the new Liberal Government in Canberra. My disappointment is because I am tired of having to justify […]
‘When is doing nothing no longer an option?’ This was the question asked by Journalist Robin Lustig in The Guardian Weekly (p.18) last week on the situation in Syria and […]
In the debate about Asylum Seekers and Refugees, it seems the concept and practice of transparency has become another tradeable commodity in our consumer marketplace. It is not seen as […]
Money has created a throw-away culture – ‘a by-product of our global economic system that cares only about profit’, according to Pope Francis. Pope Francis has called for an economic […]
France’s Upper House of Parliament, the Senate, recently made a very interesting decision to ban ‘Mini-Miss’ beauty pageants as part of its gender equality bill. The argument presented was concerned […]
‘We have a dream….” And in late August on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King’s most famous ‘I have a dream’ speech, Baptist Care Australia […]
Aged care services work well without people generally paying it much attention. Occasionally, an issue achieves some coverage in the media, but mostly, services to our elderly Australians are provided […]
I listened to an interview on the ABC with Malala Yousafzai on Friday morning on my way to work. I learned two things, it was the International Day of the […]
Last week was Anti-Poverty Week. I’m not sure yet of the numbers of people and organisations who supported the week by attending events or by putting on their own activities […]