It is now well understood that this pandemic has exposed the weaknesses in our ecomonic systems as well as in our supporting infrastructure. It was […]
Joel Fitzgibbon quits Labor frontbench amid growing climate fight
Mr Fitzgibbon told caucus he will sit on the backbench because he believes the party is alienating its blue-collar base with its climate policies. Source: […]
Interactives: JFK’s Forgotten Dallas Motorcade
JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS JUST DAYS from securing the 1960 Democratic nomination for president when Dr. W.A. Criswell strode, bible in hand, to the carved wooden altar of the mighty First Baptist Church in Dallas.
Ageing population missed by Abbott’s ministry – ABC News
In 2010 Treasury released its Intergenerational Report, Australia to 2050 (PDF). The report concluded that a failure to act now to tackle intergenerational challenges would result in ‘severe economic, fiscal and environmental consequences’.
DON’T CALL ME PATSY! Pebbles from the pocket of life
My mother, Pat Parker (nee Platford) very late in life, decided to try and write her memoirs. Her health unfortunately deteriorated before she got very […]
The Pandemic Lessons Ignored
Western democracies, and as far as can be ascertained, most closed societies, despite knowing more pandemics would come, failed not only to build on existing preparedness, but actually cut funding, This happened in Australia under the Abbott government who cut funding to the CSIRO and its Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong (now named The Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness).
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