We are one big beautiful salad!
Today is Harmony Day in Australia. Since 1999 this day, which coincides with the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is a celebration of our cultural diversity – a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home....
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WHEN WILL THIS END? Today I was asked to comment on The Nauru Files: a cache of 2,000 leaked reports published by The Guardian, detailing the extreme trauma, abuse and sexual assault suffered by those seeking asylum from war and terror who are being detained...
read moreHow do we live an ethical life in the face of global upheaval?
Stan Grant, the wonderful Indigenous Australian author, broadcaster and commentator recently delivered the Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture and the subject of his speech was ‘How do we live an ethical life in the face of cultural devastation?’ Grant’s address focussed...
read moreGratitude For The Strength We All Possess
GRATITUDE FOR THE STRENGTH WE ALL POSSESS Today we celebrate a day which, on the United Nation's official calendar, is the International Day of Peace. With a theme of Building Blocks for Change, it is a day to approach with hope and a genuine belief that we can build...
read moreThe waging of a new war
THE WAGING OF A NEW WAR YESTERDAY morning, a prominent Australian media personality made a comment on a commercial morning television programme that she co-hosts to the effect that she would feel much safer if the Australian Government changed their immigration policy...
read moreInvesting in our greatest asset: our people
INVESTING IN OUR GREATEST ASSET: OUR PEOPLE It’s election time in Australia! Criticism of government agencies in relation to their investment in seminars, training, mentoring and the professional development of their employees almost always guarantees a prominent...
read moreCreativity in a crisis!
If you put fences around people, you get sheep. - William McKnight It’s been an interesting couple of months! Amidst the global tragedies, the loss of yet more legends and the circus, spectacle and surprises that have been the US Presidential candidacy contest, the...
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