For this special project, I was enlisted as a story collector working within Nillumbik Council for Humankind Enterprises. The objective of this progress was to create connection during coronavirus lockdown, by connecting older members of the community with younger members of the community. Over the… Read More
COVID-19 is clearly impacting countries to varying degrees. Differences in preparedness, population density and in the quality of national healthcare systems, as well as in the nature of government responses to the pandemic, have led to marked differences in outcomes. Read the full article here.
Consider for a moment, your citizenship. For most people our nationality, and therefore our citizenship, is something we were born with, something we inherited and are in no danger of ever losing. Yet, around the world today, there is an estimated 10 million stateless people.… Read More
http://thecityjournal.net/daily-news-podcast/city-journal-weekly-china-focus-14-june/?fbclid=IwAR1r1ZPDW1fiVTm1paj5iUN5ahlSj10RK03gaB9cQyXsqKCsS_mzXHMWK8o The Australia-China relationship is more fraught than ever, with tensions emerging over everything from international students to barley prices. This week on City Journal Weekly, Marco Holden Jeffery and Oliver Lees present a special China Focus program, looking at the key issues between Australia and China on… Read More
Since becoming a reporter for The New York Times in 2016, Vicky Xu has lost faith in the ability of traditional journalism to report effectively on human rights issues. As a journalist, Ms Xu covered a range of human rights allegations, including the detention of Uyghur Muslims in the Chinese province… Read More
In the wake of the Black Saturday bushfires, which tore through north-eastern Victoria in the early months of 2009, The Phoenix emerged, a newspaper that sought to cover the region’s recovery and provide advertising at no cost to local business. The Phoenix founder and editor, Ash Long, said… Read More
A Twitter storm over basketball is representative of the hostility present in the US-China relationship today, where a rapidly changing political landscape has made conflict the new normal. Read the full article here.
Funding for the United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Force has been drastically reduced in recent years, with over US$1.9 billion owed to the organization in contributions from its members. Since its inception, peacekeeping has been harshly scrutinized by the international community, with glaring failures in Rwanda… Read More
At the Pacific Island Forum held in Tuvalu last week, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison did not budge from his conservative position on climate change. Eighteen heads of states representing their island nations did their utmost to convey the immediate threat posed by the climate… Read More
For five years, a gruesome civil war raged on these terms, a conflict based upon unsubstantiated suspicions and racial prejudice. This latest peace deal has provided some respite for the people of South Sudan, but beneath this superficial calm remains an array of fundamental issues… Read More
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