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Is War A Dying Business - Archive Article
December 13, 2008 | RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY JANUARY 8 1999 ON RADIO 2GB’S “BRIAN WILSHIRE PROGRAMME” AT 9 PM, AND ON JANUARY 10 1999 ON “SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE” AT 10.30 PM. The only thing more common than the predictions about the end of war, has been the widespread use of war as an instrument of national politics. Therefore: is war a dying business? The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research was established in 1980 to undertake independent research on disarmament and related problems. It is one of the world’s major disarmament research bodies. The current edition of the Institute’s journal... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 9:10 AM Comment
Corruption - Archive Article
December 13, 2008 | RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY JUNE 12 1998 ON RADIO 2GB'S "BRIAN WILSHIRE PROGRAMME" AT 9 PM, AND ON JUNE 14 1998 ON "SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE" AT 10.30 PM. With so much concern about corruption, it is encouraging to report that there is now an international non-governmental organization campaigning to lift standards. The magazine Transitions, which is the standard publication for tracing the evolution of Eastern Europe from communism to a freer society, has a series of articles on corruption in Eastern Europe. One of the articles is an interview with Dieter Frisch of Transparency International. Transparency International... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 9:05 AM Comment
Getting Old - Archive Article 8th October 1999
December 13, 2008 | Getting old is not identical with fate. Individuals play a major role in designing their own process of aging. Tony Buzan and Raymond Keene have written a brilliant book on aging called: The Age Heresy: You Can Achieve More - Not Less - As You Get Older. Tony Buzan is the creator of Mind Maps and the concept of mental literacy. Also, he taught me "speed reading" three decades ago, when I was a university undergraduate - one of the best investments I have ever made. Also in the UK is the co-author Raymond Keene, an international Chess Grandmaster and... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 8:59 AM Comment
Taxation - Archive Article
December 13, 2008 | RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4 1998 ON RADIO 2GB'S "BRIAN WILSHIRE PROGRAMME" AT 9 PM, AND ON SEPTEMBER 6 1998 ON "SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE" AT 10.30 PM. Now that Australia is going to have a federal election fought partly on a Goods and Services Tax, it is worth looking at the taxation debate that will come after the GST one. I have just returned from Germany. I was a guest at last week's luncheon at the Rotary Club of Hamburg-Blankenese, where there was a speaker on new environmental taxes. Before looking at the new form of... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 8:56 AM Comment
International Year For A Culture Of Peace - Archive Article
December 13, 2008 | RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY JULY 5 2000 ON RADIO 2GB’S “BRIAN WILSHIRE PROGRAMME” AT 9 PM, AND ON JULY 7 2000 ON “SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE” AT 10.30 PM. This is the International Year for a Culture of Peace. There is some good news: the Hatfields and the McCoys have agreed to stop their century and a half of fighting. On July 4. I spoke at a Parliament House Luncheon organized by the Woollahra/ Double Bay Uniting Church, with the proceeds going to Edward Eagar Lodge’s work with homeless people. The topic was “Conflict Resolution and a Culture... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 8:53 AM Comment
India and Pakistan Nuclear Testing - Archive Article
December 13, 2008 | RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY JUNE 5 1998 ON RADIO 2GB’S “BRIAN WILSHIRE PROGRAMME” AT 9 PM, AND ON JUNE 7 1988 ON “SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE” AT 10.30 PM. The Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests are bad news for the cause of disarmament. But the nuclear situation at the end of this century is not as bad as was predicted 30 years ago. I am a member of the Foreign Minister’s National Consultative Committee on Peace and Disarmament. This week’s meeting in Canberra was overshadowed by the Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests. But a sense of history is... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 8:50 AM Comment
Conflict Resolution At Election Time - Archive Article
December 13, 2008 | RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY MARCH 5 1999 ON RADIO 2GB'S "BRIAN WILSHIRE PROGRAMME" AT 9 PM, AND ON MARCH 7 1999 ON "SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE" AT 10.30 PM. Elections are usually a time of discord and name-calling. Can we have elections that are based on conflict resolution? The Conflict Resolution Network in Sydney has launched its own campaign for this month's State election. The Network is encouraging all candidates to adopt a more conflict resolving approach in their seeking office. In particular, each candidate is being asked to make the following commitments: I will: . address community... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 8:47 AM Comment
Proving How Green You Are - Archive Article
December 13, 2008 | RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY MAY 5 2000 ON RADIO 2GB'S "BRIAN WILSHIRE PROGRAMME" AT 9 PM, AND ON MAY 7 2000 ON "SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE" AT 10.30 PM Nowadays it pays to be "green". It also pays to prove that you are "green". Then you may be rewarded. You can do well by doing good. "BCA Papers", the magazine of the Business Council of Australia, has an article by Chris Burnup on "Environmental Performance and Public Reporting". This is a contribution to the discussion over the movement around the world to increase the level and scope of... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 8:42 AM Comment
Peter Cook - Archive Article
December 13, 2008 | RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5 1999 ON RADIO 2GB'S "BRIAN WILSHIRE PROGRAMME" AT 9 PM, AND ON NOVEMBER 7 1999 ON "SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE" AT 10.30 PM. Peter Cook was one of the funniest people in Britain in recent decades. But he also had a terrible life as an alcoholic. Harry Thompson, a former BBC colleague, has written an excellent book on Peter Cook, "Peter Cook: A Biography." He recalls Cook's slide into alcoholism and his eventual death from it. Peter Cook was born into an English middle class family, with a tradition of civil servants... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 8:39 AM Comment
Debt Relief For Poor Countries - Archive Article
December 13, 2008 | BROADCAST ON FRIDAY AUGUST 6 1999 ON RADIO 2GB’S “BRIAN WILSHIRE PROGRAMME” AT 9 PM, AND ON AUGUST 8 1999 ON “SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE” AT 10.30 PM. RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY Debt relief for poor countries has become an important issue for the world’s wealthiest countries. But a great deal more remains to be done in ending the debts. One of the biggest scandals in the world today is the way in which poor Third World countries pay more money to the West than they get from the West as foreign aid. They help our development far more than we... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 8:35 AM Comment
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