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The Club Of Rome - Archive Article
December 10, 2008 | RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 26 1999 ON RADIO 2GB'S "BRIAN WILSHIRE PROGRAMME" AT 9 PM, AND ON NOVEMBER 28 1999 ON "SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE" AT 10.30 PM. We are living in a world of great change. It is important that our thinking keeps up to date with all the changes that are taking place. I have just returned from the 1999 Conference of The Club of Rome held in Vienna. The Club of Rome is an international think tank of 100 people which looks at international problems from an interdisciplinary perspective. The Club of Rome first... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 12:38 PM Comment
Support for Vulnerable Families - Archive Article
December 10, 2008 | BROADCAST ON RADIO 2GB JULY 3 1998 An ounce of prevention is better than a ton of cure. If prevention is so good, then why is the State Government so reluctant to finance it? Wesley Dalmar Child and Family Services is part of the Coalition to Support Vulnerable Families. The Coalition is running a campaign to encourage the State Government to invest in families at risk. The Coalition has called on the Government to spend an extra $20 million per year to boost home visiting services and respite care. In other words, there should be more attention given to preventative... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 12:31 PM Comment
Mining Disaster in Romania - Archive Article
December 10, 2008 | RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY MARCH 3rd 2000 ON RADIO 2GB'S "BRIAN WILSHIRE PROGRAMME" AT 9 PM, AND ON MARCH 5TH 2000 ON "SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE" AT 10.30 PM. The mining incident in Romania has been called the worst European environmental tragedy since the Chernobyl nuclear reactor incident in 1986. The disaster is of importance to Australia because there is an Australian company involved. Mining has always been a dangerous activity but there has been a recent tendency to overlook this. Humans have become used to the great advances in science and technology and so assume that there... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 12:26 PM Comment
The Dangers Of Alcohol - Archive Article
December 10, 2008 | BROADCAST ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3 1999 ON RADIO 2GB'S "BRIANWILSHIRE PROGRAMME" AT 9 PM, AND ON SEPTEMBER 5 1999 ON "SUNDAYNIGHT LIVE" AT 10.30 PM. RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY They say that the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. Well, one way of reducing the risk of premature death and to lessen your tax burden is to avoid drinking alcohol. Alcohol damages your life - and your wallet. Alcohol Awareness Week is getting underway. This is a good opportunity to alert people to the dangers of alcohol - even inso-called small quantities - and the value of... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 12:12 PM Comment
"RODRIGO BAGGIO'S COMPUTER LITERACY PROGRAMME FOR BRAZIL'S DISADVANTAGED"- Archive Article
December 10, 2008 | RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY JULY 21 2000 ON RADIO 2GB'S "BRIAN WILSHIRE PROGRAMME" AT 9 PM, AND ON JULY 23 2000 ON "SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE" AT 10.30 PM. It is possible to encourage young people to become more interested in their computers lessons than in drugs or other crime. Here is a positive story of what can be achieved and how lives can be turned around. The magazine "Sources", published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has a fascinating story its current edition on how disadvantaged people can become computer literate so that... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 12:02 PM Comment
Human Rights - Archive Article
December 10, 2008 | 10.12.2008: The piece below was broadcast ten years ago. To find out more about the UN's Human Rights Policy in 2008 follow the link. RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 4 1998 ON RADIO 2GB'S "BRIAN WILSHIRE PROGRAMME" AT 9 PM, AND ON DECEMBER 6 1998 ON "SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE" AT 10.30 PM. December 10 next week (1998) will be the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This is the basic document of the global human rights revolution. The Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 with no... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 11:51 AM Comment
The Granny Boom - Archive Article.
December 10, 2008 | RADIO 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY JUNE 4 1999 ON RADIO 2GB'S "BRIAN WILSHIRE PROGRAMME" AT 9 PM, AND ON JUNE 6 1999 ON "SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE" AT 10.30 PM There is now a "granny boom" around the world. People are living longer than ever before. Two thirds of all those people in history who have ever reached the age of 65, are still alive today. The UNESCO Courier, the magazine of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has recently carried a series of articles dealing with 1999: the International Year of Older Persons. This international year... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 11:47 AM Comment
The Earth Charter - ARCHIVE ARTICLE.
December 10, 2008 | 10.12.2008 - This week the Australian government has been questioned over it's decision not to publish it's emission targets prior to the UN climate talks in Poland. Below is a transcript of a piece broadcast on Radio 2CBA back in April 2000 on the subject of the Earth Charter. RADIO 2CBA FOCAL POINT COMMENTARY BROADCAST FRIDAY APRIL 28th,2000 April 22 was Earth Day. It has now been going for exactly 30 years. Soon there will be an Earth Charter to remind us of the importance of this planet's environment. Negotiations are continuing for the creation of an Earth Charter. I... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 11:26 AM Comment
Indonesia. Archive Article
December 8, 2008 | RADIO 2CBA FOCAL POINT COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY JANUARY 28 2000 ON RADIO 2CBA FM. Indonesia now has more violent clashes than at any time since the May 1998 resignation of the corrupt President Suharto. There is also speculation of a military takeover. Indonesia is now the world’s third largest democracy (after India and the US). It is having difficulty getting used to democracy. There is no tradition of democracy within the country. President Abdurrahman Wahid has been in office for only three months. Aged only 59, he has a record of poor health. He is partly blind and has... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 11:27 PM 1 comment
Globalisation - Fair For All? Archive Article.
December 8, 2008 | RADIO 2CBA FOCAL POINT COMMENTARY BROADCAST ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 29 1999 ON RADIO 2CBA FM. World trade is growing faster than national economies. In other words, countries are doing more trade with each other as the years go by - and are doing so at a faster rate than their own national economic growth. But is everyone benefiting from all this trade? The current world trade system goes back to the end of World War II. If generals always prepare to fight the last war, so diplomats always prepare to avoid having to fight the last war. In 1945, the... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 11:21 PM Comment
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