Keith Suter’s Global Insights
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Archive Article: The Poor Will Always Be With Us
February 28, 2009 | Tony Abbott, the Minister for Employment has recently been in the news regarding his comments on why people are poor. The ensuing debate over poverty then generated more heat than light over what should be done about ending poverty. Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 4:30 PM Comment
Archive Article: Earth Policy Institute
February 28, 2009 | There has been a great deal of media attention this week to the fate of the Kyoto Protocol. But there is some good news on the environment front Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 4:21 PM Comment
Archive Article: Coming to Terms with History
February 28, 2009 | Australia is coming to terms with certain unpleasant facts in its history, not least those relating to racism. But Australia is not alone in this process - the US has been on its own reassessment of history. Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 4:17 PM Comment
Archive Article: Poverty, Who's Fault Is It Anyway?
February 28, 2009 | This year Australia has been celebrating the centenary of its Federation. Another centennial is the creation of the "poverty line", which was done in England with Seebohm Rowntree's study "Poverty: A Study of Town Life". That was the first attempt to devise a "scientific" measure of poverty. Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 4:11 PM Comment
Archive Article: Its Never Too Late To Learn
February 28, 2009 | The British magazine "The Economist" is one of the world's most influential publications. It normally deals with high finance and high politics. However, it has recently carried an obituary for a person who could not read or write for the first 98 years of his life. Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 4:06 PM Comment
Archive Article Global Peace Assembly
February 28, 2009 | A week is a long time in politics. There is always plenty of scope for change - and often that change can be for the better. Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 2:49 PM Comment
Archive Article East Timor: Transition To Statehood
February 28, 2009 | The youngest country in the world is getting ready for independence. East Timor will shortly be free. Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 2:45 PM Comment
Archive Article 21st Dec 2001. The State of the Worlds Children
February 28, 2009 | 2GB NEWS COMMENTARY Christmas is a particularly a time for children. So: just how are the world's children faring? The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) each year publishes a survey of the world's children. One of the most captivating pages of the Report contains a poem from a UNICEF official based in Mozambique. At a time when so much of the Australia media are dominated by crass commercialism and the need for us to spend money, it is a statement on how to teach in one of the world's poorest countries. No Australian quite lives at the level of poverty... Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 2:39 PM Comment
Stella Rimmington - Former Head of MI5
February 18, 2009 | Stella Rimmington talks about her former role at MI5 and the impact of the media attention on her and her family. Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 2:19 PM Comment
Archive Article: Wars in Our Time.
February 16, 2009 | In the last few days we have been marking the anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. The good news is that such large international conventional warfare is now very rare - the bad news is that there are others forms of warfare to worry about. Full article »
Posted by: Amanda Foxon-Hill at 1:12 PM Comment
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