Follow the links to read these articles in full. Download a .pdf of SPC News. Conscience – defend it or just ignore it? Take Manus Island, for instance Peter Whiting The spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called on the government to end the “unfolding humanitarian emergency”, and allow the previously detained […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full. Russell Broadbent launches critique of Australian refugee policies Bruce Duncan At the 21 September launch of Bridging Troubled Waters: Australia & Asylum Seekers by Dr Tony Ward, Liberal member for McMillan in Gippsland, Russell Broadbent, challenged his own political party sharply, as well as Australia’s detention […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full. Download a .pdf of SPC News. Wake up, Australia: many people need our aid urgently Bruce Duncan The Australian Head of Advocacy for Caritas, Negaya Chorley, lamented in May that Australia’s continual slashing of overseas aid undermines global efforts to reduce hunger and poverty and promote the […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full. Download a .pdf of SPC News. Charting a way forward in SPC Peter Whiting The Board of Social Policy Connections is currently challenging itself to sharpen its core purpose and reassess ways to promote debate about social justice among our supporters and readers, in a context […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full. Download a .pdf of SPC News. We can make our society fair Peter Whiting How is it that Australia – which recently outperformed other OECD countries by recording 25 consecutive years of economic growth – could have such a significant number of waged employees falling under the […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full. Download a .pdf of SPC News. Consternation over Trump Mr Trump continues to cause consternation with his humiliating obsequiousness to the leaders of Saudi Arabia (hey – he won a huge arms deal worth $US110 billion!), even though the Saudis have been pouring money into spreading their […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full. Download a .pdf of SPC News. Who defines Australian values? Peter Whiting I’m all for our political system ‘standing up for Australian values’, if those values are widely held in our community, and moreover that these values themselves are designed as a comprehensive system for an […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full. Download a .pdf of SPC News. An upside-down world. I can’t help but think we are living in some Alice in Wonderland moment, in which things are all upside-down. Around us, we are hearing regular commentary on increasing inequality in Australia, and acknowledging that measures are required […]
Follow the links to full versions of these articles. Download a .pdf of SPC News March 2017. Editorial. Time for Australia to recognise Palestine? The March edition of SPC News considers a range of pressing issues, from efforts to reach a two-state solution for the Palestine crisis, to proposals from Terry Laidler for a new constructive approach […]
Follow the links to full versions of these articles. Download a .pdf of this newsletter. Trump unleashed: our worst fears realised Shock and dismay are reverberating around the world in response to the actions and speeches of President Trump. Trump risks shattering the network of alliances and institutions of governance which the United States has, […]
