SPC 6th Annual General Meeting 24 November 2011 Report by Peter Whiting SPC President. Welcome to this our sixth AGM. It provides an excellent opportunity for the Committee to review with its members the progress made during the past year. You may well recall that, with your input, we committed in 2010-11 to focus on [...]
By Geoff Lacey Talk given at Social Policy Connections’ Annual General Meeting 24 November 2011 In October, Cardinal George Pell gave a lecture in Westminster Cathedral Hall, entitled, One Christian Perspective on Climate Change. Geoff Lacey addresses the question of how to develop an ethical response to the issue of climate change, in particular examining [...]
Photo courtesy public16, flickr cc Cooperation not intervention: a call for a new direction in the Northern Territory Aboriginal peak bodies, community welfare, and public health groups from around the country are calling for a new direction in policies affecting Aboriginal Australians, based on cooperation rather than on ‘intervention’. ACOSS CEO, Dr Cassandra Goldie, says [...]
This paper raises a number of questions about the interpretation of consultations with Aboriginal communities across the Northern Territory concerning the link between cuts to welfare payments and school non-attendance. The Federal Government’s recent report, Stronger Futures Report on Consultations, is based on the the belief that Aboriginal people support the proposal to remove welfare [...]
Please click HERE for a .pdf version of this newsletter. Why the widespread protests? Editorial by Bruce Duncan Many Australians have been surprised by the demonstrations in key cities, mobilising under the badge of ‘the 99 percent movement’. Whatever one might think about the conduct of these protests, the underlying message is urgent and serious, [...]
Melbourne 4 November, 2011 United First People’s Law men and women who are born leaders representing people of Prescribed Areas in the Northern Territory make this statement. Once again, they have gathered to openly discuss the future of our generation who have been subjugated by the lies and innuendo of the Federal Government, set out [...]
