Posted 2 July 2020. Photo Invasion Day Rally Melbourne 2020. Matt Hrhac, flickr cc. Editorial Peter Whiting. Australia’s mixed record on human rights. As Australians might expect, we feature highly in some categories of human rights. In the field of economic and social rights, the right to health scores well, but the right to work […]
Follow the links to read the full versions of these articles.Download a printable version of SPC News June. Sustainable Development Goals point to how to address post-Covid reforms. Peter Whiting. With the easing of Covid-19 restrictions coming into place progressively throughout the States and Territories, it is not surprising that many are now focusing on […]
4 June 2020. Dear friend of SPC Thanks to all who have renewed their memberships of Social Policy Connections, and for the donations. Your support and encouragement make SPC possible. Though we may be a small voice in the scheme of things, we hope our newsletter is insightful, relaying to you some of the best […]
To read full versions of these items, follow the links.Download a printable version of SPC News. 7 May 2020 Covid-19 – return to a ‘normal’ world, or a radically different one? Editorial Peter Whiting By now, we’re all familiar with the rationale that we’re undergoing these Covid-19 limits to our personal freedoms and employment in […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full.Download a printable version of SPC News. Editorial. Critical choices face Australia & the world Peter Whiting It has all happened so quickly that it’s difficult to take it all in. The changes to our lives wrought by COVID-19 are dramatic, personal, and wide-ranging. Personally, I am […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full.Download a printable version of SPC News. Editorial. The human cost of bushfires Peter Whiting Images of the devastating bushfires which ravaged the Eastern States over summer have been seared into the Australian consciousness. The spontaneous generosity of Australians not directly affected by the fires is testimony […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full. Download a printable version of SPC News. The fires foreshadow our future with global warming Bruce Duncan Many Australians are very angry about the government’s failure to prepare for the fires or respond adequately. Astonishingly, Mr Morrison took holidays in Hawaii in January, without publicly announcing […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full. Download a printable version of SPC News. It’s time Peter Whiting Many readers will remember the catchy 1972 theme It’s time, which thrust Gough Whitlam into government. It focused on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative government, and was underpinned by a […]
Follow the links to read these articles in full.Download a printable version of SPC News. Subsidiarity – empowering people to take responsibility. Peter Whiting We are experiencing around the world a number of unrelated large-scale protest movements, which seem broadly to have in common only that they are each demanding greater political freedom and social […]
Download a printable version of SPC News Climate change: not just about economics, but also about ecology & ethics Peter Whiting Some 300,000 people marched in Australia on 20 September in support of the student-inspired demonstrations, three days before the UN Climate Summit in New York, indicating how many are acutely dissatisfied with the government’s […]
Why the Amazon fires strike dread in our hearts. Bruce Duncan The extraordinary fires in the Amazon in August 2019 struck dread into the hearts of climate specialists and observers worldwide, since the Amazon forests remain one of the great bulwarks against global warming. They cool Latin America, and generate 20% of the world’s oxygen. […]
