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Feature Peace Recent articles by SPC friends

The blood-for-oil Iraq war demands a robust public inquiry.

Bevan Ramsden. 30 March 2021. 20 March 2021 marks 18 years since Australia made the decision to join the United States in the disastrous...

by Social Policy Connections 30.03.202130.03.2021

SPC News April 2021.

We need to tell it as it really is! Editorial Peter Whiting During the waning years of the Trump presidency, it became fashionable to...

by Social Policy Connections 30.03.202101.04.2021

Recent articles by SPC friends Stewardship of our planet

Wake up, Mr Morrison: Australia’s slack climate effort leaves our children 10 times more work to do than we have.

Lesley Hughes Macquarie UniversityJohn Hewson Crawford School of Public Policy Australian National UniversityMalte Meinshausen The University of MelbourneWill Steffen Australian National University 30 March...

by Social Policy Connections 29.03.202130.03.2021

Indigenous Issues Recent articles by SPC friends

Victoria’s truth-telling commission: to move forward, we need to answer for the legacies of colonisation.

Harry Hobbs University of Technology Sydney. 30 March 2021 Last year, the Victorian government announced it would establish a Truth and Justice process to...

by Social Policy Connections 29.03.202130.03.2021

Economic issues Recent articles by SPC friends

Australia has a long history of coercing people into work. There are better options than ‘dobbing in’.

Frances Flanagan University of Sydney. 30 March 2021 After heated criticism from several quarters, the federal government last month announced a meagre rise in...

by Social Policy Connections 29.03.202130.03.2021

Feature

We need to tell it as it really is!

Editorial. Peter Whiting. 30 March 2021. During the waning years of the Trump presidency, it became fashionable to reference the inordinate number of misleading...

by Social Policy Connections 24.03.202101.04.2021

Church and Social Justice Events

Webinar Pax Christi : Pope Francis’s Fratelli Tutti dream of an improved world.

A Moment to Dream: Pope Francis’ Pathway to an Improved Future. 2–3:30pm (AEDT) Sunday 18 April 2021 An invitation for parishes, local congregations, and...

by Social Policy Connections 21.03.202129.03.2021

Economic issues Feature Stewardship of our planet

Go hard, go early, go renewables.

Tim Colebatch. 30 March 2021. Ever the optimist, Ross Garnaut has a plan for Australia’s economic future Change the prime minister, and you change...

by Social Policy Connections 21.03.202130.03.2021

Church and Social Justice Feature Peace

Pope Francis apologises for the war against Iraq, but will Australia?

Bruce Duncan. 30 March 2021. During his recent visit to Iraq, Pope Francis revived hopes for deep reconciliation and renewed collaboration among the ancient...

by Social Policy Connections 21.03.202104.04.2021

Economic issues Feature Stewardship of our planet

The powerful national upside of net-zero emissions.

Nicholas Rowley and James Rydge. 30 March 2021 Major countries and the private sector are embracing net-zero as the growth opportunity of the future....

by Social Policy Connections 21.03.202130.03.2021

Feature Indigenous Issues Politics Recent articles by SPC friends

Truth & treaties: the ongoing legacy of the Uluru statement.

Henry Reynolds. 30 March 2021. The most shameful day in Malcolm Turnbull’s tenure as Australia’s Prime Minister was 27 October 2017. It was the...

by Social Policy Connections 21.03.202130.03.2021