The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services has found many failures, including that of leadership, deeply ingrained cultural issues, problems with governance and accountability and unethical conduct. It is certain that it will lead to recommendations for change and, hopefully, significant improvement in behaviour. Politics affects us and our lives […]
For many parts of the world there is much truth in the words “it is very hard to be a girl here”. Here is a story from Doctors Without Borders about one young girl in Nigeria. Amina is 15 years old, she looks like she has the weight of the world on her shoulders. Her small […]
The new President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, doesn’t seem to care for the process of the law. He encourages and supports extrajudicial killings of drug suspects (both dealers and users). According to Amnesty International (AI) over 1700 people have been murdered since he came into office on 30 June, 2016. Here is AI’s call for […]
The Australian Federal election is only a week away and, given the polls, it is a scary thought that Bill Shorten could be Prime Minister and Chris Bowen our Treasurer. They claim that they “put people first” yet their record, under our worst ever Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard prove otherwise. During those […]
A recent article in The Economist (Vol 418 No 8992, June 4, 1996) states that free speech, the basis for all liberties, is under attack on several fronts. Part of this attack stems from political correctness, “the idea that people and groups have a right not to be offended. But if I have a right […]
There seem to be an unending list of horrors and injustices in this world. One recently exposed by Amnesty International is an eight year prison sentence given to a young lady who suffered a miscarriage. Amnesty International report that Belen, a 27 year old woman, is serving an eight year prison sentence in Argentina after a […]
Ritual killings of people with albinism have prompted Amnesty International to ask us for help by signing an online petition to implore the government of Malawi to stop these atrocities. Please help. Sign the petition The Amnesty International call is reproduced below. Ritual killings are on the rise in the African nation of Malawi. People with the genetic […]
Conflict, hatred, war, prejudice, fear and many other ills all seem to stem from the focus on differences between people. However, Ewan McGregor, in Long way round, made a simple yet profound statement. He said “we’ve come this far and people’s faces have changed and people’s houses have changed and people’s beliefs may have changed but […]