By Georgina Pickers NCWQ Human Rights Adviser The human tide of refugees flooding into Eastern Europe en route to perceived countries of wealth and opportunity in the West has overwhelmed authorities and aid agencies. The
By Georgina Pickers NCWQ International Relations and Peace Adviser The ICW plans of Action 2015-2018 for International Relations and Peace has asked National Councils to:- – Promote peaceful co-existence and international understanding by peace education through
By Val Cocksedge NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser Currently, around a quarter of consumers entitled to Compensation as a result of bad advice on investments, life insurance and superannuation have not been compensated. These victims
By Jennifer Ann DAVIES NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser Humans search for Truth and Beauty In the Arts In the Ordinary In Myth and Magick On Foreign Shores Within the Self And in Each
By Georgina Pickers – Human Rights Adviser The Inaugural meeting of COAG Advisory Panel on Domestic Violence met in early June. This panel aims to focus on innovative, practical and deliverable proposals to reduce violence against
By Georgina Pickers International Relations and Peace Adviser Not since the end of WW2 has the World seen such an enormous displacement of people. Numerous conflicts, economic instabilities, lack of governance, law and order, ethnic and
By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environment Adviser Update on Great Barrier Reef (GBR): The decision of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee that the GBR retain its world heritage listing and not be placed on the world
By Jennifer Ann DAVIES NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser Change! …perhaps it is, after all, the only ‘constant’ that IS, in an obviously ‘ever-changing’ world! One contemplates, however, the nature of such ‘change’ and the
By Helen McAllister NCWQ Education Adviser Higher education and the federal budget have not led to any resolution in the fees debate. In Queensland, the role of the government continues to support the transition of