To mark 2019 International Women’s Day (#BalanceforBetter), NCWQ is profiling an impressive women each day in and around the 8th March. These featured young women are past NCWQ Bursary Recipients, and have demonstrated incredible leadership,
By Jennifer Ann Davies NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser POETS, PERFORMANCES, PUBLICATIONS, POSSIBILITIES… The distinguished Australian Poet and Human Rights Advocate, Judith RODRIGUEZ, passed away on 22ndNovember 2018, aged 82. Judith had once said
By Jennifer Ann Davies NCWQ Music Adviser With harmony and beauty, we compose, play, sing and enjoy…. ‘music’ (noun). Art of combining sounds of voice(s) or instrument(s) to achieve beauty of form and expression
By Jennifer Ann Davies NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser “O tempora! O mores!” Oh the times! Oh the customs! (Latin) History opens up like a landscape for us to see through forgotten windows. Musee des
By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environment Adviser Waste: Australians are generating around 64 million tonnes of waste every year. This could cause health and environmental problems. To combat this problem the Federal and State Governments are
By Val Cocksedge, OAM NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser From February 2019, energy retailers will be required to give customers five days advance notice of price changes in their energy contract. More than a third of
By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environment Adviser Update on Climate Change – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report: Under the Paris Agreement 197 nations agreed to reduce global warming emissions and limit the increase
By Jennifer Ann Davies NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser ‘Underline’- Every quarter, Underline publishes a collection of extracts, interviews, articles, short stories, reflections and much more, to celebrate brilliant writing in its many forms. Designed
By Georgina Pickers NCWQ International Relations & Peace Adviser This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. While in principal it stands solid, the ideals it enshrined are unfortunately not adhered