Category: Issues

Advisers' Reports

Arts and Letters Report, July 2018

By Jennifer Ann Davies NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser   The past, it is said, is a wise song, and its music should always be playing! Geraldine BROOKS,one of Australia’s grand researchers and writers, allows

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Advisers' Reports

NCWQ Environment Report June 2018

By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environment Adviser Plastic Waste –Problem:  In 2015 global plastic production reached 322 million tonnes (Mt), a dramatic increase compared to the 279 Mt produced in 2011.  The plastics demand in the

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Advisers' Reports

NCWQ Arts and Letters Report June 2018

By Jennifer Ann Davies NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser Literature Short stories! I was asked the other day what had happened to ‘the short story’? Whilst some of our Queensland and Australian writing competitions promote

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Arts and Letters

Arts and Letters Report, May 2018

By Jennifer Ann Davies NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser In our chaotic world, it is infinitely sensible and peaceful to see and know the beauty, simplicity and joy of the uncomplicated.  Thusly, readers can enjoy

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Advisers' Reports

Arts and Letters Report, April 2018

By Jennifer Ann Davies NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser History opens up like a landscape for us to see through forgotten windows. Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, France Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, welcomes

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Advisers' Reports

International Relations Report, March 2018

By Georgina Pickers NCWQ International Relations Adviser It is regrettable that in one lifetime Australia’s heavy labour intensive manufacturing industries such as iron and steel making, shipbuilding s and car manufacturing have closed down or

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