By Georgina Pickers NCWQ Human Rights Adviser At no time in human history have we been so well informed yet at the same time so unquestioning, accepting news as ‘fact’ or simply lacking healthy scepticism.
By Pat Pepper NCWQ Environment Adviser A range of environmental issues was researched and reported on during the year. Major issues included the impact of marine debris, micro and nano-plastics on the coastal and marine
By Val Cocksedge NCWQ Consumer Affairs Adviser Australia’s first national government-ordered recall focused on potentially fatal airbags installed in more than 1 million cars in Australia. Instead of deploying normally in a car accident, Takata
By Marjorie Voss NCWQ Child and Family Adviser Unfortunately, the social issues affecting the community have not decreased, but appear to have increased. This report brings to the fore some of the newer issues and
By Jennifer Ann Davies NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser Secrets, stories, people, performances and paintings, present pieces of miraculous survival, and move towards change. Our women writers and artists forge new relationships with bolder viewpoints
By Jennifer Ann Davies NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser A profoundly moving and momentous decision was made by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in awarding Nadia MURAD and Denis MUKWEGE the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE for
By Jennifer Ann Davies NCWQ Arts and Letters Adviser Come September – smile, smell and see Scents of spring, salads and sea. Scrunchy sand, salt shores, shells and skipping Scribbles of seagulls and stars
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,
By Georgina Pickers NCWQ International Relations and Peace Adviser International Relations & Peace and Human Rights coexist – one dependant on the other. Like the biblical Ten Commandments, the H.R. conventions should be at