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
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
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
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
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
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
By Pat Pepper, NCWQ Environment Adviser (photo credit: https://news.sky.com/story/british-islands-beaches-littered-with-37-million-pieces-of-plastic-10879336) UPDATE ON CARMICHAEL COAL MINE IN THE GALILEE BASIN: The Productivity Commission raised the possibility that Adani’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) loan bid may fail
By Pat Pepper, NCWQ Environment Adviser UPDATE ON MICRO AND NANOPLASTICS: Scientific studies found organisms such as mussels, lugworms, lobsters and fish have ingested microplastics and in some cases absorbed toxins in their tissue. Supporting
By Val Cocksedge OAM NCWQ Nutrition Adviser New UN Decade: The General Assembly decided 2016-2015 will be the Decade of Action on Nutrition, recognising the need to eradicate hunger and prevent all forms of malnutrition