Social justice

Little battlers have a big win

By fgolding@bigpond.net.auPosted on 25 July 2014Posted in UncategorizedTagged child welfare, Frank Golding, heritage, orphanage, Social justice

The decision by the City Council of Ballarat to refuse a cashed-up developer permission to demolish the old school on the Ballarat Orphanage site is a victory for those former residents who fought a long and energy-sapping campaign against the odds. These old institutions have long-since closed – thankfully. These places shaped the lives of so many Australians. […]

ABBOTT SAX the Tax

By fgolding@bigpond.net.auPosted on 17 July 2014Posted in UncategorizedTagged Climate change, Frank Golding, Social justice

Mining billionaire Clive Palmer sides with Triumphal Tony Abbott (“Climate change is crap!”) to axe Australia’s so-called carbon tax. There is no meaningful plan to put in place an alternative policy on climate change. Already conflicting stories are coming from the political parties that voted to axe the tax about an agreement to work towards an alternative. A tragic […]

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