Presented on the 21st of September, 2020 at St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane.
Category: Queensland
Lebanon: An outcry from the heart of the Middle East
While the world battles through a pandemic, Lebanon is simultaneously striving to survive an unprecedented economic crisis and an indiscriminate wave of famine, ultimately fuelling a political revolution. If that […]
Raising the price of war
ADAM TRIGGS This article was originally published 6 JULY 2020 on Inside Story. Publication here was done with the author’s permission and that of Inside Story. The original article can […]
Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even be up for debate
Thalia Anthony, University of Technology Sydney and Stephen Gray, Monash University. Prime Minister Scott Morrison asserted in a radio interview that “there was no slavery in Australia”. This is a […]
Twinkle Twinkle Little War
THE ROLE OF CHILDREN IN PROLONGING VIOLENT CONFLICT By Mariel Verroya The Covid-19 lockdown allows us to reflect on the unfortunate realities that are happening in the world. We […]
Covid-19 and Gender-based Violence
The global response to COVID-19 has seen varying degrees of lockdown and enforced isolation laws put in place by governments everywhere. However, while stay-at-home measures are safe for some, others […]
WEST PAPUA: THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE
By: Mariel Verroya The West Papuan struggle for independence has taken the lives of over 500,000 indigenous West Papuans (Evans, 2019). Forty more casualties were added to this list as […]
Australia and the United Nations in a Changing World Order
INAUGURAL DR DOUG EVERINGHAM LECTURE GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY SOUTHBANK CAMPUS, BRISBANE 27 OCTOBER 2019 Major General Michael G Smith AO (Retd) Let me start by acknowledging our traditional owners of […]