Strike for Climate Change is a campaign that has spread worldwide. Swedish school student Greta Thunberg led the first strike outside the Swedish parliament building in 2018. Last Friday, thousands of Australian school students, united by their concern for the planet, participated in their own School Strike for Climate Action. The student-led strike’s goal was … Continue reading Stopping climate change protects human rights
Getting people to care or lend their support to humanitarian causes around the world is difficult. But this is not because people are heartless. Behavioural research can tell us a lot about how hard it can be to trigger empathy. As the number of people we see suffering goes up, our empathy stops increasing and … Continue reading Why it’s so hard to get people to care about a humanitarian crisis
Unfortunately, the state of Queensland has a background of big brother style governments from both sides of politics. Until now, there was only a mishmash of legislation to protect the rights of citizens under the Common Law. The introduction of Queensland's Human Rights Act ensures freedom of speech, safety, privacy and equality. Queensland Human Rights … Continue reading Historic Human Rights Act passed by Queensland Parliament
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